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border czar" in his incoming administration. «I am pleased to announce that the Former ICE Director, and stalwart on Border Control, Tom Homan, will be joining the Trump Administration, in charge of our Nation's Borders,» he wrote late Sunday on his Truth Social site. Homan was widely expected to be offered a position related to the border and Trump's pledge to launch the largest deportation operation in the country's history.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Mumbai: India has cemented its position as one of the top five markets for WPP, one of the world’s largest advertising and marketing services networks, marking a remarkable rise from being outside the top 10 just a few years ago. With agencies like GroupM, Mindshare, Ogilvy, Wunderman Thompson, and Grey under its umbrella, WPP credits India’s rapid economic growth and pivotal role in its global transformation for this leap.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. To grasp how bad things are in Lebanon, consider that Syria—where war and tyranny created the world’s largest refugee crisis—now seems like a safe haven. Since September around 500,000 people have fled Israel’s invasion of their country for the war-torn and fragmented ex-state next door.

Vivek Ramaswamy, top Indian-American aid to President-elect Donald Trump, expressed his support for the mass deportation plan of illegal immigrants and said that the legal immigration system in the country is «broken». He said that those who broke the law while entering the United States have no right to stay here and they need to go. «Do we have a broken legal immigration system? Yes, we do. But I think the first step is going to be to restore the rule of law, to do it in a very pragmatic way,» entrepreneur turned-politician told ABC News in an interview. «Those who have entered in the last couple of years, they haven't established roots in the country. Those who have committed a crime, should be out of this country. That is by the millions. That alone would be the largest mass deportation. Combine that with ending government aid for all illegals. You see self-deportations,» he said. Ramaswamy appeared on multiple Sunday talk shows, the first after the stunning win of Donald Trump in the November 5 presidential elections. He told ABC News that he is having some «high impact» discussions on his future role in the administration, Congress of the party.

Federal Reserve speakers this week, while the yuan nursed a hangover from Beijing's latest underwhelming stimulus package. Highlighting the weak background in China, data out over the weekend showed consumer prices rose at the slowest pace in four months in October while producer price deflation deepened.

FIFA must halt the process to pick Saudi Arabia as hosts of the 2034 World Cup unless major human rights reforms are announced before the vote next month, Amnesty International and the Sport & Rights Alliance (SRA) have said. Soccer's world governing body awarded the 2030 World Cup to Morocco, Spain and Portugal in October last year while Saudi Arabia is the lone bidder for the 2034 edition. Amnesty and the SRA said they had evaluated the human rights strategies proposed by the bidding countries and concluded in a new report that neither bid adequately outlined how they would meet the human rights standards required by FIFA.

Harris campaign and its affiliated political action committees, few economic or political sectors placed larger bets than organized labor on Vice President Kamala Harris winning the presidency. And few might reap more consequences from the incoming Trump administration. For public-sector unions that represent government workers, the threat is institutional and existential: Top advisers to President-elect Donald Trump want to eliminate them outright. For service industry unions that represent hotel and restaurant workers, the threats may be to the members themselves: vulnerable and low-paid workers, often immigrants, who could be swept up in Trump's promised mass deportations.

Asian Paints announced a disappointing September quarter performance over the weekend. The results were marked by a 5.4% drop in consolidated revenues to ₹8,003 crore and a 480 basis points decline in operating margin to 15.5%. Consolidated net profit dropped 44% to ₹694 crore.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. New Delhi: Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) equity inflows in the non-conventional energy sector surged in the first three of months of this financial year, making it the tenth-largest FDI destination of all time, underscoring rising global interest in India’s green energy initiatives.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Nations, businesses and civil society are set to discuss ways to tackle the climate crisis at yet another Conference of Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, The 29th meet (COP29) is in Baku, Azerbaijan, on 11-14 November. Mint explains the agenda: The summit will discuss a climate finance deal for countries and communities to transition to clean energy and other low-carbon solutions.

onion prices continued this week as the quality of the kharif crop from Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Karnataka was poor and boosted demand for the old, pricier crop at a time when there was also a surge in export demand. The maximum price of best quality onions jumped to Rs 70 per kg from Rs 51/kg a fortnight back, while the average prices have increased to Rs 58/kg from Rs 51/kg during the same period at the Pimpalgaon market in Nashik. There has also been a surge in exports as Bangladesh removed import duty on onions. Traders expect prices to decline only after 8-10 days as newer crop arrivals start elsewhere in the country. Onion prices crossed the five-year high of Rs 54/kg last week at the benchmark Lasalgaon market in Nashik. Traders said it was because of supply shortages as the wholesale markets were closed for many days across the country for Diwali. There was a rise of 30-35% during the last week in the wholesale prices.

