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Elon Musk and his government efficiency team have been granted access to the U.S. Treasury Department’s payment system, ending a tense standoff that had lasted for days, The New York Times reported on Saturday.

South Korean actress Lee Joo Sil, known for her role in Squid Game 2, has passed away at 80. Her agency confirmed that she died on Sunday, February 2, at 10:20 a.m., while undergoing hospital treatment for stomach cancer.

Donald Trump has imposed fresh tariffs on imports from Canada, Mexico, and China, escalating economic tensions and prompting retaliatory measures from North American allies.

Trump on Sunday called again for Canada to become a US state, heightening tensions further with one of his country's closest allies after hitting it with heavy tariffs. While claiming the United States pays «hundreds of billions of dollars to SUBSIDIZE Canada,» apparently referring to the US trade deficit with its neighbor, Trump said «without this massive subsidy, Canada ceases to exist as a viable Country.» «Therefore, Canada should become our Cherished 51st State,» he wrote on his Truth social media platform, claiming the move would bring «much lower taxes, and far better military protection for the people of Canada — AND NO TARIFFS!»

Elon Musk’s associates have secured access to the U.S. Treasury’s sensitive payment systems, a move that follows the removal of David A. Lebryk, a senior career official at the department. The Treasury’s payment systems, which control more than $6 trillion annually, handle vital functions such as Social Security benefits, tax refunds, and federal employee salaries. The decision to grant Musk’s team access to these systems came after Lebryk, who had served in various nonpolitical roles at Treasury for decades, was placed on administrative leave by Trump-affiliated officials.

The U.S. military has conducted airstrikes against Islamic State operatives in Somalia, the first attacks in the African nation during President Donald Trump’s second term.

Nirmala Sitharaman being an avid and eclectic reader, has a wide repertoire to choose from when it comes to the almost mandatory quotes from great minds to indicate or explain the direction of the union budget. Given her long association with the region, it was not surprising that she began her record eighth budget presentation on Saturday with the words of the 19th century Andhra playwright, social reformer and poet Gurajada Apparao.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. I recently saw a poster in my local café that made me want to throw my coffee at the wall. From a grassroots parenting organization that seeks to keep smartphones out of the hands of anyone under 14, it argued against allowing “our children to access something all the evidence tells us is damaging." I have been researching mental health for years, and this statement is just not true.

Trump's decision on Saturday to apply tariffs on Canadian and Mexican oil, according to analysts and fuel traders.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The first full-year budget of India’s new National Democratic Alliance government, sworn in after the 2024 general election, was presented against the backdrop of a noticeable slowdown in economic growth over the last four quarters. I discussed the issue of whether this slowdown is cyclical or structural in a recent column for Mint, summarizing it as being an issue of expectations.

ease of doing business. The proposal is part of the Union Budget for 2025-26 presented in the Parliament on Saturday.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said a mechanism would be set up under the Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC) to evaluate the impact of financial regulations and subsidiary instructions. The initiative will also formulate a framework to enhance the responsiveness and development of the financial sector, Sitharaman said in her budget speech on Saturday.

Budget 2025: Looks like this year’s Union Budget has taken the internet by storm, and not just in the usual way. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has done something surprising with her tax announcements—leaving everyone laughing, comparing, and creating memes like never before.

A medical transport jet with a child patient and five others aboard crashed into a Philadelphia neighbourhood shortly after takeoff Friday evening, exploding in a fireball that engulfed several homes.Jet Rescue Air Ambulance said the patient and another passenger were on board along with four crew members.“We cannot confirm any survivors,” the company said in a statement. “Our immediate concern is for the patient’s family, our personnel, their families and other victims that may have been hurt on the ground.”Mayor Cherelle Parker said Wednesday night at a news conference that information on fatalities wasn’t immediately known but several homes and vehicles had been damaged.“This is still an active scene under investigation,” she said.The crash came just two days after the deadliest U.S.

Nirmala Sitharaman Saturday announced to arrange identity cards and registration on e-shram portal to assist 1 crore of them.

It’s that time of the year again, when the middle class holds its breath, hoping for tax relief, while the Internet wastes no time flooding timelines with hilarious Budget 2025 memes. As Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman gears up to present the Budget today at 11 AM, social media is already ahead of the game, serving up reactions hotter than a cup of morning chai.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Retail investors, high net worth individuals (HNIs) and proprietary traders have created derivatives positions that indicate that the stock markets could move within a 4% range on Saturday, when Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman presents the Budget for fiscal year 2025-26. The positions were created on a day the markets rose for the fourth straight session.

Elon Musk charged with running the U.S. government human resources agency have locked career civil servants out of computer systems that contain the personal data of millions of federal employees, according to two agency officials.