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December 24, 2024

WTO wants reform to security exemption used to justify tariffs
TOKYO — The head of the World Trade Organization has called on member states to negotiate “a more careful definition” of the national security exemption, a provision used by U.S. President Donald Trump to justify a flurry of tariff threats. Member states are entitled to use the national security exemption, a Cold War-era clause that…
Tencent beats earnings expectations with AI-enhanced ads and games
HONG KONG — China’s most valuable company, Tencent Holdings, posted a much better-than-expected quarterly result on Wednesday due to strong performances of its AI-enhanced advertising and evergreen games. In the Janu-March quarter, revenue of the Shenzhen-based company rose 13% on the year to 180.02 billion yuan ($24.9 billion), beating the average forecast of 174.63 billion…
Robert Benton, Oscar-winning filmmaker of ‘Kramer vs. Kramer,’ dies at 92
NEW YORK — Robert Benton, the Oscar-winning filmmaker who helped reset the rules in Hollywood as the co-creator of “Bonnie and Clyde,” and later received mainstream validation as the writer-director of “Kramer vs. Kramer” and “Places in the Heart,” has died at age 92. Benton’s son, John Benton, said that he died Sunday at his…
Foxconn slightly lowers 2025 forecast on tariffs and currency volatility
TAIPEI — Major Apple and Nvidia supplier Foxconn has slightly lowered its outlook for 2025 despite strong growth in AI servers, citing mounting tariff uncertainties and the strong appreciation of the Taiwanese dollar. Young Liu, chairman of the world’s largest contract electronics maker, said that the company is more cautious about the full-year outlook than…
Birthright citizenship dispute at the Supreme Court has broad implications for Trump’s agenda
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court could give a major boost to the Trump administration’s muscular use of executive power when it hears arguments Thursday over his plan to end birthright citizenship. The court is not actually using a trio of cases before it to give the final word on whether Trump can radically reinterpret the…
Noem’s claim that Afghan refugees can safely return to their Taliban-ruled homeland is ‘just absurd,’ advocates say
The Trump administration says Afghan refugees can safely return to Afghanistan despite warnings from rights groups and lawmakers that Afghans who worked for the U.S. milit face the threat of persecution, imprisonment and even execution by the Taliban regime. The Department of Homeland Security announced on Monday it had stripped legal protections for thousands of Afghans…
More talk, uncertainty and deadlines
More than a month after President Donald Trump’s tariff-focused “Liberation Day,” just about all America has won is more deadlines and assurances of ongoing talks. With China, the U.S. has secured no major changes other than offsetting step-downs of recent import duties and import restrictions. And an accord with the U.K., announced last Wednesday,…
Men are more likely to die of ‘broken heart syndrome,’ study says
After a traumatic event like a divorce or the death of a loved one, some people may experience chest pain and shortness of breath — the result of a condition known colloquially as “broken heart syndrome.” The syndrome, which doctors formally call takotsubo cardiomyopathy, is thought to be triggered by physical or emotional stress, which releases…
An NBA star was named ‘most overrated’ by his peers. He’s having the last laugh
Tyrese Haliburton arrived for a photoshoot in a Las Vegas casino last summer holding onto a pair of silver-tipped cowboy boots and a grudge. Before the Indiana Pacers guard slipped into a denim outfit and in front of a magazine’s camera, he rattled off all he was grateful for: consecutive appearances at the league’s All-Star…