Thursday, January 30, 2025

#news - Top U.S. & World Headlines — January 30, 2025: Democracy Now

30 January 2025

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#investment #finance - Tech Stocks Lead Futures Higher Amid Mixed Earnings, ECB Set for Cut | Bloomberg Brief 01/30/2025

30 January 2024

Stock futures rise as investors await earnings results from Apple and Intel following a mixed report from Meta and Microsoft.

The ECB is widely expected to announce a rate cut after the Fed held rates steady. Ludovic Subran of Allianz sees the Fed's terminal rate settling at 4%, leading to a transatlantic rate spread of 200 basis points.

UBS's Leslie Falconio says the Fed isn't a side show despite President Trump's criticisms.

“Bloomberg Brief” delivers the market news, data and analysis you need to set your agenda.

#planecrash #americanairlines #helicoptercrash - American Airlines regional jet crashes after collision with Black Hawk helicopter: NBC News

30 January 2025

A search is underway in the Potomac River after an American Airlines regional jet arriving from Wichita, Kansas, collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter and crashed into the river.

#planecrash #americanairlines #helicoptercrash

#F1 - "Those pictures were ICONIC" 🤩 | Toto Wolff discusses Lewis Hamilton's start at Ferrari: Sky Sports F1

30 January 2025

Toto Wolff spoke at the Autosport Awards to discuss Lewis Hamilton's move to Ferrari, what's in store for Kimi Antonelli and the FIA's swearing regulations. #wolff #formulaone #f1

Wednesday, January 29, 2025

#Ukraine #Europe #UnitedStates - 'War must end, Ukraine couldn't agree more: The question is what do we mean by just, lasting peace?' FRANCE 24 English

29 January 2025

Forget Donald Trump’s appointments to key posts. It’ll be the president himself who ultimately decides whether to strike a deal over Ukraine’s head with Russia, argues Dmytro Kuleba.

Ukraine’s former foreign minister tells France 24’s François Picard about his country’s war effort and why he’s against lowering the conscription age as well as life after public office teaching wartime diplomacy at the French political science institute Sciences Po.

#Europe #Russia'sWarOnUkraine #UnitedStates

#news - Top U.S. & World Headlines — January 29, 2025: Democracy Now

29 January 2025

Democracy Now! is an independent global news hour that airs on over 1,500 TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream at democracynow.org Mondays to Fridays 8-9 a.m. ET. Subscribe to our Daily Email Digest: https://democracynow.org/subscribe

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#USA #Trump #federalgovernment - Trump goes too far: Zeal to dismantle federal government triggers public outrage: MSNBC

29 January 2025

Rachel Maddow reports on the nation-wide chaos that followed the Trump administration freezing billions in federal funds with little warning, and the public backlash over the vital services disrupted as a result of the Trump administration's desire to dismantle the federal government by pushing out federal workers and slashing support for federal programs that sent Trump backpedaling to make exceptions and excuses for his overreach.

#MSNBC #Trump #federalgovernment

Longtime federal workers say they have become pawns in a battle for political control, that their DEI work is misunderstood and they fear they're under surveillance.


#AI #DeepSeek #ArtificialIntelligence - Will China's DeepSeek burst the American AI bubble? | DW News Desk

29 January 2025

Chinese artificial intelligence company DeepSeek and its latest open-source large language model (LLM) are sending shockwaves through the world's tech industry. DeepSeek's LLM appears to match or even beat its competitors at a fraction of the cost.

And DeepSeek is by far not the only AI model coming out of China. Alibaba's Qwen and Bytedance's Doubao are other examples of competitors catching up with American companies like OpenAI. US President Donald Trump says it's a 'wake-up call' for Silicon Valley, but how real is DeepSeek's AI revolution?

Can this Chinese startup truly overtake the US tech giants spending billions to win the AI race? #NewsDesk #DeepSeek #ArtificialIntelligence