Why are New Zealand’s Maori protesting over colonial-era treaty bill? | Civil Rights News

A fight for Maori rights drew 42,000 protesters to the New Zealand Parliament in the capital Wellington on Tuesday. A nine-day-long hikoi, or peaceful march – a tradition of the Maori – was undertaken in protest against a bill that seeks to reinterpret the country’s 184-year-old founding Treaty of Waitangi, which was signed between British … Read more

Macau casino revenue is improving, but the U.S. election results have clouded the outlook

Nov. 19, 2024 1:44 PM ETMelco Resorts & Entertainment Limited (MLCO) Stock, LVS Stock, WYNN StockMGM, WYNMY, SCHYY, SJMHF, GXYEF, WYNMF, MCHVF, MCHVY, SCHYF, SJMHY, MSCBy: Clark Schultz, SA News Editor Kindamorphic Investors have been skittish about the Macau casino sector due to the threat of geopolitical tension rising. However, Jefferies said the revenue outlook … Read more

Anti-Israel protesters arrested in Senate office building chant ‘Free Palestine’

Anti-Israel protesters chanting “Free Palestine” were arrested during a demonstration inside a U.S. Senate office building in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday. The large group of protesters was captured on video inside the Philip A. Hart Senate Office Building as they shouted their demand for an end to the war in Gaza between Israel and Hamas. Many … Read more

Stuart Varney: Biden’s Ukraine decision puts Trump in a tough spot

Varney & Co. host Stuart Varney discussed the consequences of President Bidens decision to allow Ukraine to use U.S. weapons to attack Russia. During his “My Take,” Tuesday, “Varney & Co.” host Stuart Varney reacted to President Biden authorizing Ukraine’s military to use American-made missiles inside Russian territory, a move that pushed Vladimir Putin to … Read more

Las Vegas Sheriff tells a16z partners what’s next on his wish list: AI for bodycams

Las Vegas police have received funding for tech like drones, license plate readers, and more from Andreessen Horowitz partner Ben Horowitz. Next on its wish list? Artificial intelligence to go through police footage. The city’s Sheriff Kevin McMahill said on a podcast with Horowitz and partner Marc Andreessen that he wants to use AI to … Read more

Matt Damon Was Embarrassed By Tony Gilroy’s First Script For The Bourne Ultimatum

Long before he created the Star Wars TV series “Andor,” Tony Gilroy spent the 1990s as a rising screenwriter — his credits include “The Devil’s Advocate” and “Armageddon.” Once the new millennium came, he wrote all three “Bourne” screenplays. (“Identity” is co-credited to William Blake Herron, but Gilroy has sole credit on “Supremacy.”) Gilroy parlayed … Read more