TOKYO – Shohei Ohtani is going to save the newspaper industry in Japan — singlehandedly. The Japanese and Los Angeles Dodgers superstar won his third Most Valuable Player award, this time picking up his first MVP in the National League. He’d already won two in the American League — in 2021 and 2023 — playing … Read more
Getty Images Eight tumultuous days after US President-elect Donald Trump picked Matt Gaetz to be attorney general, the firebrand congressman has withdrawn from consideration for the post. It was a nomination that stunned Washington and sent a shiver through the corridors of the justice department. Trump settled on Gaetz, 42, during a two-hour flight from … Read more
ShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via Email Mick Farrell, CEO of medical equipment maker ResMed, says the company is pouring “tens of millions of dollars” into expanding its Singapore operations as it aims to help 500 million people sleep better with its devices. Source link
Truist Financial Corporation has announced that it is making hundreds of millions of dollars in loans available to residents, businesses and local governments affected by Hurricane Helene in North Carolina CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Truist Financial Corporation has announced that it is making hundreds of millions of dollars in loans available to residents, businesses and local … Read more
You win some, you lose some. At USC, that’s the recipe for a terrible football season. The 5-5 Trojans, who play UCLA at the Rose Bowl on Saturday night, have blown fourth-quarter leads in all five of their losses. It’s a dramatic departure from the promise of two years ago, when head coach Lincoln Riley … Read more
Watch: Video shows aftermath of railway station roof collapse in Serbia After three weeks of protests demanding justice following the deadly collapse of part of the railway station in Serbia’s second city, arrests have begun. Prosecutors ordered the questioning of 11 people in connection with the disaster at the recently-renovated facility in Novi Sad. 15 … Read more
ShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via Email Chris Miller, associate professor at the Fletcher School at Tufts University and author of “Chip War: The Fight for the World’s Most Critical Technology,” discusses what Donald Trump’s presidential election victory means for U.S. semiconductor policy and competition with China. Source link
Three “notorious kleptocrats” — including a Ukrainian oligarch wanted in the US — were sanctioned by the British government on Thursday in a bid to tackle dirty money flowing through the UK, officials said. Dmytro Firtash, a puppet of Russian president Vladimir Putin, Isabel dos Santos of Angola and Latvia’s Aivars Lembergs — along with some … Read more
“Around the Horn,” ESPN‘s long-running sports debate program with a game show twist, is coming to an end next year. The network will pull the plug on the show sometime during the summer of 2025, according to a source familiar with the decision but not authorized to discuss it publicly, after nearly 23 years on … Read more
Chinese markets are “turning a corner” following a series of government stimulus measures , HSBC said, naming its top stock ideas for 2025. “Mainland China has announced a slew of policies to help ensure that local governments can pay their bills and service debt. This should reduce the risk of an immediate slowdown in growth … Read more