China-U.S. trade deal stirs hope for soybeans

The end may be in sight for a trade war with China that had stalled all U.S. soybean purchases from the nation. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced Oct. 30 that China will purchase 12 million metric tons of soybeans during this season and...

Nnamdi Kanu Urges Trump to Launch U.S.-Led Probe into Alleged Killings in South-East Nigeria

Detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has written to United States President Donald Trump, calling for an independent international investigation into alleged killings and persecution of Christians and Igbo...

Coinbase Calls on Treasury to Uphold GENIUS Act Vision for U.S. Stablecoin Leadership

TLDR: Coinbase urges Treasury to preserve the GENIUS Act’s goal of U.S. leadership in crypto and stablecoins. The exchange supports balanced regulation that promotes innovation while maintaining consumer and financial safeguards. GENIUS Act...

Tinubu says Nigeria will defeat terrorism as U.S. pressure mounts over alleged Christian persecution

President Bola Tinubu has restated his government’s resolve to end terrorism and intensify diplomatic engagement, as pressure builds from the United States following President Donald Trump’s recent warning over alleged persecution of Christians in...

Gumi Urges Nigerians Not to Invite U.S. Intervention Over Religious Conflicts

Popular Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, on Thursday, warned against allowing President Donald Trump of the United States, US, to interfere in the issues of Nigeria. Gumi said it’s obnoxious and shameful to allow Trump interfere in Nigeria’s...

Sudan’s RSF agrees to U.S. proposal for humanitarian ceasefire

Audio By Carbonatix (Reuters) -Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces agreed to a proposal from the United States for a humanitarian ceasefire, they said on Thursday in a statement. The war erupted in April 2023 when the Sudanese army and the...

China Starts Buying U.S. Farm Goods After Trump-Xi Summit Cool-down

BEIJING – China – China has placed orders for American agricultural products, including wheat and sorghum, following a recent summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping, signalling a tentative easing of trade...

EU opens probe into U.S. Nasdaq, Germany's Deutsche Borse

BRUSSELS, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- The European Commission announced on Thursday that it has opened an antitrust investigation into possible illicit cooperation between U.S.-based Nasdaq and Germany's Deutsche Borse. The Commission stated that the...

China Buys First U.S. Wheat Cargoes Since 2024 After Leaders’ Meeting, Traders Say

By Naveen Thukral and Ella Cao SINGAPORE/BEIJING, Nov. 6 (Reuters) - China has booked two cargoes of U.S. wheat following last week's meeting between the countries’ leaders, traders said on Thursday, the first such purchases since October last...

Shutdown Forces 10% U.S. Air Traffic Cut, Aviation System Near Breaking Point: CBS

The aviation industry is facing its most severe operational crisis in decades, as federal officials announce unprecedented flight reductions at major U.S. airports. With air traffic controllers working without pay for over a month, the nation’s...

Drew Landry: Is the Texas U.S. Senate race Ken Paxton's Alamo?

Texas’ Senior U.S. Senator John Cornyn has been portrayed in this reelection contest as if it were the fight for his political life. With recent polling suggesting a tight race among him, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, and Congressman Wesley...

Trump Slams “Communism” After Mamdani Win; NYC’s New 'Immigrant Mayor' Challenges U.S. President

A fiery political showdown erupted between U.S. President Donald Trump and New York’s mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani after the city elected its first immigrant leader. Speaking on Fox News, Trump mocked Mamdani’s progressive platform, calling it...

Truffle-Hunting Movie ‘Trifole’ Set for U.S. Theatrical Release in Rare Italian Indie Cinema Breakthrough

For Milan-based producer Massimo Fabbro, the upcoming U.S. release of “Trifole” — which he calls “this tiny film from a tiny corner of Italy” — marks a feat on a par with scoring the mythically rare white truffle at the core of the ultra-indie...

Sudan’s paramilitary group said it agrees on truce proposed by U.S.-led mediator group

Audio By Carbonatix CAIRO (AP) — The Rapid Support Forces, a paramilitary group that has been at war with the Sudanese military for over two years, said Thursday it has agreed to a humanitarian truce that was proposed by U.S.-led mediator group,...

Couple arrested on several charges after U.S. 23 crash

A couple was arrested recently after a collision on U.S. 23 in which police said a wheel came off a trailer and injured the occupants of another vehicle. According to an arrest citation written by Pikeville Police Officer Daniel Fields, at...

Starlink and T-Mobile Launch Free Satellite Text to 911 Service Across the U.S.

Image: T-Mobile SpaceX’s Starlink and T-Mobile are teaming up once again, this time to make 911 access available to anyone in the U.S. — no matter which wireless carrier they use. The telecom giant this week announced a free satellite-based Text...

S&P Global Research Reveals Data Center Investments Moving The U.S. Macro Needle

Data center and AI-related investments account for 80% of U.S. private domestic demand growth in the first half of 2025. These investments include data center and power construction, information processing equipment, software, and research and...

LEGO Star Trek U.S.S. Enterprise Announced as This Year's Black Friday Set

Each year, LEGO releases a major new set right around Black Friday. This year’s late November release has just been announced: the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-D ship from Star Trek: The Next Generation. The ship is nearly two feet long and, just...

Kiwi Secures $100M Credit Facility for U.S. Expansion

Kiwi, the fintech company building AI-powered financial tools for underbanked Latinos in the U.S., today announced it has secured a $100 million credit facility from Community Investment Management (CIM). This financing follows the company’s $8...

Two New GM Cars Coming To U.S. Based On A RWD Platform

Sedans aren’t dead yet. Sources say General Motors has at least two fresh passenger cars in the pipeline for the U.S., built around an evolved rear-drive Alpha 2-2 platform. One of them is already in the open – the next Cadillac CT5. The other one...