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Carl Benz might have invented the automobile, but it’s the United States that got us to drive them. The relentless export of American cars and car culture put the world on the road in the 20th century. By the 1960s, Ford Motor Co. had plants in almost every major European country, as well as Argentina, Brazil, Egypt, India, Israel, Peru, Pakistan, South Africa, Turkey, and Zimbabwe. Right now, it’s passing that baton to China with barely a fight. The US car industry that emerges will be smaller, less influential — and, eventually, less profitable and financially sustainable.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Sapna Prasad is in a dilemma. The 38-year-old wants to take a sabbatical for a year to take care of her ailing mother but believes it might affect her future job prospects.

Jake Paul has defeated Mike Tyson 80-72, 79-73, and 79-73 in Netflix boxing fight and now boasts a record of 11-1. Paul has become a popular YouTuber-turned-boxer and people want to know when is his fight and who will be his opponent. Multi-title holder Artur Beterbiev has challenged Paul for a boxing bout. «What can you do in the ring against the current undisputed champion? Just know that I’m always open to any suggestions,» Beterbiev posted on Instagram. Beterbiev holds WBC, IBF, WBA, and WBO Light Heavyweight championship belts together.

Jake Paul versus Mike Tyson Netflix boxing fight has hogged all the limelight. However, despite the height, there has been controversy as many critics termed the bout one-sided with some even claiming it was scripted, as per a report. Women's WBA world light flyweight champion Sara Bailey has alleged that the boxing match between Paul and Tyson was 'fixed'. Another attendee Lucas Bahdi claimed Paul took the fight lightly, the Express-US reported. Meanwhile, Netflix said on Saturday that 60 million households worldwide had tuned in for the highly anticipated boxing match between Jake Paul and Mike Tyson, and the event peaked at 65 million streams, according to a statement.

Russia’s war on Ukraine if the alliance between Pyongyang and Moscow continues to deepen, according to people familiar with assessments made by some Group of 20 nations. The analysis is one of several on the evolving partnership between Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, said the people, speaking on condition of anonymity to talk about private discussions. They stressed that such a move wasn’t imminent and that military support at that scale — if it occurred — would likely happen in batches with troops rotating over time rather than in a single deployment. Ukraine’s ambassador to South Korea made a similar assessment earlier this month. Dmytro Ponomarenko said in an interview with VOA that Kyiv expected up to 15,000 North Korean troops deployed to fight in Russia’s Kursk region – and possibly in occupied areas of eastern Ukraine – to rotate every few months.

While Jake Paul claimed victory by decision after eight rounds, the night’s unexpected star was Sydney Thomas, a 20-year-old University of Alabama student who captivated the internet.

Savner Assembly constituency have one thing in common — their shared root in the Congress party — even as they are now fighting against each other as candidates of the Congress, BJP and as an Independent. Entrenched former Congress minister and four-term MLA Sunil Kedar this time is in the role of being the prime mover of the campaign of Congress candidate Anuja Kedar, his wife. His was not a voluntary retirement but a forced exit after his conviction and jailing in a cooperative bank scam case. «We are in the thick of elections. You can find out about the kind of work we have done here by talking to anybody in the constituency,» said an evasive Sunil Kedar. His local supporters insist his popularity has not waned even after his conviction. «Sunil Kedar has worked very hard for the development of Savner constituency. Even a child here knows that the case against him was framed, and the manner he was dragged to court and jail, were all part of political harassment and vendetta,» said Damasao Saoner, former Congress corporator of Savner Municipal Council.

Banks are ramping up their operations in Kerala, known to be the hub for NRI deposits and remittances, while they strengthen their operations in the Gulf countries to deepen the customer connection. «NRI deposits, characterised by larger ticket sizes and consistent inflows provide a valuable source of long-term funding. NRIs often seek secure and profitable avenues to park funds domestically, making this segment a stable and resilient deposit base,» said Federal Bank executive director Shalini Warrier.

«The fight against climate change has been a defining cause of President Biden's leadership and presidency,» the White House said in a statement ahead of Biden touching down in the Brazilian city of Manaus, in the Amazon. Biden is making his last swing through South America before handing over the presidency to Donald Trump — a climate-change skeptic.

BSP chief Mayawati is yet to attend any public meeting or rally in favour of any candidate in any of these nine seats. Even Mayawati's nephew and senior office bearer Akash Anand and former Rajya Sabha MP Satish Chandra Mishra are yet to come out to create an atmosphere in favour of party candidates.

