Hollywood’s Financial Crisis: How Ideology and Market Shifts Drove the Industry’s Decline
$8.7B box office in 2024—23.5% below 2019 peaks, 18,000 jobs lost. How ideology and streaming reshaped Hollywood's financial crisis.
April 21, 2025Section
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The United States and Canada set the price of money, the direction of technology, and the trade rules the rest of the world lives by. The Rio Times covers North America through an emerging-market lens: the Fed and the dollar, Wall Street and the AI boom, tariffs and the policies that decide how capital flows to – or away from – Latin America. This hub gathers our daily US and Canada coverage and connects it to the wider Global South story.
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America’s Quest for Mineral Independence Takes Shape
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum recently detailed America’s critical push to secure mineral independence, essential for national security and economic resilience....
April 21, 2025
JD Vance in India: Navigating Tariffs, Trade, and Strategic Ties
US Vice President JD Vance landed in New Delhi on April 21, 2025, for a four-day visit that sits at...
April 21, 2025
Indonesia and US Set 60-Day Deadline to Resolve Tariff Dispute
Indonesia and the United States have agreed to conclude negotiations over a 32 percent US tariff on Indonesian imports within...
April 21, 2025
Largest Shake-Up of American Diplomacy Since 1789 Proposed by Trump
A 16-page draft executive order circulating among U.S. officials, as reported by multiple sources, reveals the Trump administration’s plan for...
April 21, 2025
Religion and Power: Trump’s White House Deepens Christian Influence
On April 20, 2025, President Donald Trump released an Easter message that underscored a new direction for the White House....
April 20, 2025
TSMC’s $165 Billion U.S. Bet: Chips, Tariffs, and the New Industrial Order
TSMC, the world’s largest contract chipmaker, has committed to a $165 billion expansion in the United States, as confirmed in...
April 20, 2025
Trump and Meloni Signal Confidence in U.S.-E.U. Trade Deal Amid Tariff Standoff
President Donald Trump and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni met in Washington this week, aiming to ease tensions over US...
April 20, 2025
Washington Targets Chinese Shipbuilding Dominance With Escalating Port Charges
The United States Trade Representative (USTR) announced on April 18, 2025, that the Trump administration will impose new port fees
April 20, 2025