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AI chips to other countries. 2024 has been the year of a massive AI hype, and the Biden government appears to have taken due cognizance of the fact. Primarily, Nvidia's AI chips that have recently been introduced and is in great demand, will be one of the first to face the impact when these these rules come into place.

student loan forgiveness, President Joe Biden has now overseen the cancellation of student loans for more than 5 million Americans — more than any other president in US history. In a last-minute action on Monday, the Education Department cancelled loans for 150,000 borrowers through programmes that existed before Biden took office. His administration expanded those programmes and used them to their fullest extent, pressing on with cancellation even after the Supreme Court rejected Biden's plan for a new forgiveness policy.

Nippon Steel to buy US Steel may have a new lease on life after the Biden Administration extended a deadline for the Japanese steelmaker to abandon plans to acquire the storied Pittsburgh company after President Joe Biden blocked the deal. The new deadline, now in mid-June, was viewed by US Steel — and investors — as an opportunity for the companies to complete the acquisition, even though President-elect Donald Trump, who takes office in a week, also opposes the deal.

Donald Trump as the 47th President of the US kicked off with fireworks on Saturday, the inauguration committee announced on Monday. Trump would be sworn in as the US President on January 20, along with J D Vance as the Vice President at the US Capitol in front of thousands of people. Trump, 78, will replace outgoing President Joe Biden, 82.

capital on Monday, according to the All India Sarafa Association. The precious metal had settled at Rs 80,550 per 10 grams in the previous session on Friday. In the past five trading sessions, gold prices appreciated Rs 1,660, or 2.1 per cent, to Rs 80,660 per 10 grams.

hostage release agreement designed to end the war in Gaza, an official briefed on the negotiations told Reuters on Monday.

Joe Biden spoke on with relatives of three Americans the US government is looking to bring home from Afghanistan but no agreement has been reached on a deal to get them back, family members said. Biden's call with family members of Ryan Corbett, George Glezmann and Mahmood Habibi took place in the waning days of his administration as officials try to negotiate a deal that could bring them home in exchange for Muhammad Rahim, one of the remaining detainees at Guantanamo Bay. Corbett, who had lived in Afghanistan with his family at the time of the 2021 collapse of the US-backed government, was abducted by the Taliban in August 2022 while on a business trip and Glezmann, an airline mechanic from Atlanta, was taken by the Taliban's intelligence services in December 2022 while travelling through the country. Officials believe the Taliban is still holding both men as well as Habibi, an Afghan American businessman who worked as a contractor for a Kabul-based telecommunications company and also went missing in 2022. The FBI has said that Habibi and his driver were taken along with 29 other employees of the company but that all except for Habibi and another person have since been freed.

Joe Biden will likely talk with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu soon, his national security adviser said on Sunday, as U.S. officials race to reach a Gaza hostage and ceasefire deal before Biden leaves office on Jan. 20. Jake Sullivan told CNN's «State of the Union» program that the parties were «very, very close» to reaching a deal to halt the fighting in the enclave and free the remaining 98 hostages held there, but still had to get it across the finish line. Biden was getting daily updates on the talks in Doha, where Israeli and Palestinian officials have said since Thursday that some progress has been made in the indirect talks between Israel and militant group Hamas, Sullivan said.

US President Joe Biden on Sunday conferred Pope Francis with the Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction, recognising the Pope's significant influence and contributions, just days before leaving the White House. Taking to social media platform X (formerly Twitter), President Biden expressed his admiration for Pope Francis and called the leader of the Catholic Church the "People's Pope." «Pope Francis, your humility and your grace are beyond words, and your love for all is unparalleled. As the People's Pope, you are a light of faith, hope, and love that shines brightly across the world,» Biden said on X.

In a statement, the White House highlighted the range of security assistance provided to Taiwan, including the first-ever use of Foreign Military Financing (FMF) and Presidential Drawdown Authority (PDA), as well as International Military Education and Training (IMET), Taipei Times reported. The statement also noted that President Joe Biden had identified the Indo-Pacific as a crucial region for the future of both the US and the world.

Barack Obama, turned to Kimberly Clausing, a former member of the Biden administration and author of a book extolling the virtues of free trade. «Everyone in this room agrees with your book,» Furman said. «No one outside of this room agrees with your book.» The academics and policy wonks gathered in the hotel conference room laughed, but the comment captured something real: After decades of helping shape policy on weighty matters such as taxes and health insurance, economists find that their influence is at a low ebb.

Joe Biden said Friday. Ten days before passing on the baton to Donald Trump, the Biden Administration on Friday slapped sanctions on scores of companies and entities that were helping Russia in its export of energy, in particular gas. Two of those companies were from India. «The sanctions are imposed today because they will have a profound effect on the growth of the Russian economy and make it more difficult for Putin to conduct his wars. »It is probable that gas prices could increase as much as USD 0.03 to USD 0.04 a gallon, but that's going to have a more profound impact on Russia's ability to continue to act in the way it's acting in the conduct of war," Biden said in response to a question.

Kamala Harris is competent to run for presidency again in four years, outgoing US President Joe Biden said Friday, noting that the decision on this would finally be on her. «I think that's a decision she might think she's competent to run again in four years. That'll be a decision for her to make,» Biden told reporters at a news conference here. Biden made history in 2020 by appointing Harris as the first ever Indian American, African American and woman as the Vice President of the country. In the summer of 2024, after a disastrous presidential debate with Donald Trump in Atlanta, Biden withdrew from the race and went ahead to endorse Harris for presidency. Harris soon became the Democratic Party's presidential nominee.

Donald Trump, outgoing US President Joe Biden on Friday ruled out leaving from public life for now. «I'm not going to be out of sight — out of mind,» Biden told reporters at the White House. Biden, 82, was responding to reporters' questions if he has decided what kind of role will he will have post-presidency. «Do you plan to speak out after you leave Washington, or are you going to follow kind of more of the Bush model where you're kind of out of sight and out of mind?» he was asked.

Joe Biden prepares to leave office, Americans have a dimmer view of his presidency than they did at the end of Donald Trump's first term or Barack Obama's second, a new poll finds. Around one-quarter of U.S. adults said Biden was a «good» or «great» president, with less than 1 in 10 saying he was «great,» according to the survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. It's a stark illustration of how tarnished Biden's legacy has become, with many members of his own party seeing his Democratic presidency as merely mediocre. About one-third described Trump as «good» or «great» on the eve of the Republican's departure from the White House in 2021, according to AP-NORC polling, including about 2 in 10 who said he was «great» — even after he helped sparked a deadly insurrection that saw a mob of his supporters overrun the U.S. Capitol. Americans were similarly likely to describe both Biden and Trump as «poor» or «terrible» — about half said this characterized each president's time in office — but about 3 in 10 said Biden was «average,» while less than 2 in 10 said this about Trump.

Joe Biden announced that the federal government will cover the costs of measures to protect lives and property in Southern California for six months.

US Supreme Court that could determine its future in the United States. Unless ByteDance sells TikTok to a US-based company by January 19, the platform could be removed from app stores and blocked by internet providers, as mandated by a bipartisan law signed by President Joe Biden in 2023.

Richard Hammond, the 55-year-old television presenter known for hosting motoring shows such as Top Gear and The Grand Tour, has announced that he and his wife, Amanda «Mindy» Hammond, are separating after 28 years together. The couple, who married in 2002, have two daughters, Izzy and Willow.

American detainees in Afghanistan by offering to free Muhammad Rahim al-Afghani, a high-profile al-Qaeda operative and close aide of Osama bin Laden, currently held at Guantanamo Bay.