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WASHINGTON, DC – NOVEMBER 13: Elon Musk listens as U.S. President-elect Donald Trump addresses a House Republicans Conference meeting at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill on November 13, 2024 in Washington, DC. As is tradition with incoming presidents, Trump is traveling to Washington, DC to meet with U.S. President Joe Biden at the White House as well as meet with Republican congressmen on Capitol Hill. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

‘Only the AfD can save Germany’ says Musk as he praises the far-right in move to sway German elections

By Staff Writer

WASHINGTON, D.C. – APRIL 22, 2018: A statue of Albert Gallatin, a former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, stands in front of The Treasury Building in Washington, D.C. The National Historic Landmark building is the headquarters of the United States Department of the Treasury. (Photo by Robert Alexander/Getty Images)

Treasury Department says a China state-sponsored cyberattack gained access to workstations and documents

By News Correspondent

A customer holds disposable electronic cigarettes in her shop in Brussels on December 12, 2024. Belgium will ban the sale of disposable e-cigarettes (also known as ‘vapes’) from 1 January 2025, as it received approval from the European Commission to do so. (Photo by Nicolas TUCAT / AFP) (Photo by NICOLAS TUCAT/AFP via Getty Images)

Disposable vapes axed in Belgium in European first to stem youth addiction

By Staff Writer

In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin meets with the media after a meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council at Igora ski resort in the Leningrad region on December 26, 2024. (Photo by Alexandr Demyanchuk / POOL / AFP) (Photo by ALEXANDR DEMYANCHUK/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Kremlin threatens retaliation as European Telegram ban of Russian state media sparks outrage

By Investment Desk

An aerial drone photo taken on Dec. 25, 2024 shows the plane crash site near Aktau, Kazakhstan. A passenger plane operated by Azerbaijan Airlines from Baku to Grozny crashed near the Kazakh city of Aktau on Wednesday, Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Emergency Situations MES said. The Embraer 190 aircraft with flight number J2-8243 crashed near Aktau Airport. The ministry reported 28 survivors in the incident, with rescue operations ongoing. There were 67 people on board, including 62 passengers and five crew members, Azerbaijan Airlines said on X. (Photo by Azamat Sarsenbayev/Xinhua via Getty Images)

Azerbaijan says Russia shot at plane before crash—and demands Moscow admit it

By Senior Editor

AKTAU, KAZAKHSTAN – DECEMBER 27: Evidence collection efforts are underway at the crash site of an Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) passenger plane near Aktau, Kazakhstan, on December 27, 2024. According to the ministry, 62 passengers and five crew members were on board Flight 8432, which caught fire following the crash, adding that emergency responders are working to extinguish it. (Photo by Meiramgul Kussainova/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Putin apologizes to Azerbaijan and admits Russian air defense was working, but doesn’t take responsibility for plane crash

By Financial Writer

Cheap and comfy Chinese cars are pushing out Mercedes-Benz and BMW in Mexico

By Trading Desk

Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks during a press conference at the prime minister’s office in Tokyo on December 24, 2024. (Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / POOL / AFP) (Photo by YUICHI YAMAZAKI/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Japan approves its largest budget ever, boosts social welfare and defense spending

By Editorial Team

DELHI, INDIA – OCTOBER 17: Indian Prime Mnister Manmohan Singh awaits the arrival of Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard during her ceremonial reception at the Indian presidential palace Rashtrapati Bhavan on October 17, 2012 in Delhi, India. Gillard is on an official three day visit to India where she is expected to discuss the sale of uranium to the nuclear armed country. (Photo by Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images)

Manmohan Singh, former Indian prime minister known as ‘Mr Clean,’ dies aged 92

By Digital Assets Editor

Han Duck-soo, South Korea’s prime minister and acting president, speaks during a news conference after lawmakers passed a motion to impeach South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol in Seoul, South Korea, on Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024. Han called for a strengthening of military surveillance against the possibility of North Korea’s provocation at his first cabinet meeting as acting leader on Saturday. Photographer: SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg via Getty Images

South Korea’s opposition prepares to impeach the country’s acting president as political crisis deepens

By Editorial Team

France’s Prime Minister Francois Bayrou gestures as he addresses journalists during the political TV show “L’Evenement” (The Event) broadcast on French TV channel France 2, in Paris, on December 19, 2024. Francois Bayrou said he hoped to name a government “over the weekend”, “in any case before Christmas” and that a budget would be adopted “in mid-February”, although work on this was interrupted by the motion of censure that toppled the previous government. (Photo by Valentine CHAPUIS / AFP) (Photo by VALENTINE CHAPUIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Macron unveils new government under Francois Bayrou—France’s fourth prime minister of the year

By Tech Reporter

GLASGOW, SCOTLAND – NOVEMBER 05: Prince Charles, Prince of Wales visits Glasgow Central Station to view two alternative fuel, green trains as part of Network Rail’s “Green Trains @ COP26” event on November 5, 2021 in Glasgow, Scotland. 2021 sees the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference which will run from 31 October for two weeks, finishing on 12 November. It was meant to take place in 2020 but was delayed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. (Photo by Jane Barlow-WPA Pool/Getty Images)

The nation’s favorite chocolate is ‘disappointed’ as Britain’s King Charles strips Cadbury of its royal warrant—for the first time in 170 years

By Investment Desk

US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo testifies during a US Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies hearing on the proposed 2025 budget for the Commerce Department on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on May 15, 2024. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP) (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

The U.S. launches investigation of Chinese-made chips, used in everything from cars to medical devices

By Research Team

‘People don’t want to smell like others anymore’—this largely unknown perfume brand doesn’t advertise, but its sales have still risen 50%

By Katell Prigent and AFP

Makoto Uchida, chief executive officer of Nissan Motor Co., from left, Toshihiro Mibe, chief executive officer of Honda Motor Co., and Takao Kato, chief executive officer of Mitsubishi Motors Corp., attend a news conference in Tokyo, Japan, on Monday, Dec. 23, 2024. Honda and Nissan took their first historic steps toward merging and creating a new force in the world’s automotive industry as aggressive competition from China forces legacy carmakers to rethink their business models. Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Honda comes to the rescue of a struggling Nissan as Japanese auto giants start merger talks

By Market Analyst

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