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Last-minute sanctions imposed on Russia to help Ukraine, says Biden

Ten days before passing on the baton to Donald Trump, the Biden Administration on Friday slapped sanctions on scores of companies and entities that were helping Russia in its export of energy

Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg says most companies need more 'masculine energy'

Zuckerberg, who launched his career by rating the attractiveness of women at Harvard University, added that he grew up with three sisters and has three daughters, and wants women to succeed

Apple CEO Tim Cook's pay rises 18%; company opposes anti-diversity measure

Cook's compensation grew to $74.6 million in 2024, compared with $63.2 million the prior year, Apple said in its annual proxy filing on Friday

Britain's Treasury chief in China to revive economic, financial talks

Rachel Reeves will seek stability in the United Kingdom's relationship with China and aim to help grow Britain's lackluster economy, the Treasury said on Friday

Brazil issues 72-hr deadline to Meta over content fact-checking practices

Attorney General's Office in Brazil gave Meta, which owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, 72 hours to explain its decision to discontinue its data verification program earlier this week

Flights delayed, schools closed as powerful winter storm dumps heavy snow

Arkansas and North Carolina mobilised their National Guards for tasks such as helping stranded motorists, as governors in multiple states declared states of emergency

Biden protects 900K immigrants with deportation relief before Trump's term

US President Joe Biden renews Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 900,000 immigrants, delaying possible reversals by Donald Trump

US to return $52.8 mn in seized assets of Nigeria's former oil minister

The seized assets, including a superyacht and prime real estate in New York and California, were confiscated in 2023 by US authorities during Alison-Madueke's trial

Biden lets 800,000 stay 18 months as Trump readies immigration crackdown

The decisions mark the Biden administration's latest in support of Temporary Protected Status, which he has sharply expanded to cover about 1 million people

I would have beaten Trump in the polls, says outgoing US President Biden

Bide decided to withdraw from the US Presidential race against Trump after his disastrous performance at the presidential debate in Atlanta in June, after which Harris was nominated

Germany calls Russian oil tanker adrift in Baltic Sea threat to security

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said that the incident shows that Russia is endangering European security with its war of aggression on Ukraine, sabotage and disinformation and oil tankers

Wildfires show need to take science seriously: Biden's climate adviser

As the unfolding disaster in California demonstrates, these challenges from extreme weather events that are induced by climate change are just getting worse and worse, Podesta said

US SC seems likely to uphold federal law to shut down TikTok on Jan 19

If left in place, the law passed by bipartisan majorities in Congress and signed by President Joe Biden in April will require TikTok to go dark on January 19

We don't want to be Americans: Greenland's PM as Trump covets territory

Egede acknowledged that Greenland is part of the North American continent, and a place that the Americans see as part of their world

IMF chief forecasts steady world growth in 2025, continuing disinflation

With inflation moving closer to US Federal Reserve's target, and data showing a stable labor market, the Fed could afford to wait for more data before undertaking further interest rate cuts, she said

Trump can still vote after sentencing, can't own gun, must give DNA sample

Unless the conviction for falsifying business records is someday overturned, Trump will have felonies on his criminal record, which will affect some of his rights

Nicols Maduro takes oath as Venezuela's President amid protests, rebuke

I have not been made president by the government of United States, nor by pro-imperialist govts of Latin America, he said, after being draped with a sash in red, yellow and blue of Venezuela's flag

US property and casualty insurers' stocks slide as LA wildfire losses mount

J.P.Morgan doubled its forecast of insured losses to over $20 billion

China erasing Tibetan culture by separating children from their families

Chinese officials say the schools help Tibetan children to quickly become fluent in the Chinese language and learn skills that will prepare them for the modern economy

Judge sentences Trump in hush money case but declines to impose punishment

Trump's sentence of an unconditional discharge caps a norm-smashing case that saw the former and future president charged with 34 felonies