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Treasury yields and concerns about rising geopolitical tensions between Iran and Israel. With the S&P 500 coming off its biggest one-day percentage drop since Jan. 31 in the prior session, stocks opened higher in part after data showed retail sales increased by more than expected in March.

India has showcased itself as a global leader, the top intelligence official from the US Department of Defense has told the Congress that in 2023, India took steps to modernise its military to compete with China and reduce its dependency on Russian origin-equipment. «During the past year, India has showcased itself as a global leader by hosting the Group of 20 economic summit and demonstrated a greater willingness to counter PRC (People's Republic of China) activity throughout the Indo-Pacific region,» Lt Gen Jeffrey Kruse, Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency told members of the House Armed Services Committee — the subcommittee on intelligence and special operations during a Congressional hearing on defence intelligence countering China. India, he said, has advanced partnerships in the Indo-Pacific with regional South China Sea claimants, such as the Philippines, through training and defence sales and deepened cooperation with the US, Australia, France and Japan.

Donald Trump began his day as a criminal defendant lashing out at the judge and prosecutors, casting himself as a victim and angrily posting on social media. In other words: a familiar routine.

Volodymyr Zelensky urged allies on Monday to show the same «unity» towards Ukraine as Israel, which said it repelled an Iranian attack over the weekend with Western support. Ukraine has in recent months grown increasingly frustrated at delays in Western aid, including air defences it says are urgently needed to repel deadly Russian attacks.

Former Council of Economic Advisers Chair Kevin Hassett joins ‘Kudlow’ to discuss ‘pressure’ that could cause the Fed to increase rates as much as another percentage point.

DISTILL CEO Neely Tamminga discusses whether the Fed has been restrictive enough to rein in inflation on Making Money.

Israeli military renewed warnings on Monday for Palestinians not to return to northern Gaza, a day after witnesses and medical officials said Israeli troops opened fire and killed five people among throngs of displaced residents trying to walk back to their homes in the devastated area. Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians were driven from the north after Israeli forces first launched their offensive there soon after Hamas' Oct. 7 attack on southern Israel. In the months of fighting since, vast parts of the north have been flattened, including much of Gaza City. After months of Israeli restrictions on aid to the north, some 300,000 who remained there are on the brink of famine, according to the United Nations. Still, many Palestinians have wanted to go back, saying they are sick of the conditions they endured in displacement. For months, families have been crammed into tent camps, schools-turned-shelters and homes of relatives throughout the south of the Gaza Strip. Some also fear remaining in Rafah, Gaza's southernmost town, as Israel says it plans to attack it eventually to root out Hamas.

stock gauges, led by banking and financial shares, slumped more than 1% each Monday on mounting concerns of an escalation in the West Asia conflict, while likely central bank intervention in the currency markets cushioned the rupee's fall, but couldn't prevent a record closing low for the unit. Benign inflation prospects on a lower-than-expected rise in oil prices kept bond yields steady. The Nifty fell 246.9 points, or 1.1%, to 22,272.50. The Sensex declined 845.12 points, or 1.14%, to 73,399.78 in a volatile trading session that saw mixed responses across the Asia-Pacific to this weekend's Iranian drone attacks on Israel. China advanced 1.26%, Hong Kong fell 0.73%, South Korea declined 0.42%, and Taiwan dropped 1.38%.

markets succumbed to geopolitical concerns on Monday as indices remained under pressure throughout the session. Analysts said weakness was on account of the Iranian attack on Israel, persistent concerns over higher-for-longer US interest rates. «We expect domestic markets to witness near-term headwinds amid rising volatility. With the start of result season and poll promises by several political parties, we may continue to see sector & stock-specific action,» said Siddhartha Khemka, Head — Retail Research, Motilal Oswal.

With the bears back in control of the broader crypto market on Monday amid a continuation of concerns about the tense Iran/Israel situation and the latest strong US economic data, which will likely further deter the Fed from cutting interest rates, crypto traders are now flocking to the on-chain micro-cap markets as they hunt for top crypto gainers today.

Ozer received a staggering 11,196-year sentence after a Turkish court found him guilty of fraud.

Market watchers say some Canadian lenders are raising their fixed-mortgage rates on offer despite indications from the Bank of Canada that rate cuts are possible in the months ahead.

Pokémon Horizons: The Series" part 2 release date on Netflix has been confirmed by makers. The part two is likely to have 12 episodes and the new batch will premier on May 10, as per a report on WhatsOnNetflix. "Pokémon Horizons: The Series" marks the 26th season of the beloved Pokémon anime and inaugurates the captivating Pokémon Horizons narrative. Diverging from tradition, this installment bids farewell to the iconic duo of Ash Ketchum and Pikachu, embarking instead on the thrilling escapades of Liko and Roy, accompanied faithfully by their Pokémon partners, Sprigatito and Fuecoco, as per the report.

The CFP Board said the March CFP certification exam had a record-breaking number of participants.

Dwayne Johnson, also known by his WWE ring name 'The Rock', has been one of the most legendary fighters the franchise fighting league has ever produced. He is one of the leading figures of WrestleMania through the ages and was also a part of WrestleMania 40, which was the latest edition of the fighting league. WrestleMania 41 will probably be in 2025 and Dwayne Johnson is reportedly getting ready to enter the ring again, improving his fitness and currently on an intensive training regime from the last WrestleMania. According to USA Today, The Rock he spent 12 weeks training for his first match in eight years.

In the latest Solana meme coin pump, the new meme coin – Ultimeme Fighting Championship (UFC token) – has exploded +27,000%.

John Deaton, the pro-crypto Republican candidate vying to win Senator Elizabeth Warren’s current senate seat, took to X on Monday (formerly Twitter) to blast United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) chair Gary Gensler over the new Coinbase appeal, calling him a “bad faith regulator.”

With cryptocurrency markets are choppy on Monday as traders weigh potentially easing geopolitical risks in the Middle East against another stronger-than-expected US economic data release, which has pushed traders further downsize bets on near-term rate cuts from the US Federal Reserve, crypto investors are turning to the altcoin market as they hunt for the best crypto to buy now.

Diljit Dosanjh says he and fellow Punjabis can do it all. This was the actor's message to naysayers who bracket Punjabis into a certain image at his packed concert, held over the weekend at the Mahalaxmi Race Course Grounds here. Dosanjh, who is receiving good reviews for his recently released film 'Amar Singh Chamkila', performed on Saturday as part of the BMW Joytown 2024 event. The singer, also considered a fashion icon, shared a video from the show on his Instagram account on Sunday night

Apple on Friday denied violating a court order governing its App Store and urged a California federal judge to reject a request by «Fortnite» developer Epic Games to hold it in contempt. Apple made the arguments in a filing to U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers in Oakland, who presided over Epic's lawsuit in 2020 accusing Apple of violating antitrust law with its tight controls over how consumers download apps and pay for transactions within them.

Private equity (PE) investments in India’s real estate have been falling over the last five years, through a residential boom and recovery in the commercial office segment. While the number of deals has remained constant, the average deal size has shrunk. Mint explains why: The value of PE deals in real estate fell from $5.1 billion in FY20 to $3.7 billion in FY24, says Anarock Capital, the investment banking and advisory arm of Anarock Group.