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Trump’s FCC Just Scrapped Its Most Ambitious Broadband Goal
It’s just one word, but it changes everything. In its latest broadband deployment report, the FCC quietly backpedaled on its mission to expand high-speed internet to every American and eliminated an ambitious gig-speed goal entirely. …
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Shein’s $1.7 Billion Hong Kong IPO at $26.5 Billion Valuation Marks Major Milestone
Fashion retailer Shein is poised to price its Hong Kong initial public offering near the middle of its range, aiming to raise about $1.7 billion and value the company at approximately $26.5 billion.…
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Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, alleged chief planner of 9/11 attacks, gets 2028 trial date
More than 26 years after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, a US military judge has set June 5, 2028, as the trial date for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged architect of the attacks.…
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Tech bros must channel the moguls of old to get back in America’s good graces
In the face of massive public resistance and anger, tech bros need to start thinking like Andrew Carnegie and the “robber barons” of the Gilded Age — or even like Xi Jinping.…
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B.C. wood manufacturers call on governments for backing beyond counter tariffs
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Canada’s 50 per cent levies on U.S. products helps create market share for domestic producers, but local mills see additional steps for government to take to make sure they’re the ones …
Sanctions on one side, tariffs on the other: Is the world heading for another round of trouble?
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Canada has hit back at US tariffs with tariffs of its own. China has warned Washington against its latest Iran sanctions. The fights are unrelated, but the response is becoming familiar: Action, retaliation, with something kept i…
Nepal Flash Flood: Over 100 Indians Missing As Tsunami-Like Deluge Swallows Villages & Bridges [WATCH]
At least nine people have been reportedly killed, and some 400 tourists are missing as Nepal’s Rasuwa district, near the Tibet border, witnessed a flash flood on Wednesday. The tsunami-like raging wall of water swept away several villages and bridges …
New York Mayor faces off against Amazon
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s progressive agenda is bringing him head-to-head with Amazon, The Wall Street Journal’s Isabella Simonetti writes.
At the heart of the showdown is his backing earlier this month of the Delivery Protection Act, wh…
Trump’s new economic squeeze on Iran has a big challenge: China
WASHINGTON (AP) — The “ economic onslaught ” that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has declared on Iran’s financial connections around the world may have one major caveat: China.
Beijing is Iran’s biggest trading partner and its leading oil buyer.̷…
Trump’s trade truce with China faces test with Iran effort
WASHINGTON (AP) — The “ economic onslaught ” that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has declared on Iran’s financial connections around the world may have one major caveat: China.
Beijing is Iran’s biggest trading partner and its leading oil buyer.̷…