Democratic Party’s prodigious fundraising operation raised more than $1 billion in her loss to Donald Trump, but the vice president is still pushing donors for more money after the election.Democrats are sending persistent appeals to Harris supporters without expressly asking them to cover any potential debts, enticing would-be donors instead with other matters: the Republican president-elect’s picks for his upcoming administration and a handful of pending congressional contests where ballots are still being tallied.“The Harris campaign certainly spent more than they raised and is now busy trying to fundraise,” said Adrian Hemond, a Democratic strategist from Michigan. He said he was been asked by the campaign after its loss to Trump to help with fundraising.The party is flooding Harris’ lucrative email donor list with near-daily appeals aimed at small-dollar donors — those whose contributions are measured in the hundreds of dollars or less.

The boos from a crowd wanting more action were growing again when Jake Paul dropped his gloves before the final bell, and bowed toward 58-year-old Mike Tyson.

Netflix bout ended in a one-sided defeat for the legendary boxer in front of a sold-out crowd at AT&T Stadium in Arlington in Texas. Paul beat boxing legend Mike Tyson by unanimous decision to win the intergenerational heavyweight battle that failed to live up to its enormous hype. Now frustrated fans have alleged that Paul could have won the bout much earlier but deliberately kept on fighting Tyson for eight rounds. Some fans have claimed that Paul didn't want to knock Tyson out. Tyson barely landed a punch during the eight-round bout, with Paul winning by big margins on all three cards — 80-72, 79-73 and 79-73.

Latur Lok Sabha constituency, is witnessing conflict between Congress dynasts, with caste and sugar factories playing a big role. This has long been a bastion of the Congress, and the party leaders are placing their hopes on the popularity of late Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh. Amit Deshmukh, one of his sons, is running against Archana Patil-Chakurkar, the daughter-in-law of Shivraj Patil-Chakurkar, a former Union Home Minister and Speaker of the Lok Sabha. Patil, a veteran Congress leader is politically inactive but his face is seen on posters of both BJP and Congress candidates.

Kamala Harris is still actively pursuing donations from supporters—pushing for more funding in the wake of her loss to Donald Trump. Following a high-cost campaign effort, the Harris team has turned to its extensive donor list, sending frequent appeals to both small-dollar contributors and larger donors in a bid to cover lingering campaign expenses. Democrats have been flooding Harris’ email list with near-daily fundraising requests, though they do not explicitly mention covering any campaign debts. Instead, the emails emphasize other political battles, including President-elect Trump’s picks for his upcoming administration and several tight congressional races still being decided.

Jake Paul, the 27-year-old YouTuber-turned-boxer, has defeated legendary Mike Tyson in intergenerational heavyweight duel. The much-hyped battle was live streamed on Netflix. Tens of thousands of Netflix users reported that the service was not working for them before a fight between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul on Friday, with many saying that the livestream was failing to load. The keyword #NetflixCrash was trending on the social platform X in the United States on Friday night as Downdetector, which tracks user reports of internet disruptions, received more than 500,000 reports that people were having problems streaming on Netflix.

In a sneak peek shared with his millions of Instagram followers, the 27-year-old influencer-turned-boxer showed off his blinged-out ensemble, which featured a staggering 380 carats of diamonds and jewels. The outfit, which Paul wore during his fight against Mike Tyson on Friday, was a spectacle in itself. It included a pair of silver boxing shorts covered in diamonds, with Paul's name emblazoned across the front in glimmering stones.

climate justice that's become an annual event. Activists waved flags, snapped their fingers, and hummed and mumbled chants in a silent protest, with many covering their mouths with the word «Silenced.» Demonstrators held up signs calling for more money to be pledged for climate finance, which involves cash for transitioning to clean energy and adapting to climate change.

Jake Paul is now a global superstar after defeating veteran heavyweight icon Mike Tyson in an eight-round made-for-Netflix bout on Friday. YouTuber, content creator, entrepreneur, self-proclaimed face of boxing: Jake Paul has become a master of re-invention during his meteoric rise to fame and fortune, as per a report. The 27-year-old from Cleveland has parlayed his fame as an internet celebrity into a lucrative career in combat sports, AFP reported. Paul, who is estimated to have a net worth of $80 million according to the Celebrity Net Worth website, first rose to prominence in 2013, posting short-form videos to the now-shuttered site Vine, garnering millions of followers and billions of views.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. “IT WAS RETRO style," laughs Ruta Kaziliunaite, the co-ordinator of Lithuania’s Special Investigation Service (STT), the country’s anti-corruption police. Last November the former leader of the Liberal Movement party was convicted of taking bribes from an executive at MG Baltic, a trading and real-estate conglomerate.