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Joe Biden on Friday asserted that he is the presidential nominee of the Democratic party, he is in the race and will win the election again as he sought to clear all the doubts about the future of his candidacy for the November 5 elections. Over the past week, there has been speculation about him leaving the race, with increasing voices inside the party calling for his departure following his poor debate performance in Atlanta last week. On Friday, Biden sought to clear all such doubts. «We had a little debate last week. Can't say it was my best performance. But ever since then, there's been a lot of speculation. What's Joe going to do? Is he going to stay in the race? Is he going to drop out? What's he going to do? Well, here's my answer. I am running and going to win again,» Biden told his cheering supporters in the battle ground State of Wisconsin. «I am the sitting President of the United States of America, no small part because of you. That's not a joke. In 2020, you came through for me. I'm the nominee of the Democratic Party. I'm the nominee of this party because millions of Democrats like you just voted for me in primaries all across America. You voted for me to be your nominee. No one else. You, the votes. The voters did that,» he said during the rally.

Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Astana contained the most robust language ever on cross-border terrorism as well as strong references to territorial integrity linked to connectivity corridors in the region, external affairs minister S Jaishankar told ET. He described this as the most satisfying outcome of the summit from India’s viewpoint. “I am happy that Kazakhstan during their chairmanship negotiated an updated programme to combat terrorism, separatism and extremism, which was adopted in the Astana summit,” the minister said. “What is more important is the actual implementation of the programme that we have now successfully drawn up, which includes unambiguous commitment by all the member states in getting rid of all forms and manifestations of terrorism in the region, including cross-border terrorism.” The summit was held in the Kazakhstan capital on July 3-4.

White House account on social media site X had some embarrassing moments when one of the posts went viral for all the wrong reasons. The official handle @POTUS was commenting on a judicial verdict pertaining to energy exports. In recent times, the Biden administration has put a temporary hold on the exports of Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) due to environmental reasons. Many of the Republican states have opposed this judicial verdict. The post on X has now been deleted after the faux pas was observed by social media users. Here is what transpired. Post on X: The official handle @POTUS was commenting on a ruling by a court in the state of Louisiana which lifted the Biden’s administration embargo on exports of LNG. He termed the decision of the court as incredibly disappointing. He assured the people that he will do his best to work towards ensuring energy security as well as protection of the environment.

Kamala Harris to the office of the Vice-President in 2020 came as a surprise to many of the conservatives. If Biden were to stand down and be replaced on the ballot box, Harris is likely to replace him as the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee. She is expected to put up a fight in a contest in which she is only narrowly trailing behind Trump. However, there could be historical and sociological reasons that could prevent her victory, according to political analysts.

The first LCBO strike in the history of Ontario has begun, marking the closure of government-run liquor stores across the province.

The just-concluded general elections have once again proven the vitality of Indian democracy. The democratic process has established that the democratic institutions of this country are more than capable of giving all sections of society a voice, especially the marginalized. With the formation of a new government, parliamentary processes have kicked in.

UK election results are formally declared with Keir Starmer's Labour Party grabbing an outright majority with Rishi Sunak's Conservative Party falling well behind in the poll race. Interestingly, even though the Labour Party have a majority share of seats, its vote percentage stands at a mere 34%. If that is not all, Reform UK managed to win only 4 seats with a significant 14 percent vote share but the Conservatives attained 121 seats with only 24 per cent. This calculation factor has raised many eyebrows and people still cannot figure out why this happens during UK general elections.

Joe Biden's politically devastating performance on the debate stage in Atlanta, several current and former officials and others who encountered him behind closed doors noticed that he increasingly appeared confused or listless, or would lose the thread of conversations. Like many people his age, Biden, 81, has long experienced instances in which he mangled a sentence, forgot a name or mixed up a few facts, even though he could be sharp and engaged most of the time. But in interviews, people in the room with him more recently said that the lapses seemed to be growing more frequent, more pronounced and more worrisome. The uncomfortable occurrences were not predictable, but seemed more likely when he was in a large crowd or tired after a particularly bruising schedule. In the 23 days leading up to the debate against former President Donald Trump, Biden jetted across the Atlantic Ocean twice for meetings with foreign leaders and then flew from Italy to California for a splashy fundraiser, maintaining a grueling pace that exhausted even much younger aides.

