Palantir CEO says outspoken pro-Israel views led employees to leave

Alex Karp, CEO of Palantir Technologies poses beside the company’s logo ahead of an interview with Reuters in the Alpine resort of Davos, Switzerland May 23, 2022. Picture taken May 23, 2022.  Arnd Wiegmann | Reuters Palantir CEO Alex Karp said some staffers at his software company have exited due to his public support for … Read more

Piedad Cordoba, an outspoken leftist who straddled Colombia’s ideological divide, dies at age 68

BOGOTA, Colombia — Piedad Córdoba, an outspoken Colombian lawmaker who for decades championed the rights of her fellow Afro-Colombians while undertaking huge risks as a go-between to leftist rebel groups, has died. She was 68. The senator’s death was confirmed Saturday by President Gustavo Petro, who praised Córdoba as a true liberal who “fought all … Read more

Theodoros Pangalos, outspoken Greek former overseas minister, dies at 84

ATHENS, Greece — Theodoros Pangalos, a former Greek overseas minister recognized for his undiplomatic outbursts and on whose watch Greece suffered certainly one of its most embarrassing overseas coverage debacles in 1999, has died. He was 84. Pangalos’ household mentioned on Twitter that he died on Wednesday “peacefully at residence, surrounded by his household and … Read more