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Facebook Tweet Email link The strongest storms ever fell into the Northern Philippines with destructive winds and heavy rain. Typhoon Ragasa, known in the Philippines as Nando, landed on Panzan Island in northern Cagayan on Monday, according to the country’s Meteorological Agency (Pagasa). Tens of millions of people could be affected by the storm. It is expected to pass through some of the Asian island nations before heading to major cities in Hong Kong and Macau, as well as Guangdong province in mainland China. “In wind-exposed coastal and highland/mountainous areas, local winds may be slightly stronger/enhanced. In areas protected from…

Household income across the US has remained fairly flat between 2023 and 2024, with median household incomes exceeding just over 1%, according to estimates from the Census Bureau.But in some cities, even a 1% increase would have seemed a bit of a boon. Median household income fell in seven of the 50 largest US cities between 2023 and 2024.Minneapolis’ income fell at its biggest, just over 4%, with median household income falling from around $77,732 in 2023, SmartAsset found.Family on the move (and their money)Among households with children in Minneapolis, median income fell by 19% or more between 2023 and…

nuphoto | nuphoto | Getty ImagesMajor global semiconductor stocks rose on Tuesday after Nvidia announced plans to invest $100 billion in Openai.The deal between Nvidia and Openai is massive. According to NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang, Openai plans to build and deploy an NVIDIA system that requires 10 gigawatts of power.The news sparked a rally on Wall Street, which has been actively flowing into the global chip sector, becoming a touched company with a connection to Nvidia in particular.In Taiwan, stocks Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.manufactures Nvidia chips and is closed by 3.5%.In Korea, SK Hynix, which uses memory chips on Nvidia’s…

Listen, fam!16 years ago, on September 23, 2009, Modern Family premiered at ABC. And after seeing the Dunphy-Pritchett-Tucker crew go through the ups and downs of life over 11 seasons, fans still enjoy catching up to major milestones in the camera’s cast.For example, earlier this month, Eric Stonestreet not only turned 54, but also celebrated tying the knot with Lindsay Schweitzer.”It’s my birthday and I’ll guess what I got,” the actor who played Cam Tucker on the sitcom wrote on Instagram on September 9th. “I’m married!”Of course, his on-screen husband Jesse Tyler Ferguson was excited by the news.”Our second marriage…

Federal Reserve Governor Stephen Milan outlined why central bank benchmark interest rates should be aggressively lowered less than a week after he was seated.Changes to tax and immigration policies, along with ease of rental costs, deregulation and tariff revenue, are creating another economic situation that allows the Fed to reduce benchmark rates by nearly two percentage points from current levels, the central bank said in a statement before economic clubs in New York.”The Federal Reserve is entrusted with an important goal of promoting price stability for the benefit of all American households and businesses, and I am committed to bringing…

ISE, Japan (AP) — Deep in the forests of the Japanese Alps, Shinto priests keep watch as woodsmen dressed in ceremonial white chop their axes into two ancient cypress trees, timing their swings so that they strike from three directions.An hour later, the head woodcutter shouts, “A tree is falling!” as one of the 300-year-old trees crashes down, the forest echoing with a deep crack. A moment after, the other cypress topples over.The ritualistic harvesting of this sacred timber is part of a remarkable process that has happened every two decades for the last 1,300 years at Ise Jingu, Japan’s…

Facebook Tweet Email link The huge, powerful typhoon is heading towards southern China after slamming the Philippines with destructive winds and heavy rain, and the area’s enormousness is high in caution with cancelled flights and disruptions to schools and businesses. Tens of millions of people could be affected by the storm. It is expected to pass south of major cities in Hong Kong, Macau, Shenzhen and Guangzhou before landing again in Guangdong Province, mainland China. Typhoon Ragatha struck the Northern Philippines this year as the strongest storm on the planet so far after generating sustained winds exceeding 267 kph (165…

Check out the companies making headlines in the midday deal: Better Homes and Finance Holdings – Mortgage lenders have seen hedge fund manager Eric Jackson surge 176% on X’s social media post. Oracle – The software company’s shares rose almost 5% after naming Clay Magouyrk, president of Oracle’s Cloud Infrastructure Business, and Mike Sicilia, who presides over Oracle Industries, as chief executive officers. The pair will replace Safracats, who will move into a new role as executive vice chairs. Molson Coors – Brewer fell 2% after making Rahul Goyal CEO. Goyal will replace Gavin Hattersley, who will retire this year.…

Rocket.new, an Indian startup building an AI-powered app development platform, has raised $15 million in a seed round led by Salesforce Ventures, gaining vibe coding rivals for viruses by allowing users to build fully-created apps from natural langueage prompts rather than just a quick prototype. Accel and Together Fund joined Salesforce Ventures at All-Equity Seed Round, which takes place just three months after Rocket.new launched its platform in beta in June. Since its debut, the startup has surpassed 400,000 users in 180 countries, including over 400,000 paid subscribers, reaching recurring revenue of $4.5 million per year. Co-founder and CEO Vishal…

The Hague, Netherlands (AP) – The number of experts is growing, including experts commissioned by UN agencies. Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip It corresponds to genocide, deepens Israel’s isolation and puts harmless even among its allies that are independent of the status of the country.The accusations have been vehemently denied by Israel. Israel was partially established as a shelter for the Jews after the Holocaust. Others refused it or said that only the court could make the decision.Yet, global rage over Israel’s wartime actions has been in recent months. Images of hungry children appearedwhich killed tens of thousands of…