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Canada stocks tumble over 2% after Fed moderates rate cut expectations

Canada's main stock index posted its biggest decline in 10 months on Wednesday, with the technology sector pacing broad-based declines, as the Federal Reserve signaled a slower pace of interest rate cuts. The Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index ended down 562.71 points, or 2.2%, at 24,557.00, its lowest closing level since Nov. 5. U.S. stocks also posted large declines …

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1 week, 4 days ago

Consumer inflation moderates slightly to 5.5% in November

The Hindu

India’s retail inflation cooled slightly to 5.5% in November from a 14-month high of 6.2% in October, but remained significantly elevated for rural consumers at 5.95%, while dropping to 4.8% for their urban counterparts. “The decline in inflation in November 2024 is mainly due to decline in inflation in ‘food & beverages’ group,” the National Statistics Office said, pointing to …

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1 week, 4 days ago

India’s retail inflation moderates to 5.48% in November, IIP expands to 3.5% in October

Live Mint

Hopes of an early rate cut were rekindled on Thursday as retail inflation fell back within the central bank's tolerance band in November, while factory output hit a three-month high in October, in good news for the economy that slowed in the second quarter. Retail inflation based on the consumer price index fell to a three-month low of 5.48% in …

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2 weeks, 5 days ago

RBI Policy: MPC meeting begins today; will the central bank cut the repo rate? Experts weigh in

Live Mint

Against the backdrop of sticky inflation and slowing growth, the Monetary Policy Committee of the Reserve Bank of India has begun its three-day meeting on Wednesday, December 4, to decide on interest rates and its policy stance. The pivot to a neutral stance in October does provide the space to take more growth-supportive actions, and this could come in the …

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3 weeks ago

RBI committee meeting: A cut in cash reserve ratio likely, but not in repo rate

New Indian Express

The Reserve Bank’s rate-setting panel, the Monetary Policy Committee, begins its meeting here on Wednesday amidst a series of negative macroeconomic data surprises, with the 5.4 percent GDP growth in the second quarter being the worst. This has led many Mint Road observers and bankers to expect the monetary policy announcement on December 6 to include growth-boosting measures, such as …

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3 weeks, 1 day ago

Democrats Can Embrace Reality, or They Can Lose Again

Live Mint

-- After a tumultuous and dramatic election, it’s easy to lose sight of some of the most boring and important facts about American politics, like how more voters identify as conservative than liberal. A new post-election survey from center-left think tank Third Way that looks at voters in presidential battleground states reveals that voters picked Donald Trump over Kamala Harris …

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3 weeks, 3 days ago

What’s happening in Syria? A simple guide

CNN

CNN — Syria’s civil war is back in the spotlight after a new rebel coalition launched a surprise attack, capturing two major cities, shattering the stalemate of a war that never formally ended. As Assad’s forces crushed the pro-democracy movement, an armed opposition began to form made up of small organic militias and some defectors from the Syrian military. The …

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3 weeks, 3 days ago

What’s happening in Syria? A simple guide

CNN

CNN — Syria’s civil war is back in the spotlight after a new rebel coalition launched a surprise attack, capturing two major cities, shattering the stalemate of a war that never formally ended. As Assad’s forces crushed the pro-democracy movement, an armed opposition began to form made up of small organic militias and some defectors from the Syrian military. The …

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4 weeks ago

No, Rachel Maddow did not have a tearful meltdown reading Musk’s tweet about buying MSNBC

The Independent

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1 month ago

Denmark will plant 1 billion trees and convert 10% of farmland into forest

Associated Press

COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Danish lawmakers on Monday agreed on a deal to plant 1 billion trees and convert 10% of farmland into forest and natural habitats over the next two decades in an effort to reduce fertilizer usage. The government called the agreement “the biggest change to the Danish landscape in over 100 years.” “The Danish nature will change in …

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1 month, 1 week ago

The upshot of Trump’s trans pledge

New Indian Express

President Trump has sworn to keep men out of women-only spaces and sports, stop ‘child abuse’ in schools that offer puberty blockers, breast binders and other so-called gender-affirming care to minors by threatening to cut off federal funding and warning that punitive action will be taken against medical practitioners who perform sex-change procedures. Trans activists and the American Civil Liberties …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Election news: Trump won. I'm losing it with the Democrats.

Slate

Based on the Democrats’ personnel decisions and public statements, you’d have no idea the party lost control of all three branches of government last week. This week, when the House Democratic Caucus met for the first time since Election Day, Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and other high-ranking members delivered “what attendees described as a celebratory message despite the odds,” according …

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'Beyond-worse-case' Trump scenario is 'now upon us': columnist

Raw Story

The Atlantic's Jonathan Chait expected President-elect Donald Trump's second term to be bad -- but even he found himself in awe at the picks that Trump has made for his cabinet. In his latest piece, Chait marvels at the figures that Trump wants to bring into his cabinet, including Fox News personality Pete Hegseth, scandal-plagued former Rep. Matt Gaetz, and …

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'Beyond-worse-case' Trump scenario is 'now upon us': columnist

