ASIA: The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today: • NIKKEI 225 closed • Shanghai decreased 6.744 points or -0.18% to 3,821.833 • Hang Seng decreased 185.02 points or -0.70% to 26,159.12 • ASX 200 increased 35.00 points or 0.40% to 8,845.90 • SENSEX decreased 57.87 points or -0.07% to 82,102.10 • Nifty50 […]
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QUESTION: You haven’t commented on Jimmy Kimmel, and now Disney is putting him back on the air. Anything? Bob ANSWER: I would never even shake hands with Kimmel. He is part of the bitter hatred that is dividing this country. As for Disney, if my kids were young, I would not ever take them to Disneyland
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The United States wants to reclaim the Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan. The base is strategically located near China’s Xinjiang region and also borders Iran. “We gave it to (the Taliban) for nothing,” US President Donald Trump said during a joint press conference with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer. “We’re trying to get it back,
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Hiring new talent from abroad will cost employers hefty fines under new provisions to the H-1B visa. Amid the push for American companies to hire American workers, Donald Trump has raised the application fee for the H-1B visa from $1,700-$4,500 to $100,000. Over 70% of H-1B visa holders are Indian citizens, as reported by Fortune.
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Thailand has become a case study for the use of biometric data in every facet of life. Every banking transaction is monitored and scrutinized. Any perceived discrepancy is flagged as fraud and punished without due process. Regulations have overwhelmed the system, resulting in a full-fledged banking crisis. Over three million Thai bank accounts were frozen
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ASIA: The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today: • NIKKEI 225 increased 447.85 points or 0.99% to 45,493.66 • Shanghai increased 8.487 points or 0.22% to 3,828.576 • Hang Seng decreased 200.96 points or -0.76% to 26,344.14 • ASX 200 increased 37.40 points or 0.43% to 8,810.90 • SENSEX decreased 466.26 points
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My cousin Joe is now 100 years old today. His advice is that the first 99 years are the hardest. To have your wits at 100 is truly a blessing! Happy Birthday!
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Over 100,000 people took to the streets of France to protest government mismanagement. The people are demanding that Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu reverse former Prime Minister François Bayrou’s decision to cut €44 billion in services. The government cannot maintain steady confidence and therefore leadership; Lecornu is the fifth prime minister in two years under President
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Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is actively destroying a once-growing economy. Lula told the BBC he refuses to maintain diplomatic ties with the United States under Donald Trump, and Brazil is losing the title of Latin America’s top exporter to the US. “The American people will pay for the mistakes President Trump is
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Hepatitis B is transmitted through infected blood and bodily fluids, often through sexual intercourse. Why does the US health system insist that newborns receive a vaccination against an STD at birth? Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s vaccine panel plans to re-evaluate the mandate. The current recommendation states that newborns should be
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