Christopher Wood, the global head of equity strategy at Jefferies, has announced his intention to sell his Bitcoin holdings once the price reaches $150,000, which represents a 53% increase from current levels. Currently, Wood has allocated 10% of his global portfolio for a US dollar-denominated pension fund to Bitcoin. As of Friday, Bitcoin (BTC) reached … Read more
A resurfaced video from 2010 showing Donald Trump giving life advice to his then-four-year-old son, Barron, has captured the internet’s attention, offering a glimpse into the family dynamic of the former president long before his time in the White House. The clip, originally from an episode of Larry King Live on CNN, showcases a tender … Read more
Former Democratic Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard has been chosen by President-elect Donald Trump to be the Director of National Intelligence. This decision has caused worry among national security experts due to her history of echoing Russian government viewpoints, particularly regarding the war in Ukraine. Gabbard has repeatedly blamed the United States and NATO for the conflict, … Read more
BENGALURU/BEIJING: The United States could impose nearly 40% tariffs on imports from China early next year, a Reuters poll of economists showed, potentially slicing growth in the world’s second-biggest economy by up to 1 percentage point. The poll, the first on China’s economy by Reuters since Donald Trump‘s sweeping election victory on Nov. 5, also … Read more
President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday (November 19, 2024) tapped billionaire professional wrestling mogul Linda McMahon to be secretary of the Education Department, tasked with overseeing an agency Mr. Trump has promised to dismantle. He also selected Dr. Mehmet Oz, a former television talk show host and heart surgeon, to head the agency that oversees health … Read more
Republican US Senator Markwayne Mullin called on the House of Representatives on Sunday to share an unreleased ethics report into alleged sexual misconduct involving a 17-year-old girl by Matt Gaetz, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general. Gaetz, 42, resigned his seat in the Republican-controlled House on Wednesday, hours after Trump unveiled his choice of … Read more
LIMA: Joe Biden meets Chinese president Xi Jinping for the last time as U.S. president on Saturday, but the leaders’ goal of lowering tensions before Donald Trump‘s inauguration is challenged by fresh conflicts over cyber crime, trade, Taiwan and Russia. Biden and Xi will huddle on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in … Read more
Washington: US President-elect Donald Trump announced Friday that Steven Cheung will serve as his White House communications director and Sergio Gor will run the personnel office. Both have been advisers to the president-elect since his 2016 campaign, Trump said. Both positions could be influential in the new administration, helping to develop its public messaging and … Read more
The world has changed since Donald J. Trump’s last term as president. Mark Landler, the London bureau chief of The New York Times, describes what Mr. Trump’s choices so far say about his foreign policy ambitions. Source link
News outlets have begun quitting X, formerly Twitter, once a favourite of global media but now accused of enabling the spread of disinformation under its owner, president-elect Donald Trump ally Elon Musk. Citing a “harsh and extreme” climate, Sweden’s newspaper of reference, the left-liberal Dagens Nyheter (DN), on Friday became third major media outlet to … Read more