One of the World’s Richest People, Gautam Adani, Indicted on Fraud Charges in the US
Billionaire Gautam Adani has been charged by U.S. federal prosecutors with defrauding investors and orchestrating a covert scheme to bribe officials in India, authorities said Wednesday. Who Is Gautam Adani? Adani, ranked among the world’s wealthiest individuals, built his fortune in the coal business in the 1990s in India and has since been a power […]
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Comcast to spin off cable TV networks as ‘streaming won’ | Television News
Comcast will spin off many of its cable television networks that were once at the heart of the entertainment giant as people increasingly swap out their cable TV subscriptions for streaming platforms. Those one-time stars of Comcast’s NBCUniversal cable television networks include USA, Oxygen, E!, SYFY and the Golf Channel as well as CNBC and […]
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Chief opponent to Uganda’s president appears in court days after going missing
A well-known Ugandan opposition figure appeared in a military court Wednesday days after he was reported missing in neighboring Kenya, and denied a charge of seeking military support from abroad to destabilize Uganda’s military forces. Kizza Besigye, a fierce critic of Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni and once his personal doctor, has faced arrest and assault […]
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Trump Expected to Tap Project 2025 Architect for White House Budget Office
President-elect Donald Trump is reportedly expected to name one of the key architects of Project 2025 to lead the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB). As of Wednesday afternoon, the president-elect has not formally announced Russell Vought’s nomination, but two sources close to the Trump transition team confirmed the decision with CBS News. […]
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Hezbollah chief: ‘Halt to hostilities is now in Israel’s hands’ | Israel attacks Lebanon
Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem says his group has reviewed the US-drafted ceasefire proposal to end fighting with Israel and that a ‘halt to hostilities is now in Israel’s hands’. Qassem also said that Israeli strikes on Beirut would be met with strikes ‘on central Tel Aviv’.
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Japan says it will watch China’s military activity after Beijing admits violating Japanese airspace
Japanese officials said Wednesday they are closely watching to see if China keeps its promise to prevent further violations of Japan’s airspace after explaining that an incursion by a Chinese military aircraft nearly three months ago was unintentional and caused by turbulence. Tokyo protested and sought an explanation from Beijing after a Chinese Y-9 reconnaissance […]
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Gwen Stefani Talks About the Impact of Blake Shelton’s Love
Entertainment gossip and news from Newsweek’s network of contributors Fans have Blake Shelton to thank for Gwen Stefani’s new song, “Pretty.” The 55-year-old singer shared as much when she appeared on the Wednesday, November 20 episode of The Drew Barrymore Show. She described looking back through photos of herself throughout her life, analyzing her “physical […]
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Lula and Xi sign dozens of trade deals as Brazil-China ties deepen | International Trade News
Presidents of China and Brazil hail ‘new phase’ in relations between two countries, which are major trading partners. Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva have inked dozens of trade and development deals, as the pair held talks in Brazil’s capital aimed at deepening ties between the two countries. […]
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Rare ‘doomsday fish,’ spotted by California woman who was walking along beach
A California woman was walking her dog on Grandview Beach in Encinitas when she came across a very rare, deep-sea fish. Alison Laferriere, who happens to be a PhD candidate at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University in San Diego, said she identified the “doomsday fish” knowing it was a “rare occurrence.” The oarfish, […]
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Giants’ Daniel Jones Demoted to QB4, Trade is All But Likely
The New York Giants made a huge decision regarding sticking with quarterback Daniel Jones when they were in a prime position to draft one of the better quarterback prospects out of college. Instead of doing so, they went with former LSU wide receiver Malik Nabers at No. 6 overall in the 2024 NFL Draft. More […]
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