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Paris, while France will get a major host-nation bump from eighth to third, according to a forecast 100 days out from the opening ceremony. The Gracenote virtual medals table, which is compiled using results data from key global and continental competitions since the Tokyo Olympics, has the U.S. on top both on gold medal count (39) and total medal count (123). The U.S. will host the next Olympics after Paris in Los Angeles in 2028.

Joe Biden is calling for a tripling of tariffs on Chinese steel and aluminum to protect American producers from a flood of cheap imports, and will pitch his election-year plan during a visit Wednesday with steelworkers in Pennsylvania, where union support could prove crucial in the White House race. The move reflects the intersection of Biden's international trade policy with his reelection effort. The White House insists the policy is more about shielding American manufacturing from unfair trade practices overseas than firing up a union audience.

Israel and Iran amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. As per the statement, "the continuing escalation of tensions between Israel and Iran and the wars in Gaza and in Ukraine will dominate the agenda of the ministers." The G7 ministers will discuss the Middle East situation on Thursday morning, news agency AFP reported. Iran's latest attack on Israel mounted tensions in the Middle East region, with the Iran-backed Hezbollah group exchanging fire across the border with Israel almost daily since the incursion.

Air India has sold four of its last remaining Boeing 747-400 jumbo jetliners, marking the end of an era that had once thrust the airline to the global league. People familiar with the matter said the four aircraft have been sold to US company AerSale, a supplier of aftermarket commercial jet engines and parts. While two aircraft are likely to be converted to freighters, two will be disassembled for their parts, the people said. Vman Aviation Services, a Mumbai-based company, will manage the transfer of the planes to AerSale.

Since the great financial crisis of 2007-08, regulators have engaged in the biggest push since the 1930s to de-risk the global financial system. Yet instability and flawed risk management have proved extraordinarily resistant to this regulatory onslaught.

USCIS) proudly posted on X that a 99-yr-old woman from India had been awarded citizenship. 'They say age is just a number. That seems true for this lively 99-year-old who became a new US citizen in our Orlando office. Daibai is from India and was excited to take the Oath of Allegiance....' Indians tired of waiting for an employment-based green card (GC) for decades did not take too kindly to this post. One person responded to USCIS with, 'LOL. Soon you will give green cards posthumously!' A GC is the first step on the path towards US citizenship. In general, only after five years of holding a GC (reduced to three years, if you are married to a US citizen) can you apply for citizenship. The catch — it's a decades-long queue if you are from India.

The rupee has fallen to a new low of 83.5 against the dollar. This has wide ramifications, making exports lucrative but imports expensive. Mint looks at why the currency is falling, how it impacts everybody and what can RBI do.

social media. Reacting to the video, an X user said many in Kerala are fighting battles for Palestine. "That's why they were feeling so hurt.

Gold rate today: Yellow metal prices steady amid geopolitical risks; higher US Treasury yields weigh Iran announced its military's preparedness to counter any potential Israeli aggression. Recently, Iran launched its inaugural direct assault on Israel, retaliating against a suspected Israeli attack on an Iranian diplomatic facility in Damascus on April 1. On Tuesday, prominent figures from the U.S.

Meanwhile, 'Outlander' season 6 is all set to be released on Netflix for viewers in the US.

Employbridge’s Joanie Bily explains what the March jobs report says about the state of the U.S. economy on 'Making Money.'

Market Rebellion co-founder Pete Najarian discusses delayed rate cuts by the Fed, inflation and U.S. markets.

ALSO READ: US stocks: Dow Jones, S&P 500, Nasdaq surge led by megacaps Its revenue rose nearly 10 per cent, to $12.54 billion, beating the Wall Street forecast of $12.45 billion. For the second quarter, the airline expects an adjusted profit of $3.75 to $4.25 per share. United also maintained its full year profit outlook of $9 to $11 a share.

U.S. Federal Aviation Administration issued a ground stop advisory on Wednesday for Alaska Airlines, saying: «All Alaska mainline and subcarrier flights ground stopped.» In a separate statement, the FAA said the carrier «asked the FAA to pause the airline's mainline departures nationwide.» It did not provide a reason for the stoppage.

If you’re among the millions of Americans following the presidential race, then perhaps you can turn your political obsession into a tidy profit by betting on this year’s outcome—or hedge your potential disappointment and bet against your favored candidate. PredictIt.org, a political-futures website that allows participants to wager on political outcomes, on April 1 showed President Biden as a slight favorite over former President Donald Trump in the general election—at 48 cents to 47 cents a share, respectively. Those prices reflect a race that is within the margin of error of many polls.

Biocon on Wednesday said it has tied up with Brazil-based Biomm SA for the commercialisation of its diabetes drug in the Latin American nation. Under the terms of the agreement, Biocon will undertake the development, manufacturing and supply of Semaglutide (gOzempic), and Biomm will be responsible for obtaining regulatory approval and commercialization in the Brazilian market. Biomm focuses on developing, manufacturing and commercialising complex biotech and biosimilar drug products at its production facility in Nova Lima. «Our partnership with Biomm marks another important step forward in our strategy to expand our global footprint beyond the US and Europe for Peptides,» Biocon CEO and MD Siddharth Mittal said in a statement.

The aircraft intercepted data around the incoming missiles on Israel and passed the information at real-time to fighter pilots of Israel along with operators of Israel's Iron Dome, which is a defense system that blocks enemy missiles and attacks on Israel's land. The tech available on the multi-million pound aircraft tracked down all the incoming 320 missiles and drones launched from Iran. Interestingly, from the moment the missiles began raining down, Iranian State TV broadcasted almost every moment of it, according to The Sun report.

Agnikul Cosmos, Bellatrix Aerospace, Skyroot Aerospace, Dhruva Space, Pixxel, SatSure and Digantara to meet Tesla and SpaceX chief Elon Musk in New Delhi on Monday. A group of startup executives and Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) officials visited SpaceX’s facilities in Hawthorne, California, last month as a part of the US Department of State's International Visitor Leadership Programme.

At a waste-management facility in Morrisville, Pa., workers load incinerated trash into industrial machinery that separates and sorts metals, then sends them to get hosed down. The reward: buckets of quarters, dimes, nickels and pennies. Americans toss as much as $68 million worth of change each year, according to Reworld.

UK's March inflation print underscored market uncertainty about when BoE policymakers led by Governor Andrew Bailey will be able to ease off on the highest interest rates in 16 years. However, UK inflation is still higher than the BoE's two per cent but the direction of the downtrend is clear, said analysts. While UK has lifted rate cut hopes.

The AVI Global Special Situations fund follows the existing strategy, which aims to use a bottom-up, research-driven approach to engage with companies to provide value and drive returns. AVI CEO and CIO Joe Bauernfreund, who manages the AVI Global Trust, will also manage the Dublin-domiciled fund along with a research team of 12. Quintet and BlackRock partner for multi-manager US equity launch The fund will be benchmarked against the MSCI AC World index and charge a management fee of 0.75% Bauernfreund said: «We are seeing attractive opportunities in all parts of the equity mark...