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From Mar-a-Lago dinner to $1 mn pledge: Tim Cook's growing ties with Trump

Cook's contribution comes amid a series of notable financial donations from Amazon, Open AI, Toyota Motor North America, and cryptocurrency firms Kraken, Ripple, and Ondo

Argentina's Milei scores win with $1 bn repurchase deal from five top banks

Argentina's sovereign bonds climbed on Friday's announcement. Benchmark notes due in 2035 touched a session high before paring gains

EV sales surge by 60% in UK as carmakers slash prices to dodge fines

The UK government is now reviewing the rules, which could result in increased flexibilities to help manufacturers meet them

Las Vegas bomber suffered from PTSD, no apparent ties to terrorism: FBI

Matthew Livelsberger, 37, died by suicide after shooting himself and detonating explosives inside a rented Tesla Cybertruck, authorities said on Friday

'Wake up call for US': Soldier who blew up Tesla at Trump hotel leaves note

Matthew Livelsberger, a Green Beret from Colorado Springs also wrote in notes he left that he needed to cleanse his mind of the brothers I've lost and relieve myself of the burden of the lives I took

Trump sentencing in hush-money case on Jan 10, know all that could happen

Judge Juan M. Merchan scheduled the sentencing for 10 days before Trump's inauguration but the judge indicated that he's leaning toward a sentence that would amount to just closing the case

US plans $8 billion arms sale to Israel, maintains support to ally

The Biden administration says it is helping its ally defend against Iran-backed militant groups like Hamas in Gaza, Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Houthis in Yemen

New Orleans attack: FBI uncovers bomb materials; Jabbar planned for weeks

FBI finds bomb-making materials at Shamsud-Din Jabbar's home after New Orleans attack that killed 15; evidence shows weeks of planning, links to ISIS-inspired ideology suspected

Consumer prices may rise in poor nations by 2050 despite climate policies

The researchers projected that as economies develop and food systems industrialise, farmers will increasingly receive a smaller share of consumer spending

After New York, mass shooting leaves 4 injured in Northeast DC; probe on

The shooting unfolded in the 1500 block of Harry Thomas Way Northeast, located just 500 feet from the NoMa-Gallaudet U New York Avenue Metro station

Here's why US flags are being flown at half-staff on Inauguration Day

It's an action put in place by President Joe Biden to honour the late President Jimmy Carter

Six Indian Americans sworn-in as members of US House of Representatives

All the six Indian Americans constitute an informal Samosa Caucus, a term coined by Krishnamoorthi

1,358 Ukrainians returned home from Russian captivity in 2024: Zelenskyy

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy further urged to ensure everything to bring more good news in 2025, notably an end to the conflict with Russia

Blinken heads to Asia, Europe on last expected trip as top US diplomat

The State Department announced Friday that Blinken would visit Seoul, Tokyo and Paris beginning Sunday

Republican Mike Johnson re-elected as US House Speaker in a close contest

Johnson secured the top spot in the chamber with 218 votes, securing just enough support to be re-elected, CNN reported

New Orleans attack, Vegas blast expose violence by military, veterans

In New Orleans, Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a veteran of the US Army, was killed by police after a deadly rampage in a pickup truck that left 14 others dead

No jail time: Judge sets Trump's sentencing in hush money case for Jan 10

After Trump's November 5 election, Merchan halted proceedings and indefinitely postponed the sentencing so the defense and prosecution could weigh in on the future of the case

Rise of US Steel paralleled arrival of United States on world stage

US Steel became a pioneer in the practice of vertical integration, a process by which a company attempts to gain control of every aspect of its business

Mexico opens possibility of receiving non-Mexican deportees from Trump

President Claudia Sheinbaum said during her daily press briefing that in cases where the US would not return migrants to their countries we can collaborate through different mechanisms

Iran warns Italy ties to suffer if it yields to US demands on drone suspect

The back-to-back diplomatic summonses underscored how a three-nation tangle over the fates of the two prisoners was getting ever more complicated for Italy