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Vilnius, Lithuania AP — Belarus released Nobel Peace Prize winner Ales Bialiatsky, leading opposition figure Maria Kolesnikova and dozens of other prisoners on Saturday, ending two days of talks with the United States aimed at improving relations and lifting crippling American sanctions on Belarus’ key agricultural exports. The United States announced early Saturday that it would lift sanctions on Belarus’ potash sector. In return, President Alexander Lukashenko pardoned 123 prisoners, Belarusian state news agency Belta reported. Minsk, a close ally of Russia, has faced Western isolation and sanctions for years. Mr. Lukashenko has ruled the country of 9.5 million people…
Australia and England players wore black armbands during the third Ashes Test in Adelaide following Sunday’s shooting incident at Sydney’s Bondi Beach.Gunmen opened fire during the Hanukkah festival, which marks the beginning of the Jewish holiday, killing 15 people and injuring many others.Flags flew at half-staff at matches at Adelaide Oval from Wednesday, and Australian folk singer John Williamson performed his 1982 hit True Blue after a moment of silence on the opening morning.Australia captain Pat Cummins, whose family lives in the Bondi suburb of Bronte, said the attack “hit home pretty hard”, while England captain Ben Stokes described the…
Check out the companies that made headlines before the bell: Pfizer — The pharmaceutical giant released disappointing 2026 revenue guidance. Pfizer expected next year’s profit to be between $2.80 and $3 per share. Analysts polled by LSEG expected earnings per share of $3.05 in 2026, and the company also reaffirmed its 2025 outlook. The stock price remained near the flat line. Roku — The streaming platform rose more than 4% after Morgan Stanley upgraded the stock twice from underweight to overweight. “Roku’s platform revenue growth accelerated in the second half of 2025, suggesting that in addition to its growing user…
A Tesla electric vehicle (EV) in front of the company’s store in Colma, California, on Monday, November 10, 2025. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesA California administrative law judge recently ruled: Tesla’s The California Department of Transportation says the company’s marketing around its “Autopilot” and “fully self-driving” systems is deceptive and the company’s license to sell and manufacture vehicles in the state must be suspended for 30 days. The California DMV formally filed false advertising charges against Tesla in 2022. The regulator will suspend the company’s sales license for 30 days after giving Elon Musk’s automaker 90 days…
The United States has added five Arab and African countries to its travel ban list amid escalating Islamophobic rhetoric by right-wing politicians.US President Donald Trump has added five countries, including Palestine and Syria, to the list of countries whose citizens are banned from entering the US.The White House announced an expansion of immigration bans on Tuesday in an effort to crack down on immigration.Recommended stories list of 3 itemsend of listTuesday’s order imposed travel bans on six new countries, in addition to the 12 countries originally announced in June: Palestine, Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, South Sudan and Syria.The statute did…
Mourners gathered in Sydney on Wednesday for the first funerals for some of the 15 people killed in Australia’s deadliest mass shooting in nearly 30 years. There were emotional scenes outside Sydney’s Bondi Chabad as a large crowd paid their respects ahead of a service for Rabbi Eli Schlanger, who was killed in Sunday’s massacre of Jewish families celebrating the first night of Hanukkah. Schlanger’s family wept as Schlanger’s coffin, wrapped in black velor, was carried into the synagogue. Mr Schlanger, 41, organized the Hanukkah by the Sea event on Bondi Beach and was an assistant rabbi at Chabad of…
Australian batsman Steve Smith has been refused participation in the third Ashes Test against England in Adelaide.Usman Khawaja will replace Smith, who captained Australia in the first two Tests. At the coin toss 30 minutes before the start of the match, captain Pat Cummins returned and Smith’s absence was confirmed, but Australia won the coin toss and chose to bat first. “Steve has been a little sick the last few days. He came in this morning and practiced a little bit, but I didn’t expect him to be fine this time,” Cummins said.”So he’ll be heading home, but we’re very…
Kevin Hassett, director of the National Economic Council, has resigned, as has Kevin Warsh, former president of the Federal Reserve.ReutersKevin Hassett has regained the lead in prediction markets betting on who President Donald Trump will nominate as the next Fed chairman, after briefly losing ground to former Fed director Kevin Warsh.As for Carsi, traders on Tuesday valued Hassett’s odds of winning the nomination at about 53%, up from about 39% earlier in the day following reports of internal pushback from people close to President Trump. Mr. Warsh’s implied probability has fallen to about 33% from 46% earlier Tuesday.Arrow pointing outside…
Waymo co-CEOs (LR): Tekedra Mawakana and Dmitri DolgovwaymoSelf-driving car company Waymo is in talks to raise $15 billion in funding in the new year.Robotaxi company plans to raise billions of dollars from alphabetThe company’s parent company and other outside investors value the deal at $110 billion, according to people familiar with the discussions.The latest funding discussions demonstrate Waymo’s position as the collective leader in the U.S. robotaxi market. The company is spending heavily to expand its fleet and continue expanding into more regions. Waymo currently operates robotaxis and has plans to launch or begin testing vehicles in 26 markets in…
Jared Kushner, Founder and CEO of Affinity Partners, speaks during Day 2 of the FII PRIORITY Summit held at the Faena Hotel in Miami Beach, Florida on February 20, 2025.Joe Radle | Getty ImagesJared Kushner’s company Affinity Partners leaves paramount skydancehostile takeover bid warner bros discovery.”With two strong competitors vying to secure the future of this unique American asset, Affinity has decided not to pursue any further opportunities,” an Affinity spokesperson said in a statement.“The dynamics of investing have changed significantly since we first began our involvement in October,” the spokesperson said. “We continue to believe there is a strong…