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Verizon weighs up to 20,000 layoffs as new CEO Dan Schulman takes charge

Verizon has about 100,000 employees. The planned cuts are part of an aggressive strategy that Schulman recently unveiled to reclaim market share

Asian stocks slide as hawkish Fed comments crush hopes of early rate cut

Japan's Nikkei tumbled 1.8 per cent on Friday, Australia's resources-heavy shares slid 1.5 per cent, while South Korea plunged 2.3 per cent

Trump signs executive order to support children coming out of foster care

Trump talked about how every year, 15,000 children find themselves at a paucity of support upon stepping outside of foster care homes

British billionaire Joe Lewis pardoned by Trump for insider trading

Lewis, 88, had requested a pardon so he could receive medical treatment and visit his grandchildren and great grandchildren in the United States

BBC apologises to Trump, but says there's no basis for defamation claim

The BBC said Chair Samir Shah sent a personal letter saying that he and the corporation were sorry for the edit of the speech Trump gave before some of his supporters stormed the US Capitol

States scramble to send full SNAP food benefits after shutdown ends

While some states already had issued full SNAP benefits, about two-thirds of states had issued only partial benefits or none at all before the government shutdown ended

Reached trade frameworks with Argentina, Ecuador, El Salvador: Trump admin

The frameworks are about increasing the ability of US firms to sell industrial and agricultural products in these countries

Trump admin labels 4 European left-wing networks as terrorist groups

The networks targeted by Trump's Republican administration all appear to be based in Europe, with no operations in the United States

Blue Origin launches huge rocket carrying twin Nasa spacecraft to Mars

It was only the second flight of the rocket that Jeff Bezos' company and Nasa are counting on to get people and supplies to the moon

Epstein claimed he could 'take down' Trump after their friendship ended

Jeffrey Epstein cast himself as a Trump insider and wanted to leverage potentially damaging information about the president and his business dealings, according to emails with associates

Big Tech's Climate Strategists Feeling Strain of AI Power Needs

One of Trump's biggest moves against renewables was to use massive tax bill he signed in July to strip away clean energy incentives created through his predecessor Joe Biden's Inflation Reduction Act

Third of Russian seaborne oil exports stuck amid US sanctions: JPMorgan

The US set a November 21 deadline to wind down all dealings with Rosneft and Lukoil, in the first direct sanctions imposed on Russia by President Donald Trump since the start of his second term

Michael Burry of 'Big Short' fame deregisters Scion Asset Management

Bets by Scion, which managed $155 million in assets as of March, have long been dissected for hints of looming bubbles and signs of market froth

Bangladesh on alert as tribunal sets verdict date for deposed PM Hasina

The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT-BD) is set to go ahead with its scheduled task, a prosecution team member of the special court briefly said

After 230 years, penny dies: What pushed the US Mint to pull the plug

The decision to end the production of pennies was made by US President Donald Trump earlier this year as costs climbed and the one-cent valuation became virtually obsolete

How a single remark on Taiwan by Japan has reignited tensions with China

Japan's new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's remark on defending Taiwan has triggered a fierce diplomatic clash with China, reopening historical wounds

China leads global patent race in 2024, filing nearly half of world total

China filed 1.8 million patent applications in 2024, almost half of the world's total, with most coming from local innovators; the US ranked second, followed by Japan

China tightens control on AI-generated content: What the new law says

The move comes amid a surge in AI-generated content on earthquake damage and kidnappings, leading to widespread public confusion

Special Bangladeshi tribunal to deliver verdict against Hasina on Nov 17

Hasina, her home minister in the ousted Awami League government, Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, and then inspector general of police (IGP) or police chief Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun were tried in tribunal

What Democrats' new emails suggest about Trump's links with Epstein victims

The Democrats released a new batch of emails revealing shocking details about Trump's ties to Epstein, claiming that he "knew about the girls" and "the victim spent hours with him"