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Could more cattle cause record beef prices to drop?
Mandan, North Dakota: It 's never been so expensive for Americans to buy a steak or hamburger, but cutting those costs requires ranchers like Stephanie Hatzenbuhler to raise more cattle - and that 's not an easy ask. For a host of reasons, Hatzenbuhler and other ranchers across the country are relu
Samsung asks court to block illegal strike activities by unions
Seuol: Samsung Electronics asked a court on Thursday to block its South Korean labour unions engaging in illegal activities during a planned strike, a spokesperson said, as a wage dispute threatens to disrupt operations at the world 's top memory chipmaker. Samsung did not elaborate on details of
India politics: Why Opposition parties are concerned over population-based seat restructuring
New Delhi: India 's Parliament opened debate Thursday on a landmark bill to reserve one-third of legislative seats for women, which could set off a sweeping redrawing of voting boundaries that could sharpen political tensions nationwide. If passed, the bill would fast-track a 2023 law mandating 33%
EasyJet warns of bigger first-half loss on surging fuel costs, legal bills
British budget airline easyJet on Thursday warned of a bigger headline pretax loss for the first half of the year compared with a year earlier, as it grappled with surging fuel prices due to the Middle East war and higher legal provisions. The airline expects a headline pre-tax loss of 540 mil
ChatGPT maker OpenAI shifts focus to business users amid Anthropic pressure
The same ChatGPT chatbot that gave OpenAI 's chief financial officer Sarah Friar a tilapia recipe for a recent Sunday night dinner at home is also now doing her most mundane tasks at work like summarising her emails and Slack messages. Friar and other company executives are banking OpenAI 's future
Australian judge rejects US Marine pilot's appeal against extradition to US
Melbourne: An Australian judge on Thursday rejected an appeal by former US Marine Corps pilot Daniel Duggan to avoid extradition to the United States over allegations that he illegally trained Chinese military aviators more than a decade ago. Duggan is accused of training Chinese military pilots wh
Trump urges extending foreign surveillance program
Washington: Congress is set to take up the reauthorization of a divisive program that lets U.S. spy agencies pore over foreigners ' calls, texts and emails, with supporters like President Donald Trump saying it has saved lives while critics point to long-standing concerns about warrantless surveill
A small but growing movement wants you to put down your phone
New York: More than a dozen millennials gathered in a brownstone apartment in Brooklyn and placed their phones in a metal colander before two hours of reading, drawing and conversation - anything but staring at screens. A similar scene played out a few miles away, in an early 20th-century cardboard
Scorching temperatures in eastern U.S. could smash records
Atlanta: A long-lasting weather pattern is poised to blast hot air like a furnace across the eastern United States, with the unusual heat wave threatening to shatter record high temperatures on Wednesday in big cities including New York, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. The heat is unusual for Apr
Real Madrid defender José Emilio Santamaría dies at age 96
Madrid: Real Madrid defender José Emilio Santamaría, a Uruguayan who won four European Cups as part of the club 's golden generation of players from the 1950s and 1960s before becoming coach of Spain, has died at age 96. "Santamaría will always be remembered as one of the great symbols of our club,
US blockade of Iranian ports 'fully implemented'
US President Donald Trump said the war in Iran was "very close to over" in clips of an interview set to air Wednesday, while the US military said its blockade on Iranian ports had been "fully implemented." Pakistan said Tuesday it was pursuing efforts to help the US and Iran negotiate an end to the
Tom Cruise touts 'wild' dark comedy 'Digger' to theater owners
Las Vegas: Tom Cruise said he took four decades of acting to get to a place where he could play the eccentric oil tycoon at the centre of an upcoming dark comedy, "Digger." Cruise introduced the first images from the movie on Tuesday at the CinemaCon convention of theatre owners in Las Vegas. They