Chinese EV Makers Turn Abandoned Western Factories Into Global Launchpads

European Official Warns That Americans Can Be Silenced By EU Online Speech Laws Authored by Kevin Stocklin via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Europeans who face criminal charges for what they said or wrote warned that Europe’s speech laws can silence Americans as well, regardless of the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment protections.  Finnish Member of Parliament Paivi Rasanen arrives to attend a court session at the Helsinki District Court in Helsinki, Finland, on Jan. 24, 2022. Antti Aimo-Koivisto/Lehtikuva/AFP via Getty Images While testifying before the House Judiciary Committee last week, Paivi Rasanen, a...

Russian missiles pounded the Ukrainian capital Kyiv and its surrounding region on Wednesday, killing at least 17 people, as Ukrainian officials reported that not a single ballistic missile was intercepted due to Ukraine’s lack of advanced air defense munitions. According to Reuters, Ukraine’s Air Force said that it was able to intercept 90% of the […]

StanChart CEO Scrambles Into Damage Control After "Lower-Value Human Capital" Comment Triggers Backlash Standard Chartered CEO Bill Winters and his team spent Wednesday in damage-control mode after the head of the London-based international bank told investors on Tuesday that artificial intelligence would be used to replace "lower-value human capital," sparking a backlash online. "Many of you will have seen media coverage following the Investor Event in Hong Kong, particularly the reporting around automation, AI, and workforce changes," Winters wrote in an internal memo to employees on Wednesday that was seen...