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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Donald Trump wants oil companies to “drill, baby, drill" on the first day of his presidency, but his fossil-fuel benefactors have a different agenda. Many of the tycoons who backed the Republican’s victorious campaign say what they need help with is shoring up demand for their products—not pumping more fossil fuels, which they have little incentive to do.

The Kremlin fired a new intermediate-range ballistic missile at Ukraine on Thursday in response to Kyiv’s use this week of American and British missiles capable of striking deeper into Russia, President Vladimir Putin said.

Vladimir Putin by firing American and British long-range missiles into Russia. In response, Russia fired a nucelar-capable missile into Ukraine, the first such attack in the war. Russia blames the West for the recent escalation as the US and the UK have permitted Ukraine to fire their missiles into Russia, something Russia considers crossing of a red line. The US blames Russia for escalation. It says it allowed Ukraine to use its long-range ATACMS missiles because Russia has started fielding North Korean troops. No doubt, the war is escalating after several occurrings in rapid succession, including Putin lowering Russia's nuclear threshold. However, with Donald Trump set to take over as the President of the US after two months, the conflict is likely to resolve since he has said he would end the war.

Cyprus’ energy minister says ExxonMobil could partner up with a consortium composed of Eni of Italy and Total of France to jointly develop gas deposits they’ve discovered close to each other off the island nation’s southern coast

Joe Biden hosted the 2024 NBA champion Boston Celtics at the White House on Thursday, marking a celebratory occasion that also featured some light-hearted moments. While the event highlighted the Celtics’ championship achievements, Biden’s remarks, including a brief moment of apparent uncertainty and mentioning his Secret Service code name, drew notable attention, as mentioned in a report by Fox News.

Mar-a-Lago on November 21 claimed that former U.S. President Donald Trump was transported from his Florida estate in an emergency vehicle. However, official reports and on-ground sources have clarified that these claims are false, as per the USA Today report. The ambulances were part of Vice President-elect JD Vance’s motorcade and had no connection to Trump or any medical emergency involving him.

Gensler, who took over as SEC chair on 17 April 2021, will step down before completing his five-year term, originally set to run until 2026. «I thank President Biden for entrusting me with this incredible responsibility. The SEC has met our mission and enforced the law without fear or favour,» he said in a statement on Thursday (22 November). SEC adopts new clearing rules in $26bn US Treasury market overhaul During his time at the watchdog, Gensler pushed through a series of market reforms, including new clearing rules in the $28trn US Treasury markets and shortening the settlement...

ET Make in India SME Regional Summit in Jaipur was successful in bringing together a range of industry representatives, SME associations and small businesses to brainstorm ideas and visions that can help industry and the country. The summits are a series of on-ground events held across India to bring together local MSMEs, policymakers, enablers and industry stakeholders. The ET Make in India SME Regional Summit series aims to unravel opportunities, tackle challenges and foster knowledge-sharing and networking to propel the next phase of growth for Indian MSMEs. In Jaipur, the summit began with an insightful keynote from Shilpi R Purohit, Joint Commissioner, Department of Industries & Commerce, Rajasthan. He talked in detail about the initiatives taken by the state government to boost MSMEs. “We are looking at how the government can work as a catalyst for the growth and development of MSMEs,” said Purohit.

Donald Trump on Thursday named Pam Bondi, the former attorney general of Florida, to be U.S. attorney general just hours after his first choice, Matt Gaetz, withdrew his name.Bondi is a longtime Trump ally and was one of his lawyers during his first impeachment trial when he was accused — but not convicted — of abusing his power as he tried to condition U.S.

Countries at the United Nations climate summit have amped up the pressure on themselves by entering their final scheduled day of talks with no visible progress on their chief goals

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto has announced that his government plans to retire all coal and other fossil fuel-powered power plants within 15 years, while drastically boosting renewable energy capacity

Mexico's president has acknowledged that Canada is concerned about reports of a Chinese company's auto plant in Mexico, but she says it does not exist

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. During his victory speech on election night, Donald Trump touched on most of the standard topics for such occasions. He thanked his supporters and his staff.

Pune NCP president Deepak Mankar reacted to the exit poll predictions for the state and exuded confidence in the BJP-led Mahayuti's victory saying, that the alliance will secure 180 seats and sweep all the 8 seats in Pune district. Speaking to about the exit polls, Mankar said, «The whole atmosphere stands in support of the Mahayuti in Maharashtra. We work on the ground level and that is why we know that the public supports the work that we do. It will be disclosed in these elections. I think Mahayuti will get 180 seats here. Our candidates have done good work in their constituencies. In Pune also, Mahayuti will win all the 8 seats.» Meanwhile, Pune Collector Suhas Diwase also spoke to ANI ahead of counting day and said, that the administration is fully prepared and that the necessary barricading has been completed at the counting centres.

A Canadian company will spend $600 million to expand its tissue paper mill in Georgia, hiring 100 more workers

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Dnipro: Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that the conflict in Ukraine had characteristics of a «global» war and did not rule out strikes on Western countries. The Kremlin strongman spoke out after a day of frayed nerves, with Russia test-firing a new generation intermediate-range missile at Ukraine — which Putin hinted was capable of unleashing a nuclear payload. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky branded the strike a major ramping up of the «scale and brutality» of the war by a «crazy neighbour», while Kyiv's main backer, the United States, said that Russia was to blame for escalating the conflict «at every turn».

Pam Bondi, the former attorney general of Florida, to be US attorney general just hours after his other choice, Matt Gaetz, withdrew his name. Bondi is a longtime Trump ally and was one of his lawyers during his first impeachment trial when he was accused — but not convicted — of abusing his power as he tried to condition US military assistance to Ukraine on that country investigating then-former Vice President Joe Biden. She has been a chair at the America First Policy Institute, a think tank set up by former Trump administration staffers. Bondi is from Tampa and spent more than 18 years as a prosecutor. She was Florida's first female attorney general.

Joe Biden dropped out of the US election race. Joe Biden dropped out of the US Presidential election race after his dismal performance in the US Presidential debate against Donald Trump. He was presumably forced out on public opinion and approval ratings, but his resignation letter from the Presidential elections spoke otherwise. In his departing, he endorsed Kamala Harris as his successor for the Democrats, and even though things looked good for Kamala Harris until the last few weeks, things fell apart and the Republicans managed to secure a massive election victory. Meanwhile, the visitor logs of the White House from the month of July has still not been revealed publicly, which is now raising serious questions among the American public and the press corps, with some even wondering if the Democrats or Joe Biden has something to be concerned about these visitor logs.