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Jimmy Kimmel Live! will return to the airwaves after Disney lifted its indefinite suspension of the US late-night show, but two of the largest affiliate owners – Sinclair Broadcasting Group and Nexstar Media Group – will not air the long-running programme.Disney owns the broadcaster ABC, home of Jimmy Kimmel Live!. On Monday evening, Disney announced that the show would return following discussions with Kimmel’s team and network representatives. However, two of the major affiliate operators have not reversed course.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listKeeping the show off those affiliate TV stations significantly cuts into Kimmel’s reach. Nexstar and…

The decision means Rebecca Slaughter remains barred from her post at the Federal Trade Commission for the time being.Published On 22 Sep 202522 Sep 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareThe United States Supreme Court has agreed to take up a case that addresses whether President Donald Trump may fire a Democratic member of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) despite congressional job protections for the post.The high court announced its decision on Monday, effectively allowing Rebecca Slaughter to remain barred from her office at the consumer protection and antitrust agency while the case is ongoing.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend…

Families in Taiwan will receive cash incentives for newborns and fertility treatment.Published On 18 Sep 202518 Sep 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareTaiwan has announced that it is fighting back against low population growth with a new subsidy programme to encourage families to have more children.Taiwan’s cabinet on Thursday approved standardised cash payouts to families for each newborn and the coverage of a larger proportion of infertility treatment costs, Focus Taiwan reported.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listUnder the new plan, families will receive $3,320 per newborn, Taiwan News reported, with twins qualifying for a payment of nearly…

US President Donald Trump is set to hold talks with his Chinese counterpart, President Xi Jinping, on Friday in a bid to finalise an agreement that will allow the popular video-sharing app TikTok to continue operating in the United States amid threats of a ban.Trump, who has praised TikTok for helping him gain young followers during the November presidential election, did not provide details on the nature of the deal, but implied he was looking to secure TikTok’s continued use in the US to appeal to young Americans.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listTikTok boasts about 175 million users…

United States President Donald Trump has spent the better part of this week touting a TikTok “deal” with China, but experts say it is far from finalised after both sides shared details of his phone call with President Xi Jinping.The two leaders spoke by phone on Friday, their first call in three months, but there was no announcement of the sale of the popular social media app that has 170 million US users.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listWhile Trump, in a post after the call on Truth Social, said “It was a very good call … appreciate the…

United States President Donald Trump’s administration has asked the US Supreme Court to let him move ahead with firing Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook – a move without precedent since the central bank’s founding in 1913 – in a legal battle that imperils the Fed’s independence.The Department of Justice asked the justices on Thursday to lift US District Judge Jia Cobb’s September 9 order temporarily blocking the Republican president from removing Cook, an appointee of Democratic former President Joe Biden.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listCobb ruled that Trump’s claims that Cook committed mortgage fraud before taking office, which…

The lawsuit filed in a court in Delaware alleges the accident was caused by faulty fuel switchesPublished On 17 Sep 202517 Sep 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareThe families of four passengers killed in the June 12 crash of an Air India Boeing 787 said in a lawsuit that the accident resulted from allegedly faulty fuel switches, which the US Federal Aviation Administration has said do not appear to have caused the accident that killed 260 people.The lawsuit filed on Wednesday in Delaware Superior Court blames Boeing and Honeywell, which made the switches, for the crash seconds after Flight…

US President Donald Trump has announced a deal with China to allow the TikTok platform to continue operating in the United States.Trump said he would speak to Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday to confirm the details of an agreement to avoid a ban on the popular video-sharing app in the US.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of list“We have a group of very big companies that want to buy it. And you know, the kids want it so badly,” Trump told reporters on Tuesday.“I had parents calling me up. They don’t want it for themselves, they want it for…

Ludhiana, India – On the floor of a Ludhiana spinning mill, 29-year-old Pankaj Kumar stands at his station, his fingers a blur as he knots loose threads and feeds them onto a spinning wheel. The yarn will soon make its way to the city’s textile factories, which produce woollen knitwear, hosiery, and other garments, much of it destined for the United States.Kumar has worked in different spinneries for nearly a decade, but for the past four months, this one has been his livelihood, bringing in 18,000 rupees ($203.87) a month. But now that US President Donald Trump has slapped India with…

The fintech company made its debut on the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday.Klarna, the Swedish buy-now-pay-later company, has made its highly anticipated public debut on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), the latest in a run of high-profile initial public offerings this year.Klarna sold 34.3 million shares to investors at $40 a share late on Tuesday and was listed on the exchange on Wednesday. That is above the forecasted range of $35 to $37 a share and values the company at more than $15bn.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listShares of Klarna opened 30 percent above their offer…