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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Seattle Seahawks defensive back Tariq Woolen was fined $17,398 Saturday for a taunting penalty during the NFC championship game against the Los Angeles Rams. Woolen’s penalty came at a critical point with less than three minutes in the third quarter. After the Seahawks stopped the Rams on third down with an 11-point lead, it appeared Seattle would get an opportunity to put the game out of reach. But Woolen jawed at the Rams bench while backpedaling with his hands behind his back after the play. So, instead of forcing a punt back to the Seattle…

NEW DELHI: India’s annual budget made a fresh bet on the country’s manufacturing sector as Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman laid out priorities for Asia’s third-biggest economy and pledged to accelerate growth amid a volatile global environment.The budget for the next fiscal year will focus on structural reforms particularly in the manufacturing sector, building a robust financial sector and stepping up investments in cutting-edge technologies, including artificial intelligence, she said on Sunday (Feb 1).The Modi government has been struggling to raise manufacturing from the current level of under 20 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) to 25 per cent to…

Behind the dings and low hum of trams clicking and scraping along the rails of Melbourne’s streets is one of the city’s coolest drivers, sharing her journey around the bustling city with her devoted online fans.It’s only been three years since Wing first sat behind the wheel of the renowned Melbourne mode of transportation, but becoming a Yarra Trams driver has always been part of her plan.Working as a flight attendant for five years, Wing was forced to reconsider her career path after all flights were grounded during the pandemic.“When my cabin crew career was ended unexpectedly, I wasn’t thinking…

blinking-dotLive updatesLive updates, Key Rafah border crossing with Egypt to be reopened after nearly two years for only ‘limited movement of people’.Published On 1 Feb 20261 Feb 2026Click here to share on social mediashare2Share

Democrat Christian Menefee won a Texas U.S. House seat in a special election Saturday that will narrow Republicans’ already-slim majority, telling President Trump that the Democratic district “topples corrupt presidencies.”Menefee, the Harris County attorney, prevailed in a runoff against Amanda Edwards, a former Houston City Council member. He will replace the late Rep. Sylvester Turner, a former Houston mayor, who died in March 2025.The seat representing the heavily Democratic Houston-based district has been vacant for nearly a year.Texas GOP Gov. Greg Abbott didn’t schedule the first round of voting until November. Menefee and Edwards were the top vote-getters in a…

Check out the companies making the biggest moves premarket: Apple — Shares fell 0.6% even after after the company posted blowout fiscal first-quarter results , with notably strong revenue from its iPhone 17 models released in September. Apple earned $2.84 per share for the quarter, higher than the $2.67 per share expected by analysts surveyed by LSEG. Revenue came out at $143.76 billion, significantly exceeding analysts’ expectation of $138.48 billion. Overall iPhone revenue surged 23% on an annual basis to $85.27 billion in revenue. Chevron — The oil giant posted fourth-quarter earnings that topped analyst expectations thanks to record oil production . The…

In an X post on Sunday, Takaichi said she did not favour a specific yen direction.”I did not say which is better or worse – a strong yen or a weak yen,” Takaichi said in the post.She said the government is monitoring financial markets and, as prime minister, she will refrain from commenting specifically on the matter.”My intention was solely to state that we aim to build an economic structure that is resilient to exchange-rate fluctuation, and not, as some reports have suggested, to emphasise the benefits of a weak yen.”Former Prime Minister and Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda, who co-heads…

Canberra United have jumped into the top three on the A-League Women ladder after coming from behind to defeat 10-woman Melbourne Victory 3-1 at McKellar Park.

Laura Dogu’s visit comes as Venezuela moves to privatise its oil sector under pressure from Trump.Published On 1 Feb 20261 Feb 2026Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareThe top United States envoy for Venezuela has arrived in Caracas to reopen a US diplomatic mission seven years after ties were severed.Laura Dogu announced her arrival in a post on X on Saturday, saying, “My team and I are ready to work.”Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listThe move comes almost one month after US forces abducted Venezuela’s then-president, Nicolas Maduro, from the presidential palace in Caracas, on the orders of…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Democrat Christian Menefee, a former attorney for Houston’s Harris County, has won a special congressional election in a left-leaning congressional district in Texas, which has been vacant for nearly a year.The Associated Press reports that Menefee defeated former Houston City Council member Amanda Edwards, a fellow Democrat, in Saturday’s runoff election to fill the seat left vacant when Democratic Rep. Sylvester Turner died last March.Menefee’s victory means the Republicans’ razor-thin House majority — they currently control the chamber 218-213 — will shrink by one seat when Menefee is sworn in to Congress.DEMOCRATIC…