In a major victory for the Donald Trump administration, a federal appeals court ruled Monday, that 19 mostly Democratic-led states and Washington, D.C., could not pursue their lawsuit challenging the dismissal of nearly 25,000 recently hired federal employees. The Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, in a 2-1 decision, held that the states lacked standing…
Traders work at the New York Stock Exchange on June 4, 2025. NYSE Here are two statements that, on the surface, may appear contradictory: The U.S. labor market is weakening, with the number of jobs in June actually decreasing. The U.S. stock market is hitting all-time highs, with the Nasdaq Composite being the latest index…
The leather-bound book, titled “The First Fifty Years,” is filled with handwritten and typed letters from friends, family and girlfriends, as well as childhood memories. Many of the handwritten letters are hard to decipher. The book also contains Epstein’s birth certificate, photos from childhood to adulthood, photos of women in bikinis, a chocolate chip cookie…
A local bakery is behind the new Australian-inspired treat available now on the shelves of M&S stores across the UK and Ireland. Based in Magherafelt, Genesis Bakery has been a trusted M&S supplier for over 15 years, delivering award-winning bakery products crafted from high-quality ingredients. The bakery currently produces a core range of 22 products…
When Frederico Marchetti started internet fashion retailer Yoox.com in 2000, he became one of the pioneers of online shopping—and little did he know that two decades later, he’d be working with King Charles to make the fashion industry more sustainable. Marchetti, who was born in Ravenna, Italy, details his unlikely career in his memoir, The…
A woman has died after being hit by a vehicle belonging to CLP Power, which subsequently collided with another car in Hong Kong on Tuesday afternoon. Police received multiple reports at around 3.35pm of a serious collision near the entrance to the Ma Tau Wai Estate car park on Shing Tak Street, To Kwa Wan….
Good morning. Beijing is advancing its technological ambitions by pulling foreign innovation inward and exporting its own systems of digital control abroad. That’s in focus today, along with a look at Canada’s race to find new (trade) friends. Up first In the news Mining: Vancouver’s Teck Resources Ltd. and London’s Anglo American PLC have agreed…
TOKYO—Among the questions facing ruling-party members who will choose Japan’s likely next leader is who will get along best with President Trump. PREMIUM Sanae Takaichi is viewed as pro-U.S. and hawkish on China. Would it be Sanae Takaichi, a conservative and adherent of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s expansive economic policies? Or Shinjiro Koizumi, a…
The Xiaomi 15T and Xiaomi 15T Pro smartphones will be announced on 24 September, it’s been confirmed, and it might just have a Pixel 10-rivalling camera feature. The company has taken to X (formerly Twitter) to announce the Xiaomi 15T Series launch on 24 September. It’s to take place in Munich, right in the middle…
This holds lessons for patient investors too: today’s billion-dollar write-off may be tomorrow’s trillion-dollar business [SINGAPORE] In June 2009, a bespectacled senior vice-president at Microsoft launched Bing, the Redmond company’s answer to Google’s popular search engine. His pitch was simple: search engines were broken, and Bing would fix that with an organised experience that delivered…