Minneapolis Federal Reserve President Neel Kashkari said Sunday that President-elect Donald Trump's tariff proposals could worsen long-term inflation if global trade partners were to strike back.

Russia is seeking to woo African countries this weekend at a summit in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, with President Vladimir Putin promising the continent «total support». Facing isolation in the West following its full-scale offensive against Ukraine, Moscow has tried to build new partnerships across Asia, Africa and the Middle East, promoting itself as a bulwark against what it calls Western domination on the international arena. «Our country will continue to provide total support to our African friends in different sectors,» Putin said in a speech read out by Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to other foreign ministers and senior officials.

Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday criticised the «Ek Hai to Safe Hai» and «Batenge to Katenge» slogans, claiming threat to India from the RSS, BJP, PM Narendra Modi, and Home Minister Amit Shah. Addressing a 'Save Constitution' conference in Mumbai, Kharge targeted the prime minister, alleging discussions and debate are not allowed in Parliament. «The prime minister says 'Ek Hai to Safe Hai' while other leaders (of BJP) talk about 'Batenge to Katenge' (divided we fall). Who is threatened? Is there any problem? In fact, the country faces threat from RSS, BJP, Modi, and (Union home minister Amit) Shah,» Kharge said. Launching BJP's campaign for the November 20 Maharashtra assembly polls, Modi had mentioned 'Ek Hai to Safe Hai' while accusing the Congress of trying to divide OBCs, SCs and STs.

Australian Defence Force (ADF) arrived on Sunday with their warship docking at Banyuwangi in East Java, Indonesia for a joint military exercise, which will involve 2,000 personnel from both countries. The Keris Woomera Exercise is the largest combined joint activities by the two countries' military under the Australia-Indonesia Defence Cooperation Agreement. «What we aim to do is simply increase cooperation with our neighbours, to increase our prosperity and security to share cooperation with our neighbours.» Commander of the Australian Amphibious Task Force Captain Chris Doherty told reporters.

BJP over Prime Minister Narendra Modi's statement that the states in which the Congress comes to power become the ATM of the «shahi parivar,» Shiv Sena (UBT) spokesperson Anand Dubey on Sunday said the «restless» BJP will face a «crushing» defeat in the assembly polls. Speaking to ANI, Shiv Sena (UBT) spokesperson said that the BJP is «restless» after winning only 17 out of 48 seats in the Lok Sabha elections held earlier this year. «It is not just the Prime Minister but the Home Minister and UP CM are also at it. They are restless. Ever since they won only 17 of the 48 seats in Lok Sabha elections, they are restless and desperate to win the hearts and trust of the people. But the people of Maharashtra are saying that they have to form government under the leadership of Maha Vikas Aghadi. So, PM is saying this in haste,» Anand Dubey told ANI.

International mega banks, funded by taxpayer dollars, are the biggest, fastest-growing source of climate finance for the developing world

Indonesia's new leader has called for collaboration rather than confrontation with China

Trump set to become the next US president after the recently closely contested president polls, India and other Asian countries are expected to benefit due to rising US-China tensions and potential investment restrictions in strategic sectors, as per Moody's Ratings. «In the Asia-Pacific region, trade and investment flows might be further diverted away from China as the US tightens investments in strategic sectors, which would negatively affect China's economy and consequently dampen regional growth. However, this shift might benefit India and ASEAN countries,» the global rating agency said. The global agency anticipated a significantly shift under the Trump administration across fiscal, trade, climate, and immigration issues, departing from the approach of the administration of the current US President Joe Biden.

monetisation of natural gas deposits in the northeastern region can help cut down its import, while also boosting the local economy and providing more trade opportunities, a top official of the Indian Gas Exchange (IGX) said. Rajesh K Mediratta, Managing Director and CEO of IGX, the country's first automated national level gas exchange, maintained that the region can supply the surplus gas not only to other parts of the country, but also to neighbouring Bangladesh and earn significant revenue. «The Northeast has tremendous potential in the production of natural gas. As the Northeast Gas Grid is likely to become operational by 2026, the deposit of 6 million MMSCMD of natural gas can be monetised by the existing producers,» Mediratta said. «This will add to the country's energy security as IGX will help gas producers sell the surplus gas to the other regions,» he said, while speaking at a seminar on 'Gas Market Development for North East' here on Friday.

Indian Gas Exchange (IGX). India's northeast region has tremendous potential in the production of natural gas. The region has a deposit of 6 million MMSCMD Natural Gas which can be monetized by the existing producers, said Mediratta, addressing the 'Gas Market Development for North East', where leading energy producers and stakeholders participated in Guwahati.