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Almayadeen quoting Alexander Lukashenko.“I mean, first of all, the sanctions. These scoundrels had no right to impose sanctions against ships, against planes, helicopters that transport people… They banned their companies from servicing [Raisi’s helicopter].

Mumbai: The rise of artificial intelligence in digital transformation will present more opportunities, and looking at the right kind of upskilling avenues will transform AI’s impact on job redundancies, concurred a panel of senior industry executives at Mint Digital Innovation Summit 2024 on Friday. Speaking at the Summit, in a panel titled 'Macro View: What it means to become a Digital and AI leader’, Jayashree Satagopan, corporate president and chief financial officer of Coromandel International, said, “There will be job redundancies that will happen because of AI. But this is nothing new.

Wall Street sparked by a string of better-than-expected US data that added to worries the Federal Reserve will hold off on cutting interest rates this year. A weeks-long rally in equities has petered out in the past few days on profit-taking and as central bank officials pushed back against bets on an early reduction.

Morgan Spurlock, the filmmaker best known for his documentary Super Size Me, has died at the age of 53.

GQG Partners' investment in Adani group stocks over the last year has surged nearly 172%, with half of the group stocks erasing all losses incurred since the US-based short-seller Hindenburg's adverse report on the group. The US-headquartered boutique investment firm invested ₹38,500 crore ($4.6 billion) in six Adani group stocks between March and October last year. As of Friday, the value of this investment stood at ₹96,431 crore ($11.62 billion).

Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Parneet Kaur and Aditi Swami grabbed their third successive Archery World Cup gold medal, while the mixed team added a silver at the stage two event here on Saturday. The world number one Indian compound women's team dominated Turkey's Hazal Burun, Ayse Bera Suzer and Begum Yuva right from the first end and sealed the gold without dropping a set, maintaining a healthy six-point margin (232-226) in a lopsided final.

stocks rebounded on Friday from sharp losses the day before on news of an improving consumer outlook on inflation, sending the Nasdaq to a fifth straight week of gains and record closing high. The Commerce Department said new orders for key U.S.-manufactured capital goods

Gold prices rose on Friday as the dollar slipped, but were headed for their worst week in five and a half months as hopes of interest rate cuts by the U.S. central bank tamed. Spot gold rose 0.2% to $2,332.77 per ounce as of 1:54 p.m. ET (1754 GMT) as the U.S. dollar index slipped 0.4%, making gold relatively less expensive for other currency holders. [USD/] [US/]

Janet Yellen stated on Friday that she is working to save a component of the global corporate tax agreement targeting highly profitable multinational corporations, and added that “India is refusing to engage on issues important to US interests".Yellen told Reuters in an interview on the sidelines of a G7 finance leaders meeting in Italy that China also has been “all but absent" in the negotiations to finalize “Pillar 1" of the OECD corporate tax deal reached in principle in 2021 that involves 140 countries."We are actively engaged in this negotiation," to meet an end-June deadline for the deal, Yellen told Reuters. “We're committed to doing everything we possibly can to make it work."Also Read: Yellen ‘Feeling Good’ About G-7 Alignment on Russian AssetsEarlier on Friday, Italian Finance Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti told reporters that the Pillar 1 negotiations were set to fail, citing objections from the U.S., India and China.The Pillar 1 negotiations primarily focus on redistributing the taxing authority concerning US-based digital giants, potentially enabling around $200 billion of corporate profits to be taxed in the nations where these companies operate.In addition to Pillar 1, the tax deal includes a second pillar involving the implementation of a 15% global minimum tax on corporate profits, which many countries are independently adopting.

₹39 to ₹71,538 per 10 grams in futures trade. With a trading volume of 7,184 lots, gold futures for June delivery on the MCX closed down by ₹39 at ₹71,538 per 10 grams.The decline in the price of precious metals was ascribed by analysts to weak global cues.Also Read: Gold price today: MCX Gold trades lacklustre; why are gold prices falling? Will it remain under pressure in short term?According to a PTI report, gold was trading 0.15 percent higher globally at USD 2,363.20 per ounce in New York.Jateen Trivedi, VP Research Analyst - Commodity and Currency, LKP Securities, highlighted that fact that the gold has traded weak this week, experiencing a significant selloff from ₹74,350 to ₹71,500, a drop of more than ₹2,800 from weekly highs.

The Southwark Crown Court in London, UK, sentenced a woman to jail for money laundering bitcoin tied to a billion-dollar investment fraud.

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will meet his Chinese counterpart, the Pentagon announced Friday, after Beijing carried out war games around Taiwan in a sign to the US-backed democracy's new leader.

Novavax will only be able to offer a COVID-19 vaccine in the United States this autumn if regulators accept the shot it has started manufacturing that targets a variant that was dominant earlier this year, the company said.

USTR) office on Friday announced a further extension of all China Section 301 tariff exclusions on 352 Chinese import and 77 pandemic-related categories through June 14, and said some would be extended through May 31, 2025.

European Union's industry chief has called on the United States to pass new technology regulations, in the hopes of fostering a cohesive digital marketplace across the Atlantic.

NASA will soon provide advanced training to Indian astronauts, with the goal of mounting a joint effort to the International Space Station, a top American diplomat said Friday. US Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti made these remarks while speaking at the "US-India Commercial Space Conference: Unlocking Opportunities for US & Indian Space Startups," hosted by the US-India Business Council (USIBC) and the US Commercial Service (USCS) in Bangalore.

Apple faced an unanticipated challenge soon after it opened two company-owned stores in India last April — many customers wanting to pay in cash — prompting the iPhone maker to install currency note counting machines in both the Mumbai and Delhi outlets. With customers continuing to stream in with wads of notes to buy mobile phones or computers, payments for 7-9% of the American firm's sales in the two stores in India are made with cash, compared to less than 1% or even nil in its stores in the US or Europe, according to people with knowledge of the matter. Unsurprisingly then, social question-and-answer website Quora is full of queries from consumers on whether they can pay in cash at Apple stores in India, they said.

USDA said the virus was found as part of testing of 96 dairy cows that were diverted from the supply because federal inspectors noticed signs of illness during routine inspections of carcasses at meat processing plants. Bird flu was found in only one of those cows. Bird flu has been confirmed in dairy cattle herds in nine states, has been found in milk and has prompted the slaughter of millions of chickens and turkeys.

As major cryptos remained stuck within recent ranges as traders digest Ethereum ETF approvals and hotter-than-expected US economic data released this week, traders are turning to the on-chain markets as they hunt for the top crypto gainers today.

A coalition of insurance trade associations has filed a lawsuit against the US Department of Labor (DOL), seeking to overturn a regulation they argue limits consumer choice in financial professionals and restricts access to retirement products that offer protected lifetime income.

Traditional banks may still dominate the financial industry in terms of assets held, but credit unions are becoming an increasingly popular option for Americans who qualify.