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London  —  “Under certain circumstances there are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea,” wrote Henry James in “The Portrait of a Lady.” “Teatime” is one of those quintessential English phrases that stirs up images of steaming silverware pots being ferried across vast lawns and dished up to characters straight out of “Downton Abbey,” politely nattering behind towering tiers of delicate gateaux and finger sandwiches. But there is more to teatime than cucumber sandwiches with “Downton’s” Dowager Countess of Grantham, and pots of tea on the ceiling with giggling uncles…

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Magnum Ice Cream Company Chief Executive Officer Peter ter Kulve walks out during Magnum Ice Cream Company’s listing at Euronext Amsterdam on Monday, December 8, 2025 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Victor Dabkowski | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesMagnum Ice Cream Company listed on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange on Monday, completing a long-awaited spin-off. unilever The company is trying to reinvigorate growth amid challenges from health-conscious consumers and a high-profile dispute with Ben & Jerry’s.The stock opened at 12.20 euros, slightly below the base price of 12.80 euros. As of 10:30 a.m. London time, the last traded price was 12.87 euros, giving…

Many daters on Hinge are frustrated by people who just like their profile but don’t bother to strike up a conversation. It often leads to this awkward silence and puts all the pressure on one person to make the first move. Instead of saying something interesting, some people just fall back on the same old path or stick to boring small talk like “How’s it going?” To address this issue, Hinge announced “Convo Starters,” an AI-powered feature that provides personalized tips to start conversations. This feature is meant to inspire daters and boost their confidence when sending their first message.…

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell at the Hoover Institution’s George P. Shulz Memorial Lecture Series on Monday, December 1, 2025 in Stanford, California. Jason Henry | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesU.S. Treasury yields remained steady on Monday as expectations for a rate cut at Wednesday’s Federal Reserve meeting continued to rise. As of 5:58 a.m. ET, the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury rose just one basis point to 4.153%, and the yield on the 30-year U.S. Treasury rose just one basis point to 4.806%. The yield on two-year bonds rose to 3.579%.One basis point equals 0.01%, and yields and prices…

Ben Powell, chief strategist for the Middle East and Asia Pacific at BlackRock Investment Institute, spoke at the Abu Dhabi Finance Week (ADFW) conference.Bloomberg | Getty ImagesBen Powell, chief investment strategist for APAC at BlackRock, said the wave of capital flowing into artificial intelligence infrastructure was far from peaking, arguing that the sector’s “grab and dice” suppliers – from chipmakers to energy producers to copper wire manufacturers – remained the clearest winners as hyperscalers competed for spending against each other.Powell told CNBC on the sidelines of Abu Dhabi Finance Week on Monday that the surge in AI-related capital spending shows…

After spending a lifetime reciting the Taj Mahal’s story of eternal love, veteran tour guide Vishu Das says his faith was shattered. “What if the story we’ve been telling for years is a lie?” he asked distraught, looking at the monument from a nearby rooftop. His desperation leads to a radical suggestion: “Can we run a DNA test on the Taj Mahal?” The moment ends with the dark conclusion: “We are spreading lies.” This is a scene from Indian director Tushar Goel’s controversial film The Taj Story, which was released in October and challenges the canon of one of the…

(L/R) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and U.S. President Donald Trump pose for a family photo with other European leaders in the Cross Hall of the White House on August 18, 2025 in Washington, DC. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds | AFP | Getty ImagesTensions between US President Donald Trump and President Volodymyr Zelenskiy are rising again after the White House leader accused the Ukrainian head of state of not yet reading the US peace plan.”I’m a little disappointed that President Zelenskiy still hasn’t read the proposal as of a few hours ago,” Trump told reporters Sunday night. Trump added: “The people love this…

The White House quietly unveiled President Donald Trump’s new national security strategy on Thursday. The strategy is a 33-page document that reinforces the president’s “America First” philosophy and sets out the administration’s realignment of U.S. foreign policy. This document took an unprecedented confrontational stance towards Europe. The strategy accuses European authorities of blocking U.S.-backed efforts to end the conflict. It also removed language from previous administrations that described Russia as a threat, stating that European countries view Moscow as an “existential threat” and making the United States the central intermediary for re-establishing “conditions for internal European stability and strategic stability…

Elon Musk has called for the European Union to be abolished after it fined his social media company The European Commission on Friday handed down judgment against X after a two-year investigation into the company under the Digital Services Act (DSA), adopted in 2022 to regulate online platforms. At the time, Musk wrote in response to a post from the committee about X: “Bulls…”On Saturday, he doubled down on his criticism of Bullock. “The EU should be abolished and sovereignty returned to individual countries so that governments can better represent their people,” he said in a post on X.Musk’s comments…