Raw Story

The Atlantic's Jonathan Chait expected President-elect Donald Trump's second term to be bad -- but even he found himself in awe at the picks that Trump has made for his cabinet. In his latest piece, Chait marvels at the figures that Trump wants to bring into his cabinet, including Fox News personality Pete Hegseth, scandal-plagued former Rep. Matt Gaetz, and …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Republicans secure majority in US House, now have full control of Congress

India Today

Republicans have won enough seats to control the US House, completing the party’s sweep into power and securing their hold on the US government alongside President-elect Donald Trump. When Trump was elected president in 2016, Republicans also swept Congress, but he still encountered Republican leaders resistant to his policy ideas, as well as a Supreme Court with a liberal majority. …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Republicans win 218 US House seats, giving Trump and the party control of government

Hindustan Times

Republicans have won enough seats to control the U.S. House, completing the party’s sweep into power and securing their hold on U.S. government alongside President-elect Donald Trump. House Speaker Mike Johnson, who with Trump's endorsement won the Republican Conference's nomination to stay on as speaker next year, has talked of taking a “blowtorch” to the federal government and its programs, …

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Republicans win 218 US House seats, giving Trump’s party full control of Washington

The Independent

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1 month, 1 week ago

Republicans secure 218 seats, take House majority

Deccan Chronicle

Washington: Republicans have won enough seats to control the U.S. House, completing the party’s sweep into power and securing their hold on U.S. government alongside President-elect Donald Trump. When Trump was elected president in 2016, Republicans also swept Congress, but he still encountered Republican leaders resistant to his policy ideas, as well as a Supreme Court with a liberal majority. …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Republicans win House majority after victories in California, Arizona

LA Times

Republicans on Wednesday won enough seats to retain control of the U.S. House of Representatives, with races in California and Arizona being the final two victories that gave the GOP a 218-member majority. With the House, conservatives have secured their party’s sweep into power alongside President-elect Donald Trump — Republicans earlier gained control of the Senate from Democrats. But he …

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1 month, 1 week ago

'Amazed we even got close': Harris allies describe 'deep hole' she started in

Raw Story

Kamala Harris allies pointed fingers after her loss to Donald Trump, but they also agreed that she started her abbreviated campaign from the bottom of a "deep hole." “I’m amazed that we even got close,” said one Democratic official close to the campaign. “The campaign has been broken since the beginning.” Few operatives wanted to work for Biden and even …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Elon Musk endorses Republican Rick Scott for US Senate majority leader

India Today

Businessman Elon Musk, an ally of President-elect Donald Trump, endorsed Republican Senator Rick Scott for US Senate majority leader on Sunday as Trump pushed candidates for the influential post to help him make changes quickly after his party won control of the chamber. Current Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, who has led his party in the chamber since 2007, is …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Harris hoped to ride abortion to another post-Dobbs Democratic victory. It didn’t work.

Politico

Vice President-elect JD Vance, who himself backpedaled after years of supporting federal abortion restrictions, also worked to tamp down widespread outrage from the fall of Roe by promising to preserve federal access to abortion pills and fund more generous social programs for new parents. “President Trump’s first-term pro-life accomplishments are the baseline for his second term.” Most anti-abortion groups stood …

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From gaffe-prone Philp to hardliner Patel, who makes up Kemi Badenoch’s shadow cabinet?

The Independent

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Harris makes her closing argument

Politico

The campaign believes the symbolic nature of the venue will bolster Harris’ closing message. Just as her team did with a stop in Houston last week to elevate abortion rights, they’re using Tuesday night’s location to telegraph a larger, national message: By returning to a site where Trump infamously delivered his speech on Jan. 6, 2021, in which he urged …

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Canada stocks tumble over 2% after Fed moderates rate cut expectations

Consumer inflation moderates slightly to 5.5% in November

India’s retail inflation moderates to 5.48% in November, IIP expands to 3.5% in October

RBI Policy: MPC meeting begins today; will the central bank cut the repo rate? Experts weigh in

RBI committee meeting: A cut in cash reserve ratio likely, but not in repo rate

Democrats Can Embrace Reality, or They Can Lose Again

What’s happening in Syria? A simple guide

What’s happening in Syria? A simple guide

No, Rachel Maddow did not have a tearful meltdown reading Musk’s tweet about buying MSNBC

Denmark will plant 1 billion trees and convert 10% of farmland into forest

The upshot of Trump’s trans pledge

Election news: Trump won. I'm losing it with the Democrats.

'Beyond-worse-case' Trump scenario is 'now upon us': columnist

'Beyond-worse-case' Trump scenario is 'now upon us': columnist

Republicans secure majority in US House, now have full control of Congress

Republicans win 218 US House seats, giving Trump and the party control of government

Republicans win 218 US House seats, giving Trump’s party full control of Washington

Republicans secure 218 seats, take House majority

Republicans win House majority after victories in California, Arizona

'Amazed we even got close': Harris allies describe 'deep hole' she started in

Elon Musk endorses Republican Rick Scott for US Senate majority leader

Harris hoped to ride abortion to another post-Dobbs Democratic victory. It didn’t work.

From gaffe-prone Philp to hardliner Patel, who makes up Kemi Badenoch’s shadow cabinet?

Harris makes her closing argument