Day: May 7, 2025

The post ‘MAGA in the Desert’: Trump, Musk, Zuckerberg, and Top CEOs Head to Saudi Arabia for $600B Investment Forum first appeared on The Brooklyn Times – bklyntimes.com.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Tuesday that he expects his talks in Switzerland with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng to be focused on “de-escalation” of tit-for-tat levies

The post The ‘Asian Francis’ — a Karaoke and TikTok Sensation — Emerges as a Leading Candidate To Be the Next Pope first appeared on The Brooklyn Times – bklyntimes.com.

By Zhanna Avagyan Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan will travel to Moscow to take part in the May 9 Victory Day celebrations, underscoring what he described as Armenia’s “balanced and balancing” foreign policy—even as relations with Russia remain tense. Meanwhile, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has declined the same invitation, highlighting the deepening rift between Baku and Moscow. Speaking in parliament on Wednesday, Pashinyan defended his upcoming Moscow visit against criticism that it could undermine Armenia’s growing ties with the West. “This policy does not entail building relationships in one direction at the expense of others,” he said, adding that commemorating […]

“Boardwalk Empire” actor Michael Pitt was arrested in Brooklyn for various alleged sexual abuse actions dating back to 2020 and 2021, reports say.