Antics of RFK Jr, Kristi Noem and others prompt derision – could their erratic behaviour prove president’s undoing? Heads bowed, linked by arms across their backs, they gathered in a solemn prayer circle. “The quiet moments are often the most important,” Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, reflected later on social media. Then Team Trump entered the chamber to cheers and applause...
Antics of RFK Jr, Kristi Noem and others prompt derision – could their erratic behaviour prove president’s undoing? Heads bowed, linked by arms across their backs, they gathered in a solemn prayer circle. “The quiet moments are often the most important,” Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, reflected later on social media. Then Team Trump entered the chamber to cheers and applause for Tuesday’s State of the Union address. Democrats gathered on Capitol Hill, however, regarded the people appointed by Donald Trump to his cabinet and other senior positions rather differently. In the past two weeks alone, they saw a health secretary who boasted about snorting cocaine off toilet seats; a homeland security secretary who allegedly fired a pilot for leaving her blanket on a plane; and an FBI director who chugged beer with Olympic hockey players in Italy at taxpayers’ expense. Continue reading...
Canada’s prime minister and Indian prime minister will meet Monday in visit that marks diplomatic shift It’s not often that the leaders of two countries which have traded accusations of murder, extortion and terrorism meet only months later on friendly terms. But amid what he had described as a “rupture in the world order”, Mark Carney , Canada’s prime minister, will on Monday meet Narendra Modi, ...
Canada’s prime minister and Indian prime minister will meet Monday in visit that marks diplomatic shift It’s not often that the leaders of two countries which have traded accusations of murder, extortion and terrorism meet only months later on friendly terms. But amid what he had described as a “rupture in the world order”, Mark Carney , Canada’s prime minister, will on Monday meet Narendra Modi, India’s prime minister, to repair strained ties between their nations. Continue reading...
Being spontaneous is overrated, say Mia and Elijah, who find timetabling sex means it never gets forgotten • How do you do it? Share the story of your sex life, anonymously OK, you’re volunteering on Tuesday, and I’m going fishing on Thursday, so we’re going to have sex on Monday and Friday Continue reading...
Being spontaneous is overrated, say Mia and Elijah, who find timetabling sex means it never gets forgotten • How do you do it? Share the story of your sex life, anonymously OK, you’re volunteering on Tuesday, and I’m going fishing on Thursday, so we’re going to have sex on Monday and Friday Continue reading...
Thousands go missing every year, including more than 5,000 Native American and Alaska Native women and girls Savannah Guthrie is moving back to New York to resume anchoring NBC’s Today show and acknowledging that her 84-year-old mother, Nancy, may not be found a month after she disappeared from her Tucson, Arizona, home in the middle of the night. “We still believe in a miracle,” Guthrie said in a...
Thousands go missing every year, including more than 5,000 Native American and Alaska Native women and girls Savannah Guthrie is moving back to New York to resume anchoring NBC’s Today show and acknowledging that her 84-year-old mother, Nancy, may not be found a month after she disappeared from her Tucson, Arizona, home in the middle of the night. “We still believe in a miracle,” Guthrie said in a video last week announcing a $1m reward for her mother’s return in an enduring mystery that has gripped the US for four weeks. “We also know that she may be lost. She may already be gone.” Continue reading...
Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi has stepped up its overseas expansion with the global launch of its flagship Xiaomi 17 series in Barcelona, in its latest effort to challenge Apple and Samsung in the premium segment. The launch event, held on Saturday ahead of MWC Barcelona, marked the overseas release of Xiaomi 17 and Xiaomi 17 Ultra, months after the company launched the Xiaomi 17 series domestic...
Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi has stepped up its overseas expansion with the global launch of its flagship Xiaomi 17 series in Barcelona, in its latest effort to challenge Apple and Samsung in the premium segment. The launch event, held on Saturday ahead of MWC Barcelona, marked the overseas release of Xiaomi 17 and Xiaomi 17 Ultra, months after the company launched the Xiaomi 17 series domestically. As with the domestic versions, both models are powered by the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon 8...
Investing.com -- The global race for humanoid robots is getting crowded. For years, the narrative was simple: the U.S. designs the "brains" while China produces the hardware. But according to a Morgan Stanley report, that clean divide is falling apart. China is no longer just a workshop; it’s a powerhouse that shipped over 12,000 humanoids in 2025 alone.
Investing.com -- The global race for humanoid robots is getting crowded. For years, the narrative was simple: the U.S. designs the "brains" while China produces the hardware. But according to a Morgan Stanley report, that clean divide is falling apart. China is no longer just a workshop; it’s a powerhouse that shipped over 12,000 humanoids in 2025 alone.
AMD’s K6-III ‘Sharptooth’ debuted this week in 1999 with on-die L2 cache to savage the Intel Pentium II — it also held the line against the Pentium III Tom's Hardware
AMD’s K6-III ‘Sharptooth’ debuted this week in 1999 with on-die L2 cache to savage the Intel Pentium II — it also held the line against the Pentium III Tom's Hardware
Richard Drury/DigitalVision via Getty Images After three straight years of underperforming the broader market, a lack of exposure to troubled software stocks has been good for value strategies in the early months of 2026. The Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund ETF ( VYM ) is one such example, with shares of this popular index tracker returning a spritely 8% so far this year. Don't be fooled b...
