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The idea of America as an exceptional nation, superior to its rivals and therefore destined to lead the world, seems passé to most observers. In political, diplomatic and military circles, the talk is of a dysfunctional superpower, isolationist abroad and polarized at home. But in the investing world, the term “American exceptionalism” is hotter than ever.

The Canadian dollar has been steadily declining over the past couple of months — a drop many economists and currency experts have linked to the rising expectations of a Donald Trump victory in the lead up to the U.S. election. The loonie is down just over four per cent against its U.S. counterpart since late September, and 1.5 per cent since Nov. 5. It slumped nearly a half per cent after Trump announced that, on day one of his presidency, he would impose a 25 per cent tariff on all goods entering the United States from Canada and Mexico.

John Morgan, a former Democratic donor and founder of the Morgan & Morgan law firm recently claimed in a recent Fox News interview that Barron Trump, who is the US President- elect Donald Trump's youngest son is ‘smarter’ than US Vice President Kamala Harris's entire campaign team, reported New York Post. According to New York Post, John Morgan gave all the credits to Barron Trump’s suggestion for his father to appear on popular podcasts which included ‘The Joe Rogan Experience’ as pivotal in defeating Kamala Harris in the recent US Presidential election. He actually criticized Kamala Harris for avoiding such platforms while arguing that her limited media presence contributed to her campaign's failure. Also Read: Rapper David Blunts performs on stage with the help of oxygen tank at Chicago, fans react on social media; watch video

Juice WRLD Day 2024 event in the month of November held in Chicago, rapper Dave Blunts drew significant attention by performing while connected to an oxygen tank, reported Sportskeeda. This striking visual led to a wave of reactions on social media, with fans expressing both concern and bewilderment over his health struggles. According to Sportskeeda, Dave Blunts performed several of his tracks while seated on a couch, declaring that ‘I do this for Juice. I do this for me. We keep going no matter what’ while showcasing his determination despite ongoing challenges. Also Read: All American Season 7: See premiere date, time, cast and plot

US President- elect Donald Trump's victory, numerous women have decided to undergo sterilization procedures while fearing potential restrictions on reproductive rights under his administration, reported Newsweek. According to Newsweek, Lydia Echols from Texas plans to have her fallopian tubes removed while stating that she feels compelled to protect her reproductive autonomy in light of Donald Trump's policies. Other women echoed similar sentiments while expressing anxiety about losing access to abortion and birth control. Also Read: Playing Nice: Baby swap drama’s trailer, plot and production team

Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) on Monday attacked the Centre over the Adani issue and threatened to launch a protest in support of the opposition's demand for a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probe into the allegations against the business group. In a statement, the SKM, an umbrella organisation of several farmers' bodies, also said that protests will be held in Uttar Pradesh on December 4 against proposed privatisation of electricity sector in the state. The SKM accused the NDA government at the Centre of shielding industrialist Gautam Adani, against whom bribery allegations have been made in a US court. «The case registered against Adani Group in the USA corroborates SKM's demand of no privatisation of the electricity sector and prepaid smart meters that will impose huge exploitation of the people,» the SKM said.

Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis have had a sturdy relationship and have been parenting their children together, but in a recent podcast, Kutcher has broadly stated that both of them try to raise their kids in different manners. While speaking at this podcast, he admitted that most of his methods are painted with 'toxic masculinity', something that is already brimming up big sarcasms and criticism on the Internet.

The improvement reported by the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) on Monday tracked similar increases in other sentiment surveys, which have risen on hopes of more business-friendly policies from the incoming Trump administration. Still, manufacturing is not out of the woods yet. ISM Manufacturing Business Survey Committee Chair Timothy Fiore noted that «production execution eased in November,» consistent with demand sluggishness and weak backlogs, and that suppliers continue to have capacity, with lead times improving but some product shortages reappearing.

