Month: January 2025
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Lebanon elected army chief Joseph Aoun as president
Lebanon’s fractured parliament overcame more than two years of gridlock on Thursday to elect a new president, a key step toward restoring stability in a country struggling to recover from an economic disaster and a devastating war. Lawmakers elected General Joseph Aoun, commander of the Lebanese army, by a landslide…
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What is Lemon8 social media app?
Billionaire entrepreneur Frank McCourt on what he’ll need to buy TikTok as bids for the popular app mount. Social media app Lemon8 has been in the spotlight as a potential US ban hangs over TikTok. The threat to ban TikTok stems from legislation signed by President Biden last year that…
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Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 breaks viewership records
Australia’s dominant 3-1 win over India in 2024-25 Granica-Gavaskar Trophy it didn’t just thrill cricket fans — it also set new TV ratings records. According to Cricket Australia (CA), the five-match Test series attracted the largest television audience for a Test series since Seven and Fox Sports began broadcasting…
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TSMC beats sales estimates as AI chip gains continue
The logo of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company is shown on a screen on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on September 26, 2023. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. reported revenue in December that beat analysts’ estimates for the quarter, as the company continues to get…
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A judge has stopped an attempt to recover millions in Bitcoins from a dump
Professional Capital Management founder and CEO Anthony Pompliano made his case for why bitcoin is the new S&P 500 on ‘Varney & Co.’ A man’s ten-year battle to regain his own A £600 million bitcoin fortune (almost $750 million) was stopped by the judge. James Howells, 39, launched the legal…
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Former RCB star insults IPL with shocking statement ‘Dhaka league is stronger’
Jammu and Kashmir all-rounder Parvez Rasool has sparked a huge debate by claiming that the Bangladesh Dhaka Premier League (DPL) is stronger than the Indian Premier League (IPL), which is considered the biggest franchise T20 league in the world. Having played in both the Dhaka Premier League and the Indian…
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Guantánamo Bay Explained: Costs, Prisoners, and Why It’s Still Open
The Pentagon’s detention operation at Guantánamo once held hundreds of men captured by US forces and their allies in the war on terror. There are now only 15 inmates as the prison enters its 24th year. President George W. Bush opened it and filled it. President Barack Obama tried to…
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Malaysian palm oil stocks fell to a 19-month low in December as production fell Reuters
By Ashley Tang and Rajendra Jadhav KUALA LUMPUR/MUMBAI (Reuters) – Malaysia’s palm oil stocks fell for a third straight month in December to hit their lowest level since May 2023, as output fell due to flooding, data from the industry regulator showed on Friday. A drop in inventories in the…
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Women’s Ashes 2025: Can England end their 10-year drought against Australia?
The Series Women’s Ashes 2025 kicks off on January 11 in Australia, with England aiming to end a 10-year title streak against their rivals. The series will feature a multi-format structure comprising three One Day Internationals (ODIs), three T20 Internationals (T20Is) and one Test match, culminating on February 2. Women’s…
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The Earth records its warmest year in 2024 and crosses the key limit of 1.5C | News about the climate crisis
The world has just experienced its first full year in which global temperatures exceeded 1.5C compared to pre-industrial times, scientists said. The milestone was confirmed on Friday by the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), which said the climate crisis is pushing the planet’s temperature to levels never before…
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