November 10, 20240 Comments

The 2 things that will drive the stock market after last week’s Trump-Fed rally

President Donald Trump looks on as his nominee for the chairman of the Federal Reserve Jerome Powell takes to the podium during a press event in the Rose Garden at the White House, November 2, 2017 in Washington, DC. Drew Angerer | Getty Images Talk about an eventful week. Normally, when the Fed cuts interest rates, that would be the big story. However, Thursday’s Federal Reserve meeting pales in comparison

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November 10, 20240 Comments

Biden will push Trump to back Ukraine in transition meeting: Adviser | Russia-Ukraine war News

United States President Joe Biden will try to convince President-elect Donald Trump not to pull support from Ukraine when he takes office, the outgoing president’s national security adviser has said. Biden will make his pitch to Trump, who has repeatedly bashed US aid to Ukraine, when the two meet on Wednesday for a White House transition meeting, Jake Sullivan said in an interview with the CBS News programme Face the

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November 10, 20240 Comments

Pip Hare bids to become first woman to finish Vendée Globe twice

PA Media Pip Hare will sail for a second time in the Vendee Globe race around the world A sailor is aiming to be the first woman to finish a 24,300 mile (45,000km) race around the world for a second time. Pip Hare, 50, was born in Huntingdon in Cambridgeshire and grew up in Suffolk – where she learned to sail on the River Deben. She set off in her

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November 10, 20240 Comments

The rise and fall of China’s viral maths ‘prodigy’

Getty Images The maths contest results prompted a nationwide debate about China’s schools and academic pathways A 17-year-old girl in China hailed as a genius in a mathematics contest cheated, competition organisers have said – ending months of scepticism over her stellar results. Jiang Ping, a fashion design student from a rural town in Jiangsu province, made headlines in June when she came 12th in the qualifiers of an international

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November 10, 20240 Comments

Democrats dreamt of an unbeatable coalition. Trump turned it to dust

Getty Images Donald Trump swept to victory on Tuesday by chipping away at groups of voters which Democrats once believed would help them win the White House for a generation. After Barack Obama’s victory in 2008, many triumphantly claimed that the liberal voting coalition which had elected the first black president was growing more powerful, as the makeup of America changed. Older, white conservatives were dying off, and non-white Americans

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November 10, 20240 Comments

Who might fill Trump’s Cabinet?

With Republicans taking control of the Senate, many of President-elect Trump’s Cabinet nominees are likely to face an easy path to confirmation, even some who may be controversial. Here are some of the possible people Trump is considering or has chosen for critical Cabinet posts and top White House jobs. White House chief of staff Susie Wiles Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump brings Susie Wiles to the podium

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