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BJP has flayed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for his remarks on GDP growth rate decline and said his attempt to paint a picture of economic doom, with selective data and «half-truths», is not just misleading but reeks of a «childish» oversimplification of complex realities. The Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha had on Sunday expressed concern over India's GDP growth rate declining to its lowest in two years and said the country's economy cannot progress as long as a handful of billionaires accrue its benefits. He stressed that new thinking is required for India's economy and a new deal for businesses should be an important part of it. Reacting sharply, BJP IT department head Amit Malviya wrote on X, «Your attempt to paint a picture of economic doom, with selective data and half-truths is not just misleading but reeks of 'Balak Buddhi' — a childish oversimplification of complex realities». He said crying foul over a 5.4 per cent GDP growth rate by the Congress leader is «laughable when it is one of the highest globally».

Joe Biden pardoned his son, Hunter, sparing the younger Biden a possible prison sentence for federal felony gun and tax convictions and reversing his past promises not to use the extraordinary powers of the presidency for the benefit of his family, as per a report. The Democratic president had previously said he would not pardon his son or commute his sentence after convictions in the two cases in Delaware and California. The move on Sunday night comes weeks before Hunter Biden was set to receive his punishment after his trial conviction in the gun case and guilty plea on tax charges, and less than two months before President-elect Donald Trump is set to return to the White House, AP reported. It caps a long-running legal saga for the younger Biden, who publicly disclosed he was under federal investigation in December 2020 — a month after his father’s 2020 victory — and casts a pall over the elder Biden's legacy.

IIT Kharagpur students received 750 offers, including pre-placement offers, till the end of Day 1 of Phase-I of the 2024-25 placement process, the institute said in a statement on Monday. Most of the companies have extended roles to students in software, analytics, finance, banking, consulting, and core engineering. Nine students have secured international offers and 11 students have received compensation packages exceeding Rs 1 crore in Day 1. The highest package received so far is 2.14 Cr. Apple, Capital One, DE Shaw, Glean, Google, Graviton, Microsoft, Optiver, Quantbox, Databricks, Squarepoint Capital, Ebullient Securities, Samsara and many more companies participated on Day 1. Few companies such as Capital One, Microsoft, Qualcomm, American Express, Flipkart, Meesho, Mastercard have given significantly large number of offers, the institute said.

President-elect Donald Trump has picked Indian-origin Kash Patel to lead the FBI. Patel is one of the Trump's most loyal enforcers and a conspiracy theorist — a 2020 election denier who wants to purge the so-called «deep state». He recently publicly pledged to investigate and prosecute Trump’s enemies in the media and government, according to The Rolling Stone. “I am proud to announce that Kashyap ‘Kash’ Patel will serve as the next Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Kash is a brilliant lawyer, investigator, and ‘America First’ fighter who has spent his career exposing corruption, defending Justice, and protecting the American People,” Trump posted on Truth Social on Saturday evening.

In recent years, the decline in debt mutual fund investors has been alarming. Since 2020, folios in fixed income funds have dropped to 7.1 million from 8.1 million even as equity-oriented fund folios have skyrocketed to over 1.5 billion from 638 million. While the percentage of total MF assets to bank fixed deposits has risen to 31% in 2024 from 16% in 2020, the ratio of fixed income assets under management to bank deposits remains a paltry 7.5% as of October 2024.

The value of Thanksgiving gravy is shown in the FRIENDS TV serial episode ‘The One with Ross’s Sandwich’. The sandwich is made with what an obsessed Ross rather grossly calls the ‘moistmaker’, a slice of bread soaked in leftover gravy. It acknowledges that bread and gravy are natural partners, as the Old Foodie’s blog notes in a recipe for ‘Gravy-bread for invalids’ from an 1859 English cookery book.

Positioned along the seismically active Ring of Fire, Indonesia and the Philippines have the second and third highest installed geothermal energy capacity in the world, after the United States

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Biden is finally making his long-promised visit to Africa this week, attempting to showcase a US-backed railway project in three countries that he has pushed as a new approach in countering some of China's global influence. Biden's first visit to the continent as president — which he left to the very end — will highlight the Lobito Corridor railway redevelopment in Zambia, Congo and Angola. It aims to advance US presence in a region rich in the critical minerals used in batteries for electric vehicles, electronic devices and clean energy technologies. That's a key field for US-China competition and China has a stranglehold on Africa's critical minerals.