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Xochitl Hinojosa, Biden’s former Justice Department spokesman, said she has no confidence in Xavier Becerra, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary during the Biden administration, to lead California after Tuesday’s gubernatorial debate. Hinojosa told a “CNN News Night” panel that California’s governor needs to be someone who can push back on President…
A Democratic lawmaker has sparked backlash after saying she discussed oil supplies to Cuba with foreign ambassadors despite U.S. sanctions and defended the move as “actually our right and our responsibility.” Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., made the comments at a recent news conference in Seattle after a congressional delegation visited Cuba, where she discussed the…
New Delhi: Kings XI Punjab youngster Cooper Connolly etched his name in IPL history with a sensational unbeaten century against Sunrisers Hyderabad on Wednesday, becoming the youngest overseas batsman ever to score a century in the tournament. The 22-year-old Australian produced a stunning one-run stand at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, scoring an unbeaten 107…
Artificial intelligence agents will become more important than humans on the internet within the next decade, says Charles Hoskinson, a shift that has forced Google, Facebook and Amazon to react. Hoskinson also said during a keynote speech at Consensus 2026 in Miami on Wednesday that “by 2035, the majority of searches, commerce and activity on…
Cryptocurrency gains paused on Thursday, while stocks continued to move higher. Bitcoin Bitcoin$81,437.09 It was trading at $80,945 during the Asian session, down 0.7% in 24 hours, but still up 6.9% for the week. Ethereum (ETH) fell 2% to $2,326, dog$0.1115 was the main laggard, falling 4.4% to $0.1106 after last week’s gains brought its…
Author: David Shepherdson and Kathy Hall WASHINGTON/SHANGHAI, May 6 (Reuters) – The fuel supply to both engines of a China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737 jet was shut off before it crashed into a hillside in southern China in March 2022, killing all 132 people on board, data released by the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board…
Bayern Munich sports committee member Max Eberl criticized referee Joao Pinheiro after Wednesday’s 1-1 draw with Paris Saint-Germain, which saw the German champions knocked out of the Champions League 6-5 on aggregate. He praised PSG for playing an “excellent game” but believed multiple controversial decisions by referees also had an impact. advertise “We probably made…
A key piece of financial infrastructure that combines tokenized assets with traditional banking was put to a true cross-border test this week. Ondo Finance said on Wednesday it had completed the first near-real-time cross-border redemption of a U.S. Treasury tokenized fund alongside JPMorgan Chase’s blockchain platform Kinexys, payments giant Mastercard and Ripple. The transaction, which…
Bank of New York, the world’s largest custodian with $59 trillion in assets under management, is expanding its digital asset custody business into the United Arab Emirates through local partners. The global financial services giant is partnering with Finstreet and the ADI Foundation to build regulated digital asset infrastructure in Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM),…
California peach growers will destroy an estimated 420,000 rock-solid peach trees after a decades-long partnership with Del Monte Foods collapsed, leaving farmers without buyers for tens of thousands of tons of fruit. The U.S. Department of Agriculture previously approved up to $9 million in federal relief funds to help California farmers cut down about 3,000…