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Former President Donald Trump launched his social media platform, Truth Social, in early 2022, after he was banned from major sites such as Facebook and the former Twitter following the Jan. 6 insurrection

Stocks that are trading heavily or have substantial price changes on Friday: Nike, Lululemon fall; FedEx, Star Equity rise

If you’re a freelancer or gig worker who receives payments via apps like Venmo, Zelle, Cash App or PayPal, your tax reporting requirements will change for the 2024 tax year

Jeep maker Stellantis is laying off about 400 white-collar workers in the U.S. as it deals with the transition from combustion engines to electric vehicles

More than 440,000 Starbucks-branded mugs made by Nestle and sold during the winter holidays are being recalled after reports of some users receiving burns or lacerations

Stellantis is recalling nearly 318,000 Dodge and Chrysler sedans worldwide because the side air bag inflators can explode with too much force and hurl metal fragments at drivers and passengers

Vietnam's president has resigned as the ruling communist party in the latest episode of a “blazing furnace” anti-corruption campaign

Russia's newly appointed ambassador to Japan has warned Tokyo of serious consequences and retaliatory steps if Patriot missile systems manufactured under U.S. licence in Japan end up in Ukraine, the RIA news agency reported on Friday. RIA cited the new envoy, Nikolai Nozdrev, as saying that Moscow would be watching closely to see where Japanese arms exports ended up after Tokyo softened its export rules at the end of last year. In particular, he said, Russia would be watching to see if and when any Patriot missile complexes and missiles made in Japan under U.S. licence are exported to the United States and then to Ukraine.

Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) on Friday conducted survey of the controversial Bhojshala/Kamal Maula Mosque complex situated in the tribal-dominated Dhar district of Madhya Pradesh and made preparations for using carbon-dating equipment, officials said here. A 15-member ASI team along with senior local police and district administration officials readied the site for scientific assessments following a Madhya Pradesh High Court directive to conduct a 'scientific survey' within six weeks. The high court, on March 11, directed the ASI to carry out a 'scientific survey' within six weeks of the Bhojshala complex, a medieval-era monument that Hindus believe is a temple of Goddess Vagdevi (Saraswati), while the Muslim community calls it Kamal Maula Mosque. During the first day of the survey, members of the Muslim community gathered to offer Friday prayers amidst tight security arrangements, the officials said.

Congressman Dan Meuser, a Republican serving as the U.S. representative for Pennsylvania's 9th congressional district since 2019, disclosed today he was selling Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) shares last month.

Shares of Digital World Acquisition Corp (DWAC) dropped more than 7% Friday after news broke that a preliminary majority of the company's shareholders have voted in favor of merging with Trump Media And Technology Group.

A House committee has advanced a resolution to repeal a contentious Biden administration rule that sets stricter criteria for businesses classifying workers as independent contractors rather than employees.

Change in trade route: Container ships routing through the Suez Canal are shunning and rerouting around the Cape of Good Hope. By the first half of February 2024, container tonnage crossing the Canal fell by 82 per cent, and vessel tonnage passing through the Cape of Good Hope increased by 60 per cent. • Increase in the distance and operational shift due to rerouting of ships: The extra miles travelled and days lost due to trade diversion has translated into additional costs such as fuel costs and lost value of time-sensitive cargo.

Apple didn’t need any more trouble, but trouble has had a way of finding the iconic tech giant lately. The Justice Department sued Apple on Thursday, accusing the company of monopolistic behavior over the way it runs its iPhone business. “We allege that Apple has employed a strategy that relies on exclusionary, anticompetitive conduct that hurts both consumers and developers," Attorney General Merrick Garland said in announcing the case.

Immaculate" might prove to be a daunting task this year. Premiering at the SXSW Film & TV Festival, the film has stirred both praise and controversy, but its final act, led by Sydney Sweeney's compelling performance, leaves an indelible mark on viewers.

AAP leaders, including its national organisation secretary Sandeep Pathak, Punjab Chief minister Bhagwant Mann and Delhi ministers Atishi and Saurabh Bharadwaj, are likely to grow within the party after its supremo Arvind Kejriwal's arrest weeks ahead of the Lok Sabha polls. The prospect of the Delhi chief minister's wife, Sunita Kejriwal, who has so far maintained a distance from politics, assuming a new role is also being discussed by people. In a post on X, Sunita Kejriwal said on Friday that her husband always stood with the people of Delhi and his arrest was a betrayal with them.

Avatar: The Last Airbender' has proved itself commercially successful as well. With about 2.6 billion minutes of viewing in the first four days of its OTT release in the US, Netflix‘s live-action adaptation of Nickelodeon is credited for the second biggest week for any streaming title in 2024, reports 'The Hollywood Reporter'. It is just behind 'Fool Me Once', which received 3.04 billion minutes of viewing in January.

Orion India, the India arm of South Korea’s confectionery maker Orion Holdings, is doubling down on its local portfolio of snacking products which include Choco Pie dessert snack and Turtle chips, the company’s managing director Saurabh Saith said. The company, which entered India five years back, is expanding capacity at its existing manufacturing plant in Rajasthan, and adding new snacking products to respond to demand surge, Saith said. The snacks maker has signed actor Palak Tiwari to endorse its Turtle Chips franchise in India. The rising popularity of Korean foods has led to large brands extending their portfolio to Korean brands, including Nestle which extended Maggi to Korean BBQ noodles in recent months and ITC which expanded its portfolio of Bingo chips to include Korean variants last week.

Mohamed Muizzu has struck a reconciliatory tone, saying India will continue to remain his country's «closest ally» and urged New Delhi to provide debt relief to the archipelago nation. The Maldives owed approximately USD 400.9 million to India by the end of last year. Ever since he took oath as the president in November last year, the pro-China Maldivian leader has pursued a hardline stand towards India and within hours had demanded that Indian military personnel operating three aviation platforms be repatriated from his country by May 10. On Thursday, in his first interview with the local media since assuming office, Muizzu said India was instrumental in providing aid to the Maldives and has implemented the «greatest number» of projects.

Arvind Kejriwal and Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader K Kavitha for their alleged involvement in the Delhi Excise Policy 'scam'. South group was a link that came up during both the arrests. The Enforcement Directorate had earlier claimed to have established a link between the South group, Kavitha and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) while investigating the Delhi Excise Policy case.

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