When Xi Jinping, China’s top leader, returned from the Group of 20 summit in Brazil last November, he made a stopover in Casablanca, where he was greeted with dates and milk, the traditional welcome for honored guests, and a meeting with Crown Prince Moulay Hassan of Morocco. The brief visit was a sign of the…
From long lines to overpriced food and scarce seating, airports are rife with pitfalls. For some people, said Katy Nastro, a travel expert at Going, an app for cheap flights, “airports are like travel purgatory: You’re neither here nor there.” But technology, advance planning and a few creative strategies can help you parry airport problems….
Kasaragod: Police on Tuesday seized alleged unaccounted money of Rs 1.17 crore from an NRI man at Trikkanad near Bekal. The accused, identified as Abdul Khader, 46, of Melparamba, was taken into custody while he was transporting the cash.According to police, the seizure was made after receiving a tip-off. Khader claimed he was delivering the…
Stock market gyrations. Inflation. Layoffs of federal workers. A possible recession. Children may overhear their parents talking about these things and not fully understand what’s going on or how it may affect their family’s finances. But if the children have questions, parents should be ready to talk, experts say. “Parents are the biggest influence on…
US President Donald Trump has stated that he wants to start a program where immigrants who are in the US without legal documents can opt to leave on their own — and the US government would pay for their flight and provide them with money to do so. In an interview with Fox Noticias, Trump…
The actual transmission of rate cuts works with a lag, and it usually takes a few months for loan borrowers to see a benefit. (AI image) Home loan borrowers have a big reason to cheer! The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has cut the repo rate by 25 basis points – the second time in…
Investors who rebalanced their portfolios in September 2024 when markets were zooming suffered much less. Whenever markets go into a tailspin, investors start thinking about asset allocation. But it should not be that way, because periodic rebalancing in a disciplined way controls the portfolio risk and ensures stability of returns in the long term. That’s…
Of the top 15 richest people in the world, Warren Buffet is the only one to have seen an increase in his net worth Amidst the ongoing global market turmoil in 2025, one billionaire who stands out in the top 15 richest persons in the world is Warren Buffett. At a time when investors around…
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office is once again ensnared in scandal after police arrested two of his close associates this week on suspicion of accepting money from Qatar to promote a positive image of the Gulf Arab state in Israel. The affair has gripped Israelis because Qatar, a country that many view as a patron…
Over the last 12 months, Google’s efforts to use artificial intelligence to accelerate drug design have achieved breakthroughs in mimicking human biology and won its top scientists the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Now Isomorphic Labs, the division within the software giant meant to develop and commercialize the technology, is taking another big step: raising money…