Bloomberg Xiaomi’s Profit Beats as Smartphone Growth Outpaces Rivals (Bloomberg) — Xiaomi Corp.’s quarterly profit beat estimates after the world’s third-largest smartphone maker narrowed the gap with market leaders Samsung Electronics Co. and Apple Inc. in shipments.The Beijing-based company posted an adjusted net income of 6.1 billion yuan ($949 million) in the quarter ended in … Read more
Lori Lightfoot faces civil rights lawsuit for ‘racial discrimination’ (Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights reserved) The mayor of Chicago is facing a civil rights lawsuit for saying she would only grant one-on-one interviews with journalists based on their race. Judicial Watch sued Lori Lightfoot alleging she violated the civil rights of reporter Thomas … Read more
PHOENIX (AP) — St. Louis’ Carlos Martinez has a no-hitter through six innings against the Arizona Diamondbacks. The two-time All-Star retired the first nine batters he faced, including six on strikeouts. He walked Josh Rojas to lead off the fourth and hit pitcher Caleb Smith with a pitch in the sixth. He’s struck out six … Read more
ARK Investment Management founder Cathie Wood thinks she knows who’s to blame for the recent plunge in cryptocurrency prices — Elon Musk and the ESG movement. Speaking Thursday at CoinDesk’s Consensus 2021 conference, Wood said “a lot of institutional buying went on pause,” and that “It was precipitated by the ESG movement and this notion, … Read more
The New York Times Belarus Plane Crisis Tightens Lukashenko’s Awkward Embrace of Putin MOSCOW — He may be the Kremlin’s closest ally, but his loyalty remains in doubt. When Alexander Lukashenko, the eccentric and brutal leader of Belarus, forced down a European passenger jet Sunday to arrest a dissident, he ushered in a new and … Read more
SYDNEY (AP) — Emilee Cherry won’t be at the Tokyo Olympics to help Australia defend the gold medal it won in women’s rugby sevens at Rio de Janeiro in 2016. Cherry, a former women’s sevens player of the year, gave birth to a daughter in 2019 but made a return to rugby in pursuit of … Read more
Chesapeake, Once Bankrupt, Is Winning Fans on Wall Street
Ariana Grande’s big week in the public eye continues. One day after the singer shared the first photos from her May 15 wedding to Dalton Gomez, Grande joined The Weeknd on stage at the iHeartRadio Music Awards to deliver the first live performance of their duet, “Save Your Tears.” The two opened the show with … Read more
The Daily Beast The Gaetz-Greene Traveling Freak Show is the Future of the GOP REUTERSThe last time an “America First” MAGA rally was held in Georgia, Republicans lost two U.S. Senate seats, and America lost what might end up being around $6 trillion. The Matt Gaetz-Marjorie Taylor-Greene show on Thursday night probably won’t cost us … Read more
The Telegraph Egan Bernal extends lead on day of drama and intrigue at Giro d’Italia Bernal wins shortened stage to extend his lead Caruso moves up to second overall Yates tumbles down the standings Simon Yates’s team insisted on Monday night that it was “not over yet” and that their man was “still riding to win” … Read more