The privately launched rocket that was supposed to deliver two NASA satellites into orbit malfunctioned shortly after takeoff on Sunday, failing to complete its mission and losing expensive US space agency payloads for the second time this year. “The upper stage shut down early, and we did not deliver the …
Read More »The untold story behind the fall of the Middle East’s largest private equity company
It’s a chilly day in London. I arrive at a members-only club in Mayfair. I’m about to have a meeting I’ve been waiting to make happen for nearly two years. It’s with Arif Naqvi. He’s the man accused of stealing hundreds of millions of dollars from the world’s most powerful elite …
Read More »Russia will respect private ownership unlike the West – Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday the country has no plans to nationalize foreign assets in response to seizures of Russian property abroad. “Unlike Western countries, we will respect property rights,” he added. The arrests of the nation’s foreign assets, and those of Russian businesses, is a lesson for …
Read More »Private schools in England refuse to admit transgender pupils
More than two dozen private girls’ schools in England have said they will not “jeopardize” their status by admitting transgender students, as a teachers’ union calls on the government to provide more clarity on trans matters. The Girls’ Day School Trust (GDST) updated its gender identity policy guidance in December, …
Read More »Man spent millions in Covid relief payments on luxury cars & private jets
Scott Jackson Davis, 46, was granted $3.3 million in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans after he claimed he needed the money to pay for the “significant payroll” of three businesses. An investigation revealed, however, that the companies “had few if any employees and little to no payroll.” Authorities also discovered …
Read More »FBI accused of leaking private data to NYT after Project Veritas raid
FBI agents raided the home of Project Veritas founder James O’Keefe last Saturday as part of an investigation into the acquisition of a diary purportedly written by President Joe Biden’s daughter Ashley. On Thursday, less than a week after the raid, the New York Times published an article claiming to …
Read More »Despite using private jets & traveling around Europe with 85-car corteges, Biden slams Putin for appearing by video link at COP26
Biden’s tirade against Putin comes despite criticisms levied at the American leader, who was pictured last week driving around Rome with an 85-vehicle motorcade of limos, SUVs, and vans. He later traveled to Glasgow, where the meeting is being held, on the gas-guzzling Air Force One, a modified Boeing 747. …
Read More »Global elites flying private jets to COP26 climate conference emit more CO2 than hundreds of citizens would in a year – UK media
More than 400 private jets carrying politicians and business executives to this week’s conference will belch out 13,000 tons of carbon dioxide, exceeding the emissions of 1,600 average Scots for a full year, according to an estimate by the UK’s Sunday Mail. “Private jets are very prestigious, but it is …
Read More »Hackers leak ‘IDF soldiers’ private info & Israeli defense minister’s PHOTOS,’ claim to have more classified docs
In posts on its website and Telegram channel earlier this week, the black hat group released a number of photos of Gantz, claiming it has access to “confidential documents” on the country’s Ministry of Defense and the minister himself. “We’ve kept an eye on you for many years, at every …
Read More »Florida Governor DeSantis promises legal action to BAN private sector Covid-19 vaccine mandates
“Your right to earn a living should not be contingent upon COVID-19 shots,” the governor said during a press conference. DeSantis promoted individuals getting vaccinated, but said he wants to “stand up for people’s jobs and their livelihoods” against mandates. A special legislative session will be called in November for …
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