Author: News Desk

What’s on the front page of the WSJ? The front page of The Wall Street Journal this morning – 25/11/2024 – reports Apple chief executive Tim Cook did something that many other corporate leaders failed to do: He developed a personal relationship with incoming president Donald Trump. Their rapport has been built, in part, by zeroing in on areas of mutual interest between Apple and Trump’s agenda. Now, with Trump’s cabinet taking shape and new circles of power emerging in Washington, executives across the corporate sphere are working to get in the good graces of the new administration. ‘Shoppers feel the pinch’…

Trump Considers Defense Financiers for a Top Spot at Pentagon Two financiers are in the running to be the deputy secretary of defense, a competition that pits a publicity-averse private-equity investor against an outspoken venture capitalist. Trae Stephens, a partner at Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund venture-capital firm, is under consideration by President-elect Donald Trump to become the deputy secretary of defense, according to two people familiar with the transition. Billionaire investor Stephen Feinberg, who led the president’s intelligence advisory board in the first Trump administration, is also in the running, The Wall Street Journal previously reported. https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/trump-considers-defense-financiers-for-a-top-spot-at-pentagon-12a77084?mod=hp_lead_pos6

What’s on the front page of the LA Times? The front page of the Los Angeles Times this morning – 25/11/2024 – reports California is making so much solar energy that large commercial operators are increasingly forced to stop production, raising questions about the state’s costly plan to shift entirely to carbon-free sources of electricity. The front splash features an image of the homeless in California. The paper says the Fresno area is about to get hard on homelessness.  Dez Martinez greeted the homeless dwellers of Santa Clara Street on a recent October afternoon with open arms and a warm smile. As…

Bird flu virus detected in California raw milk State health officials said Sunday that bird flu virus was detected in a retail sample of raw milk from the Fresno-based Raw Farm dairy. The sample was collected by officials with the Santa Clara County public health office, who have been testing raw milk products from retail stores “as a second line of consumer protection.” County officials identified the virus in “one sample of raw milk purchased at a retail outlet” on Nov. 21, according to statements from both the state and the county. The county contacted stores on Friday and recommended…

What’s on the front page of USA Today? The front page of USA Today – 25/11/2024 – features an image from workers at a food bank. The paper says at the Brooklyn-based nonprofit CHIPS food pantry in New York City, food services director Pauline Auguste, left, executive director Peter Endriss and food services manager Janice Lebby stand between large bins of onions and potatoes Nov. 11 as they prepare for Thanksgiving needs.The lead story reports that migrant children are facing a new reality. The paper says immigrant advocates fear Trump’s policy shifts will hurt children the most. 

Immigrant advocates fear Trump’s policy shifts will hurt one group most: Children Keeping her up at night are thoughts of how the incoming administration of President-elect Donald Trump will treat immigrants in the U.S., specifically children. Walker Gates, an Austin-based immigration attorney who specializes in helping migrant children apply for asylum, said she fears that between Trump’s tougher immigration policies and his party’s control of both chambers of Congress, protection for children – both migrant and U.S. citizens – could be severely rolled back. “This is a group of individuals who are incredibly vulnerable and have no power politically,” Walker…

What’s on the front page of Bild?The front page of Bild says the Federal Office wants bunker app for cell phones, cellars should be expanded. The costs for funerals have risen sharply in 2023. The reason for this is higher wood and transport costs, according to the Hesse Undertaker Association. Coffins have become a third more expensive,” says association head Dominik Kracheletz. Many cities have also increased cemetery fees. The reason: more expensive urn graves, rising personnel and energy costs. In Fulda, fees rose by up to 245Elsewhere, the paper says migrants whose asylum applications were rejected or had little chance…

Police shoot rioter (34) in NRW Kamp-Lintfort (NRW) – The officers were called because of a disturbance, and the situation suddenly escalated on site. At least one shot was fired. And it was fatal. On Saturday evening around 9:50 p.m., the police in Wesel ( North Rhine-Westphalia ) received a report of a disturbance from an apartment in neighboring Kamp-Lintfort. “According to the current state of the investigation, a 34-year-old man is said to have suddenly attacked the police officers deployed with an object in the stairwell of the affected apartment building.” A police officer then used a firearm, which…