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India and the European Union have successfully concluded a Free trade Agreement (FTA). The deal’s negotiations were launched in June 2022 and finalized on 27 January 2026. Could “the Mother of all Deals” accelerate India’s push toward clearer crypto regulation?  According to the Free Trade Agreement, it grants privileged access for EU exports to the world’s most populous country of 1.45 billion people, potentially doubling EU goods exports to India by 2032, eliminating or reducing tariffs on over 96% of EU goods exports, eliminating or reducing prohibitive tariffs on key EU agri-food products like wine, olive oil, chocolate and pastries.…

Enjoyed this article? Share it with your friends! A senior Meta representative has rejected claims that the company can access private WhatsApp chats. The denial came after several users filed a lawsuit in a US court on January 23, which accused Meta of misleading them about WhatsApp’s privacy features.The case was submitted in San Francisco by users from countries including Australia, Mexico, South Africa, and India. They argued that the app’s end-to-end encryption is not as private as Meta claims and are seeking financial compensation. Did you know? Want to get smarter & wealthier with crypto? Subscribe – We publish…

BNY’s Macro Strategist John Velis provides insights on the upcoming January FOMC meeting, indicating that no change in interest rates is expected. The report highlights a modest chance of a rate cut and suggests that the Fed will maintain a steady stance in the coming years. The focus will be on the balance of risks regarding inflation and the labor market, with no significant policy shifts anticipated.January FOMC preview insights”No change in the policy rate is expected at Wednesday’s FOMC meeting. Market expectations imply a slight 3.4% chance of a cut. Indeed, the next rate move is not expected until…

If you’ve heard Run‑D.M.C.‘s Rais­ing Hell, Rage Against the Machine’s self-titled debut, John­ny Cash’s Amer­i­can Record­ings, or Adele’s 21, you’ve heard the work of Rick Rubin. Yet even if you’ve lis­tened close­ly to every song on which he’s been cred­it­ed as a pro­duc­er over the past 45 years, you may have trou­ble pin­ning down what, exact­ly, the work of Rick Rubin is. Though his résumé includes such pro­fes­sion­al achieve­ments as co-found­ing both Def Jam Record­ings and Amer­i­can Record­ings, as well as shar­ing the pres­i­den­cy of Colum­bia Records for a stretch, he’s become best known in recent years as a kind of…

NEED TO KNOW Al Roker spoke to PEOPLE on the 30th anniversary of his time at the Today showThe 71-year-old meteorologist discussed the possibility of retirementHe also shared what he hopes his legacy will be after he’s left the NBC morning show Al Roker might be celebrating three decades on the Today show, but the milestone anniversary hasn’t made him consider retirement anytime soon.  The 71-year-old weatherman spoke exclusively to PEOPLE ahead of his 30th anniversary on the NBC morning show about his plans for the future.  “Well, let’s put it this way. I haven’t thought about retirement,” he tells…

It is ironic that Richard Linklater has chosen to homage a film carved out of spontaneous new techniques with one so mired in contrivances that it is impossible for it to breathe. To be fair, Breathless is the name of the game in this black-and-white reconstruction of the making of Jean-Luc Godard’s first film.The year is 1959 and Cahiers du Cinema critic JLG is aware that he is amongst the only of his contemporaries not to have made a feature film. Claude Chabrol has. Éric Rohmer has. François Truffaut’s The 400 Blows is about to première at Cannes. JLG wants to make a non-traditional…

Many of the worst policies have bipartisan support.   On January 9, President Trump announced on Truth Social that he was “calling for a one year cap on credit card interest rates of 10 percent” starting January 20.  When asked what the consequences would be if credit card companies didn’t comply, the president replied: “Then they are in violation of the law. Very severe things.” There is, in fact, no such law, but there are moves to change that.  Q: On the credit card rate cap, what if the credit card companies don’t respond?Trump: Then they are in violation of the…

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The West Indies tour of South Africa 2026 gets underway with a high-stakes series opener at Boland Park in Paarl. This three-match T20I series serves as a vital dress rehearsal for both sides ahead of the T20 World Cup 2026, which kicks off in just two weeks. South Africa, led by Aiden Markram, is looking to bounce back from a recent series loss to India, while the West Indies aim to find their rhythm after a surprising defeat against Afghanistan. With the SA20 season having just concluded, players from both camps are battle-hardened and familiar with the local conditions.SA vs…

Everton remain winless against newly promoted sides in the Premier League this season Everton manager David Moyes praised striker Thierno Barry after he earned a deserved point against Leeds with a fourth goal in five Premier League games. Everton were poor in the first half on Monday night and trailed a goal by James Justin. But Moyes changed formation at the break and his side dominated the second half, and took a point when Barry slammed in at the near post. Moyes said: “If you’re a centre forward, you need to score goals and he [Barry] hadn’t at the start.…