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Aerial view of cargo ships and cargo containers in the port.Adoff01 / 500px | 500px | Getty ImagesIndia’s exports to China surged in December, but shipments to the U.S. fell as President Donald Trump’s hefty tariffs forced New Delhi to focus on alternative markets. Exports to China rose 67% to $2 billion in December, compared with a 1.8% decline in goods to the United States, New Delhi’s biggest export market, to $6.8 billion, according to government figures released late Thursday.The US imposed 50% tariffs on New Delhi, the highest of any country and even higher on China, upending both trade…
Duchess Kate breaks royal tradition with talks with England women’s rugby teamKate Middleton isn’t afraid to shift into high gear. In fact, the Princess of Wales recently broke traditional royal norms and drove herself to a reception hosted by the England women’s rugby team at Windsor Castle to commemorate their September 2025 World Cup victory. Kate, who is a patron of the team, arrived at the royal venue behind the wheel of a black car and exited from the driver’s side of the car, as seen in footage shared with X. No one else was in the car with her,…
A billboard in front of Mitsubishi Corporation’s headquarters in Tokyo, Thursday, January 15, 2026. Mitsubishi Corporation has agreed to buy Aison Energy Management LLC’s U.S. gas and pipeline assets for $5.2 billion, making it the largest acquisition by a Japanese company in the U.S. shale sector. Photographer: Takaaki Iwabe/Bloomberg (via Getty Images)Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesMitsubishi Corporation announced Friday that a Japanese trading house aiming to increase its presence in Japan’s energy market will acquire U.S. shale gas assets in a $7.53 billion deal that includes debt.Mitsubishi Motors aims to capitalize on rising power demand from data centers, manufacturing…
Elon Musk and xAI logo.Vincent Filley | AFP | Getty ImagesThe Environmental Protection Agency this week closed a loophole exploited by Elon Musk’s xAI to quickly ramp up the company’s first data center in Memphis, Tennessee. Musk’s artificial intelligence startup used a cluster of gas-fired turbines to create a type of off-grid power plant for the Colossus facility. The company was able to avoid air pollution permits by classifying the turbines mounted on its trailers as “non-road engines.”The EPA’s latest rules make clear that these types of turbines cannot be designated as nonroad engines, especially if their total emissions exceed…
Some employees at the largest US military base in the Middle East are being asked to leave, US officials told CNN on Wednesday, as countries in the region press the Trump administration to reconsider military action against Iran. US officials described the order for some personnel to leave Qatar’s Al Udeid Air Base as a “precautionary measure” given current tensions in the region. The US embassies in Saudi Arabia and Qatar advised their staff to “intensify their vigilance and limit non-essential travel” to military installations in the region, and the embassy in Riyadh called on citizens to maintain a “personal…
Keratosis pilaris (also known as KP), ingrown hairs, and rough, dry patches. Probably everyone has experienced at least one of these things at some point in their life. All of this is completely normal, and there’s nothing wrong with wanting to achieve smooth, baby-soft skin. What’s the secret? Add exfoliating products to your shower routine. Exfoliating products remove dead skin cells, increase cell turnover, and prevent pores from becoming clogged. This helps fight dryness, dullness, and rough texture. The result is brighter, smoother, softer and more radiant skin. There are several ways to exfoliate from head to toe, but the…
LONDON — European stock markets ended lower on Friday as investors continued to monitor geopolitical tensions.The pan-European Stoxx 600 index ended 0.1% lower, with major exchanges and most sectors mixed.Semiconductor stocks in the benchmark index rose on Thursday after TSMC’s strong results, with some stocks extending their gains into Friday. Stock prices of Dutch semiconductor manufacturing equipment manufacturers ASML The stock hit a 52-week high and ended Friday trading 1.6% higher.This comes just days after a judge in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia gave Orsted the green light to resume work on the nearly completed Revolution…
Earlier this week, the California Attorney General’s Office announced that it was investigating xAI over reports that its chatbot Grok was being used to create non-consensual sexual images of women and minors. On Friday, the government sent a cease-and-desist letter to the company, demanding that it immediately stop producing CSAM, which contains non-consensual intimate images and child sexual abuse material. “Today, I sent a cease-and-desist letter to xAI, demanding that the company immediately cease producing and distributing deepfakes, non-consensual intimate images, and child sexual abuse material,” California AG Rob Bonta said in a press release. “The production of this material…
Some people watch Netflix in their free time. Remy Haussmann tracks a rusting tanker transporting illegal oil through one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes. From the roof of his Singapore apartment, a British expatriate who works as a food and drink salesman records the passage of shadowy ships often sanctioned by the United States and other Western countries to a growing online audience. Shadow fleets, also known as ghost fleets or dark fleets, are vessels that use opaque tactics to transport oil to pariah states such as Russia, Iran, and Venezuela. Oil revenues from these fleets of aging tankers…
Jen Tran & Devin StraderStatus: SplitOn the season 21 finale of The Bachelorette, it seemed like Bachelor alum Jen Tran finally had her happy ending with finalist Devin Strader. But Jen revealed on After the Final Rose in September 2024 that Devin snubbed her as soon as the cameras stopped. “He would boldly declare his love and then all of a sudden the next day he wouldn’t say anything and he would deny that he was in love,” Jen told host Jesse Palmer on the Sept. 3 episode. “All the promises he made to me, all the love he wanted…