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For decades, Art Cashin, UBS' director of floor operations at the New York Stock Exchange, would write a New Year's poem to reflect back on the year's events. With Cashin's passing earlier this month, his sons, Arthur and Peter, sent this homage to their father:

Russia, putting a spotlight on shifting export patterns as traders focus on the global market’s prospects in 2025.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. An unprecedented explosion of conflicts has carved a trail of death and destruction across the breadth of Africa—from Mali near the continent’s western edge all the way to Somalia on its eastern Horn.

America First policies emphasise local production, reducing reliance on imports and imposing tariffs on foreign goods. Trump fired a warning shot at India recently. “If they tax us, we tax them the same amount… The word reciprocal is important because if somebody charges us… if India charges us 100%, do we charge them nothing for the same?”

oldest living former president at 98 years old but also the only president alive from the 1970s after Gerald Ford's death in 2006. His death leaves the U.S. with four living former presidents, each representing different chapters in modern American history.

Donald Trump takes office as U.S. president, AP reported.

Baba Vanga predictions were earlier considered a voodoo thing by a majority of the world for a few decades until it was reported that the Bulgarian mystic healer and astrologer had predicted the 9/11 terror attacks on US soil much in advance. This was just not the only shocking prediction, but the inferences of her sayings have been reportedly coming true for years, even after her death.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Of late, I am hearing Indians say an un-Indian thing. When they think about a world in turmoil—the devastating wars in the Levant and Ukraine, the cruelty of militias in Africa, the upheavals in Bangladesh, the recent collapse of Sri Lanka’s economy, and of Afghanistan and Pakistan, which do not require descriptors—I hear them say, “Actually, we are quite lucky to be Indians." This sentiment is new.

Athos Salomé, known to his followers as the "Living Nostradamus," has issued a stark warning about the impending risk of World War III. Salomé, who has gained notoriety for predicting events like the coronavirus pandemic, Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter, and the passing of Queen Elizabeth II, believes cyber warfare and advanced technology will drive the next major conflict.

Rupee settled at new lows as the year closed as dollar's resurgence weighed on emerging-market currencies.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. It would be hard to look at 2024 in isolation. Threads from 2023 have woven their way into 2024, at least within the arts ecosystem.

Living Nostradamus Athos Salome has recently taken the world by storm by stating that a World War III is imminent, and could bring in mass destruction across the globe, based on various flash points from where thigs could worsen. The psychic and seer has also claimed that cyber threats are the biggest troublesome scenarios for the world, and could be one of the most used warfare methods if World War III were to occur.

Days after Azerbaijan Airlines crash, Russia allegedly released a controversial Christmas propaganda video. In the purported Russian video shared by Ukraine's Centre for Countering Disinformation appears to showcase a bizarre piece of Russian propaganda, where a sleigh driven by a NATO-branded Santa Claus is shot down above Moscow.

Azerbaijan Airlines this week may have been caused by a Russian anti-aircraft missile.

capital on Friday on the back of continued buying by jewellers and depreciation in the rupee, according to All India Sarafa Association. Traders said the safe-haven asset is also strengthened by escalating geopolitical tensions stemming from the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war and tensions in the Middle East. The yellow metal on Thursday settled at Rs 78,850 per 10 grams.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The preliminary results of Azerbaijan’s investigation into the deadly crash of a civilian airliner point to the plane being hit by a Russian antiaircraft missile, or shrapnel from it, said people briefed on the probe. Azerbaijan’s initial findings came quickly after aviation experts said visible damage to the Azerbaijan Airlines flight—carrying 62 passengers and five crew members—was evidence that it was hit by a munition.

Rajeev Agarwal, Fund Manager & Managing Partner, Doordarshi India Fund, says the policy measures will drive to a very large extent what happens either on the upside or the downside. Markets may not tell the full story because there is a story about some stocks that have risen a lot in 2024 and maybe they will take a little bit of a backseat while some others that have been punished in 2024 may have a better opportunity as we go into 2025. It may be a lot more stock-specific rather than market-specific. But from an Indian stock perspective, the base case of around 13% annual return is quite reasonable. What exactly are you expecting in terms of the market dynamics – globally as well as back home? What’s in store for global markets next year, after they have been navigating through this election cycle, lots of unusual market dynamics as well? Rajeev Agarwal: For 2025, clearly the one big event is Trump taking over the reins as the US President. A lot of policy measures are expected to be introduced by Trump very quickly. Clearly, he has the people that he wanted and many of those will get confirmed. That is going to be the one big event which will drive a lot of the markets.

Finnish police say authorities detained a ship linked to neighboring Russia as they investigate whether it damaged a Baltic Sea power cable and several data cables

US President Joe Biden is reportedly preparing to leave the White House with really minimal fanfare following a challenging year for the Democrats who lost to US President- elect Donald Trump in the US Presidential Elections 2024, reported The Hill.