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social media platform X owned by billionaire Elon Musk to pay a fine of 8.1 million reais ($1.42 million) for noncompliance with judicial orders, according to a ruling made public on Thursday.

«In those days, when Sunil Gavaskar used to get out, the hopes on rest of the batsmen was very-very low. Today, barring India, most other countries in emerging market like Russia, China, Brazil, South Africa, have not delivered return to investors. Over 20-year period, emerging markets underperformed developed markets,» says Nilesh Shah, MD, Kotak AMC. Exactly a month ago, this market had a lot of event risk, budget, Trump and tariffs, then there was RBI, MPC, and then Delhi elections. Thankfully for us, we have come on the right side of all the individual events. So, if events were making markets nervous and if the events are behind us and we have been on the right side of the event, then do you think it is a matter of time markets will stabilise? Nilesh Shah: So, in our opinion, while there are certain events which are behind us, there are few things which will keep market on the volatile side. One, we are in a world which is increasingly becoming protectionist from globalised, with Trump administration launching newer and newer initiatives for America first, there will be concerns on geopolitical side.

Gabriel Galipolo said on Thursday that crypto asset usage in the country has surged over the past two to three years, with around 90% of the flow linked to stablecoins. Stablecoins are pegged to real-world assets, such as the U.S. dollar, and therefore fluctuate much less than other crypto assets like bitcoin.

Severance Season 2 continues its weekly episode release format on Apple TV+. Episode 5 is set to premiere soon. The season consists of 10 episodes, each lasting between 45-55 minutes.

US stock market has been seeing a dream run for the better part of two years, but its relentless run has now slowed down steadily, and the slump of tech stocks, along with a dip in the stock indexes has become a major point of concern for US investors now. Meanwhile, Bank of America strategist Hartnett is claiming that the outperformance of the US stock market may begin fading soon, according to a Bloomberg report.

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Mahendra Kumar Jajoo, Head-Fixed Income, Mirae Asset Investment, says the rupee is currently valued at 87-87.5 which he considers fair value and may reach new lows, aligning with other currencies. Downward pressure is due to selling by foreign institutional investors (FIIs). However, as March approaches, we expect the Reserve Bank to implement measures in its monetary policy to help banks attract more foreign currency deposits, including the FCNR(B) scheme and eased criteria for external commercial borrowing (ECB). Where do you see the rupee headed because it has been weakening further. It touched an all-time low on Wednesday. Mahendra Kumar Jajoo: After the depreciation in the last one month, rupee is now largely in line with the peers in the rest of the global markets. Currencies like Brazilian Real or Mexican Peso have been depreciating by about 15% to 20% in the last one year. Rupee on a year-to-year basis is just down about 5%. So, there was a period in October, November when the rupee was outperforming all the other major currencies and I think that correction has now been done.

Athos Salome. According to the Brazilian Nostradamus, hybrid humans could end up becoming superior to real humans, and that could precipitate an 'extraordinary worldwide moral crisis', says a Daily Star report.

Nine months ahead of the 2025 U.N. climate conference known as COP30, prices for lodging are alarming those who want to attend the event in Belem, Brazil’s Amazonian host city

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Naveen Jindal, chairman of India’s fourth-largest steelmaker Jindal Steel and Power Ltd (JSPL), is building a private steel empire abroad, one that could match the size of his listed Indian company in future. Over the past five years, Jindal has built an end-to-end steel business with assets across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

Surging prices for coffee on global markets are coinciding with a weak Canadian dollar, putting a “pinch” on cafés and retailers that could end up hiking the cost of your cup of joe.

Voluntary export controls by trading partners improve their competitiveness. Fair trade restrictions do not restore the cost advantage for local employment. Even if some form of protectionism can be defended in theory, it is typically captured by interests narrower than national welfare, leading to rent-seeking. The US has tried these approaches since the 1950s and has not been able to make much headway in arresting its trade deficit with the rest of the world. With every passing decade, the target of US protectionism changes: Opec, Japan, China — now it's the turn of India, Brazil and Canada.

Keir Starmer (left) on his way to the G20 Summit in Brazil and Rachel Reeves (right) at Davos 2025. Pictures: Simon Dawson / No 10 Downing Street and Kirsty O’Connor / Treasury

Gustavo Petro said Sunday he would not allow US migrant deportation flights access to his country's airspace.

Naomi Girma has made history as the first million-dollar player in women’s soccer. The 24-year-old completed her transfer from San Diego Wave to Chelsea for a record-breaking $1.1 million (900,000 pounds) on Sunday.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. For millennia, people have altered food to please their palates. More than 3,000 years ago Mesoamericans, living in what is Mexico and Central America today, cooked corn kernels in a solution of wood ash or limestone.

Tools for Humanity, cofounded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, must stop offering compensation for iris scans in the country, it said in a statement on Friday.