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Prominent investor Scott Bessent has reportedly been selected by President-elect Donald Trump to take on the role of U.S. Treasury secretary. President-elect Donald Trump is expected to pick prominent investor Scott Bessent to take on the role of U.S. Treasury secretary, sources told Reuters on Friday, putting him at the helm of a cabinet position […]
Foursquare, which I thought was still a location sharing app but is a data platform now, open sourced a layer of 100 million points of interest in an effort to build and maintain a global database: [L]et’s now consider the challenge of creating and maintaining a real-world-synced place database. As our CTO Vikram Gundeti detailed […]
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An Israeli strike on a building in central Beirut on Sunday killed Hezbollah’s media relations chief Mohammad Afif, two Lebanese security sources told Reuters, though there was no immediate confirmation from the Iran-backed group. Israel has rarely hit senior Hezbollah staff who do not have clear military roles, and its air strikes have mostly targeted […]
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By Munsif Vengattil and Aditya Kalra NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s Tata Electronics has agreed to buy a majority stake in Taiwanese contract manufacturer Pegatron’s only iPhone plant in India, forming a new joint venture that strengthens Tata’s position as an Apple supplier, two sources told Reuters. Under the deal announced internally last week, Tata […]
Arsenal have suffered another injury setback after Ben White underwent a minor knee operation earlier this week, sources have told ESPN. The timescale of his return is unclear and dependent on the success of the surgery but the 27-year-old is set to miss multiple matches. One source has suggested there are fears White could be […]
By Gram Slattery and Steve Holland WEST PALM BEACH, Florida (Reuters) -Donald Trump is expected to tap U.S. Senator Marco Rubio to be his secretary of state, sources said on Monday, putting the Florida-born politician on track to be the first Latino to serve as America’s top diplomat once the Republican president-elect takes office in […]
(ANALYSIS) It’s a good thing when academics and pundits start writing about hot-button issues linked to screen culture. That’s how things get done in the marketplace of ideas. It’s a good thing when journalists start noticing the research produced by public intellectuals (Hello Jonathan “Anxious Generation” Haidt), because that leads to ongoing debates that […]
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