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TOKYO—SoftBank Group founder Masayoshi Son on Friday lamented what turned out to be a $150 billion blunder: selling shares in Nvidia years before the chip maker became one of the world’s most valuable companies. Son, known for some of the most successful investments in technology history, recalled one of his less-cherished moments on Friday at SoftBank Group’s annual shareholder meeting in Tokyo. “It’s frustrating to remember the ones that I missed," Son said.

PARIS—Serge Klarsfeld is a world-renowned Nazi hunter, a historian of the Holocaust and a moral authority in France who has pushed the country to reckon with its dark history of antisemitism. That is why many in France were shocked this week when Klarsfeld defended the far-right party of Marine Le Pen, which counts among its founders a former Nazi paramilitary soldier.

South Korea says it will consider sending arms to Ukraine after Russia and North Korea rattled the region and beyond by signing a pact to come to each other’s defense in the event of war

Donald Sutherland died at the age of 88 on Thursday. He is considered one of the most versatile and gifted actors born in Canada. He is best known for his roles in «M*A*S*H,» «Klute,» «Ordinary People» and «The Hunger Games.» His career spanned from the 1960s to the 2020s as he charmed and enthralled audiences in his movies. His son actor Kiefer Sutherland confirmed his death. Donald Sutherland's first big break

U.S., Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has announced new sanctions against members of La Nueva Familia Michoacana drug cartel, a notoriously violent group that wars for territorial control with a slate of other Mexican cartels

NATO member Romania’s top defense body says the country will donate a Patriot missile system to neighboring Ukraine to help Kyiv in its war against Russia as Moscow’s forces continue to bombard civilian areas and energy infrastructure

France’s prime minister hopes to emerge from the campaign for the early legislative election not only still holding the job that President Emmanuel Macron gave him less than six months ago but also as more of his own person

Former Vice President Mike Pence’s foundation is launching a $10 million campaign to preserve the Trump-era tax cuts

By Frederic Manning (1930) 1. All wars end in a war of words, as those who have survived on both sides tell their story. World War I is no exception.

«If you are taking a three-five-year view, I think that even in capital goods and manufacturing, there are some really lucrative opportunities which have really not done as well as the broader capital goods and manufacturing space and that is where, again, there will be money on the table and you can make substantial moneys from here in the next two to three years,» says Anshul Saigal, Founder, Saigal Capital. What should one do simple? Which are the ideas where you think big money could be made? Which are the stocks which you think one should completely avoid, whether it is because of business risk or valuation risk? Anshul Saigal: I can tell you where I am an investor and where I see opportunity. I can tell you that rural economy is at the cusp of a turn and while we have had a raging bull market, stocks which are leveraged to the rural economy, discretionary rural economy, those are half from their all-time highs, so that segment has been a complete laggard because the broad market has been weak.

Western Moscow Exchange sanctions look set to drive up Russian interest in cryptoassets such as USDT, a survey of traders and investors has found.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is in Vietnam to strengthen ties with its longtime partner in Southeast Asia at a time when Moscow is facing growing international isolation because of its military actions in Ukraine

North Korea reached by their leaders requires the countries to use all available means to provide immediate military assistance in the event of war, North Korean state media said. The North's official Korean Central News Agency on Thursday reported the language of the comprehensive strategic partnership agreement reached by its leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Pyongyang on Wednesday. The agency said Article 4 of the agreement states that if one of the countries gets invaded and is pushed into a state of war, the other must deploy «all means at its disposal without delay» to provide «military and other assistance.» The deal could mark the strongest connection between Moscow and Pyongyang since the end of the Cold War. Both Kim and Putin described it as a major upgrade of their relations, covering security, trade, investment, cultural and humanitarian ties.

Taylor Sheridan’s spy thriller, Special Ops: Lioness, was a hit on Paramount+. Fans are eager to know what's next for the show. Here is everything known about Season 2.

Kim Jong Un is not healthy. According to 'The Hill', former CIA North Korea analyst Sue Mi Terry has said that the leader of the communist country does not look healthy in the video footage of him meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin. This revelation has come at a time when the supremer leader has signed a new treaty with Moscow and vowed to work closely together against international sanctions. What former CIA analyst has said

Juneteenth 2024 is here and the US is celebrating what is considered to be its second Independence Day. This marks the end of slavery in the US. After President Joe Biden signed the legislation adding June 19 to the list of federal holidays in 2021, millions of Americans get a paid holiday on this historic day. The American civil war ended on this day after General Gordon Granger marched into Texas with his troops in 1865 and released over 250,000 individuals working as ‘slaves’ in the various agricultural fields of the southern states. Will the retail stores, food restaurants and other eateries be open?

demand optimism and concerns over escalating conflicts offset an industry report that said U.S. crude inventories unexpectedly rose. Brent crude futures for August, due to expire on Thursday, were up 20 cents to $85.53 a barrel by 1235 GMT, while the more active September contract gained 21 cents to $84.74.

A bulk carrier sank in the Red Sea days after an attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels believed to have killed one mariner on board

Fatigue is setting in as a U.S. aircraft carrier nears its ninth month waging the most intense running sea battle since World War II

The deadly stockpiles of nuclear weapons built by Cold War adversaries Russia and the US gave the ‘MAD’ doctrine of ‘Mutually Assured Destruction’ a literal ring. With thousands of nukes each, both had enough to destroy the planet many times over. Could today’s geopolitical divide between a China-led bloc and the US-led West imperil the world with another arms race being pushed beyond the limits of reason by its force of rivalry? According to the latest report by Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), a think-tank, all nine nuclear-armed countries—the US, Russia, UK, France, China, India, Pakistan, North Korea and Israel—modernized their arsenals in 2023, while some deployed new weapon systems.

Hezbollah movement, US envoy Amos Hochstein said on Tuesday, following an escalation in cross-border fire between the foes along Lebanon's southern frontier. Iran-backed Hezbollah has been trading fire with Israel for the last eight months in parallel with the Gaza war. Last week, the group fired the largest volleys of rockets and drones of the hostilities so far at Israeli military sites, after an Israeli strike killed the most senior commander yet. Hochstein, special envoy to US President Joe Biden, said he had been dispatched to Lebanon immediately following a brief trip to Israel because the situation was serious. «We have seen an escalation over the last few weeks. And what President Biden wants to do is avoid a further escalation to a greater war,» Hochstein said on Tuesday.