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Star Wars: Skeleton Crew will be available on Disney Plus on Tuesday, December 10, 2024. Viewers in the United States can watch it at 6 p.m. PT or 9 p.m. ET. The release time differs from the first two episodes, which aired together on Monday, December 2. Going forward, episodes will follow a weekly Tuesday schedule.

Harmeet K Dhillon as assistant attorney general for civil rights at the US Department of Justice may be a headache for India, given her past position on Khalistan-related issues. Dhillon — the latest addition to the list of Indian-Americans in the incoming Republican administration — has been alleged in the past to espouse pro-Khalistan sentiment. She is accused by her critics of sympathising with the cause of Khalistan and helping Khalistanis based in the US. In 2023, reacting to a Wall Street Journal report, Dhillon had posted on X, «Update on India's death squad project, which has claimed the life of at least one Canadian Sikh activist, and which targeted another in the US. Will there be consequences? Prosecutors Charge Indian Man With Trying to Kill Sikh Activists in US.»

Real Madrid will play Atalanta in crucial Champions League match. Atalanta are at the fifth place with 11 points. However, Real Madrid are at 24th place with six points. It's a must-win game for Madrid in order to qualify for the next round. Real Madrid versus Atalanta will be streamed on Paramount+ which offers free trial for new subscribers in the US. Real Madrid versus Atalanta Champions League match will kick off at 3 pm (ET) on Tuesday, December 10. In fact, heading into the sixth of eight rounds in the new-look, 36-team league format, there's a growing risk of an embarrassingly early exit for Madrid. Twenty-four clubs will advance to the knockout stage, with the top eight qualifying directly for the last 16 and the other 16 going into two-legged playoffs.

US investors are seeing some optimum returns as of now, but many are of the opinion that all of this is like a balloon show, waiting for the right moment to bust. However, amid all the recession and inflation fears surrounding the US stock market, there are certain equity stocks that could reportedly fare well in the year 2025.

Court records show New York prosecutors have charged a man with murder in the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO

The Onion's bid to buy conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' Infowars is back in a Texas courtroom

Chinese electric battery company CATL and automaker Stellantis say they will build a major battery factory in northern Spain

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Americans are realizing that «tariffs on everything from Canada would make life a lot more expensive» and says he would retaliate if Donald Trump imposes them

A U.S. official says the Biden administration is opening an investigation into labor and human rights abuses in Nicaragua

benchmark indices closed flat on Tuesday, with blue-chip IT stocks gaining, while market participants exercised caution ahead of key inflation data from India and the United States due later in the week. The benchmark S&P BSE Sensex declined 1.59 points to settle at 81,510.05, while the broader Nifty 50 index closed at 24,610.05, lower by 8.95 points or 0.04%.

BJP West Bengal unit staged a protest at Basirhat border in Ghojadanga creating blockade and protesting against torture on minorities in Bangladesh. Leader of Opposition in state Assembly Suvendu Adhikari announced a mega rally in Kolkata on December 16, which is celebrated as Vijay Diwas by the Indian army. Meanwhile, ISKCON Kolkata urges UN Human Rights to ‘Wake up’ after another ISKCON monk was attacked at Dhaka’s Uttara area. After blocking goods vehicles from crossing the border at the Petrapole land port last week, BJP leader Adhikari reached the Ghojadanga land port in North 24 Parganas where various organisations conducted a similar blockade on Tuesday to protest the arrest of Hindu monk Chinmay Krishna Das Brahmachari in Bangladesh. Adhikari said, “Today is the World Human Rights’ Day. I urge the countries which believe in humanitarian ways like United States and United Kingdom to take action. The world community should come together and protect the Hindus in Bangladesh.”

Jay-Z, Beyonce's massive 2025 tour and Christmas NFL appearance are in jeopardy. The startling allegations may cast doubt on Beyoncé's massive tour scheduled for next year. Jay Z has angrily refuted idiotic allegations that he raped and drugged a 13-year-old girl. According to an anonymous lawsuit, the 55-year-old music mogul and fellow rapper Sean Diddy Combs alternated in the assault, as quoted in a report by The US Sun. On September 7, 2000, an MTV VMAs after-party in New York was reported to have included an unidentified female celebrity. Combs was the target of the October lawsuit, which was resubmitted on Sunday to include Beyoncé's husband, Jay Z, as a defendant.

With the Bank of Canada gearing up for its final interest rate decision of 2024, experts warn the flagging Canadian dollar could well have further to fall if the central bank delivers the sizeable cut that markets expect.

The deployment covers a wider area this time, with additional ships going beyond Taiwan into other parts of the Pacific, defence officials said at a news conference. Lt. Gen. Hsieh Jih-sheng said China's navy is creating two walls — one at Taiwan's perimeter and another outside the first island chain, which extends south from Japan and through Taiwan to the Philippines. «The message they are sending is very simple: The Taiwan Strait is ours,» he said, referring to the waters between Taiwan and China.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Tuesday said he never met industrialist Gautam Adani and sought to know if the BJP and its ally, the PMK, were prepared for a joint parliamentary committee (JPC) probe on the Adani issue. Responding to a question raised by PMK leader G K Mani in the Assembly, Stalin said he had no connection whatsoever with the industrialist whom the PMK and the BJP were spreading a 'misinformation' campaign that he had links. «Electricity Minister Senthil Balaji has already explained in a detailed manner. I and Adani have no ties at all. Are you prepared for a JPC probe on the issue,» Stalin asked, pointing at Mani. The Congress and some other opposition parties have been demanding a JPC probe following the indictment of Adani and other company officials in a US court over bribery allegations.

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In the family-sponsored categories, F1 moved to November 22, 2015, and F3 advanced to July 1, 2010, for final action. Filing dates for F3 rose to July 22, 2012, while F4 increased to August 15, 2006. Categories F2A and F2B remain largely unchanged. For employment-based preferences, significant shifts include the second preference (EB-2), advancing to October 1, 2012, for final action, while filing dates remain at January 1, 2013. EB-3 and «Other Workers» now have a final action date of December 1, 2012, with no movement in filing dates.

Islamic State militants in Syria were meant in part as a message to the group and a move to ensure that it doesn't try to take advantage of the chaos following the overthrow of President Bashar Assad's government. The US and its partners want to make sure the Islamic State group, which still has a presence in Syria, can't step into the leadership void and once again exert control over wide swaths of the country, Pentagon spokeswoman Sabrina Singh said Monday. The US on Sunday struck about 75 IS targets in the Syrian desert. The US has had troops in Syria for the last decade to battle IS. The tumult following a rebel offensive that toppled Assad has raised fears of an Islamic State resurgence. «ISIS will try to use this period to reestablish its capabilities, to create safe havens,» Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday, using another acronym for the group. «As our precision strikes over the weekend demonstrate, we are determined not to let that happen.»

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. TAIPEI—China massed dozens of navy and coast guard vessels in what appears to be the largest maritime exercises targeting Taiwan and the broader Western Pacific region since 1996, a potent warning to the incoming Trump administration of its intention to eventually take control of the island. China’s military didn’t announce the start of any drills.

Canada the «51st state» of the US. This time, Trump dubbed Justin Trudeau as «Governor», a post referring to the executive head of a US state. He made the remarks on Truth Social, a social media network he owns, over a week after he attended a dinner with Trudeau at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. «It was a pleasure to have dinner the other night with Governor Justin Trudeau of the Great State of Canada. I look forward to seeing the Governor again soon so that we may continue our in-depth talks on Tariffs and Trade, the results of which will be truly spectacular for all,» said the Republican leader.