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The Arrived Private Credit Fund is positioning itself as an alternative for savers who are dissatisfied with yields available in high-yield savings accounts or certificates of deposit. Since its launch, the fund has distributed an annualized dividend of approximately 8.1%, a figure derived almost entirely from interest on short-term real-estate loans. Unlike many private credit […]
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said security forces should firmly confront what he termed “rioters,” signaling a potentially harsher crackdown after a week of nationwide demonstrations linked to the country’s deteriorating economy. His televised remarks on Saturday, delivered to an audience in Tehran, were the first since the latest wave of protests began and […]
WASHINGTON — The United States conducted a large-scale strike in Venezuela overnight on Saturday, 3 January 2026, that led to the capture of President Nicolás Maduro, marking the first acknowledged ground operation of the current administration. The action follows months of military buildup in Latin America and a series of shifting explanations from President Donald […]
Palm Beach, Fla., Jan. 3, 2026 — President Donald Trump said Saturday that American energy companies intend to spend “billions of dollars” reviving Venezuela’s oil industry after the capture of President Nicolás Maduro, outlining a provisional U.S. role in running the South American nation until a new government is installed. Speaking from his Mar-a-Lago residence […]
Choosing when to begin drawing Social Security can raise or lower lifetime income by tens of thousands of dollars. Recent data from policy institutes and government sources underscore that filing at certain ages reduces monthly payments permanently, while postponing a claim can deliver inflation-protected increases that rival or exceed many fixed-income investments. The Popular but […]
The United States is tightening domestic security measures after a military operation in Venezuela led to the capture of President Nicolás Maduro, U.S. officials said. The strike, carried out on 3 January 2026, removed the Venezuelan leader from power and transferred him, along with his wife, to federal custody in New York. Federal agencies moved […]
The White House disclosed early Saturday that United States forces conducted a large-scale overnight strike in Venezuela, capturing President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores. According to President Donald Trump, the pair were flown out of the country soon after their detention and are now aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima, bound […]
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence venture xAI is under fire after users of its Grok chatbot generated sexualized images of minors on the social network X, prompting inquiries from officials in India and France and renewed questions about the platform’s safety controls. Reports of the inappropriate images surfaced during the week, intensifying on Friday when multiple […]
Paychex, Inc. remains focused on providing payroll, human resource, retirement and insurance services to small and mid-sized companies across the United States, with a modest footprint in Europe supplementing its primarily domestic operation. The company’s product suite positions it as a one-stop supplier for businesses seeking outsourced administrative functions, ranging from wage processing to 401(k) […]
New York — ABC News Live released a series of video segments that span ongoing weather concerns across the United States, a thwarted terrorism plot in North Carolina, updates on former President Donald Trump, and a slate of long-form interviews with cultural and political figures. The collection, published in recent days, offers a cross-section of […]
A private helicopter carrying four people went down late Friday morning in a mountainous area south of Superior, Arizona, killing everyone on board, local authorities confirmed. The aircraft, an MD 369FF, crashed around 11:00 a.m. local time after reportedly colliding with a recreational slackline stretched across the canyon walls. The Pinal County Sheriff’s Office said […]
Tesla disclosed its fourth-quarter 2025 production and delivery figures on Friday, reporting 418,227 vehicles handed over to customers and 434,358 units produced. The delivery total missed Wall Street’s 426,000-vehicle consensus compiled by StreetAccount and stood 16% below the 495,570 vehicles delivered in the same period a year earlier. Production declined 5.5% year on year, falling […]