The Trump administration is applauding a major move by a key South American ally in the global fight against terrorism. On Thursday, the U.S. State Department issued a statement congratulating Paraguay’s President Santiago Peña for officially labeling Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) a terrorist organization – a decision the U.S. calls a critical blow to Iran’s terror network in ...
U.S. spirit exports reached a record $2.4 billion in 2024, driven in large part by tariff concerns and ongoing global trade disputes. That is according to the American Spirits Exports report published by trade association the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States on Thursday. “U.S. spirits exports hit a new high in 2024, recapturing lost market share since the UK and ...
BOULDER, Colo. — Deion Sanders wasn’t so much Coach Prime as he reflected on the upcoming NFL draft and the immense attention flowing with one particular prospect. He was Daddy Prime. And boy, daddy certainly has a vast collection of fresh receipts. Shedeur Sanders, Deion’s youngest son, is undoubtedly the most polarizing player in the draft. The Colorado quarterback was ...
The oil sector faced volatility throughout the first quarter of 2025. Concerns around weak demand, increasing supply and trade tensions came to head in early April, pushing oil prices to four year lows and eroding the support Brent and West Texas Intermediate (WTI) had above the US$65 per barrel level. Starting the year at US$75 (Brent) and US$72 (WTI), the ...
After two successful SEC crypto roundtable meetings, the third one is set for tomorrow, April 25. Although the previous two discussions failed to bring any significant impact in the crypto industry and its status, the approaching one is anticipated to bring major changes, especially as Paul Atkins is set to attend, i.e., his first SEC crypto meeting. Here’s everything you ...
Not many expected what Greece’s economy has just accomplished. In 2024, it posted a budget surplus of 1.3% of GDP, outpacing nearly every EU peer and beating its own deficit target by two full points. The primary surplus, excluding interest payments, was even more striking at 4.8%. These numbers come from Eurostat’s final fiscal report and are now driving new ...
India’s benchmark equity indices, the Sensex and Nifty 50, saw their impressive seven-day winning streak come to an end during Thursday’s trading session. Growing geopolitical tensions between India and Pakistan, following a deadly terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir, cast a shadow over investor sentiment, prompting a cautious pullback despite underlying positive market factors. After consistently climbing for over a ...
The Trump administration is warning of ‘serious consequences’ over Russia’s plans to open a naval base in war-torn Sudan. News of the development of the base has triggered an unusual warning from the State Department, Fox News Digital was told. A State Department spokesperson told Fox News Digital, ‘We encourage all countries, including Sudan, to avoid any transactions with Russia’s ...
U.S. trucking is heading for a slowdown, with industry players fearing the “worst is yet to come” as tariffs start to crimp imports. Trucking volumes have plunged to near pre-pandemic levels, according to Craig Fuller, founder of the logistics industry publication FreightWaves. “With imports deteriorating, volumes are expected to fall by another 3-4% over the next month,” Fuller said Tuesday ...
Boston Celtics reserve guard Payton Pritchard is the 2024-25 NBA Sixth Man of the Year. Pritchard averaged a career-high 14.3 points for the Celtics, led the NBA in points off the bench with 1,079 in 80 games and set an NBA single-season record for most 3-pointers off the bench with 246. He was third among reserves in assists (257) and ...
Nickel prices have largely trended down since breaking US$20,000 per metric ton in May 2024. The decline has been attributed to refined nickel oversupply, driven by high output from Indonesia, which mined an estimated 2.2 million metric tons of nickel in 2024 and accounted for more than 50 percent of global output. The threat of US tariffs has also weighed ...
Ethereum price briefly reclaimed $1,800 on April 23 after a staggering 11% gain within 24 hours as Bitcoin and most altcoins traded higher. These gains wiped out more than $110M in short ETH positions, and as Bitcoin now eyes the psychological level of $100,000, crypto traders are wondering whether ETH will sustain this uptrend and outperform BTC to revisit $2,000 ...