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Former deputy NSA K.T. McFarland discusses the U.S. and U.K. strikes on Houthi forces in Yemen on ‘Maria Bartiromo’s Wall Street.’

Netflix will host the release of Pokémon Horizons: The Series in March 2024, marking the 26th season of the Pokémon anime. Notably, this season deviates from the long-standing duo of Ash Ketchum and Pikachu, featuring new characters Liko and Roy. Pokémon's New Era

While blue-chip cryptocurrencies are attempting a recovery in wake of broadly bearish price action since last Friday, $BIAO, $HEMULE and $XFER are the top crypto gainers today on DEXTools.

Do Kwon, co-founder of Terraform Labs, has once again appealed the Montenegro High Court’s decision to uphold extradition requests from the U.S. and South Korea. His legal team argues that the recent decision by the Montenegro High Court violates legal provisions, the European Convention on Extradition, and the bilateral treaty with the U.S. on extradition.

Mint on condition of anonymity. The company has held dealer ‘clinics’ with 30-35 potential Indian dealer partners in Vietnam, and is soon going to announce its distributor network, which will display both two- and four-wheelers.

Seth MacFarlane, the misadventures of a foul-mouthed teddy bear named Ted took cinemas by storm in 2012. Now, Ted has its own TV series, offering a prequel to the antics that made audiences laugh and cringe simultaneously. Discover how you can watch Ted online in the US and UK.

Banking giant JP Morgan projects a huge inflow into spot Bitcoin ETFs from other cryptocurrency-related products even without new capital from the wider financial market.

The former CEO of the Celsius Network, Alex Mashinsky, has filed a motion requesting the dismissal of charges related to commodities fraud and market manipulation. This request was made through his legal team.

free trade agreement (FTA) between India and the UK are either finalised or at an advanced stage of talks, a government official said on Monday. Additional Secretary in the Department of Commerce L Satya Srinivas said that the 14th round of negotiations between the officials of the two countries is underway here. «The majority of the chapters are either closed or at an advanced stage of negotiation.

Baidu on Monday refuted a newspaper report that said its artificial intelligence chatbot Ernie was linked to Chinese military research. Hong Kong newspaper South China Morning Post on Friday cited an academic paper from a university affiliated with the People's Liberation Army cyberwarfare division. The paper stated that the division had tested its artificial intelligence system on Baidu's Ernie and on artificial intelligence firm iFlyTek's Spark, both of which are language-based AI chatbots similar to ChatGPT.

China. That is drawing the attention of President Joe Biden and his aides, who are considering new protectionist measures to make sure American industry can compete against Beijing. As US factories spin up to produce electric vehicles, semiconductors and solar panels, China is flooding the market with similar goods, often at significantly lower prices. A similar influx is also hitting the European market.

Portfolio Wealth Advisors President and CIO Lee Munson discusses the expected release of big bank earnings, the Fed's rate cuts and shares his market outlook for the year.

Navi Mumbai, driven by transformative infrastructure projects such as the Mumbai Trans Harbour Link (MTHL) and the forthcoming international airport. The hospitality market is witnessing a surge in investments in the region, with Navi Mumbai, Panvel and Khopoli emerging as the prime locations for investors, said hotel industry executives and transaction advisory firms. Most of the leading hospitality brands are either looking to step up their presence or are entering the region. American hotel operator Radisson Hotel Group that currently has one property, Country Inn & Suites by Radisson at Turbhe in Navi Mumbai, recently signed up for a 100-room hotel in Khopoli and has another one of similar size coming up soon. The MHTL, which opened to the public on Saturday, is set to decongest Mumbai by improving connectivity between the island city and mainland and promoting the development of Navi Mumbai region. This significant infrastructure link spans a length of about 21.8 km.

By Jonathan Stempel

Reliance Industries' financial services arm Jio Financial Services said its profit increased eight times to ₹70 crore in the quarter ended December 2023 from ₹8 crore in the previous year due to higher interest income and gains on fair value changes. Total interest income at the financier, owned by India's most valued company, increased to ₹91 crore in December 2023 from ₹12 lakh a year ago. The non-banking finance company also gained from a ₹44 crore gain on fair value changes, up from ₹35 crore a year ago. The gains were added to the company's revenue.

₹450 crore currently, as it aims to tap into the growing demand for pre-cooked food items across international and domestic markets. Currently, 98% of the Mumbai-based company’s revenues come from overseas sales, but it is ramping up its domestic business with the newly-launched pickle and cooking pastes brand Soul, which it plans to grow to ₹100 crore in the next three years, its chairman and managing director Bimal Thakkar told Mint in an interview. The company will invest ₹100 crore over the next two years to expand its manufacturing capacity, while eyeing acquisitions for inorganic growth.

NEW DELHI : New Delhi and Tehran discussed the spate of Houthi attacks on shipping vessels in the Red Sea during external affairs minister S. Jaishankar’s visit to Iran, said India’s foreign ministry. “As you are all aware, recently there has also been a perceptible increase in threats to the safety of maritime commercial traffic in this important part of the Indian Ocean.

(Reuters) — Much of the United States remained gripped by an Arctic blast on Monday, cutting power to tens of thousands of customers in northern states and Texas and potentially dampening turnout in Iowa, where voters will cast the first ballots for a Republican candidate in November's presidential race.

Global public debt in 2023 reached historical highs that have put the world economy’s growth at risk. And International Monetary Fund (IMF) projections point to this burden growing much faster in the next five years than its pre-pandemic projections. This time, rising debt is a trend across the board.

By Trevor Hunnicutt and Nandita Bose