Month: July 2022

Mastercard Tops Profit Estimates on Travel Spending Boom

Mastercard Inc. sailed past market estimates for quarterly profit on Thursday as a surge in cross-border spending sparked by this year’s travel boom more than offset higher costs. Pent-up demand and the easing of COVID-19 curbs have led to the strongest summer travel season in three years, a boon for card companies that can charge…


Volkswagen Keeps Outlook, Says Porsche IPO on Track

BERLIN—Volkswagen said it expected to hit the high end of its profit target range for 2022 as supply chain bottlenecks ease and said it was still aiming to list the Porsche brand this year despite its CEO double jobbing as boss of both companies. Volkswagen shares rose 2.4 percent on Thursday following the second quarter…


4-Time Champ Sebastian Vettel to Retire

Four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel plans to retire from Formula One at the end of the 2022 season. Vettel, who has 53 career wins, plans to remain in his Aston Martin for the remainder of the current schedule before ending his 15-year driving career. The 35-year-old ranks third in career wins behind Michael Schumacher and…


Ex-NFL Player Kevin Ware Charged in Girlfriend’s Killing

HOUSTON—A former NFL player was charged with murder Thursday in the killing of his girlfriend, whose remains were found months after she was reported missing last year. Kevin Ware, who played tight end in 2003 and 2004 for Washington and San Francisco, is also charged with tampering with evidence, specifically a corpse, in the death…


US Ambassador Kennedy Meets Australian PM, Talks to Coastwatchers Who Helped Rescue JFK

Australian prime minister and deputy prime minister have met the newly appointed U.S. Ambassador Caroline Kennedy, with climate change and Indigenous issues being discussed. Kennedy, 64, is the daughter of former U.S. President John F. Kennedy, and has served as U.S. Ambassador to Japan between 2013 and 2017 under former President Barack Obama. She was…


US Ambassador Kennedy Meets With Australian Prime Minister, Visits War Memorial and Talks to Coastwatchers’ Who Helped Rescue JFK

Australian prime minister and deputy prime minister have met the newly appointed U.S. Ambassador Caroline Kennedy, with climate change and Indigenous issues being discussed. Kennedy, 64, is the daughter of former U.S. President John F. Kennedy, and has served as U.S. Ambassador to Japan between 2013 and 2017 under former President Barack Obama. She was…


Texas Lawmaker Wants to Ban Minors From Social Media

State Rep. Jared Patterson (R-Texas) plans to introduce legislation in 2023 that will ban minors from using social media. Patterson told The Epoch Times that the bill aims to protect children’s mental health. The idea for the new bill came after talking to school officials in the aftermath of the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting. School…


Special LIVE 7/29 at 10:30 AM ET: Revealing the Hidden Truth—Behind the ‘Real Story of Jan. 6’ and Exposing the ‘Insurrection’ Narrative

“The Real Story of January 6” revealed the truth that has been hidden from the American people. In this special edition live Q&A, we go into why it was important to expose the “insurrection” narrative and reveal the key events and witnesses that had been ignored. We are also joined by Roman Balmakov, host of…


Terrorists Kill 15 Soldiers, 3 Civilians in 2 Mali Attacks

BAMAKO—Radical Islamic terrorists killed 15 soldiers and three civilians during two separate attacks in southwest Mali on Wednesday, the army said in a statement. Six soldiers died and 25 were wounded when terrorists assaulted a military camp in Sonkolo, a rural commune in the south-central Segou region, more than 300 kilometers (186 miles)north of the…


Old Growth Protest Group Says It Spray-Painted Vancouver Landmarks

An activist group opposed to old growth logging in B.C. says it has been spray-painting Vancouver tourist attractions and landmarks as an act of civil disobedience. The Save OId Growth group said targets have included the Gastown steam clock, artist Douglas Coupland’s Digital Orca sculpture, the Olympic torch, Science World and the CBC’s offices. The…