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Major currencies extend 2025 gains against dollar as markets await US data and Fed leadership signals The US dollar made a feeble start to 2026 on Friday after struggling against most currencies last year, while the yen steadied near a 10 month low as traders awaited economic data to predict how central bankers direct interest rates this year. A narrowing interest … Read more
Brazil’s Supreme Court found Bolsonaro guilty of conspiring to stay in power after narrowly losing 2022 elections Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro gives a press statement at the Alvorada Palace in Brasilia, Brazil November 1, 2022. REUTERS/Adriano Machado/File Photo BRASILIA: Brazil’s Supreme Court has rejected former president Jair Bolsonaro’s request to convert his prison sentence for … Read more
. CARACAS: At least 87 people detained during protests sparked by Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s 2024 election victory claim were released on Thursday after a year-and-a-half behind bars, rights groups said. “On the morning of January 1, mothers and relatives reported new releases of political prisoners from Tocoron prison in Aragua state” in northern Venezuela, … Read more
The famously prickly comedian found a sympathetic adversary in the director of a CNN documentary about him. Their conversation with a reporter was … spirited.
. Nigeria has promised a fairer tax system thanks to the reform. Photo: AFP LAGOS: Nigeria on Thursday launched a new tax regime that officials said will expand the tax base, ease the tax burden on low-income earners and small businesses, and streamline collection and administration. The new system, based on four bills signed into … Read more
A tool for spotting pancreatic cancer in routine CT scans has had promising results, one example of how China is racing to apply A.I. to medicine’s tough problems.
F.C. Barcelona’s liabilities have reached 2.5 billion euros, the result of financial mismanagement and vaulting ambition.
With $1.46b worldwide earnings, ‘Zootopia 2’ becomes Disney’s highest-grossing animated film Disney’s ‘Zootopia 2’ has officially crossed the $1 billion milestone at the global box office, cementing its status as the highest-grossing animated film in Disney history. The sequel has now earned approximately $1.46 billion worldwide, surpassing ‘Frozen II’, which previously held the record with … Read more
Investigators in Crans-Montana using dental, DNA samples due to heavy burns on the bodies Investigators on Friday set about identifying the burned bodies of a blaze that engulfed a crowded bar, killing around 40 people and injuring 115 at a New Year’s Eve party in the upscale Swiss ski resort of Crans-Montana. The severity of … Read more
. Rwandan-backed rebels enter Congo’s Goma in major escalation. Photo: Reuters (file) KINSHASA: The Democratic Republic of Congo has accused Rwanda of killing more than 1,500 civilians in the Congolese east since early December, when the Kigali-backed M23 militia launched a fresh offensive. Just days after the Congolese and Rwandan governments signed a US-brokered peace … Read more
