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JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu left a brutal war behind on Monday for Washington to deliver a politically volatile speech to the U.S. Congress amid growing uncertainty following Joe Biden’s withdrawal from the presidential race.Netanyahu’s speech could spark turmoil on both sides of the Atlantic, as efforts to achieve a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas continue, fears grow that the war will spread to Lebanon and Yemen and the United States is in the midst of a fast-paced election campaign.Biden’s decision on Sunday to withdraw from the presidential race has raised the risks even further, especially since his…
(Bloomberg) — Technology stocks in Asia are facing their worst selling pressure since the early days of the pandemic after Morgan Stanley strategists urged investors to book profits on the artificial intelligence boom.Most read articles on BloombergThe fresh selloff in stocks comes on the back of concerns over the sustainability of last week’s AI trading frenzy and possible tougher U.S. restrictions on technology sales to China. The Bloomberg Asia Pacific Semiconductor Index is on track to fall as much as 3% on Monday, its worst four-day drop since March 2020.Morgan Stanley is recommending a shift into consumer staples ahead of…
By Aditya KalraNEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian maths genius Biju Raveendran, who rose from teacher to startup billionaire when his education technology company collapsed this year, now faces his biggest test yet.The future of Raveendran’s eponymous online coaching company, Bijoux, now hangs in the hands of Indian courts after the country’s biggest startup, once beloved by investors around the world at a valuation of $22 billion, has plummeted to below $2 billion. The 44-year-old founder lost control of the company when a court opened bankruptcy proceedings last week.Facing charges of “financial mismanagement and compliance issues”, the son of a family…
Rehoboth Beach, Delaware CNN — In the end, President Joe Biden exited the political stage in isolation. After weeks of fighting for his political life – insisting he wasn’t going anywhere following a disastrous debate performance – the president’s about-face did not come in an Oval Office address or a speech on the campaign trail. Instead, it came in letter posted to social media as he recovered from Covid-19 at his beach house in Delaware. It was a low-key way to reveal one of the most historic decisions in modern American politics, but time was not on Biden’s side to reach a decision…
CNN — On the Sunday after the June 27 presidential debate, President Donald Trump’s top advisers went to bed expecting Democratic concerns about President Joe Biden’s performance to have subsided and for a fresh array of headlines to emerge at the start of the new week. But the next morning, realizing the Democrats’ dire situation, they began planning early for an extraordinary scenario in which Biden would leave office. In between preparations for the convention and the assassination attempt that shocked the nation, they were studying potential Democratic nominees, comparing Trump to potential successors, believing Vice President Kamala Harris to…
OAKLAND, Calif. — Opening day was eagerly anticipated in this city famously abandoned by professional sports.Sure, it’s just minor league baseball, but what good is major league baseball anyway? The big leagues had been breaking Oakland’s hearts lately, and the city was in desperate need of winning, both on and off the field.Enter the Oakland Ballers, a team founded by a pair of Oakland natives who vowed to do something radically different from the string of clubs that had disappeared from the city in recent years. Some of the country’s most passionate sports fans, eager for a fresh start, welcomed…
Leading Democratic lawmakers have voiced their support. Vice President Kamala Harris Their party is searching for a candidate to replace President Biden in the 2024 election. Withdrew from the competition. Biden Supporting Harris Although Trump has announced his intention to withdraw from the presidential race, he cannot nominate the Democratic candidate to fill his vacant seat in the presidential election. The final choice will be decided by delegate voting at the virtual Democratic National Convention in Chicago early next month. The convention begins on August 19. “My first decision as the nominee of my party in 2020 was to select…
Nepal suffered a heavy nine-wicket defeat to Pakistan in the second Group A match of the ACC Women’s T20 Asia Cup in Dambulla, Sri Lanka on Sunday.Chasing 109 runs, Pakistan rode on an opening stand of 105 runs between Gul Feroza, who hit a half-century, and Muneeba Ali to reach the target in just 11.5 overs.Nepal made a dream start to their Asia Cup campaign by beating the United Arab Emirates by six wickets on Friday to win their first title in three appearances and would have booked a place in the semi-finals with an upset win over Pakistan.After being…
In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) won overwhelming votes in Chennai polling stations where at least one district in its jurisdiction contains words like “slum,” “shed,” or “TNSCB (Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board).” In contrast, the BJP dominated in polling stations where at least one district in its jurisdiction contains words like “apartment” or “flat.” To obtain this information for the three Lok Sabha (LS) seats in Chennai (Chennai North, Central and South), two databases were used. The first database was a list of all polling stations and polling areas where voting took place in…
CNN — President Joe Biden ran for reelection to protect democracy, only to come to the painful realization that the only way to do so was to cede power himself. Biden’s decision to end his campaign came after he contracted COVID-19, spent days quarantining at his Delaware beach house and watched many Democrats turn away from the president who led his party to power just four years ago. Biden’s offer to hand over power in the national interest stands in contrast to former President Donald Trump, who vehemently opposed leaving office after he lost to Biden in a free and…