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03.01 / 09:21

Target BLOCK Action security Trade country China adds to sanctions of US defense contractors over Taiwan arms sales

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. China started the year with a broadside against U.S. defense contractors, responding to recently ramped-up Taiwan arms sales by the Biden administration and laying down a fresh warning to President-elect Donald Trump of tools Beijing can use to protect national interests.

03.01 / 05:11

Action security President students War country Jimmy Carter vs. Iran: The untold story revealed in the archives

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The popular impression for the four decades since his presidency is that Jimmy Carter, who died this week, is responsible for somehow “losing" Iran. His passivity, it has often been argued, helped build the militant Islamist state that has stalked the Middle East since Iran’s revolution in 1979.

02.01 / 23:31

Racing Football reports testing cricket India vs Australia, 5th Test, Day 1 LIVE Score: Jasprit Bumrah wins toss as India opt to bat, Rohit Sharma opts out

Australia: Sam Konstas, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Travis Head, Beau Webster, Alex Carey(w), Pat Cummins(c), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Scott BolandIndia: Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant(w), Ravindra Jadeja, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Jasprit Bumrah(c), Prasidh Krishna, Mohammed SirajIt's toss time. Jasprit Bumrah is walking for the toss for India. Pat Cummins is there for Australia.

02.01 / 22:31

markets Action Strategy film Actor War performer Are you a movie buff? Here are the 22 of the most anticipated movie releases in 2025

02.01 / 18:07

COST UPS Target Average 30-year mortgage rate hits 6.91%, Freddie Mac says, the highest since July

U.S. mortgage rates rose this week to the highest level since July

02.01 / 18:07

markets UPS security economy reports Department US unemployment claims fall to the lowest level since March

The number of Americans applying for unemployment checks dropped last week to the lowest level since March, suggesting that most workers enjoy unusual job security

02.01 / 17:33

UPS Racing Election Research Nano country Trudeau leaves Canada in suspense as anxious Liberals urge him to go

The holiday period is over and Canadian politics is gripped by a single question: when will the country hear from Justin Trudeau?

02.01 / 15:37

markets UPS awards Celebrity performer stars Golden Globes 2025: Who's nominated, hosting, presenting, honored, what they'll eat, and all the details you don’t want to miss

Golden Globes 2025 is just around the corner, and there’s plenty to look forward to! With big-name nominees like Zendaya, Timothée Chalamet, and Angelina Jolie, the event is set to be full of excitement. With inputs from an AP report, here’s everything you need to know about the ceremony.

02.01 / 11:17

Target Trade War show electronic Courts How an FBI sting stopped a Russian smuggler but not his Hong Kong supply route

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. HONG KONG—It took the promise of access to contraband, an FBI front company and help from Fiji, but they got their man: U.S. investigators, in a tricky sting operation, picked off a supplier of parts Moscow needs for its war in Ukraine.

01.01 / 21:05

markets CEO Fallout Tesla Election Opinion Inside Donald Trump annoyed with Elon musk as honeymoon seems to be over; insiders say the President-elect has shown growing signs of frustration with the world's richest man

Donald Trump is supposed to be having some field days in the next couple of weeks before his gala inauguration ceremony at the US Capitol, Washington DC, where he will be assuming the tole of US President for a second term. However, even before this, there are talks about a possible fallout between Donald Trump and Elon Musk over a variety of issues, with the Tesla CEO's thoughts about the H-1B visas taking the cake.

01.01 / 15:57

markets Target Extreme Strategy PAM country Sheikh Hasina's extradition is one of several bilateral issues with India: Foreign Affairs Adviser Touhid Hossain

Bangladesh would pursue while strong bilateral ties with Washington, Delhi and Beijing are priorities of the interim government, Foreign Affairs Adviser Touhid Hossain said on Wednesday. Hasina, 77, has been living in India since August 5 when she fled the country following a massive student-led protest that toppled her 16-year regime.

01.01 / 07:15

Citi Booking Metro Research social rights A new intellectual hub for Chinese émigrés in Washington

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The bookstore in the metro station beneath Shanghai’s city library seemed increasingly out of place in Xi Jinping’s China. Founded in 1997 by Yan Bofei, who researched philosophy, Jifeng Books was known for holding lectures on topics such as democracy and labour rights.

31.12 / 23:33

COST Citi Target Analysis Food Celebrity States where minimum wage will rise in 2025

McDonald's franchise owner Scott Rodrick says his business has experienced cost pressure since California's minimum wage increase targeting fast-food franchises on Maria Bartiromo's Wall Street.

30.12 / 21:21

FIVE Aviat Manufacturing Airlines Boeing Simulation Investigations Jet crash disaster in South Korea marks another setback for Boeing

A machinists strike

30.12 / 13:45

Fighting security Trade War country Interviews International Fear that China rules the waves jolts US to pursue maritime revival

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Rising tensions with China are prompting Washington to revisit America’s roots as a trading nation of the seas. Protecting merchant sailors and their cargo was what compelled Congress to commission the U.S.

30.12 / 03:59

Man economy President students country consequences The misunderstood consequences of Jimmy Carter’s presidency

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Jimmy Carter was a good man who was president at a bad time. The question for the history books to decide is whether he made the problems worse through indecision and vacillation, or whether his tumultuous presidency was simply trapped in a period of inescapable turmoil, the seeds of which had been sown years earlier.

29.12 / 17:19

markets Digital Ball Strategy Experts PAM testing Chase to break 96-year-old record in hands for India to win MCG Test

29.12 / 13:33

markets Digital Strategy President Experts PAM reports Donald Trump effect: Wall Street to become volatile due to US President's January 20 inauguration?

Wall Street experts are highlighting the importance of Donald Trump's official take over of US Presidency.

29.12 / 08:31

security Coronavirus Bill President Department prevention International Janet Yellen tells Congress US could hit debt limit in mid-January

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says her agency will need to start taking “extraordinary measures,” or special accounting maneuvers intended to prevent the nation from hitting the debt ceiling, as early as January 14th, in a letter sent to congressiona...

28.12 / 23:01

markets Digital Strategy PAM social Is Bill Gates desperate to meet Donald Trump? President-elect taunts on Truth Social, 'Where are you? When are you coming to the Center of the Universe, Mar-a-Lago'

Donald Trump becoming the next US President after the gala inauguration ceremony on January 20, 2025, nearly every powerful and influential person in the US is trying to be in his good books, and this includes Microsoft founder Bill Gates, as the billionaire philanthropist is reportedly eager to meet with the President-elect at his Mar-a-Lago residence.

28.12 / 19:57

markets UPS Ball Racing social testing A hero is Reddy: Nitish scores maiden Test century; shares a 127-run stand with Sundar to rescue India at the MCG

Rishabh Pant’s dismissal on day three morning would fall under the latter. In his attempt to play a reverse sweep, Pant ended up miscuing it to third man to lose his wicket and reducing India to 191 for 6. The Australians could sense the beginning of the end. The stands were buzzing with excitement. For India, situation looked grim.

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