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According to a blog post on Guinness World Records, he lost about $165 billion between November 2021 and December 2022. Guinness noted that although the figures were based on data from publisher Forbes, other sources suggested that Mr. Musk’s losses might have been higher. It comes after Mr. Musk’s electric …

On Wednesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke with Israel’s newly elected Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and extended an invitation for him to visit India “shortly.” The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) issued a statement in which it said that the prime minister “conveyed his warm congratulations to H.E. Mr. Netanyahu …

The World Bank warned on Tuesday that weaker growth in all three of the world’s largest economies—the United States, Europe, and China—will bring the global economy “perilously close” to a recession this year. The World Bank, which provides loans to less developed nations for development projects, stated in an annual …

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was released from the hospital and arrived at a residence in Orlando, Florida. Bolsonaro was admitted to a hospital in Florida on Sunday due to abdominal pain. On Monday, he tweeted a photo of himself from a hospital bed as several US lawmakers called for …

The Saudi Fund for Development will study the possibility of raising the current $3 billion deposit to $5 billion in Pakistan’s central bank. To provide additional relief to Pakistan’s economy, which is reeling from deadly floods, Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has directed an investigation to increase the …

There hasn’t been a noticeable increase in infections in India in the nearly three weeks since health authorities increased their vigilance in response to a significant Covid-19 surge in China. After two weeks of a slight increase, new cases in India saw a slight decline in the week that ended …

Russia-Ukraine War: “In the face of emerging military threats, it is important for us to have such armed forces and special services so that Russia’s adversaries would not even think they could fight us,” Patrushev said. Nikolai Patrushev, the secretary of the Russian Security Council and a close ally of …

On Wednesday, Taliban security forces in Kabul enforced a higher education ban for women by barring their access to universities, with video obtained by The Associated Press showing women weeping and consoling each other outside one campus. The country’s Taliban rulers had ordered women nationwide to stop attending private and …

Football legend Lionel Messi led Argentina to World Cup victory on Sunday, making the nation’s economic woes “worth it,” according to ecstatic fans. Fans wearing the national blue and white colors sang, danced, and waved flags as fireworks exploded and car horns beeped. The party raged long into the warm …

On Friday, clashes erupted between pro-Iran government fans and protesters at the country’s second World Cup match in Qatar. Some protesting fans claimed their flags were confiscated, while others were yelled at and harassed. T-shirts and other items displaying anti-government sentiments were also confiscated by stadium security. Protests have swept …