Richard Drury/DigitalVision via Getty Images After three straight years of underperforming the broader market, a lack of exposure to troubled software stocks has been good for value strategies in the early months of 2026. The Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund ETF ( VYM ) is one such example, with shares of this popular index tracker returning a spritely 8% so far this year. Don't be fooled by this fund's name. While it gives off the impression that it's a crude play on yield, VYM's construction methodology is much more balanced than that. What it ultimately produces is a portfolio that looks more like a collection of blue-chip dividend payers than risky high yielders. Admittedly, the fund's focus on dividends can leave it disadvantaged during strong bull markets, as its recent history shows. However, long-term investors looking for a less volatile, low-cost basket of core stocks will find a lot to like here. Data by YCharts Heavy On Blue Chip Dividend Stocks VYM aims to match the performance of the FTSE High Dividend Yield Index, which is a U.S. subset of the broader FTSE All-World High Dividend Yield Index. The index starts by deleting companies that have not paid an ordinary dividend in the last 12 months. Those not expected to pay dividends in the next 12 months are also excluded. Real estate investment trusts and mortgage REITs are ineligible regardless. To construct the index, survivors are first ranked, in descending order, by their 12-month forward dividend yield. The highest-yielding stocks are then selected until 50% of the list's total investable market capitalization has been reached. Finally, constituents are weighted by their investable market cap. Reconstitution occurs twice a year. As you can probably see, this process will sweep in larger dividend-paying companies that may not necessarily have the highest yields. Weighting by market cap then emphasizes these stocks in the index, mitigating the risks that could arise from smaller yield traps. Fi...
Market participants will be keeping close tabs on developments in Iran after the U.S. and Israel launched strikes over the weekend, while awaiting a slew of economic reports, highlighted by the scheduled release Friday of the February jobs report.
Market participants will be keeping close tabs on developments in Iran after the U.S. and Israel launched strikes over the weekend, while awaiting a slew of economic reports, highlighted by the scheduled release Friday of the February jobs report.
In this article @LCO.1 USO Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT Tankers are seen at the Khor Fakkan Container Terminal, the only natural deep-sea port in the region and one of the major container ports in the Sharjah Emirate, along the Strait of Hormuz, a waterway through which one-fifth of global oil output passes on June 23, 2025. Giuseppe Cacace | AFP | Getty Images Oil markets are b...
In this article @LCO.1 USO Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT Tankers are seen at the Khor Fakkan Container Terminal, the only natural deep-sea port in the region and one of the major container ports in the Sharjah Emirate, along the Strait of Hormuz, a waterway through which one-fifth of global oil output passes on June 23, 2025. Giuseppe Cacace | AFP | Getty Images Oil markets are bracing for a possible supply shock after U.S. strikes on Iran over the weekend reignited fears that flows through the Strait of Hormuz could be disrupted. While analysts expect an immediate "knee-jerk" reaction to oil prices when trading resumes in New York on Sunday evening, the bigger question is whether tensions could escalate into a sustained interruption of Gulf exports. "At this point, it seems we are looking at a full-scale military conflict between the U.S. and Iran, which would be unprecedented and the trajectory impossible to assess," said Vandana Hari, CEO of energy research firm Vanda Insights. "If it carries on for days with Iran and its proxies retaliating to the fullest extent, we are looking at the worst-case scenarios for oil, including a major disruption of oil flows through the Middle East," Hari told CNBC. This is unless the U.S. is able to pre-emptively disarm the Iranian navy and military, as well as ensure tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz continues to flow normally. With tensions escalating, attention has shifted back to the Strait of Hormuz, where any disruption would have immediate and outsized consequences for global oil and LNG flows. Stock Chart Icon Stock chart icon Oil prices year-on-year Positioned between Oman and Iran, the strait serves as a critical transit route - and potential chokepoint - for global crude, with about 13 million barrels per day moving through it in 2025, equal to approximately 31% of all seaborne oil flows, Kpler data showed. It links major Gulf producers including Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq and the United Arab E...
OPEC+ agreed in principle to increase oil production next month, delegates said, as a conflict sparked by US-Israeli strikes on Iran threatened to bolster a rally in crude prices. Key members led by Saudi Arabia and Russia — which had paused a series of hikes during the first quarter — will add 206,000 barrels a day, delegates said Sunday. They asked not to be identified as the talks are private.
OPEC+ agreed in principle to increase oil production next month, delegates said, as a conflict sparked by US-Israeli strikes on Iran threatened to bolster a rally in crude prices. Key members led by Saudi Arabia and Russia — which had paused a series of hikes during the first quarter — will add 206,000 barrels a day, delegates said Sunday. They asked not to be identified as the talks are private.