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Trump suggests allowing TikTok to continue in US: Keep this sucker for a while

President-elect Donald Trump indicated on Sunday that he favoured allowing TikTok to keep operating in the United States for at least a little while, saying he had received billions of views on the social media platform during his presidential campaign. The US Senate passed a law in April requiring TikTok's Chinese parent company, ByteDance, to divest the app, citing national …

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1 day, 5 hours ago

When 2025 arrives, so will the end of the amateur athlete in college sports

Associated Press

When the page turns on 2024, it will be time to say goodbye, once and for all, to the amateur athlete in college sports. “We’ve got problems in college football,” Penn State coach James Franklin said. “I don’t know that fans have this really great love for the idea of 100% pure amateurism,” said Nels Popp, a University of North …

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3 days, 19 hours ago

Politics, discos, private islands: Billionaires spent big in 2024

Salon

By many measures, 2024 was a good year for the ultra wealthy. The world’s 10 richest people — including Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg — saw their collective wealth increase by $64 billion following the reelection of former President Donald Trump. Related CEOs who lose pay plans are still super rich Musk's $277M election, $35M Texas compound If …

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Truth about migrant hotels: They host tens of thousands of young men and cost billions. Now our investigation raises disturbing questions about exactly who's in them... and why the government is obses

Daily Mail

A few days ago, I rang to book a room at the Mercure Hotel in central Leeds for a weekend next January. An Afghan ‘teenage’ migrant was convicted last year of sexually touching a 12-year-old boy in the bedroom of his Home Office hotel in Waltham Forest, east London. A request to the Home Office for an independent review of …

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Labour minister Tulip Siddiq caught up in Bangladesh corruption probe

The Independent

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. City minister Tulip Siddiq, has been accused of helping Sheikh Hasina, the recently ousted prime …

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4 days, 5 hours ago

GOP senator floats role for Elon Musk that may make people 'lose their ever-lovin' minds'

Raw Story

With House Speaker Mike Johnson increasingly on the ropes, many Republicans are looking for a potential replacement. Sen. Rand Paul on Thursday floated an outside-the-box possibility: X owner Elon Musk. "Nothing would disrupt the swamp more than electing Elon Musk... think about it... nothing’s impossible.." Paul is correct that the speaker of the House of Representatives does not need to …

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4 days, 7 hours ago

HS2 boss says it was RIGHT to spend £100million on a BAT tunnel as he admits it could be two more years before crisis-plagued rail project costing tens of billions is back on track

Daily Mail

The new boss of the beleaguered and massively over-budget HS2 rail scheme refused to apologise for it spending £100million on a tunnel for bats. But Mr Wild told MPs: 'At the end of the day, HS2 Ltd must obviously comply with the law, and the law says that we must mitigate damage, harm, to protected species. Mr Wild told MPs: …

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4 days, 9 hours ago

FCA extends car finance complaints deadline as lenders scramble

Daily Mail

The City watchdog has extended the deadline for motor finance lenders to respond to complaints regarding historic commissions on car loans. The Financial Conduct Authority has granted motor finance companies until 4 December 2025 to offer a final response to non-DCA complaints, just as it has done with complaints concerning DCAs. Extension: The FCA has granted motor finance companies until …

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4 days, 19 hours ago

China's clean air actions boost life expectancy, report says

China Daily

China reversed a 0.6-year decline in life expectancy from 2013 to 2020 thanks to significant air pollution control measures, a report released on Thursday found. The national average PM2.5 concentration fell from 63 micrograms per cubic meter in 2013 to 33 micrograms in 2020, enabling more than half of the population to breathe air that meets national standards. Improved air …

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4 days, 19 hours ago

As Trump 2.0 looms, Taiwan’s chip industry braces for upheaval

Al Jazeera

Taipei, Taiwan – With just weeks left in office, outgoing United States President Joe Biden and his team are scrambling to lock in billions of dollars in funding to re-shore chip manufacturing to the US. But with President-elect Donald Trump set to take office on January 20, the future of the CHIPS Act now looks uncertain, leaving Biden’s administration racing …

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4 days, 19 hours ago

Noord-Holland may have lengthy power cuts in 2026 due to overload of the power grid

NL Times

There is a possibility of lengthy power cuts in 2026 in parts of Noord-Holland if no extra measures are taken against the overload of the power grid, grid operators TenneT and Liander warn. They also predict in a new forecast that in many places in the province, there will be waiting lists for large electricity consumers, such as data centers, …

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Zelenskyy says US, Europe must work together to secure Ukraine peace

Al Jazeera

Zelenskyy insisted that any steps to secure peace in Ukraine would have to involve the might of the United States. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has urged European countries to provide guarantees to protect Ukraine after the war with Russia ends, but said these would not be enough without support from the United States under Donald Trump. Kyiv and its European …

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'Lump of coal': Republicans pen Christmas-themed attacks to decry funding bill

Raw Story

Congressional Republicans took to social media to slam a short-term funding bill out Tuesday that would prevent a federal government shutdown just as the holidays roll around. “The Christmas CR lump of coal comes with a warning,” Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene told her social media followers of the continuing resolution. “Beware the Ides of March.” Another Republican blasted the funding …

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DC Edit | Time to focus on service sector

Deccan Chronicle

India’s service exports outstripped merchandise exports for the first time ever in November 2024, according to the commerce ministry’s trade data. After sustained growth beginning from February 2024, service exports stood at $37.6 billion and merchandise exports at $32.1 billion in November 2024. While India is known to export more services than it buys from other countries, the value of …

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Trump backs idea to make the Postal Service — which is included in the Constitution — private

The Independent

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Privatization also would lead to price-gouging by private companies.” open image in gallery Cuts …

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Why is tech giant SoftBank investing over $100 billion in the US?

