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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! As the government shutdown slogs into a third week and service members and federal workers are set to begin missing out on paychecks, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., and other Democrats continue to point to President Donald Trump and Republicans.In a fundraising email sent to supporters this week, Jeffries signed off with his usual slogan, “keep the faith.”In the email, Jeffries indicated his party would not bend on its demands before reopening the government, saying that “Democrats will continue to stand up to address the Republican healthcare crisis, and we will…

New Delhi: The Central Board of Trustees (CBT), the top decision-making body of the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO), began meeting on October 10 to consider several major policy decisions, including a possible increase in the minimum monthly pension under the Employees’ Pension Scheme (EPS-95). Key Topics on the Table One of the most anticipated proposals is the plan to raise the minimum EPS-95 pension from the current Rs 1,000 per month to Rs 2,500. If approved, this would mark the first revision in over a decade — the last increase was implemented in 2014. Add Zee News as a…

LONDON — Prince William has fought back tears during an emotional conversation with a woman who lost her husband to suicide, in a video released by Kensington Palace Friday. William, 43, was speaking to campaigner Rhian Mannings at her home in south Wales. Mannings lost her one-year-old son, George suddenly in 2012 to an undiagnosed illness. Five days later, her husband Paul died by suicide. Mannings said Paul blamed himself for their son’s death. Mannings has since used her experience to launch a charity aimed at supporting parents who suffer the loss of a child or young adult. The video…

New Delhi: India’s silver exchange‑traded funds (ETFs) are trading at steep premiums over international benchmarks amidst surging festive demand and constrained physical global supply, a report said on Saturday. Investment inflows into silver products hit record levels globally in H1‑2025, adding about 95 million ounces – exceeding the total inflows of the entire previous year, the report from Axis Mutual Fund said. Further, it pushed total ETF holdings to roughly 1.13 billion ounces (worth over $40 billion) by mid-2025, Axis Mutual Fund said. Global mining output has grown only modestly and is expected to peak by 2026, even as industrial…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! CHICO, Calif. – Voting began this week for a statewide special election that would drastically alter California’s congressional map. Proposition 50, or Prop 50, could add as many as five Democratic-held seats in Congress in time for the 2026 midterms.The measure asks California voters to temporarily allow the legislature to decide the state’s district maps through 2030, after which the power would return to the independent California Citizens Redistricting Commission. If Prop 50 wins, it could leave as a few as four Republican-held seats across the state after 2026.Recent polling shows Prop…

Tony Blair and Nick Clegg hosted a private dinner earlier this year at which a select group of technology entrepreneurs were given access to a key minister, official documents have revealed.The former prime minister, who is a champion of the tech industry, held the dinner in an upmarket London hotel in his capacity as the head of the Tony Blair Institute (TBI) political consultancy.He and Clegg, the former deputy prime minister who at the time was a senior executive at Meta, invited leaders of six tech companies to dine with Poppy Gustafsson, who was the government’s investment minister responsible for…

WASHINGTON — Wait ’til next year.The public push to make Donald Trump the winner of the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize began within hours of the committee’s announcement Friday that the honoree this year is Maria Corina Machado, the Venezuelan opposition leader.Snubbed by the Nobel selection committee, Trump should be the clear front-runner for the prize next year, given the breakthrough he reached toward ending the war in Gaza, his supporters said.Rep. Buddy Carter, R-Ga., said Friday he would introduce a resolution in Congress saying Trump deserves the honor. “He’ll be a strong candidate next year, and he should have been…

Seoul: Sales of imported vehicles in South Korea rose more than 30 per cent in September from a year ago, driven by strong demand for Tesla and steady sales of hybrid and electric vehicles (EVs), industry data showed on Friday. According to the Korea Automobile Importers & Distributors Association (KAIDA), the number of newly registered imported cars totaled 32,834 units last month, up 32.2 per cent from 24,839 units tallied a year ago. KAIDA attributed the sales gain to the stable supply from some brands, new model launches and active marketing efforts.  By brand, Tesla topped the chart for the…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! GREENBELT, MD— A federal judge in Maryland on Friday vowed to issue an order “as soon as possible” in a case involving the legal status of Salvadorian migrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia and the Trump administration’s plans to deport him from the U.S. to a third country within days — capping an extraordinary marathon hearing in his case that stretched for nearly seven hours — and has dominated headlines and federal court dockets for as many months.U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis adjourned the court Friday evening with a promise to order on the…

Reform UK’s deputy leader, Richard Tice, accepted a £1,400 stay at the French Riviera home of Lubov Chernukhin, a Conservative donor and the wife of Russia’s former deputy finance minister, new filings show.Tice enjoyed accommodation valued at £1,000 and meals worth £400 between 4 and 6 August at the Chernukhins’ property on the Mediterranean coast, listing the purpose as “discussing gas power in the UK”, according to the register of MPs’ interests.The MP for Boston and Skegness, who led Reform before Nigel Farage, is also the party’s energy spokesperson and a critic of the drive for net zero.Chernukhin is a…