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‘Jane the Virgin’ Season 5 Air Date, Spoilers: Fans ‘May Not’ Like Sophia Bush’s Top-Secret Guest Role, Justin Baldoni Hints

Mar 08, 2019 09:34 am UTC| Entertainment

Jane the Virgin season 5 is the series final installment, but it would not stop the production from including new roles for guest actors that may or may not be key to wrapping up the telenovela tale. One of the confirmed...

‘Animal Kingdom’ Season 4 Air Date, Spoilers, Cast: 2 New Cast Members Possibly Play Young Smurf’s Crime Buddies

Mar 08, 2019 09:34 am UTC| Entertainment

One of the confirmed running storylines in Animal Kingdom season 4 is revisiting Smurfs (Ellen Barkin) early days as a career criminal. The series would finally detail her beginnings and how she ended up having her own...

‘Kingdom Hearts 3’ DLC Latest News: ‘Star Wars’ and Marvel-Themed DLCs Are Quite Impossible, Here's Why

Mar 08, 2019 09:34 am UTC| Entertainment Technology

Fans have finally got their hands on Kingdom Hearts 3 after waiting for many years, and now most of them are already asking about a post-launch downloadable content. Developer Square Enix has yet to announce if a DLC is in...

‘The Winds of Winter’ Release Date, Plot, Characters: Showrunners Promised Author to Be Reticent About Books and Show’s Plot Differences

Mar 08, 2019 09:33 am UTC| Entertainment

Over two months into 2019 and theres still no news about when George R.R. Martin will finish The Winds of Winter. In the past, the celebrated author promised fans that the sixth book of the A Song of Ice and Fire saga will...

‘Avatar 2’ Release Date, Location, Casts: James Cameron Reportedly Showed Clips of Sequel to Disney CEO and Shareholders

Mar 08, 2019 09:33 am UTC| Entertainment

Avatar 2 is one of the most highly-anticipated sequels in the movie industry mostly due to the success that the first film garnered. At the moment, little is known about what exactly will occur in the franchises second...

‘Westworld’ Season 3 Air Date, Plot, Clues: Series Unlikely to Return in 2019 as Production Slated to Start This Month

Mar 08, 2019 09:33 am UTC| Entertainment

Westworld Season 3 is slated to start production this month, which means the third installment will not be airing this year. But the long wait didnt come as a surprise given how HBO handled the previous entries, Refinery29...

‘The Blacklist’ Season 6 Episode 10 Air Date, Spoilers: Show Creator Hints at Huge Plot Development of Upcoming Release

Mar 08, 2019 09:33 am UTC| Entertainment

The Blacklist Season 6 Episode 10 is expected to end Reds (James Spader) incarceration. The trailer for the upcoming release saw the Concierge of Crime ordering Vontea (Coy Stewart) and Vega (Javier Molina) to do a bit of...

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Economy

China Keeps Benchmark Lending Rates Steady as Economic Outlook Remains Cautious

China has once again kept its benchmark lending rates unchanged, extending the pause in monetary policy adjustments to a seventh consecutive month in December, in line with broad market expectations. The Peoples Bank of...

Asian Stocks Rise as Wall Street Tech Rally Lifts Markets, Yen Slumps Despite BOJ Rate Hike

Asian share markets moved higher at the start of the week, following strong tech-led gains on Wall Street, while the Japanese yen continued to weaken sharply against major currencies despite a significant interest rate...

China’s Power Market Revamp Fuels Global Boom in Energy Storage Batteries

Chinas sweeping reforms to its electricity market are rapidly transforming the economics of energy storage, driving a surge in both domestic deployment and global exports of battery technology. As international demand for...

Global Demand for Yuan Loans and Bonds Surges as China Pushes Currency Internationalization

Global investors and borrowers are increasingly turning to the Chinese yuan as lending and financing activity accelerates, driven by attractive pricing and Chinas long-term push to internationalize its currency....

Silver Prices Hit Record High as Geopolitical Tensions Fuel Safe-Haven Demand

Silver prices surged to a record high during early Asian trading on Monday, driven by escalating geopolitical tensions that boosted demand for safe-haven assets across global markets. Concerns over renewed hostilities...

