Madeline Sponsler, FISM News [elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] Hong Kong police fired water cannon and tear gas and arrested more than 300 people as protesters took to the streets in defiance of sweeping security legislation introduced by China to snuff out dissent. Beijing unveiled the details of the much-anticipated law late on Tuesday after weeks of uncertainty, […]
Madeline Sponsler, FISM News [elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] Ghislaine Maxwell, the former girlfriend and longtime associate of the late disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein was arrested in New Hampshire on Thursday on U.S. charges of luring underage girls so that Epstein could sexually abuse them. The arrest of the British socialite is the latest twist in the mystery […]
Samuel Case, FISM News Republican Senators James Lankford of Oklahoma and Ron Johnson of Wisconsin have filed an amendment to replace Columbus Day with Juneteenth as a federally recognized holiday. Lankford said of the potential new holiday, “Throughout our history, we have strived to become a more perfect union and Juneteenth was a huge step […]
By Ian Patrick, FISM News [elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] A recent tweet from the Minor League Baseball Association @MiLB announced that the 2020 Season for Minor League has been canceled. J. Anderson of CBS Sports acknowledges that, while this is unprecedented, it marks a milestone as “the first time in the organization’s 120-year history that it has […]
Madeline Sponsler, FISM News [elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] Hundreds of officials who worked for former Republican President George W. Bush announced their plans to endorse Democratic White House hopeful Joe Biden, people involved in the effort said. The officials, who include Cabinet secretaries and other senior people in the Bush administration, have formed a political action committee […]
Madeline Sponsler, FISM News [elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] Chancellor Angela Merkel expressed her support on Wednesday for setting a quota for women on the executive boards of Germany’s top listed companies, building on a 30% quota for women on supervisory boards introduced in 2015. Merkel, a Christian Democrat who had long resisted quotas, said she is talking […]
Madeline Sponsler, FISM News [elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] YRC Worldwide Inc <YRCW.O> said on Wednesday it would give the U.S. government a 29.6% stake in the trucking company in exchange for a $700 million loan, tapping a $17 billion bailout fund originally intended for defense contractors such as Boeing Co <BA.N>. It is the first time the […]
Samuel Case, FISM News [elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] On Tuesday, June 30th Beijing’s top legislature officially passed new national security legislation for Hong Kong in a unanimous vote. While as of yet details of the law are unknown China claims the new law will deal with issues of subversion, terrorism, separatism, and collusion with foreign forces. The […]
Reuters American Wire, edited for brevity by Madeline Sponsler, FISM News [elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] The Empire State Building has been a symbol of America’s economic might for almost 90 years. Of late, it’s also become a symbol of its struggle with the coronavirus. The once jam-packed 102 stories of the 1,454 ft (443m) Art Deco skyscraper […]
Samuel Case, FISM News [elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] On Monday Iran issued an arrest warrant for U.S. President Donald Trump along with 35 others for the killing of top general Qassem Solemani via drone strike back on January 3rd. According to Tehran Prosecutor Ali Alqasimehrthe, warrants were for charges of murder and terrorist action. Ali said Iran […]
