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Kyrsten Sinema says she missed Jan. 6 commission vote because of family matters

Jun 03, 2021 07:47 am UTC| Politics

Arizona Democratic Senator Kyrsten Sinema has been facing scrutiny from many members of her party in recent days. Following the Republicans filibuster to the January 6 commission vote, Sinema said that she had a personal...

Donald Trump reportedly expects to be reinstated as POTUS by August

Jun 03, 2021 07:18 am UTC| Politics

Former President Donald Trump appears to be hanging onto the belief that he is still the current US President. This has come to the extent that the former president is reportedly telling his aides that he expects to be...

Joe Biden looking to consider possible retaliation following cyberattack

Jun 03, 2021 07:01 am UTC| Politics

Not long after the hacking of the US Colonial Pipeline, another cyberattack was launched in the US that has suspected ties to Russia. US President Joe Biden said he was looking into possibly retaliating following the...

Joe Biden announces new measures to narrow racial wealth gap

Jun 02, 2021 09:42 am UTC| Politics

This week marks the 100th anniversary of the horrific Tulsa race massacre, one of the worst incidents of racial violence that has affected the US. In his remarks commemorating the day, Biden announced new measures that his...

Joe Biden to meet with GOP Sen. Shelley Moore Capito for infrastructure talks this week

Jun 02, 2021 08:42 am UTC| Politics

As the American Rescue Plan passed solely on party lines to be signed into law, President Joe Biden is looking for a more bipartisan approach to his next major proposal for infrastructure. Biden is set to resume...

Kamala Harris encourages women not to let age be a hindrance to pursue their dreams

Jun 02, 2021 07:45 am UTC| Politics

US Vice President Kamala Harris made history following her election victory in November. In a new interview, Harris encourages women everywhere not to let their age stop them from pursuing their dreams. Harris sat down...

Nancy Pelosi's House majority likely to expand following New Mexico special elections

Jun 02, 2021 07:06 am UTC| Politics

The Democratic Party now has a majority of both the House and Senate chambers following Joe Bidens election victory and the Georgia runoffs. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi may likely see her partys majority grow following the...

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Economy

Gold and Silver Prices Climb in Asian Trade as Markets Eye Key U.S. Economic Data

Gold prices edged higher during Asian trading on Monday, with silver also posting strong gains, as precious metal markets attempted to stabilize after a week marked by sharp volatility. The rebound comes amid lingering...

UK Starting Salaries See Strongest Growth in 18 Months as Hiring Sentiment Improves

Starting salaries for permanent employees in the UK recorded their strongest increase in nearly a year and a half in January, signaling early signs of stabilization in the British labor market. According to the latest...

Australian Household Spending Dips in December as RBA Tightens Policy

Australian household spending declined in December as consumers eased back after heavy year-end sales activity, but solid sales volumes continued to highlight why the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) recently raised...

Oil Prices Slip as U.S.-Iran Talks Ease Middle East Tensions

Global oil prices opened the week lower, sliding more than 1% on Monday as investor concerns over a potential conflict in the Middle East eased following diplomatic progress between the United States and Iran. The decline...

Indian Refiners Scale Back Russian Oil Imports as U.S.-India Trade Deal Advances

Indian refiners are increasingly avoiding purchases of Russian crude oil for delivery in April and potentially beyond, a strategic shift that could support New Delhis efforts to finalize a trade agreement with the United...

Politics

Trump Slams Super Bowl Halftime Show Featuring Bad Bunny

U.S. President Donald Trump sparked fresh controversy after criticizing the Super Bowl halftime show fronted by global music star Bad Bunny, calling the performance absolutely terrible in a social media post shared on...

Bangladesh Election 2026: A Turning Point After Years of Political Suppression

Bangladesh is heading into what many describe as its most competitive national election in more than a decade, marking a dramatic reversal of political fortunes after years of one-party dominance. For 15 years under former...

Ghislaine Maxwell to Invoke Fifth Amendment at House Oversight Committee Deposition

Ghislaine Maxwell, a longtime associate of the late financier Jeffrey Epstein, plans to refuse to answer questions during a scheduled deposition before the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on Monday,...

Trump Administration Appeals Court Order to Release Hudson Tunnel Project Funding

The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has filed an appeal challenging a federal court decision that ordered the Transportation Department to unfreeze funding for the $16 billion Hudson Tunnel Project, a major...

Trump Congratulates Japan’s First Female Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi After Historic Election Victory

U.S. President Donald Trump publicly congratulated Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Sunday following her coalitions decisive landslide victory in Japans lower house elections held over the weekend. The message,...

Science

SpaceX Prioritizes Moon Mission Before Mars as Starship Development Accelerates

Elon Musks SpaceX is shifting its near-term space exploration strategy, choosing to prioritize a return to the Moon before pursuing missions to Mars, according to a recent Wall Street Journal report citing sources familiar...

NASA and SpaceX Target Crew-11 Undocking From ISS Amid Medical Concern

NASA has confirmed that the agency, in coordination with SpaceX, is targeting no earlier than 5 p.m. Eastern Time (2200 GMT) on Wednesday, January 14, for the undocking of the SpaceX Crew-11 mission from the International...

Neuralink Plans High-Volume Brain Implant Production and Fully Automated Surgery by 2026

Elon Musks brain-computer interface company Neuralink is preparing for a major expansion, announcing plans to begin high-volume production of its brain implant devices and transition to a fully automated surgical procedure...

Jared Isaacman Confirmed as NASA Administrator, Becomes 15th Leader of U.S. Space Agency

The U.S. Senate has officially confirmed billionaire private astronaut Jared Isaacman as the new NASA administrator, making him the 15th leader in the agencys history. The confirmation, which took place on Wednesday, marks...

Senate Sets December 8 Vote on Trump’s NASA Nominee Jared Isaacman

The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee announced it will vote on December 8 on President Donald Trumps renewed nomination of private astronaut and tech entrepreneur Jared Isaacman to lead NASA. Isaacman, known for his...

Technology

Samsung Electronics Shares Jump on HBM4 Mass Production Report

Samsung Electronics shares surged on Monday following reports that the South Korean tech giant is set to begin mass production of its next-generation HBM4 memory chips, a key component in artificial intelligence hardware....

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Says AI Investment Boom Is Just Beginning as NVDA Shares Surge

Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) CEO Jensen Huang reaffirmed his bullish stance on artificial intelligence, calling the massive capital expenditure flowing into AI infrastructure both appropriate and necessary as the industry...

Amazon Stock Rebounds After Earnings as $200B Capex Plan Sparks AI Spending Debate

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) delivered a mixed but closely watched earnings report, beating Wall Street expectations on revenue while unveiling a massive long-term investment plan that unsettled investors. The e-commerce and...

Global PC Makers Eye Chinese Memory Chip Suppliers Amid Ongoing Supply Crunch

Major PC manufacturers including HP, Dell, Acer, and Asus are reportedly exploring the option of sourcing memory chips from Chinese semiconductor companies for the first time, as a prolonged global supply crunch continues...

OpenAI Expands Enterprise AI Strategy With Major Hiring Push Ahead of New Business Offering

OpenAI is significantly accelerating its enterprise AI strategy by hiring hundreds of new employees for its technical consulting division, according to a report by The Information, citing a person familiar with the...