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The consumer price index (CPI) rose 0.2% in October for the fourth straight month and advanced 2.6% on an annual basis, the Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics said. Excluding the volatile food and energy components, the CPI increased 0.3% in October, meeting economists' forecasts.

Italy's president has sharply rebuked Elon Musk

The flurry of contract agreements announced early this fall — including two more Wednesday — offer evidence that major railroads and their unions are working to avoid the standoffs that led them to a brink of a national strike two years ago

Nigeria has inked a $1.2 billion deal with a Chinese firm to revitalize a gas processing facility, a move that officials say could propel the African country to a leading position in aluminum production

Massachusetts lawmakers are planning to vote this week on a bill that would pave the way for the construction of a new soccer stadium for the New England Revolution in Everett

Greg Maffei is stepping down as president and chief executive of Formula 1 owner Liberty Media

Republican Party has won a majority in the US House of Representatives, media projected Wednesday, completing their clean sweep of Congress, which will hand President-elect Donald Trump vast legislative power. After more than a week of vote counting, CNN and NBC projected that the Republicans had reached the 218 seats needed to retain their majority in the 435-seat lower chamber, having already secured control over the Senate. «It is a beautiful morning in Washington. It is a new day in America,» said House Speaker Mike Johnson, who held a press conference to celebrate victory Tuesday before the result was official.

‘The CyberGuy’ Kurt Knutsson discusses striking dockworkers demands on 'The Bottom Line.'

Late evening on Wednesday, countries approached Zaheer Fakir of the UAE and Fiona Gilbert of Australia, co-chairs appointed by the COP29 UN Climate Conference presidency to resolve technical differences and finalise a draft text for ministerial consideration, to «streamline» a 34-page draft that had been prepared overnight after the developing country bloc G77 and China rejected a seven-page framework that the co-chairs had prepared earlier. With this all options are back on the table. Developing countries are clear that the new climate finance goal, the successor to the $100 billion plan, must be about rich industrialised countries providing the funding. Developing countries said any text that proposes shifting the burden of providing climate finance to them was unacceptable.

Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake is looking to consolidate his party’s power in Thursday’s parliamentary election to help him implement his election pledges to solve the country’s economic woes and foster good governance

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Donald Trump has tasked Elon Musk with setting up a panel to streamline the U.S. government. Although the president-elect has said little about how this group would operate, Musk has previously set an ambitious goal of cutting $2 trillion of spending. Here is how this new panel, which will be headed up by Musk, the world's richest person, and former Republican Presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, might work.

Donald Trump is making a victor's return to Washington. The president-elect touched down Wednesday, arriving near the Capitol with billionaire Elon Musk in tow, for a meeting with House Republicans and then an Oval Office session with Democratic President Joe Biden as Trump prepares for a potentially unified Republican government and sweep of power. Back in Washington for the first time since his election victory, Trump told the GOP lawmakers, «It's nice to win.»

Donald Trump Jr. has recently announced that he will be joining the venture capital firm named 1789 Capital while he is opting out of a formal role in his father’s administration following the recent US Presidential election victory. According to Independent, during a conference for Republican donors hosted by JD Vance's Rockbridge Network, Donald Trump Jr. eventually revealed about his new position as a partner at the 1789 Capital. Independent reported that 1789 Capital which mainly focuses on investments in conservative-oriented businesses also includes the media startup of Tucker Carlson. At the age of 46 only, Donald Trump Jr. has been pretty influential in his father’s political endeavors which also include the support for JD Vance as the US Vice Presidential candidate while fostering ties with potential administration appointees like Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Also Read: Donald Trump to conduct mass firings early into his second term? Two million federal workers are scared and anxious

A Secret Service agent, who was tasked to protect former US President Barack Obama, allegedly brought his girlfriend to Obama's beach house in Hawaii. The incident came to light after the agent's former girlfriend, Koryeah Dwanyen, released her memoir titled «Undercover Heartbreak: a Memoir of Trust and Trauma» on October 28, reported Abc news.

US elections 2024's polling phase is now over, with Donald Trump destined to be the next US President after Joe Biden. Meanwhile, the Senate and the House are also being captured by the Republicans, which means that the coming four years will be 'ruled by the Reds'. Meanwhile, ace US pollster Nate Silver has analyzed the US election results and claimed that there is at least some 'good news' for Kamala Harris and the Democrats, that is hidden in the fine print.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Donald Trump’s election victory has triggered a renewed push by some in Israel’s right-wing government to annex the occupied West Bank, an idea that is seen as illegal by most of the international community and could threaten Israel’s relations with its Arab allies. On Wednesday, Trump’s nominee for U.S.

If things had gone differently last week, U.S. President Joe Biden could have arrived at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Peru on Thursday projecting confidence and pledging his successor’s cooperation with eager Latin American partners

African leaders may have been quick to congratulate Donald Trump on his election, professing a desire for mutually beneficial partnerships

Donald Trump has appointed world's richest man Elon Musk to lead the newly formed US Department of Government Efficiency (DoGE). Musk, one of the wealthiest individuals globally with a net worth exceeding $300 billion, had previously promised Trump a key role in his government, while ensuring Musk's companies such as Tesla, X, SpaceX, xAI, and Neuralink remain under his control.

«Ashok Sahu died due to a bullet injury. He was an honest person and never engaged in corrupt practices. Police knows everything about the real incident,» Sahu's brother said. Ashok Sahu, a former Trinamool Ward President, was sitting at a tea shop where he was attacked and received serious injury. The Trinamool worker was injured as bullets were showered and bombs hurled in Jagatdal and Sahu was subsequently hospitalised.