TOI correspondent from Washington: Pakistan laid it on thick. Donald Trump lapped it up. The US-Pak lovefest took Sharm-el-Sheikh by storm on Sunday, eclipsing a middle-east peace celebration hosted by Egypt, after Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif said he would renew his country’s nomination of Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize that the US President…
U.S. President Donald Trump arrives at the White House, following his annual physical exam at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, in Washington, D.C., U.S., October 10, 2025. Ken Cedeno | Reuters President Donald Trump has vowed to target only “Democrat Agencies” for permanent staffing cuts amid the government shutdown — but the administration’s layoffs…
The J.M. Smucker Company, the brand that makes peanut butter and jelly spreads, is suing Trader Joe’s over what it says is a copycat version of its Uncrustables sandwiches. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Ohio on Monday, accuses the popular grocery chain of trademark infringement for selling pre-made peanut butter and jelly sandwiches that closely…
In case you missed the memo, book-style foldables aren’t the most exciting smartphones anymore. That spotlight has shifted to tri-folds, but so far, Huawei is the only brand that has actually shipped one. It’s called the Mate XT, and from the short time I spent with it, I can confidently say it’s the most practical…
Jerome Powell, chairman of the US Federal Reserve, during a news conference following a Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. Kent Nishimura | Bloomberg | Getty Images Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Tuesday suggested the central bank is nearing a point where it will stop…
Michael O’Flaherty published letters on Tuesday to parliamentary committee chairs and the Home Secretary raising his concerns and indicated both issues must be considered in line with the European Convention on Human Rights. It comes after the Council of Europe’s human rights commissioner’s visit to the UK in July, as part of his role to…
LVMH’s fashion and leather goods business remained under pressure in the third quarter with revenue falling 2 percent, as the owner of Louis Vuitton and Dior struggles to pull its luxury brands out of a long-running decline. Revenue at the fashion and leather goods business, which accounts for about half of the company’s total, fell…
CHONGQING — As dusk settled over Songgai ancient town in southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality, the scent of roasted rice cakes and steaming tofu pudding mingled with the lively hum of visitors wandering beneath rows of oil-paper umbrellas and glowing snack stalls. “Having explored the town by day, I returned to experience its nighttime charm. The…
00:04 Speaker A Time now for our stock of the day, Rare Earth stocks. MP Materials, the largest rare earth producer in the Western hemisphere is down now after two straight days of gains and closing Monday at a fresh record high. The sector though, has been up since Friday on reports that China is…
Did you know that Jeff Bezos led an expedition to recover Apollo rocket engines that once powered astronauts to the Moon from the ocean floor? The Amazon founder has done something straight out of a sci-fi movie and hauled one of NASA’s legendary Apollo rocket engines from nearly three miles beneath the Atlantic Ocean. These…