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The State Department's Global Engagement Center has faced scrutiny and criticism from Republican lawmakers and Elon Musk.

Failed to extend funding

US agency focused on foreign disinformation shuts down

Will a Santa Claus rally sweep the markets in 2024?

Global stocks mostly higher in thin pre-Christmas trade

Demonstrators burn Donald Trump's image following his threat to demand control of the Panama Canal be returned to Washington, on December 24, 2024, in Panama City, Panama

Demanding control

Panamanians protest 'public enemy' Trump's canal threat

The Lilium Jet has yet to make a manned test flight

From brink of collapse

Investors swoop in to save German flying taxi startup

Students attend a class on media literacy at the Hiidenkiven Koulu school in Helsinki

How Finnish youth learn to spot disinformation

Panama took full control of the Canal in 1999

Panama leaders past and present reject Trump's threat of Canal takeover

Nippon Steel has urged US President Joe Biden to allow its takeover of US Steel to go through after a regulatory panel failed to reach a consensus

Threatening national security

US panel could not reach consensus on US-Japan steel deal: Nippon

An Indonesian official checks his phone for an SMS earthquake and tsunami warning alert during an Indian Ocean-wide tsunami exercise to test readiness in case of a massive earthquake and tsunami alert

Understanding disasters

Blogs to Bluesky: social media shifts responses after 2004 tsunami

A cargo ship passes through the Miraflores locks on the Panama Canal

'Unfair' treatment

Five things to know about Panama Canal, in Trump's sights

Traders are waiting for the Santa rally to begin

Big gains in US

Mixed day for global stocks as market hopes for 'Santa Claus rally'

President-elect Donald Trump once argued for a US ban on TikTok, but has recently expressed support for the popular video sharing platform

Trump's TikTok love raises stakes in battle over app's fate

The United States said Monday it is opening an investigation into China's policies for its semiconductor industry

Semiconductor industry

US probes China chip industry on 'anticompetitive' concerns

Volkswagen is struggling with high costs and rising competition in China

Volkswagen boss hails cost-cutting deal but shares fall

Britain's economy was stagnant in the third quarter, according to revised official data.

UK economy stagnant in third quarter in fresh setback

Nissan and Honda said they would start discussions on a merger

Two automobile giants

Honda and Nissan to launch merger talks

Despite a barrage of Western sanctions and swathes of brands quitting Russia after the Kremlin launched its Ukraine offensive, Moscow's most well-off shoppers are still spoilt for choice when it comes to luxury Western goods

Despite sanctions

Luxury Western goods line Russian stores, three years into sanctions

A new law will require social media users in Vietnam to verify their identities

Undermine freedom of expression

'Draconian' Vietnam internet law heightens free speech fears

UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson's murder has triggered some online calls for violence against other executives

Across different platforms

'Who's next?': Misinformation and online threats after US CEO slaying

Niche perfumes are no longer a niche business, accounting for more than a tenth of the fragrance market

Expanding market

Sweet smell of success for niche perfumes

The Panama Canal is owned and operated by the Central American nation, but US President-elect Donald Trump has made waves about excessive shipping fees and has threatened to demand control of the vital waterway be returned to Washington

Trump threatens to take back control of Panama Canal

Stellantis had planned to cut operations at the Toledo South Assembly Plant that makes Jeeps from two shifts to one

Stellantis backtracks on plan to lay off 1,100 at US Jeep plant

TikTok faces accusations of espionage in the United States

From espionage to election interference

One billion users, but controversies mount up for TikTok

The United States looked like it might be heading into the Christmas holiday with government departments unfunded and operations ground to a halt

Musk sabotages agreement

Biden signs funding bill to avert government shutdown

Google has countered a US call to sell its Chrome browser, suggesting a judge address antitrust concerns by barring the firm from making favorable treatment of its software a condition of licensing

Antitrust concerns

Google counters bid by US to force sale of Chrome

Amazon Teamsters union workers temporarily block an Amazon delivery truck in San Francsico as they picket outside a distribution center

Peak festive period

Amazon says US strike caused 'no disruptions'

Arm says it plans to seek a new trial on a count that left jurors unable to agree in its licensing dispute with longtime industry partner Qualcomm

Qualcomm scores key win in licensing dispute with Arm

Elon Musk has weighed in on German politics again on his platform X

Accused of interfering with elections

Anger after Musk backs German far right

US lawmakers are battling to avert a government shutdown this weekend

Fluctuating equities

Wall Street climbs as markets brace for possible govt shutdown

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