Tag: pledged

02 SEP

A retired tech tycoon has pledged $33 million to raise an army of civilian marksmen and ‘black bear warriors’ to defend Taiwan from a Chinese invasion

Retired tech tycoon Robert Tsao also announced that he had regained his Taiwanese identity after giving up his Singaporean citizenship. SAM YEH/AFP via Getty Images A retired Taiwanese tech mogul is pledging his millions to fund training for civilian troops. He says he'd pay a private military training outfit to train 3 million civilians for […]

26 FEB

Airlines pledged to buy carbon offsets to slow warming, but that’s not enough

Enlarge / An Airbus SE A380 aircraft operated by Qantas Airways Ltd. approaches to land at Sydney Airport in Sydney, Australia, on Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019. (credit: Brendon Thorne/Bloomberg via Getty Images) Air travel is a major source of carbon pollution, and currently, there’s no real way to stop it (short of grounding flights). Jet […]

09 NOV

Egypt pledged support for “wise” Saudi Arabia in its standoff with Iran

Thomson Reuters Egypt’s President  pledged his support for Saudi leaders as tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran rise. He also said he was “always against war” when asked about the prospect of attacks on Iran. Lebanon’s Saudi-allied Prime Minister quit on Saturday, blaming Iran in his resignation speech. SHARM AL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) – Egyptian President Abdel Fattah […]

31 MAR

Trump pledged to ‘buy American and hire American,’ but may be hiring foreign companies to build his border wall

AP Photo/Andrew Harnik In one of his first tweets as president, here’s how Donald Trump promised to spend taxpayer dollars: “We will follow two simple rules: BUY AMERICAN & HIRE AMERICAN!” he tweeted 55 minutes after taking the oath of office on Inauguration Day. In the first big test of that pledge, here’s the reality: […]