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The U.S. is planning to open a new military base and increase the amount of advisers in Iraq’s Anbar province, seeking to oust the Islamic State after jihadis captured provincial capital city Ramadi last month. Officials say military strategy will focus on Anbar and delay operations to retake Iraq’s second-largest city of Mosul, reports The New York Times . The plan has not been formally announced by the White House. In an email to The Daily Caller News Foundation, Pentagon spokeswoman Cmdr. Elissa Smith said: “We are considering a range of options to accelerate the training and equipping of Iraqi security forces in order to support them in taking the fight to ISIL. Those options include sending additional trainers to Iraq.” The U.S. will send about 500 military personnel to the area, intending to nearly double the number of battle-ready Iraqi tribesmen. “To assemble a force to retake Ramadi, the number of Iraqi tribal fighters in Anbar that are trained and equipped is … [Read more...] about US Announces New Military Approach To Beating ISIS

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Less than two years after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, airline executives gathered in Paris in June 2003 for the biennial gathering of the world’s leading aviation players. The industry desperately needed a jolt of confidence. Enter Emirates Airline, the rising Dubai-based global carrier, with a record-breaking order for aircraft from Airbus and Boeing. In a $12.5 billion deal with Airbus, Emirates agreed to buy 41 new planes, including 21 of the double-decker behemoth A380 aircraft. Emirates also agreed to lease more than two dozen Boeing 777’s at the same air show. “The huge Emirates order galvanized the post-9/11 international traffic and jetliner market recovery,” says Richard Aboulafia, managing director of AeroDynamic Advisory and a veteran aviation specialist. “The industry really needed that boost.” Entering 2023, the industry needed a similar boost. Still smarting from the dramatic fall in profits and … [Read more...] about India And Saudi Arabia’s Record-Breaking Aircraft Deals Signal A New Travel Boom

Singing sensation Katy Perry revealed her devotion to sobriety during a Monday cocktail event at New York City’s Mister Paradise. Perry joined fellow “American Idol” judges Lionel Richie and Luke Bryan as well as Ryan Seacrest at the event, but she refused to indulge in any alcoholic beverages despite the boozy-themed gathering. “I’ve been sober for five weeks today,” Perry said, according to People . View this post on Instagram A post shared by De Soi (@drinkdesoi) Perry continued the conversation by letting fans know she made a very special promise not to drink, and it was one she absolutely wasn’t willing to walk back on. “I’ve been doing a pact with my partner and I want to quit,” Perry said dramatically, while reportedly pretending to cry. Perry’s sobriety commitment to fiancé Orlando Bloom is seemingly one she is taking very seriously. Bryan chimed in to playfully coax the star into joining … [Read more...] about Katy Perry Reveals She Is Dedicated To Staying Sober

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Jason R. Escamilla, founder and CIO of ImpactAdvisor LLC in San Francisco, has seen it all before. It was nearly 30 years ago when he initially tried Socially Responsible Investing (“SRI”), the predecessor of ESG. And he was cool with it. Until everything changed. “ESG/SRI used to be about selectivity and choice,” says Escamilla. “I first got involved with SRI/ESG investing in the 90s. For decades, it was about selectivity and choice or preferences—primarily among institutional investors/clients. Funny thing happened on the way to going mainstream. ESG became the bully. The divestment movements ushered in powerful attention and support from the ‘non-investment class’ only a few years ago: students. Large pools of investment capital: university endowments adopted the cause. I still remember three years ago when CNBC’s Jim Cramer recommended permanently disinvesting from fossil fuels based on this force.” As a professional … [Read more...] about The Curious Dilemma Of ESG Investing And Your Retirement

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Topline A conservative activist group led by Ginni Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, received nearly $600,000 from anonymous donors, the Washington Post reports , the latest in a series of controversies Thomas has faced for her work as a right-wing activist that raise the specter of possible ethical conflicts with her husband’s work. Key Facts Crowdsourcers for Culture and Liberty, which was formed in 2019 and is described in tax filings as an “informal … incubator for ideas across a network of conservative leaders, cultural entrepreneurs, and cultural influences,” received $596,000 between 2019 and the end of 2021, the Post reports. The payments were funneled through the right-wing think tank Capital Research Center (CRC) as a “fiscal sponsorship,” according to the Post , which means Crowdsourcers did not have to disclose donors behind the payment, or information about the group’s … [Read more...] about Ginni Thomas-Led Conservative Group Reportedly Raised $600,000—But We Don’t Know Who From