Politics

NSW Parliament Recalled After Bondi Beach Shooting to Debate Stricter Gun Laws and Protest Limits

Australias New South Wales state parliament was recalled on Monday for an urgent two-day session to debate proposed new laws that would significantly tighten firearm ownership, ban the public display of terror symbols, and...

U.S. Coast Guard Pursues Sanctioned Oil Tanker Near Venezuela Amid Rising Geopolitical Tensions

The U.S. Coast Guard is actively pursuing a sanctioned oil tanker in international waters near Venezuela, according to U.S. officials cited by Reuters, marking what could become the third such operation in less than two...

Niigata Set to Approve Restart of Japan’s Largest Nuclear Power Plant in Major Energy Shift

Japan is approaching a pivotal moment in its post-Fukushima energy policy as the Niigata regional assembly is expected to endorse the restart of the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant, the largest nuclear facility in...

Justice Department Restores Trump Photo in Epstein Files After Review Clears Image

The U.S. Department of Justice confirmed on Sunday that a photo involving President Donald Trump, which had briefly been removed from the cache of Jeffrey Epstein-related documents, was restored after an internal review...

U.S., Europe, Ukraine Hold Productive Florida Talks on Ending Russia-Ukraine War

Senior officials from the United States, Europe, and Ukraine concluded three days of high-level talks in Florida aimed at advancing efforts to end Russias war in Ukraine, with discussions centered on aligning positions and...

Science

Jared Isaacman Confirmed as NASA Administrator, Becomes 15th Leader of U.S. Space Agency

The U.S. Senate has officially confirmed billionaire private astronaut Jared Isaacman as the new NASA administrator, making him the 15th leader in the agencys history. The confirmation, which took place on Wednesday, marks...

Senate Sets December 8 Vote on Trump’s NASA Nominee Jared Isaacman

The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee announced it will vote on December 8 on President Donald Trumps renewed nomination of private astronaut and tech entrepreneur Jared Isaacman to lead NASA. Isaacman, known for his...

NASA Cuts Boeing Starliner Missions as SpaceX Pulls Ahead

NASA has significantly scaled back Boeings Starliner program after years of technical issues and delays, announcing that the next Starliner mission to the International Space Station (ISS) will fly without astronauts. The...

Blue Origin’s New Glenn Achieves Breakthrough Success With First NASA Mission

Blue Origins massive New Glenn rocket marked a major milestone as it completed its first mission for paying customers, sending two NASA satellites toward Mars and successfully landing its reusable booster at sea. The...

Cogent Biosciences Soars 120% on Breakthrough Phase 3 Results for Bezuclastinib in GIST Treatment

Cogent Biosciences (NASDAQ: COGT) shares skyrocketed over 120% after the biotech company announced groundbreaking results from its Phase 3 PEAK trial evaluating bezuclastinib in combination with sunitinib for patients with...

Technology

U.S. Lawmakers Urge Pentagon to Blacklist More Chinese Tech Firms Over Military Ties

A group of nine Republican U.S. lawmakers has formally urged the Pentagon to expand its list of Chinese companies accused of supporting Chinas military, intensifying scrutiny of Beijing-linked technology firms amid rising...

Dina Powell McCormick Resigns From Meta Board After Eight Months, May Take Advisory Role

Dina Powell McCormick has resigned from Meta Platforms board of directors effective immediately, just eight months after joining the social media company, Meta confirmed on Friday. The unexpected departure comes at a time...

TikTok U.S. Deal Advances as ByteDance Signs Binding Joint Venture Agreement

TikTok has taken a major step toward securing its future in the United States after its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, announced it has signed binding agreements with three major investors to form a new joint venture...

Trump Administration Reviews Nvidia H200 Chip Sales to China, Marking Major Shift in U.S. AI Export Policy

The U.S. government under President Donald Trump has launched a formal review that could pave the way for the first-ever shipments of Nvidias H200 artificial intelligence chips to China, according to multiple sources...

Oracle Stock Surges After Hours on TikTok Deal Optimism and OpenAI Fundraising Buzz

Oracle Corporation (NYSE: ORCL) shares surged sharply in extended trading on Thursday, reflecting renewed investor optimism fueled by reports of a potential U.S. TikTok transaction and fresh fundraising discussions...