Associated Press

BANGKOK — Japanese tycoon Masayoshi Son and President-elect Donald Trump have announced plans for technology and telecoms giant SoftBank Group to invest $100 billion in projects in the United States over the coming four years. Trump said the investments in building artificial intelligence infrastructure would create 100,000 jobs, twice the 50,000 promised when Son pledged $50 billion in U.S. investments …

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President-elect Trump planning to reverse most Biden-era EV policies believing climate change is a 'hoax'

Firstpost

The Biden administration’s ambitious EV support, like the $7,500 tax credit for buyers and billions allocated for building charging networks, is also on Trump’s chopping block. In its place, the incoming administration plans to redirect funds towards boosting US production of batteries Earlier this year, Trump reportedly assured oil executives that he would overturn Biden’s environmental policies in exchange for …

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Ministry of Education says teacher shortage will continue for next ten years

NL Times

Schools will be suffering from teacher shortages for the next ten years, officials from the Ministry of Education wrote in an annual report on the subject. But State Secretary of Basic Education Marielle Paul has said that this is a temporary effect due to the expiration of the support program against corona backlogs. Compared to the total number of jobs, …

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Energy self-sufficiency rate reaches 85%

China Daily

A worker fuels up a car at a gas station in Qingzhou, Shandong province, in December. WANG JILIN/FOR CHINA DAILY Oil and gas have reinforced supply security throughout this year as China navigates the path between energy transition and its carbon neutrality goals, said industry experts and company executives. Wu said China's oil and gas sectors remain indispensable to its …

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1 week, 1 day ago

The hunt for the Assad dynasty’s missing billions begins

Live Mint

With the collapse of the Assad regime in Syria, a global hunt is now beginning for the billions of dollars in cash and assets the family stashed away over half a century of despotic rule. “There will be a hunt for the regime’s assets internationally," said Andrew Tabler, a former White House official who identified assets of Assad family members …

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Assad told Iran about Turkey's efforts to topple regime before ouster: Report

India Today

In the final days leading to his ouster, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad complained to Iran's foreign minister that Turkey was actively supporting Sunni rebels in their offensive to topple him, two Iranian officials told Reuters this week. Iran had backed Assad in Syria's long civil war and his overthrow was widely seen as a major blow to the Iran-led "Axis …

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1 week, 2 days ago

Tejashwi Yadav Slams Nitish Kumar's ₹370-Crore Budget For 'Snacks & Publicity'

ABP News

Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav on Saturday lashed out at Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar over the 'Mahila Samvad Yatra' alleging misuse of the government's fund. The former Bihar Deputy CM further trained guns saying Kumar is now spending more than the treasury of the poor state on efforts to improve his tarnished image, enticements, and social media. मुख्यमंत्री …

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1 week, 3 days ago

In wake of killing, UnitedHealth CEO admits that 'no one would design a system like' ours

Raw Story

UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty wrote in a New York Times op-ed Friday that the for-profit U.S. healthcare system "does not work as well as it should" and that "no one would design a system like the one we have," admissions that came as his industry faced a torrent of public anger following the murder of UnitedHealthcare's chief executive. Witty …

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Inside Assad’s Captagon drug-smuggling empire and how it funded brutal Syrian regime

The Independent

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Trump suggests allowing TikTok to continue in US: Keep this sucker for a while

When 2025 arrives, so will the end of the amateur athlete in college sports

Politics, discos, private islands: Billionaires spent big in 2024

Truth about migrant hotels: They host tens of thousands of young men and cost billions. Now our investigation raises disturbing questions about exactly who's in them... and why the government is obses

Labour minister Tulip Siddiq caught up in Bangladesh corruption probe

GOP senator floats role for Elon Musk that may make people 'lose their ever-lovin' minds'

HS2 boss says it was RIGHT to spend £100million on a BAT tunnel as he admits it could be two more years before crisis-plagued rail project costing tens of billions is back on track

FCA extends car finance complaints deadline as lenders scramble

China's clean air actions boost life expectancy, report says

As Trump 2.0 looms, Taiwan’s chip industry braces for upheaval

Noord-Holland may have lengthy power cuts in 2026 due to overload of the power grid

Zelenskyy says US, Europe must work together to secure Ukraine peace

'Lump of coal': Republicans pen Christmas-themed attacks to decry funding bill

DC Edit | Time to focus on service sector

Trump backs idea to make the Postal Service — which is included in the Constitution — private

Why is tech giant SoftBank investing over $100 billion in the US?

President-elect Trump planning to reverse most Biden-era EV policies believing climate change is a 'hoax'

Ministry of Education says teacher shortage will continue for next ten years

Energy self-sufficiency rate reaches 85%

The hunt for the Assad dynasty’s missing billions begins

Assad told Iran about Turkey's efforts to topple regime before ouster: Report

Tejashwi Yadav Slams Nitish Kumar's ₹370-Crore Budget For 'Snacks & Publicity'

In wake of killing, UnitedHealth CEO admits that 'no one would design a system like' ours

Inside Assad’s Captagon drug-smuggling empire and how it funded brutal Syrian regime