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Newspaper buildings were set on fire after the death of an activist who was attacked recently. Political leaders fear more violence could derail attempts to restore democracy. Source link
TikTok is being threatened with legal action over cuts to its UK online safety teams.In August, the social media company announced more than 400 workers would lose their jobs, with AI replacing some of the workers and other jobs being rehired abroad. TikTok is being accused of threatening those safety workers with redundancy days before they were due to vote on forming a union.Read more: TikTok moderators warn users may be at riskNow, two moderators have sent a legal letter to TikTok laying out the terms of a potential legal case on grounds of unlawful detriment and automatic unfair dismissal.…
The Caesar Act was imposed in 2019 in response to widespread and systematic violations of human rights by the regime of former dictator Bashar al-Assad. Source link
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Holiday gatherings and year-end travel often lead to a spike in missing pets. Doors open more often, routines shift and animals can slip outside in a moment of confusion. New Year’s Eve creates loud fireworks, and shelters report some of their busiest nights of the entire year. Amid all that, one Texas family just experienced a heartwarming reunion thanks to an AI photo matching on Petco Love Lost.Sign up for my FREE CyberGuy ReportGet my best tech tips, urgent security alerts and exclusive deals delivered straight to your inbox. Plus, you’ll get instant…
Omar García Harfuch is overseeing one of the most aggressive offensives in years against Mexico’s powerful criminal groups. Many before him have failed. Source link
Signage at an ICICI Prudential Asset Management Co. branch in Delhi, India, on Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025. ICICI Prudential AMC’s initial public offering to raise as much as 106 billion rupees ($1.2 billion) received bids for more than 1.37 billion shares, compared with 35.02 million offered, at close on last day of the sale Tuesday, according to exchange data. Photographer: Anindito Mukherjee/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesBloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesShares of ICICI Prudential, one of India’s largest asset management companies, rose 19% in their trading debut on Friday, following a 106 billion rupees ($1.17 billion) initial public offering.The IPO by the…
One of the world’s biggest esports organisations is exploring a sale that could value it at about $100m (£74.7m) after receiving approaches from potential buyers.Sky News has learnt that Fnatic, which is based in east London, is working with advisers to field interest from third parties in a minority investment or full takeover of the business. Founded in 2004 by Sam Mathews and his mother Anne, Fnatic won the first-ever League of Legends World Championship seven years later, establishing it as one of the biggest names in the esports arena.Money latest: The graduates who may want to pay off their…
Novo Nordisk CEO Maziar Mike Doustdar shakes hands with U.S. President Donald Trump during an event to announce a deal with Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk to reduce the prices of GLP-1 weight‑loss drugs during an event in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 6, 2025. Jonathan Ernst | ReutersDrug pricing has emerged as one of the biggest issues for pharmaceutical companies this year, as the U.S. looks to dramatically reduce the costs paid by consumers.As the largest single market for most pharma and biotech firms, higher drug prices in the U.S. — often…
Omar García Harfuch spoke to The New York Times about the country’s aggressive cartel offensive and his relationship with the White House. Source link
Global data centers dealmaking surged to hit another record high this year, driven by a rush to build out the infrastructure required for energy-intensive AI workloads.That surge came even as investors grew increasingly wary of inflated artificial intelligence valuations and the financing underpinning the rapid expansion of data centers. Global stocks sold off in November as worries of an AI-fueled bubble persisted.But S&P Global reported that more than $61 billion has flowed into the data center market this year, up slightly from $60.8 billion last year, amid what it called a “global construction frenzy.”A surge in debt financing contributed to…
Workers at the budget hotel in the southern Philippines, a region that has long battled Islamist insurgencies, said the two men rarely left their room. Source link
Healthcare stocks, media and telecoms companies, and Asian equities were among hedge funds’ best trades this year, with just two weeks left on the calendar. Overall, equity-focused funds — which trade stocks long and short by sector, geography or theme — are the top-performing category in the 11 months to the end of November, according to analysis from PivotalPath. The industry data provider’s Equity Sector Index is up 22.7% so far this year. The benchmark tracks the performance of equity hedge funds that trade multiple sectors including retail, financials, healthcare, telecoms and media, energy and industrials. Standout performers Among the…
