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Kamala Harris lost the presidential election, but one of her campaign slogans was vindicated in defeat. «We're not going back!» the Democratic nominee insisted on the campaign trail, and she was unintentionally correct: Donald Trump's return to power is proof that we have lived through a real turning point in history, an irrevocable shift from one era to the next. In Trump's first term, he did not look like a historically transformative president. His victory was narrow. He lacked real majority support. He was swiftly unpopular and stymied and harassed. Even if his 2016 upset proved that discontent with the official consensus of the Western world ran unexpectedly deep, the way he governed made it easy to regard his presidency as accidental and aberrant — a break from a «normal» world of politics that some set of authority figures could successfully reimpose.

The world lender has long backed measures in Egypt including a liberal currency exchange market and weaning the public away from subsidies. On the ground, that has translated into an eroding middle class with depleted purchasing power, turning into luxuries what were once considered necessities.

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The likes of Godrej Consumer Products, Emami, ITC and Shoppers Stop have reported robust sales of fragrance products for the first half of this financial year, and, according to market researcher NielsenIQ, growth rate in the segment was nearly double that of overall personal care products this year. The fragrance segment grew 12% year-on-year this calendar year till September, according to the latest NielsenIQ data shared exclusively with ET, driven by roll-on deodorants, which recorded a 26% increase. The personal care segment saw a 6.2% growth, while the overall FMCG industry expanded by 5.7%, according to the researcher.

A walkout by hundreds of hospitality workers at a casino near the Las Vegas Strip entered its second day with union members willing to undergo the financial hardships of being out of work as they wait for a new contract

The House passed legislation that would provide full benefits to millions.

After two days of meetings in Lima that rarely ventured beyond platitudes in discussing the strategies of the region’s major economies, the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum wraps up with a spirit of detente that many fear the annual summit may n...

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.

Kapil Sharma recently opened up about the profound impact his mother's resilience has had on his life following the loss of his father. Speaking on Zakir Khan's podcast, the comedian and actor delved into the emotional challenges his family faced and praised his mother as the «heroine» of their story for holding the family together during incredibly trying times. Kapil recounted how his mother managed to navigate life in police quarters while raising three children after his father passed away. Kapil shared that he often wondered about how she managed everything with three kids. He reflected on her unwavering strength and ability to handle difficult circumstances. At just 22 years old, Kapil and his elder brother were thrust into a world of responsibilities and hardships, but it was their mother’s determination that kept the family united. He also recalled the particularly tough period when they were forced to vacate their home for six months. Despite the adversities, his mother remained steadfast. Kapil added that his respect for her only grows when he thinks about how she carried them through those times.

menopause has become an industry, with A-list celebrities speaking out and cashing in with endorsements and products. Paltrow has an oral supplement called Madame Ovary. Actor Naomi Watts has Stripes, a wellness brand. Actor Judy Greer has a line of plant-based supplements, Wile. This is not just a bunch of women channelling experience into entrepreneurship. The global menopause market hit $15.4 billion in 2021 and is projected to reach $24.4 billion by 2030, according to Grand View Research. Earlier this year, former Bond girl Halle Berry yelled: “I’m in menopause.” For something usually talked about sotto voce, if at all, this is a step up. Menopause is having a moment—and not just globally. Closer home, menopause— peri or otherwise—is being demystified by pro-age influencers and dispensed via those bite-sized panacea to all our problems: Reels.

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It was not just Uikey, though. Between May and November so far, India received about 900 threatening messages, including 600 posted on X, according to the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), which is in charge of security at commercial airports. These threats were all directed at airlines. Sources in the industry say in the past two months alone, over 1,000 flights—domestic and foreign— were delayed due to threatening calls, texts and social media posts that turned out to be fake. The losses that the airlines ran up due to this during the period could amount to about Rs 500 crore.

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Goa are particularly prone to a kind of reporting. Journalists or social media influencers come on a holiday. They hang out in a resort, go out to a few restaurants, shop in a few places, meet a local friend and speak to their taxi drivers. Then they string together their peeves or “new” discoveries, and a tourism trends story is born. Have to justify the time off, right? Some of the disgruntled posts that triggered the recent spat over the apparently declining state of tourism in Goa are right out of this playbook, with added moralism. “The problem with Goa is that it became rich without much effort,” declared a particularly pompous post. Tourists complaining about tourism-linked problems show a profound lack of self-reflection. Meanwhile, comparing a small state in India with countries like Sri Lanka and Thailand will yield inaccurate perspectives. Nothing is helped, though, by the reliably wrong-headed responses of the Goa government. LOOK CLOSER The data doesn’t show Goa being “down in the dumps”, as a social media post alleged. According to Noesis, a leading hotel investment and advisory firm, Goa’s tourism is gearing up for a landmark year in 2024, building on the momentum of a strong 2023 recovery. Domestic arrivals are projected to top 8.5 million, while foreign visitors may touch pre-pandemic levels, potentially exceeding 500,000.

Money manager John Davi is positioning for challenges tied to President-elect Donald Trump's tariff agenda.

Disgruntled X users are once again flocking to Bluesky, a newer social media platform that grew out of the former Twitter before billionaire Elon Musk took it over in 2022

Uttar Pradesh government on Saturday formed a four-member committee to probe into the fire at the children's ward of a medical college in Jhansi that snuffed out the lives of 10 newborns as officials suspect electrical short circuit to be the cause of the tragic incident. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has already directed the Divisional Commissioner of Jhansi, the fire department and the deputy inspector general of police to submit a report on the incident within 12 hours. Amid claims that the medical college had expired fire extinguishers, Deputy Chief Minister Brijesh Pathak asserted all firefighting equipment in the college was completely fine and a fire safety audit was carried out in February and a mock drill in June. Principal of the medical college, Dr Narendra Singh Sengar, also termed the allegations «baseless».

Donald Trump's return to the presidency but the fact that he carried their northern New Jersey county, a longtime Democratic stronghold in the shadow of New York City. To Maria Russo, the woman pouring the drinks, the reasons behind Trump's win were as clear in the runup to the election as the shot glasses lined up on the high-top tables. A mother raising two kids on her own in Passaic County on a barkeep's income, she saw it not just in light of her own situation but those of the people around her.

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Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday invoked Bal Thackeray while campaigning for the Maharashtra assembly polls, stating the Shiv Sena founder wouldn't have tolerated Shivaji Maharaj's insult. Priyanka's rare reference to Thackeray, whose aggressive Hindutva was rejected by previous Congress generational leaders, comes at a time when PM Narendra Modi has dared the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT) to ensure Rahul Gandhi speaks a few words of praise for Bal Thackeray and V D Savarkar. Priyanka accused the BJP of back-stabbing Uddhav Thackeray, an obvious reference to the toppling of the MVA government in 2022. «Modi always takes the name of Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray. Yes, our ideologies (Congress's and Shiv Sena's) were different...Yes, our political thinking was different… But neither Balasaheb Thackeray nor any leader from the Congress and Rahul ji (Gandhi) would tolerate Shivaji Maharaj's insult,» Priyanka stated while addressing poll rallies in Shirdi and Kolhapur.