DAKAR, Senegal — Senegal’s governing party is poised to win a parliamentary majority as main opposition leaders conceded defeat Monday in an election determining whether newly elected President Bassirou Diomaye Faye can carry out ambitious reforms he promised during his campaign. PASTEF is projected to win around 131 out of the 165 seats in the…
NEW YORK — With Thanksgiving less than two weeks away, Walmart, Target, Aldi and other grocers are competing for a place on holiday tables with turkey dinner deals and other promotions to tempt Americans who haven’t recovered from recent food price inflation. Walmart, the nation’s largest food retailer, first bundled the makings of a traditional…
Gary Vaynerchuk says he doesn’t predict the future, it just seems that way. The 49-year-old CEO and media personality invested in Facebook in its infancy and built an audience on YouTube in the early 2000s by posting daily — a rare practice at the time. His prescient forecasts have made him and his company, Vayner Media,…
US budget carrier Spirit Airlines has filed for bankruptcy protection after a long run of financial losses and a series of failed merger attempts. On Monday, the Florida-based airline said it had arranged an agreement to restructure its debt and raise money during a bankruptcy process that is expected to last until early 2025. During…
Two top contenders to serve as Donald Trump’s Treasury secretary are engaged in what is being reported as a “knife fight” — and the president-elect is apparently widening his list of choices after he is said to have soured on one of them, according to reports. Howard Lutnick, the billionaire CEO of Wall Street giant…
Tesla shares jumped 7.2% on Monday following a report that President-elect Donald Trump plans to speed along the regulatory process on self-driving vehicles. Trump’s transition team is aiming to make a federal framework for fully autonomous vehicles a top priority for the Transportation Department, sources familiar with the matter told Bloomberg. The streamlined regulatory system…
HOUSTON — The Houston Astros’ home will get a new name on Jan. 1, becoming Daikin Park under an agreement through the 2039 season the team announced Monday. The stadium opened as Enron Field in 2000 as part of a 30-year, $100 million agreement but the name was removed in March 2002 following Enron Corp.’s…
LONDON — U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer said that he wanted a strong and durable relationship with China Monday as he met with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the G20 summit in Brazil. It was the first time a British leader has met with Xi in recent years as ties between the two countries deteriorated…
RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil sought concerted action on alleviating hunger Monday as it hosted a summit of the Group of 20 leading economies amid global uncertainty over two major wars and incoming U.S. President-elect Donald Trump. Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva welcomed foreign leaders to Rio de Janeiro’s modern art museum Monday…
About one in five Americans – and a virtually identical share of Republicans and Democrats – regularly get their news from digital influencers who are more likely to be found on the social media platform X, according to a report released Monday by the Pew Research Center. The findings, drawn from a survey of more…
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