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Brics Summit: Xi Jinping stresses need to 'build a peaceful Brics'

The Plenary Session of the BRICS Summit began with Russian President Putin's address to the world leaders

Men at home, women at work: The surprising rise of the modern househusband

In 45 per cent of marriages in the US, women now earn as much or more than their husbands, a figure that has tripled in 50 years, according to a 2023 Pew Research report

Canada tightens its foreign worker regulation to favour domestic workers

The newly implemented regulations aim to incentivise companies to hire Canadians before resorting to foreign talent

Hilton cuts 2024 revenue growth forecast on low consumer tourism spending

Travel demand in the US has been facing challenges since the beginning of the year as Americans remain wary of depleting savings and rising credit card debt

Coca-Cola bets on rising soda demand to forecast surge in its revenue

Its average selling prices rose 10 per cent in the third quarter, while unit case volumes 1 per cent

Financial cooperation, Brics expansion on table as Putin hosts global south

Speaking at the start of Wednesday's BRICS meeting, Putin named the deepening of cooperation in the financial sector as part of its agenda

Starbucks baristas, customers urge new CEO to bring changes in company

Baristas complain about what they say are chronic understaffing and poor pay and benefits, and their inability to easily ban aggressive customers from Starbucks stores

Blinken calls for Israel to seek peace deal amid stalled truce efforts

There really are two things left to do: Get the hostages home and bring the war to an end with an understanding of what will follow, he said

580-ft building-sized asteroid to pass by Earth on October 24, Nasa says

The US space agency says the 580-feet building-sized asteroid 363305 (2002 NV16) will pose no risk to Earth, although it is classified as "potentially hazardous"

Cost a key factor for US Medicaid coverage of weight-loss drugs: Report

Half of the states without coverage said they are considering adding them or evaluating their coverage, it said

Global sugar stocks may hit 6-year low by early 2025 due to Brazil drought

Drought and plant disease have delayed Brazil's sugar harvest, tightening supplies and keeping prices high, despite China's larger crop and easing global demand

Boeing-made communication satellite explodes in space, reason unknown

This is not the first loss for Intelsat. Earlier in 2019, the company had lost another Boeing-made satellite, IS-29e

US Secretary Blinken calls for a measured Israeli response to Iran attack

Blinken said new formulations were being examined in an effort to win freedom for hostages held in Gaza and bring an end to the war

US elections: Elon Musk helps set the stage for 'stop the steal 2024'

Before Musk took over, this was the kind of toxic and dangerous misinformation Twitter used to try to curtail

Healthcare helps Reckitt beat quarterly sales estimate to remain on target

Reckitt's quarterly like-for-like net sales fell 0.5 per cent, ahead of the 1.7 per cent decline analysts had expected in a company-supplied poll

'Apolitical' Bill Gates donates $50 mn 'dark money' to NGO backing Kamala

Bill Gates has not publicly expressed his support for Kamala Harris, making this contribution a notable departure from his previously cautious approach to political donations

US Secretary Blinken urges Israel to use opportunity to end war in Gaza

'The focus needs to be on getting the hostages home, ending this war and having a clear plan for what follows,' he said

Dulux maker AkzoNobel misses Q3 forecasts as demand weakens in China

Its third-quarter revenue fell 3 per cent from a year earlier to 2.67 billion euros ($2.88 billion), below the 2.76 billion euros expected by analysts in a company-provided consensus

Sirens echo across Tel Aviv as projectiles intercepted near Blinken's hotel

Blinken said Israel needs to pursue an enduring strategic success after its recent tactical victories against Hamas, urging it to seek a deal to end the war

Hezbollah's Hashem Safieddine, presumed Nasrallah's successor killed: IDF

According to Israeli military, Safieddine was killed alongside Hussein Ali Hazima, the Commander of Hezbollah's Intelligence Headquarters during the strike on October 4