India & UK all set to sign free trade pact

India & UK all set to sign free trade pact

NEW DELHI: As Prime Minister Narendra Modi prepared to depart for London, India and the UK seemed all set to sign a landmark Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with foreign secretary Vikram Misri saying the deal was undergoing “last-minute work”, including legal scrubbing.With discussions likely between Modi and his counterpart Keir Starmer on the Russia-Ukraine war…

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Marine veteran addresses Congress after father forcibly detained by immigration agents

Marine veteran addresses Congress after father forcibly detained by immigration agents

A Marine veteran whose father was detained by federal immigration agents while at his landscaping job in California last month told Congress members on Tuesday that his father is “traumatized” by what happened and charged that the immigration system is “broken.” Customs and Border Patrol agents arrested Narciso Barranco, who is undocumented, in Santa Ana…

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Hongkong Post said it would fully cooperate with the police investigation. Photo: RTHK

Police investigate cyberattack on Hongkong Post

Police are investigating the hacking of Hongkong Post’s EC-Ship online portal, after Hongkong Post on Tuesday confirmed that hackers had stolen customers’ personal information on Sunday and Monday. In a statement, Hongkong Post said hackers had retrieved senders’ and recipients’ names, addresses, phone numbers, fax numbers, and email addresses during the cyberattack. It said it…

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Kohl's shares soar as investors rally behind new batch of "meme stocks"

Kohl’s shares soar as investors rally behind new batch of “meme stocks”

Kohl’s shares soared Tuesday as investors piled in amid renewed exuberance for so-called meme stocks.  The struggling department store’s stock price jumped nearly 38%, or $3,92, to close at $14.34 a share. Like other beaten down stocks suddenly embraced by retail investors, Kohl’s has benefited this month from buzz in online investor communities like WallStreetBets,…

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