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Virat Kohli welcomed the inclusion of cricket in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics and although the Indian great will not be coaxed out of retirement for the showpiece, he said he believed a new generation of Indian athletes would be ready to strike gold. Cricket is returning to the Games after more than a century with a proposed six-team Twenty20 format for men and women in Los Angeles. Kohli, 36, who retired from the sport’s shortest format last June after India’s World Cup triumph, said international leagues around the world had played a big role in elevating the profile of…

Washington CNN  —  The Trump bump in consumer sentiment is now a Trump slump. Americans continue to grow worried over President Donald Trump’s escalating and haphazard trade war, according to the University of Michigan’s latest consumer survey released Friday. Consumer sentiment fell 11% this month to a reading of 57.9, a preliminary reading showed, down from last month’s reading of 64.7 and reaching its lowest level since November 2022. That’s a sharp retreat from December, after the US presidential election, when sentiment rose to its highest level in months. The Trump administration’s rollout of its long-promised tariffs has been both…

South_agency | E+ | Getty ImagesConsumers lost $5.7 billion to investment scams in 2024 — more than in any other type of fraud and up 24% from 2023, according to new data from the Federal Trade Commission.Investment scams generally involve claims that a consumer will get big returns by investing in a hot new moneymaking scheme, according to the FTC.Most people — 79% — who reported an investment scam to the FTC lost money, with the typical victim losing more than $9,000 on average, the agency said.Since FTC data is based on consumer reports of fraud, the true scope of…

The hostility extends to homegrown Trump supporters such as Canadian hockey legend Wayne Gretzky, who was at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort on election night and attended his inauguration. This week, viral photos from a Toronto liquor store showed labels under Gretzky’s wine range altered to include descriptions such as “weak & backstabbery.”Former Prime Minister Jean Chrétien said Trump had “united us as never before.”“I think I will propose him for the Order of Canada,” the country’s highest civilian honor, Chrétien joked as the governing Liberal Party met in Ottawa last weekend to elect a successor to Canada’s leader of almost a decade,…

Will Trump’s tariffs and his assault on the federal government lead to a deeper crash, or even a recession? Market experts advise long-term investors and 401(k) holders to sit tight. By Hank Tucker, Forbes Staff While the last three weeks have been punishing for the stock market, veteran wealth managers are sounding a similar refrain for long-term investors: don’t panic. It can be difficult advice to heed when alarming headlines are regularly flooding the news. Two days after the S&P 500 index hit its all-time high on February 19, hedge fund billionaire Steve Cohen made a prescient prediction that he…

Benjamin Cowen, a Key Opinion Leader and YouTuber uploaded a video on March 14 in which he suggested that the Bitcoin bull cycle might end if the asset crosses a crucial key price level to the downside at $71,000. Cowen warned that a loss of the $60,000 range would mean Bitcoin slipped below its 2024 low of roughly $71,000, which could signal the end of the current bull cycle for Bitcoin. Cowen said, “If there’s a wick in the low $60,000s, then there’s a good chance the cycle is over. If it stays above the 2024 high, then the party…

China has imposed a series of tariffs on some US imports.Nerthuz/iStock, Tyler Le/BI China’s stock market is suddenly surging after a tough time in 2024. A pro-tech shift from Beijing is spurring confidence in markets. While economic challenges persist, sources say the government is correcting course. China looks investible again. The country’s stocks are rallying, countering the notion that investors should avoid the world’s second-biggest economy. Though many on Wall Street have been bearish on China since 2023, its stock market is suddenly looking good relative to flagging US peers. Just a year ago, investors fled China in droves as…

Nestled in a modest storefront in New York City’s East Village, Mary O’s Irish Soda Bread Shop blends into the other red-brick businesses on the block. But one thing sets it apart: Customers routinely line up, sometimes for hours, to get their hands on her freshly baked goods before they sell out.The shop’s menu is simple, featuring Irish soda bread loaves and scones served with salty butter and fresh raspberry jam. The recipes, passed down through generations of Mary O’Halloran’s family, are at the core of her operations. But the secret to her success is precision. Only O’Halloran herself handles…

To understand the new politics stance and other pro nationals of recent times, we should look to Silicon Valley and the quantified movement of the latest generation. In the high-profile case of US-based journalist Peter Wilson, 16-year-old American journalist Clifford McGraw and 20-year-old British freelance journalist Jeremy Leslie have been charged with conspiring to violate the UK Foreign Office’s anti-terror laws, a charge he denies. On Monday, UK attorney Andy McDonald revealed that he had spoken. “Few worry about catching Covid anymore, as it’s just a matter of time before they do,” says Tea, a teacher at a school for…

To understand the new politics stance and other pro nationals of recent times, we should look to Silicon Valley and the quantified movement of the latest generation. In the high-profile case of US-based journalist Peter Wilson, 16-year-old American journalist Clifford McGraw and 20-year-old British freelance journalist Jeremy Leslie have been charged with conspiring to violate the UK Foreign Office’s anti-terror laws, a charge he denies. On Monday, UK attorney Andy McDonald revealed that he had spoken. “Few worry about catching Covid anymore, as it’s just a matter of time before they do,” says Tea, a teacher at a school for…