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New York state decides case, opens door for more marijuana clinics

NEW YORK: This week, a New York judge approved legal settlements to end lawsuits that halted the state's legal cannabis ...

Tech stocks outperform Tuesday, Nasdaq Composite gains

NEW YORK, New York - U.S. stocks spent most of Tuesday meandering, with the major indices closing out the day ...

Strike cost Ford 100,000 vehicles in sales, $1.7 billion in profit

DEARBORN, Michigan: This week, Ford said a six-week United Auto Workers (UAW) strike cut its sales by some 100,000 vehicles ...

Biden administration introduces new rule to reduce methane emissions

WASHINGTON D.C.: This week, the Biden administration adopted a new rule aimed at reducing methane emissions, which targets the role ...

Tesla to start delivering Cybertrucks: Musk

AUSTIN, Texas: During an event held this week in Austin, Texas, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the electric vehicle (EV) ...

U.S. stocks start week in divided territory, dollar jumps

NEW YORK, New York - U.S. stocks closed mixed on Monday following on from last week's volatility."Digestion is the word ...

Microsoft president denies super-intelligent AI possible in 12 months

REDMOND, Washington: Microsoft President Brad Smith said there is no chance of super-intelligent artificial intelligence (AI) being developed within the ...

EVs not as reliable as conventional cars, trucks: Consumer Reports

NEW YORK: A survey by Consumer Reports found that electric vehicles (EV) from 2021 through 2023 model years encountered nearly ...

Singapore, Zurich, Geneva are among world's costliest cities

LONDON, UK: In a report released this week, the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) said that Singapore and Zurich tied for ...

FAA's new aircraft certification policy changes key flight controls

WASHINGTON D.C.: This week, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said it implemented a new aircraft certification policy, which requires ...

US economy grew faster than forecast in third quarter

WASHINGTON D.C.: As businesses built more warehouses and accumulated machinery equipment, the U.S. economy grew faster than initially forecast in ...

RSV vaccine makers must meet demand: White House

WASHINGTON D.C.: This week, the White House said that Senior Biden administration officials met with the makers of respiratory syncytial ...

On eve of COP28 to debate climate change, US begins oil, gas auctions

CHEYENNE, Wyoming: This week, the Biden administration raised US$3.4 million from a sale of oil and gas drilling rights in ...

Across-the-board rally on U.S. stock markets Friday

NEW YORK, New York - U.S. stocks extended their rally on Friday despite remarks by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell ...

Former US House Speaker McCarthy Announces Resignation

LOS ANGELES - Two months after his historic ouster as leader of the U.S. House of Representatives, Republican Kevin McCarthy ...

US: Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to resign from Congress at year-end

Washington, DC [US], December 6 (ANI): In a widely expected move that came two months after his historic ouster from ...

Forbes names most powerful woman award winner

Ursula von der Leyen's backing of Ukraine saw her take the spot for a second year runningEuropean Commission President Ursula ...

EU state will have to fight with stones retired general

Belgium would run out of ammunition after ?just a few hours? of modern combat, former army commander Marc Thys has ...

Government to give guarantee on loan under Rajiv Gandhi Self-Employment Start-up Scheme: CM Sukhu

Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], December 6 (ANI): Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu urged the banks to provide loans at concessional ...

Kazakh President Tokayev strengthens Investment Council powers to boost economic growth

Astana [Kazakhstan], December 6 (ANI): Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev signed a landmark decree regarding measures to increase the efficiency of ...

EU Leaders Set For High-Stakes China Summit Focused On Trade, Ukraine

The EU's top leaders will meet in China with President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Li Qiang for their first ...

Podcast: How Ursula Von Der Leyen Became The EU's Top China Hawk

Listen and follow Talking China In EurasiaApple Podcasts | Spotify | Google | YouTubeAhead of a high-profile EU-China summit in ...

Nitin Gadkari addresses Rajya Sabha on pervasive vehicle pollution: Unveils strategic roadmap towards green mobility

New Delhi [India], December 6 (ANI): In today's Rajya Sabha session, Minister of Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari, delivered ...

