Friday, January 10, 2025

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Apple only company ever to reach $3 trillion market value

Apple is once again worth $3 trillion, the only company ever to reach the milestone, a media report said. Its shares rose 1 per cent...

Biden exits live TV interview set before host wraps up

US President Joe Biden exited the set of a live TV interview before the host wrapped up the session. As cameras were still rolling during...

UK Environment Minister Zac Goldsmith quits, criticizes Rishi Sunak

UK Environment Minsiter Zac Goldsmith on Friday quit as a government minister and criticised Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, accusing him of showing "apathy" on...

World Bank President Ajay Banga named in Carnegie’s ‘Great Immigrants’ list

World Bank President Ajay Banga has been named to this year's "Great Immigrants" list by the Carnegie Corporation of New York, which honours contributions...

National Geographic lays off its last staff writers: Report

Finding it hard to sustain in the digital era, the 135-year old Walt Disney-owned National Geographic magazine has laid off the last 19 staff...

Kerala ready to host Lionel Messi’s Argentina for friendly: Sports minister

Days after the All India Football Federation (AIFF) turned down a proposal from Argentina to play a football friendly in India citing its staggering...

WhatsApp rolling out 32-person video calling feature

Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp is rolling out a new feature to create video calls with up to 32 people, on Windows beta. Beta users will...

Italy’s worst employee is a teacher who avoided work for 20 yrs using sick...

Italy has named its worst employee -- a teacher who avoided going to work for 20 years using the sick leave option, as well...

Global Chess League: Carlsen’s victory over Anand takes team to top of the table

In a historic endgame, Magnus Carlsen of Alpine Warriors defeated Viswanathan Anand and launched his team to the top of the Global Chess League,...

Editor apologizes to Indian Americans, Vivek Ramaswamy for ‘racist’ cartoon

A US newspaper editor has apologised to Indian Americans for publishing an “offensive” cartoon that played on stereotypes of the community while trying to...