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The request comes after a federal court earlier this week blocked Lisa Cook’s firing while her lawsuit challenging her dismissal moves forward.The administration of United States President Donald Trump has asked an appeals court to remove Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve’s board of governors by Monday, before the central bank’s next vote on interest rates.The request on Thursday represents an extraordinary effort by the White House to shape the board before the Fed’s interest rate-setting committee meets next week on Tuesday and Wednesday.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listAt the same time, Senate Republicans are pushing to confirm Stephen…

In the film world, Bhanumathi was a singing superstar of yesteryears, a senior who commanded the respect of icons Sivaji Ganesan and  M.G. Ramachandran. But she was, and remains, much more than that. Born in a family of modest means but blessed with prodigious talent, Bhanumathi, whose birth centenary fell on September 7, was a feminist icon who lived by her own rules, even as other female stars had to conform to a male-dominated world. Many incidents testified to her individuality, which stemmed from the confidence she had in her talents. Own method of acting “I started thinking about evolving my own acting method while acting…

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Registration is now open to participate in the ticket lottery for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, which will be held in Mexico, the United States, and Canada, with the opening match taking place at the Azteca Stadium in Mexico City on June 11, 2026. | Photo Credit: AFP More than 1.5 million ticket applications from fans in 210 countries have been received by FIFA within 24 hours of the presale draw for the 2026 World Cup being launched, the governing body of world soccer said on Thursday (September 11, 2025). The extraordinary global demand for the tournament came primarily from…

A Boston Dynamics robot is seen on a media tour at the Hyundai Motor Group Metaplant, in Ellabell, Ga., in March. Mike Stewart/AP hide caption toggle caption Mike Stewart/AP Clanker, rust bucket, tinskin — slang words used to put down robots are on the rise. As AI and robots threaten to replace human work and maybe even humans, the recent popularity of anti-robot lingo seems to reflect growing dissent to our changing relationship to robots. But you might not know that the word itself — robot — first appeared in our lexicon with a cultural critique already built in. In…

A Korean Air charter plane carrying Korean workers detained in immigration raid at Georgia factory leaves Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta bound for South Korea on Thursday. George Walker IV/AP hide caption toggle caption George Walker IV/AP ATLANTA — A plane carrying more than 300 workers from South Korea who were detained during an immigration raid at a battery factory in Georgia last week left Atlanta shortly before noon Thursday, bound for South Korea. The workers traveled by bus from a detention center in southeast Georgia to Atlanta earlier in the day for their flight, which is expected to land…

There has been a spike in mortgage applications as interest rates have dropped to the lowest level since October 2024. Here, a home for sale in Alhambra, Calif., last month. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images Mortgage rates are finally falling, and just saw their biggest weekly drop in the past year. The average interest rate for a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage in the past week was 6.35%, according to Freddie Mac, down from 6.5% a week earlier. That’s the lowest average since last October. Rates have been above 6.5% for…

After spending several years in France, Pooja Vishal Sharma returned to India with a desire to reconnect with her roots. During her visit to a Gwalior-based NGO, which is home to mentally-challenged children abandoned due to poverty and social stigma, left a lasting impression on her. Deeply moved by their lives and resilience, Sharma was inspired to write Vimukt: In Search of the Sky. She later chose to give the story a cinematic form and stepped into the role of a first-time producer to bring her vision to life. A truly independent film that captures the essence of Indian life…

Aedes-borne viral diseases (ABVD) – dengue, Zika, and chikungunya hurt India’s productivity. Local governments and society focus their efforts on outdoor fumigation. This method persists, despite evidence that it is ineffective. It also does not have backing from national agencies as a routine measure.The Aedes mosquito adapts well to human settings. It feeds indoors during the day, and at night under artificial light. Methods like outdoor fumigation, vaporizers, and bed nets are thus ineffective against it.Top-down measures, such as the use of Wolbachia mosquitoes, which use a naturally-occurring bacteria, Wolbachia, to help suppress mosquito populations or help breed mosquitoes that…

Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) founder S Ramadoss expelled his son Anbumani Ramadoss from the party’s primary membership Thursday, and stripped him of all posts, citing “unprecedented anti-party activities” and calling him a “weed” – with months of back-channel diplomacy, emotional appeals, and third-party mediation involving BJP leaders, RSS functionaries, and even the Chancellor of Vellore Institute of Technology, failing to resolve the family feud.The dramatic announcement came after a high-level administrative council meeting chaired by Ramadoss Senior at his farmhouse in Thailapuram, south of Chennai. At a press conference immediately after, Ramadoss said Anbumani was not being removed just as…