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Jay-Z rape accuser comes forward to NBC News, acknowledges inconsistencies in her allegations
HOUSTON — An Alabama woman who accused Jay-Z and Diddy of raping her when she was 13 years old sat down with NBC News to recount what she called a “catastrophic event”: a limo ride to a white house, a drink that made her feel woozy, a sexual assault by rap stars that would ruin […]
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Lawmakers in Georgia elect hardline critic of West as new president
Mikheil Kavelashvili reacts after he was elected the country’s new president in the parliament, in Tbilisi, Georgia, on Dec. 14, 2024. Irakli Gedenidze | Reuters Georgian lawmakers elected Mikheil Kavelashvili, a hardline critic of the West, as the country’s new president on Saturday, setting him up to replace a pro-Western incumbent amid major protests against […]
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Yellen warns incoming Trump team against interfering with bank supervision
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen speaks at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York City, U.S., October 17, 2024. Andrew Kelly | Reuters U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Friday urged the incoming Trump administration to refrain from interfering with what she called critically important appropriate regulation of American banks’ capital levels, liquidity and risk-taking. […]
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Southeast Asian nations battle to become the region’s top AI hub
A woman (R) adjusts the Philippines flag before the 51st Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)- Republic of Korea Ministerial Meeting in Singapore on August 3, 2018. Mohd Rasfan | Afp | Getty Images Southeast Asia’s emerging economies are vying to become a top AI hub — a race that has them both coming together […]
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South Korea’s President Yoon impeached after failed attempt to impose martial law
A screens shows footage of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol delivering an address to the nation at Seoul station on Dec. 7, 2024 in Seoul, South Korea. Chung Sung-jun | Getty Images News | Getty Images South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol was impeached on Saturday in a vote triggered after his fleeting failed […]
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Apple and Google instructed by House committee to prepare to dump TikTok next month
A supporter holds up a sign that read “TikTok” during a news conference on TikTok in front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on March 22, 2023. Alex Wong | Getty Images House Committee members are urging the top executives of Apple and Google to be prepared to comply with a law that could […]
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Who got it right and wrong on Wall Street in their 2024 stock market outlook
This year, Wall Street extended its artificial intelligence-powered bull market into a second year, far surpassing the year-end forecasts made by top strategists. In fact, all of them turned out to be very wrong. Original 2024 outlooks for the S & P 500 ranged from a low of just 4,200 at JPMorgan by Dubravko Lakos-Bujas, […]
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Broadcom stock jumps 21%, pushing company past $1 trillion market cap for the first time
A sign is posted in front of a Broadcom office in San Jose, California, on Dec. 12, 2024. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Shares of Broadcom popped more than 21% Friday morning, pushing the company’s market cap beyond $1 trillion for the first time. It will be Broadcom’s best trading day on record if the move […]
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Buy now, pay later company Affirm strikes $4 billion loan deal with private credit firm Sixth Street
Two trendy areas in finance — fintech and private credit — are coming together in a new multibillion-dollar joint venture. Affirm Holdings is getting its largest-ever capital commitment with a new partnership from private credit firm Sixth Street, which is investing in $4 billion worth of loans over the course of three years. Sixth Street […]
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France’s Macron names centrist Francois Bayrou as new prime minister following political turmoil
FREJUS, FRANCE – 2023/05/03: The mayor of Pau François Bayrou is seen during the funeral of François Léotard. French politician and former Minister of Defense and Culture François Léotard died on April 25 at the age of 81. His funeral takes place in Frejus. (Photo by Laurent Coust/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) Sopa Images | […]
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