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- Trump Praises Musk For Work Cutting Government Wasteon February 19, 2025 at 5:40 am
U.S. President Donald Trump defended his decision to give billionaire businessman Elon Musk a major role in his administration as head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) amid backlash over the freezing of funding for USAID, which affected foreign assistance programs around the world.
- In joint interview, Trump outlines Musk's role as enforcer-in-chiefon February 19, 2025
Elon Musk told Fox News that 'one of the biggest functions of the DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency] team is just making sure that the presidential executive orders are actually carried out.'
- Saba seven becomes four: what now for UK investment trusts?on February 18, 2025
Having been defeated by seven UK investment trusts’ shareholders, Saba’s new approach poses the question of what […]
- Missouri Clinics Resume Abortions After Judge Strikes Restrictionsby Zane McNeill on February 18, 2025 at 8:34 pm
“Today’s decision is a triumph for all Missourians,” the president of Planned Parenthood Great Plains said.
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U.S. stocks were mostly lower, with the Nasdaq leading declines as makers of AI infrastructure suffered steep falls, many in the double digits. Nvidia was down 16%. [...]
Gold settled 1.4% lower, down two of the past three sessions, and silver fell 2.5%, down three of the past four sessions. [...]
Panic fueling the selloff of Nvidia, Broadcom and other tech giants is overblown. [...]
Gain insight on Experian, SoFi Technologies and more in the latest Market Talks covering Financial Services. [...]
Arabica coffee prices hit a record level, as traders digested the withdrawal of President Trump’s threats to impose tariffs and economic sanctions on Colombia. [...]
The Yen and Swiss Franc were stronger against the dollar as investors sought safe havens after Chinese start-up DeepSeek’s new AI model hit U.S. tech stocks. [...]
U.S. natural gas futures fell after weekend updates took some of the chill out of early February weather forecasts. [...]
QXO is taking its offer directly to shareholders after being rebuffed on several occasions. [...]

In late 2020, CDT acquired and verified a collection of propaganda directives issued by central Party authorities to state media at the beginning of that year. These directives were issued on an almost daily basis in early 2020 through the early weeks of what would [...]

In late 2020, CDT acquired and verified a collection of propaganda directives issued by central Party authorities to state media at the beginning of that year. These directives were issued on an almost daily basis in early 2020 through the early weeks of what would [...]

In late 2020, CDT acquired and verified a collection of propaganda directives issued by central Party authorities to state media at the beginning of that year. These directives were issued on an almost daily basis in early 2020 through the early weeks of what would [...]

In late 2020, CDT acquired and verified a collection of propaganda directives issued by central Party authorities to state media at the beginning of that year. These directives were issued on an almost daily basis in early 2020 through the early weeks of what would [...]

Oriental Pearl tower in Shanghai 上海东方明珠 – crowds, by Alpha (CC BY-NC 2.0) [...]

In late 2020, CDT acquired and verified a collection of propaganda directives issued by central Party authorities to state media at the beginning of that year. These directives were issued on an almost daily basis in early 2020 through the early weeks of what would [...]

Earlier this month, netizens were incensed over a viral video that showed firefighters and other uniformed officers breaking into a shop in Datong, Shanxi province late at night in order to turn on the lights—ostensibly, to force the shop owner to comply with a local [...]
Meeting the minimum requirement for vitamin B12, needed to make DNA, red blood cells and nerve tissue, may not actually be enough -- particularly if you are older. It may even put you at risk for cognitive impairment. [...]
For years, scientific divers at a research station in the Mediterranean Sea had a problem: at some point in every field season, local fish would follow them and steal food intended as experimental rewards. Intriguingly these wild fish appeared to recognize the specific diver who [...]
Researchers tested a strategy for developing single-atom catalysts that may help us develop more efficient methods for water purification. [...]
New esearch shows Aotearoa has been increasingly accepting new bird species from around the world since the start of the Ice Age, offering clues into future migration patterns. [...]
It may be the smallest, shortest chorus dance ever recorded. An international team of researchers observed how electrons, excited by ultrafast light pulses, danced in unison around a particle less than a nanometer in diameter. Researchers measured this dance with unprecedented precision, achieving the first [...]
Researchers used mice with nine different genetic backgrounds to identify factors influencing eye aging, paving the way for eye-based diagnostics for neurodegenerative diseases. [...]
A sponge-like implant in mice helped guide a treatment that slowed or stopped a degenerative condition similar to multiple sclerosis in humans. It also gave researchers a look at how primary progressive multiple sclerosis, the fastest-progressing version of the disease, attacks the central nervous system [...]
Using a novel surface-sensitive spectroscopy method, scientists explored atomic vibrations in crystalline material surfaces near interfaces. The findings illuminate quantum behaviors that play important roles computing and sensing technologies. [...]

Craig and Lindsay Foreman had been on a motorbike trip across the world but were arrested in January. [...]

Soldiers will stay in five places around the border, Israel says - a move condemned by Lebanon. [...]

The Palestinian group claims that Shiri and her children Kfir and Ariel were killed in Israeli bombardment. Israel has not confirmed this. [...]

The kingdom has gone from pariah to potential peacemaker in recent years. [...]

US-Israeli talks follow President Trump's proposal - widely condemned internationally - to take over Gaza and move the Palestinians out. [...]

Zakaria, 11, volunteered at a busy Gaza hospital during the war - one of three children in a new BBC documentary. [...]

Masterpieces by the likes of Pablo Picasso and Vincent Van Gogh feature in the collection in Iran's capital. [...]

The BBC examines the chaos left behind after Iran had to abandon its military bases in Syria. [...]

Here are 10 steps European leaders can take now to bolster the continent’s defenses without U.S. help. [...]

Kyiv refuses to accept any outcome from this week’s talks. [...]

Kyiv’s absence has NATO members worried that Europe is being sidelined from peace talks. [...]

The tech mogul’s Department of Government Efficiency has targeted some of Beijing’s bugbears. [...]

Trump wants broader powers, but U.S. businesses could suffer. [...]

A meeting with top CEOs signaled the economic importance of entrepreneurs—as long as they can pay court to him. [...]

As U.S. and Russian officials begin negotiating an end to the Ukraine war without them. [...]

Washington can take steps now to avoid a catastrophe. [...]
[allAfrica] The world's peatlands are "dangerously under-protected", warns a new study, despite their critical role in storing vast amounts of carbon and the alarming levels of climate-heating carbon dioxide already being released due to their destruction. [...]
[SAnews.gov.za] All eyes will be on Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana on Wednesday afternoon, when he delivers the 2025 Budget Speech in Parliament, Cape Town. [...]
[Nile Post] We are not for vengeance, but the danger of the killers must be removed [...]
[Daily Trust] The US government is set to investigate how past aid allocated to Nigeria and other countries has been utilised. [...]
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has criticized opposition figure Kizza Besigye's hunger strike, describing it as an 'unprincipled blackmail.' [...]
[WHO-AFRO] Uganda today discharged eight patients who had been receiving treatment for Sudan virus disease - which belongs to the same family as Ebola virus disease - after two negative tests carried out 72 hours apart. [...]
[VOA] Johannesburg -- South Africa will host a meeting of foreign ministers from the G20 group of major economies later this week, but the chief diplomat for the world's largest economy, the U.S., is skipping it. [...]