Stock market today: Asian shares skid, hit by Trump tariff hikes and doubts about AI
Asian shares are sharply lower, with benchmarks in Japan, Hong Kong and South Korea tumbling more than 2% after a broad retreat on Wall Street
It’s been a month since rebels seized an eastern Congo city. Goma residents say they are struggling
Rwanda-backed rebels captured a key eastern Congo city a month ago Friday
North Carolina company owner pleads guilty over attempted technology sale to China
The federal government says the owner of a North Carolina company has pleaded guilty to trying to sell electronic devices that have military applications to China without a required exporting license
Bangladeshi students who led uprising that ousted ex-premier Sheikh Hasina form new political party
Students in Bangladesh who led a mass uprising to topple former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in August are now diving into politics by forming a new political party
US consumers cut spending in January more drastically than at any point in the last four years
A key price gauge declined last month, a sign that inflation may be cooling though stiff tariffs threatened by the White House threaten that progress
US lobster catch drops as crustaceans migrate to colder Canadian waters
The U.S. lobster industry continued a multiyear slide in catch last year
Microsoft is shutting down Skype: What other technologies have become obsolete?
Microsoft has announced it will shut down Skype, once the dominant video call service, in May this year.
Ex-Villa chief Purslow among contenders to chair football watchdog
A former chief executive of Aston Villa and Liverpool is a surprise contender to become the inaugural chairman of the government’s controversial football watchdog.
Sanitary towels instead of sandwich wraps – the worst supermarkets for substitutions revealed
Fish steaks instead of cupcakes and sanitary towels instead of sandwich wraps are among some of the worst supermarket substitutions, according to a new survey.
AI’s Dark Architects: Palantir, USAID and the Alt-Right Pipeline
Peter Thiel’s influence over US foreign policy runs deep, from funding Israel’s wars to backing Vice President J.D. Vance. Alan MacLeod and Robert Inlakesh join MintCast to reveal how war profiteers shape Washington’s agenda.
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