Nuno F.G. Loureiro, the professor, attended the same physics program in Portugal as the man suspected in his killing. Source link
European Union leaders have struck a deal to give Ukraine a €90bn (£79bn; $105bn) loan after failing to agree on using frozen Russian assets.The agreement, which leaders said would meet Ukraine’s military and economic needs for the next two years, came after more than a day of talks at a summit in Brussels. “We committed, we delivered,” EU chief Antonio Costa wrote on X as he announced the deal to provide a loan backed by the bloc’s common budget. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had urged leaders to use €200bn of frozen Russian assets, but Belgium, where the vast bulk of…
The program is expected to take hundreds of thousands of firearms out of circulation, the prime minister said on Friday. Source link
Kazuo Ueda, governor of the Bank of Japan (BOJ), during a committee on financial affairs meeting at the lower house of parliament in Tokyo, Japan, on Friday, Nov. 21, 2025.Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesJapan’s central bank on Friday raised its policy rate to a three-decade high, marching ahead with its policy normalization, as inflation has stayed above its target levels for nearly four years now. The Bank of Japan raised benchmark rates by 25 basis points to 0.75%, their highest level since 1995, and in line with expectations of economists polled by Reuters. Despite the move, the BOJ said…
Demonstrators holding flags of Ukraine and the European Union on the Boulevard du Temple in Paris, France on Feb. 23, 2025.Amaury Cornu | Afp | Getty ImagesEuropean Union countries will allocate 90 billion euros ($105.5 billion) in aid to Ukraine for 2026 and 2027, EU Council President Antonio Costa said on Friday. “We have a deal,” Costa wrote on X, confirming the package had been approved.EU governments had been debating whether to use 210 billion euros of frozen Russian assets, most of it held in Belgium, to support a so-called reparations loan for Ukraine.On Wednesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged…
The Bank of Japan moved to slow inflation as the prime minister is borrowing more to fund an ambitious effort to build up industry and support households. Source link
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TikTok’s Chinese owner has signed a deal to sell the company’s US arm to American investors – ensuring the video platform can continue operating in the United States. The deal is expected to close on 22 January 2026, according to an internal memo seen by Sky News’ US partner, NBC News. It will end years of uncertainty over the app’s future in the States, after Joe Biden signed a law last year that required TikTok’s Chinese owners to sell up – or else it would be blocked.The law was introduced amid concerns from some US politicians that ByteDance might share…
Barham Salih, who fought against Saddam Hussein’s rule in Iraq and later served as president, was chosen to lead the U.N. High Commission for Refugees. Source link
People looks at the fruits at a shop at the Tsukiji Outer Market in Tokyo on August 22, 2025. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP) (Photo by PHILIP FONG/AFP via Getty Images) Philip Fong | Afp | Getty ImagesJapan’s consumer inflation rate dropped to 2.9% in November, staying above the 2% target set by the country’s central bank for a 44th straight month, and further strengthening already strong prospects of a rate hike. Core inflation, which strips out prices of fresh food, remained unchanged from 3% in October, and came in line with Reuters-polled economists’ average estimate.This data comes as…
Speaking from Gaza to journalists in New York, Antoine Renard said that two months into the ceasefire, food access has significantly improved but Gazans continue to face severe hardship. The update comes a day after the UN and partners issued a statement calling on the international community to press Israel to lift impediments to humanitarian aid.Over one million fed WFP has managed to reach more than one million people with food boxes and wheat flour, Mr. Renard said. Together with UNICEF, the agency is providing over 300,000 people with preventive nutrition designed to prevent malnutrition and help those already malnourished…
In a sharply worded statement issued on Tuesday, the Humanitarian Country Team – which brings together senior UN officials and more than 200 local and international aid groups – called on the international community to press Israeli authorities to reverse measures that are choking humanitarian work, particularly in the Gaza Strip.At the centre of concern is a new registration system for international non-governmental organisations, introduced earlier this year. Flawed Israeli systemAid groups say the process is vague, politicised and impossible to meet without breaching humanitarian principles. Under the current rules, dozens of organisations face deregistration by the end of December, followed by the forced closure of their…