valuations in the Indian equity market, there are expectations of subdued returns in the second half of 2024, with increased volatility and only marginal gains likely by the end of the year,” says Vikaas M Sachdeva, Managing Director, Sundaram Alternates. In an interview with ETMarkets, Sachdeva said: “The earnings expectations for the markets for Nifty stocks and for the top 100 stocks are around 15%, but around 20-25% for midcaps. The problem is there is so much euphoria right now that if you fall short of these numbers, you are going to see a pullback happening,” Edited excerpts:

NEW YORK — JPMorgan Chase Co.‘s profits jumped sharply in the second quarter as the bank cashed in billions of dollars of its holdings in Visa Inc. But the bank’s results were also helped by higher interest rates, as well as consumers who seemed to still want to spend, despite geopolitical and economic uncertainties.

government spending and continued momentum in corporate earnings, according to market watchers. The upcoming government budget will likely boost consumer spending and infrastructure building, which bode well for businesses, strategists and investors surveyed by Bloomberg said. More than half of the 24 respondents estimated that the NSE Nifty 50 Index may advance up to 26,000 points by the end of 2024, while one predicted the gauge can climb even more.

Private equity firm TA Associates Thursday said it has led the acquisition of a significant minority stake in Vastu Housing Finance Corp, a pan-India diversified lending institution. TA Associates bought the stake along with existing investors, including the International Finance Corporation, according to a release. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. People familiar with the matter said the investors bought the stake for about ₹3,340 crore ($400 million) and it valued Vastu at ₹10,000 crore. The lender also got about $75 million in primary capital infusion. Founded in 2015 by Sandeep Menon and Sujay Patil, Vastu is backed by Multiples Alternate Asset Management since inception. Other investors include Norwest Venture Partners, Creation Investments, 360 ONE Asset Management and Faering Capital. Vastu has a loan book of about ₹10,000 crore as of FY24-end. It has more than 230 branch locations across 13 states.

Bharat Forge Ltd. traded 0.39 per cent lower in Tuesday's session at 12:07PM (IST). The stock opened at Rs 1671.45 and has touched an intraday high and low of Rs 1681.9 and Rs 1652.8, respectively, during the session so far. The stock quoted a 52-week high of Rs 1826.2 and a 52-week low of 832.85. About 124,617 shares changed hands on the counter so far.

The South Korean Supreme Court has upheld a guilty verdict for a group of former Coinone crypto exchange employees who took bribes to list altcoins on the platform.

The NBA might not be happy with the NFL making Christmas Day a regular part of its schedule

Keir Starmer finally has the mandate and credentials to shake off the historical burden which has dogged ties between India and Britain’s Labour Party since the 1930s, a long arc that began with the jaundiced view taken of Mahatma Gandhi by Ramsay MacDonald, Labour’s first elected prime minister, and terminated in former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn’s apparent positions on Indian policy. Starmer, who took his Labour Party to a historic landslide win in Britain’s Parliamentary elections, now has the tailwind to re-imagine London’s ties with India, which is the world’s fastest growing major economy and gaining heft.

WestJet continues to feel the effects of a two-day plane mechanics strike that nearly shut down the airline’s network for 29 hours over the Canada Day long weekend and cost it millions of dollars.The work stoppage that began on June 28 forced the airline to cancel more than 1,050 flights during one of the busiest travel windows of the year.Fallout from the unexpected job action continued well into last week, as WestJet called off 244 trips Tuesday through Saturday as well as at least 32 more on Sunday, according to tracking service FlightAware. Figures from the airline suggest at least 170,000 passengers have been affected.The task of fully resuming flights by a nearly grounded fleet of 180 planes across more than 175 destinations is complex, costly and time-consuming.

Spain midfielder Dani Olmo said on Friday that the team enjoyed the challenging path they faced to reach the Euro 2024 final, winning a tough group and taking down Germany and France, and are pumped up for their clash against England on Sunday. Olmo came on as a substitute to grab a goal and an assist to help Spain beat the hosts in the quarter-finals and scored the winner against France after they had initially gone behind. The 26-year-old said that doing things the hard way was the perfect motivation for a competitive group of players.

Officials at the remote site of a derailed train carrying hazardous materials that sparked a fire in North Dakota briefly issued a shelter-in-place notice early Sunday

Luke Brodie has done his time in financial services and now he's moving on. Not to a hedge fund. To the fire service. 

zodiac signs in July may affect careers, relationships, monetary positions as well as matters related to the heart in one way or the other. July is also important in Astrology because many astrologically important events will take place that may affect people. Besides, Mercury, Venus, and the Sun take retrograde positions in Aquarius on July 3, July 12, and July 23 respectively. Pluto will have a polarizing and impenetrable influence this month and it will challenge three personal planets.