COP28 Climate Summit Gets Heated Amid Accusations of Oil Lobbying

LONDON - Climate activists say a record number of lobbyists from the fossil fuel industry are attending the COP28 climate ...

World Insights: China-EU relations quicken pace towards global recovery

© Provided by Xinhua "Over the past 40 years, Europe and China have forged mutually beneficial, dynamic and symbiotic economic ...

JP Morgan Chase unveils financial and capital markets outlook for 2024

New Delhi [India], December 6 (ANI): In the second instalment of our three-part 2024 outlook series, JP Morgan Chase delved ...

The 7 charts that show Australians struggling as saving falls to near zero

The national accounts released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics show economic growth slid to a measly 0.2% in the ...

Moody's Changes Outlook for China's Debt to 'Negative'

As worries mount about unsustainable levels of debt in the Chinese economy, a major ratings firm on Tuesday announced that ...

Poverty Pushes Freed Thai Hostages to Consider Return to Israel

Isan region, Thailand - Twenty-three Thai citizens have returned home from a weeks-long ordeal in Gaza; Hamas had taken the ...

BJP MP reminds RS of "Hindu Growth Rate" under Congress, says country now seeing "Hindutva Growth Rate"

New Delhi [India], December 6 (ANI): Weighing in on India's growth rate during a debate on the state of the ...

Defending champ Jon Rahm not listed among AmEx notables

(Photo credit: Andy Abeyta/The Desert Sun / USA TODAY NETWORK) Speculation that Jon Rahm is weighing a lucrative offer to ...

Opposition members in LS seek time-frame for assembly polls in J-K; Rajya Sabha discusses economic situation in country

New Delhi [India], December 6 (ANI): Lok Sabha on Tuesday took up discussion on two bills on Jammu and Kashmir ...

Russian oil price cap has largely failed Politico

Moscow's export revenues are higher than what was expected by the West, according to new analysisThe price limit imposed by ...

Boris Johnson considered military raid on NATO state Daily Mail

The ex-prime minister was said to be ?enraged? after the EU threatened to prevent doses of a Covid vaccine from ...

End of capitalism in US tops Saxo Bank's outrageous predictions

The Danish investment bank also ?expects' Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to take the Oval Office in 2024Saxo Bank has revealed ...

EU, China Hold Summit in Beijing Amid Deepening Rift

Taipei, Taiwan - Officials from the European Union and China will hold their first in-person summit since 2019 this week, ...

Financial crisis looms over China as hidden debt woes intensify: Report

Beijing [China], December 5 (ANI): China is facing a looming financial crisis as it endeavours to address a colossal hidden ...

Enhance China-Europe exchanges, urges Catedra China's president emeritus

© Provided by Xinhua "The European Union must open itself much more to relations and cooperation with China and must ...

Israel mulls flooding Hamas tunnels WSJ

The plan could spell a humanitarian disaster for water-stressed Gaza, the newspaper saysIsrael is considering using seawater to flood the ...

India to become world's third largest economy S&P

The South Asian nation will be the fastest-growing emerging market in the coming years, the rating agency saidIndia is set ...

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Migrants in Chicago, other northern US cities struggle to find homes

CHICAGO, Illinois: As winter sets in and with cold weather just around the corner, Chicago is struggling to house hundreds ...

12th century leaning tower in Bologna secured to save it from collapse

BOLOGNA, Italy: Due to fears of a collapse, local officials have secured the area around one of two 12th century ...

Flights, trains cancelled in Bavaria after heavy snowfall

MUNICH, Germany: The heavy snow and icy conditions that hit Bavaria, Germany, canceled flights and long-distance trains out of Munich, ...

North Carolina to add thousands of people to Medicaid rolls this week

RALEIGH, North Carolina: After a decade of discussions and hesitations, North Carolina has expanded Medicaid coverage by offering government-funded health ...

Pentagon secretly providing bombs for Israeli bombardments

The U.S. has supplied Israel with scores of BLU-109 bunker-buster bombs since October 7, the Wall Street Journal has reported, ...

Biden administration says EPA to replace lead water pipes in 10 years

WASHINGTON D.C.: This week, the Biden administration announced a proposal by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that would require U.S. ...

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