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The broader U.S. equity market was divided at midday, leaving investors in Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (HST) to navigate a session without a clear directional lead. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 Index each showed modest gains, while the Nasdaq Composite traded lower. The uneven performance followed the release of the latest […]
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump used a Cabinet meeting at the White House on Tuesday to denounce Somali immigrants, labeling them “garbage” and declaring that he does not want them in the United States. The remarks came amid a widening confrontation with Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Rep. Ilhan Omar, whose state is home to […]
Washington — President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he is granting a full pardon to Democratic Representative Henry Cuellar of Texas and to Cuellar’s wife, one year after the couple was indicted on federal charges that included bribery. The pardon, revealed on December 3, 2025, comes roughly twelve months after a federal grand jury returned […]
Microsoft’s stock price fell more than 2% on Wednesday after a media report indicated the company has trimmed internal sales quotas for certain artificial-intelligence offerings. The adjustment, described as unusual for the technology giant, follows a stretch in which many members of the Azure cloud sales force reportedly missed growth targets during the most recent […]
American Eagle Outfitters (AEO) increased its outlook for the remainder of fiscal year 2025 after reporting higher revenue and earnings for the third quarter ended 1 November 2025. The apparel retailer generated total net revenue of $1.36 billion in the period, a year-over-year rise of 6%, prompting management to lift forecasts for both the current […]
A newly released dashboard-camera recording captures the tense moment an alert motorist narrowly avoids a collision after a pickup truck loses control on a multi-lane roadway. The video, distributed by a news outlet on Monday, documents the entire sequence, from the first signs of trouble to the driver’s rapid evasive maneuver that prevents what could […]
Authorities in Hong Kong confirmed on Wednesday that 159 people were killed in last week’s high-rise apartment fire at Wang Fuk Court in the Tai Po district, raising the toll after teams finished combing seven of the complex’s eight residential towers. Police said the youngest victim was a one-year-old infant and the oldest was 97. […]
Peace negotiations held in Moscow on Tuesday concluded without substantive progress, leaving the nearly four-year conflict in Ukraine unresolved and exposing a widening rift between Russia and its Western counterparts. The five-hour session brought together Russian President Vladimir Putin, U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff and presidential adviser Jared Kushner to discuss a revised American draft […]
MetLife Inc. has closed a $10 billion risk transfer agreement that shifts a large block of variable annuity obligations to Talcott Resolution Life Insurance Company, an affiliate of Talcott Financial Group. The transaction, first announced in April 2025, is designed to trim MetLife’s exposure to market-sensitive guarantees while keeping policyholder service responsibilities under MetLife’s control. […]
U.S. officials continue to reconcile conflicting accounts of a Sept. 2, 2025 military operation that destroyed a vessel in the Caribbean Sea and killed 11 suspected drug traffickers. President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth initially framed the action as a decisive blow against South American cartels, but later disclosures that two survivors died […]
Australia will activate new rules next week that require social media companies to remove accounts held by users under 16 and to report regularly on their progress, marking one of the most stringent age-assurance frameworks yet introduced by any government. Starting 10 December 2025, Facebook, Instagram, Kick, Reddit, Snapchat, Threads, TikTok, X (formerly Twitter), YouTube […]
Beijing’s annual Central Economic Work Conference, expected in the coming days, will outline priorities for 2026 at a moment when confidence in China’s global standing contrasts sharply with enduring vulnerabilities at home. Economists point to three areas—real estate, consumer demand and deflationary pressure—that continue to weigh on the world’s second-largest economy even as its diplomats […]