(CTN NEWS) – Sam Bankman-Fried is charged in a new indictment by US authorities with conspiring to bribe Chinese government officials with $40 million in payments. Bankman-Fried founded the now-bankrupt FTX cryptocurrency exchange. After being detained in the Bahamas in December and brought to the US shortly after, Bankman-Fried now faces a total of 13 charges, including one for conspiring to break the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act’s anti-bribery provisions. In the equivalent of a bank run, FTX filed for bankruptcy on Nov. 11 On Monday, the charge was returned. Additionally, the charge includes wording that indicates a fifth arrest was about to occur in what U.S. Attorney Damian Williams has stated numerous times that there is still an inquiry going on. The indictment claims that this unnamed person collaborated on the bribery scheme with Bankman-Fried and “will be arrested in the Southern District of New York.” When FTX ran out of money following the global … [Read more...] about FTX Founder Bankman-Fried Charged For Bribing Chinese Officials With $40 Million

Before the start of Tuesday morning’s shootaround in Toronto, before that night’s disheartening 106-92 loss to the Raptors , before moving on to Wednesday night’s game against the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden, Heat coach Erik Spoelstra, as he is wont to do, was embracing a moment. No, the play-in tournament is not the path of preference when it comes to advancing to the NBA playoffs. But with his team teetering toward that reality, Spoelstra, as he also is wont to do, seized the moment as a call to battle. So on the practice court at Scotiabank Arena, Spoelstra told his players there is no detour that can’t be traversed, no roadblock that can’t be navigated. Play-in? Playoffs? No matter, Spoelstra said, insisting there still are visions of a deep run beyond the April 9 regular-season finale, having come up one victory shy of last season’s NBA Finals. “I know our group,” Spoelstra said. “That’s what we set out to do coming into this year after a Game 7 loss. … [Read more...] about NBA play-in viewed as backing into playoffs? Heat’s Spoelstra says he doesn’t give a (bad word)

In January 2019, TripAdvisor level 5 reviewer Megan Howdy was mad. The Panera in Olympia, Washington, that she visited on her lunch break was not up to snuff. “I’d give this review less stars if it wasn’t for the fact that I like Panera,” Howdy wrote. “I went in after work two weeks ago and was shocked to hear that they were out of my favorite—tuna! Starving, I went with a plan B but was so bummed to not get what I wanted. I went in today for lunch and waited behind the person ordering for 5 minutes as I watched 6 employees wandering around looking like they didn’t know they were at work. Only to be told, yet again, that they were out of tuna. That is one of your tried-and-true sandwiches! How can you be out at 3 p.m. on a Monday? I am fed up with the crappy service and lack of stock. I just wasted a good chunk of my lunch break. Won’t be back until this location gets better managed.” For all the Megan Howdys out there who’ve been frustrated with a similar ordering … [Read more...] about Panera’s Amazon-powered pay-by-palm tech hands convenience another win

Bobbi Ercoline, famous for being immortalized on the cover of Woodstock’s live album, died at the age of 73. Her husband Nick Ercoline confirmed her death on Facebook. He was also in the iconic photo that will forever capture that moment of time in their lives. “It’s with beyond great sadness that I tell my FB family and friends, that after 54 years of life together, of the death of my beautiful wife, Bobbi, last night surrounded by her family,” Nick wrote to Facebook. “She lived her life well, and left this world in a much better place.” “If you knew her, you loved her. She lived by her saying, “‘Be kind,'” Nick said. “As a School Nurse she always championed the kids … ALWAYS! As a person, she always gave,” he wrote. “How much do you really need if you have all you need or want? So she gave and gave and gave,” Nick said. Bobbi’s cause of death was not immediately revealed, but Nick’s social media post alluded to a physical ailment. “She didn’t deserve this past … [Read more...] about Woodstock’s Album Cover Star Dead At 73

To compete with Islamic State, its chief rival al-Qaida is now working alongside existing local governments in attempts to appear moderate, neighborly, and more civic-minded. After spending two decades as the world’s premier jihadi network, al-Qaida has struggled to maintain influence. Its recent decline is the result of aggressive targeting by the U.S. military and the rise of Islamic State, formerly its own franchise in Iraq. It now maintains a few key areas of operations, where it has attempted a new experiment in how to maintain territory. Islamic State purports to represent Islam’s historic caliphate, and therefore claims that its political leadership is the only legitimate one for Muslims to follow. Within its insular pseudo-state, it has made meticulous efforts to present itself as an ideal society unto itself, complete with restaurants, schools and luxury hotels. (RELATED: US-Accented Podcast Is Tip Of ISIS Marketing Spear) But recognizing that many in the Arab … [Read more...] about Al-Qaida Competes With ISIS By Subsidizing Local Police