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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Chennai: As finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman dots the I’s and crosses the t’s of her speech she will deliver on 1 February, when she presents a record eighth consecutive budget, her biggest concern will be whether the proposals can dispel the clouds hanging over India, the world’s fastest-growing large economy. After the covid-19 pandemic, India experienced a scorching pace of growth for three years—on an average, the economy expanded by more than 8%.

(Bloomberg) — Canada is planning to set up a center to accommodate migrants from the US crossing the northern border into Quebec as the Trump administration pushes ahead with an immigration crackdown.

J.M. Smucker Co. chief executive Mark Smucker leaned on close advisers when he made the decision to bolster the jelly and coffee company through a US$5.6-billion acquisition in 2023 of Hostess Brands Inc., an equally well-known name in food, and they came from a seemingly unusual place: a Canadian bank.

Salwan Momika, a 38-year-old Iraqi refugee known for burning copies of the Quran, was shot and killed in his home in Sodertalje, Sweden, late Wednesday, along with fellow protester Salwan Najem. Swedish authorities confirmed the death and have detained five individuals in connection with the killing.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Colombia’s run-in with Donald Trump is a warning to other countries trying to decipher the US president’s haphazard decision-making process. As Asian nations realize that Trump’s second term could be even more erratic than his first, China is ready to take advantage of the chaos.

Donald Trump has offered federal workers the option to resign and receive pay for eight months. In an email, the administration has asked almost all government employees to decide by 6 February whether they want to be part of a «deferred resignation» programme that will mean them leaving their jobs no later than the end of September.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. New Delhi: It is “critical" for the G20 to address emerging challenges of trade and tariff wars, India’s sherpa Amitabh Kant said, amid increasing threats by US President Donald Trump to hike tariffs against India and other members of the grouping of major global economies. In an interview, the former bureaucrat said G20 should also address the potential adverse effects of artificial intelligence by suggesting a regulatory framework.

At its January meeting, the Fed left key interest rates unchanged between 4.25% to 4.5%, the first pause after three consecutive cuts, including a 50 bps slash in September last year.  In a press conference, chair of the Federal Open Market Committee Jay Powell said that, while labour market conditions are «cooling» and «solid», the current economic outlook meant that US rate-setters «do not need to be in a hurry to adjust our policy stance».  He also justified the central bank's decision to err on the side of caution, noting that «reducing policy restraint too fast or too much could ...

Norfolk Southern's solid fourth quarter — combined with the optimism the railroad is hearing from their customers and support they’re getting from Washington D

An aircraft developed by Boom Supersonic has become the first independently funded jet to break the sound barrier

ChatGPT creator OpenAI on Wednesday said that Chinese companies are actively attempting to replicate its advanced AI models, prompting increased security measures and closer cooperation with US authorities.

Manifest Destiny was a 19th-century belief in the United States that Americans were destined by divine providence to expand their territory across the North American continent. The term was coined by journalist John L. O’Sullivan in 1845 when he wrote that the US had a right to claim and spread democratic values and civilization across the continent. The ideology became one of the driving forces behind westward expansion and shaped US territorial, political, and social policies.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Piramal Pharma Ltd, which has a strong presence in the inhaled anaesthetic generics segment in the US and emerging markets, plans to expand its pipeline of injectables to drive growth, chairperson Nandini Piramal told Mint in an interview. The company launched Chlorpromazine Hydrochloride, an injectable used to treat psychiatric disorders, in the US on 22 January.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The Center for AI Safety (CAIS) and Scale AI collaborated to create what they called ‘Humanity’s Last Exam,’ a test stuffed with 3,000 PhD-level questions from mathematics, humanities and life sciences. A new Turing Test for the age of AI, only three models got scores close to 10%: OpenAI o1, Google’s Gemini 2, and an unknown Chinese model called DeepSeek R1.

DeepSeek, a selloff that raises questions about the crypto outlook after last year’s boom. Bitcoin churned at $101,800 as of 10:21 a.m. Tuesday in Singapore, holding most of a 3% drop from the prior session. Tokens such as Ether and Solana shouldered bigger hits in the slipstream of a plunge in the Nasdaq 100 Index of US tech stocks.

Egg prices in the United States continue to crack under pressure while in Canada they remain relatively stable — and even late-night TV is taking notice.On The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Tuesday night, the host couldn’t resist a jab at the price gap, joking that while Americans face egg rations, Canadians are “yolking it up” with their cheaper cartons.“F— it, I’m with Trump — let’s bomb Saskatchewan,” Colbert joked.But behind the joke is a serious issue driving up costs in the U.S. — a relentless outbreak of bird flu that is devastating poultry farms, forcing farmers to kill millions of chickens and sending egg prices soaring.The average cost of a dozen large eggs was USD$4.15 in December, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. EVEN AS AMERICA’S relationship with China enters a new, less predictable era, Donald Trump and Xi Jinping see the value in talking. On January 17th the leaders had a “very good" phone call, wrote Mr Trump on social media.

US President Donald Trump expresses regretUS President Donald Trump expressed grief over the matter and said, “I have been fully briefed on the terrible accident which just took place at Reagan National Airport. May God bless their souls.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The success of DeepSeek, the Chinese rival to American goliaths with radically more cost-effective artificial intelligence, reveals the futility of U.S. sanctions policies.