Author: Newark Independent

Hours after President Trump paved the way for upending the United States’ trade relationship with India with broad “reciprocal” tariffs, he and Prime Minister Narendra Modi presented a united front during a news conference on Thursday at the White House.Mr. Modi became the latest head of state to seek to placate an increasingly power-flexing Mr. Trump by trying to accommodate his demands — even as Mr. Trump’s promised tariffs hung over the White House meeting. Mr. Modi heaped praise on Mr. Trump, using his motto “Make America Great Again” in English, despite mostly speaking through a translator, and applying the…

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A humpback whale briefly swallowed a kayaker in Chile before spitting him out without any injuries. The whole scene was captured on video and quickly went viral. Last week, Adrian Simancas was kayaking with his father, Dell, in the Strait of Magellan when a humpback whale emerged from the water and swallowed him along with his yellow kayak. A few moments later, the whale emerged again and released Simancas.  Watch the video here ‘I thought it had eaten me’ “I thought I was dead,” Adrian told the Associated Press news agency. “I thought it had eaten me, that it had swallowed me.”…

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Mindy Kaling is taking the internet by storm! But this time, not for her hard-earned accolades!Fans of the American actress, comedian, screenwriter, and producer are worried about her well-being, as Kaling was spotted looking nearly ‘unrecognizable’.What happened?Recently, Mindy Kaling took to Instagram with a carousel of pictures from a screening of her short film Anuja at Netflix’s Los Angeles offices. One of those images showed the former Office star posing in a bathroom and rocking a black, high-necked gown with gold buttons down the front. As she posted a bunch of photos, she wrote, “The team behind Anuja is made…

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For the second time in less than a month, Michigan cannabis regulators announced a major product recall, this time for 23,291 vape cartridges produced by Exhale Systems. The voluntary recall is being coordinated by Exhale and concerns its brands Bloom Classic and Bloom Live, which were found to be contaminated with medium chain triglyceride, or MCT, oil, according to a Tuesday press release from the state Cannabis Regulatory Agency. The recall covers 15 different vape flavors made by Exhale, including: Alien Jack Blue Dream Cereal Milk Champagne Kush Durban Gelato Face Off OG Forbidden Fruit Green Crack Jack Herer Maui…

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Meta Platforms is facing a €797 million fine in Europe, leading to strategic changes in its Marketplace strategy.The company is introducing a new partner program to integrate competing classified ads in Germany, France, and the U.S., signaling a shift towards a more inclusive ecosystem.This move aims to address regulatory concerns by allowing partners on a cost-per-click basis, while also exploring new revenue streams.Mark Zuckerberg has criticized EU regulations, seeing them as an indirect tax on American tech companies.The European Commission continues to monitor whether Meta’s adjustments align with their regulatory standards.The situation highlights the challenges American tech firms face in…

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TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew had some good news for employees at the company’s all-hands meeting Wednesday night—and then some less than stellar news.While its short-lived shutdown in the U.S. nearly a month ago hurt the business, the app has seen “positive momentum” since then, Chew said, adding: “ … This article was originally published by a www.theinformation.com . Read the Original article here. .

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Elon Musk’s X has agreed to pay $10 million to settle a lawsuit from President Donald Trump over his account suspension on the platform after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, ending a legal skirmish that had been tied up in court for years.The settlement, first reported by The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday, was confirmed to CNBC by one of Trump’s lawyers in the lawsuit, John Kelly.In 2021, Trump sued X — then named Twitter — for suspending his account after he repeatedly denied the 2020 election results and appeared to incite the violent mob that descended on…

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The Senate confirmed Robert F. Kennedy Jr., one of America’s most notorious vaccine skeptics, to run the country’s leading health agency, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), on Thursday, sparking outrage among public health experts who worry that Kennedy will harm public health and further erode trust in science and medicine.“I think it’s a sad day for America’s children. I think it’s a sad day for public health when someone who is a science denialist, conspiracy theorist, and virulent anti-vaccine activist is [leading] the biggest public health agency in the United States,” says Dr. Paul Offit, director…

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