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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! UNITED NATIONS — The Democratic Republic of Congo does not view growing American involvement in its critical-minerals industry as a contest with China, the country’s foreign minister told Fox News Digital, arguing that Kinshasa needs multiple partners to transform its vast natural wealth into prosperity for its people.”I don’t like talking about competition. I like talking about complementarity,” Foreign Minister Thérèse Kayikwamba Wagner said in an exclusive interview at the United Nations.CHINA’S GRIP ON RARE-EARTH MAGNETS COULD CRUSH US DRONE INDUSTRY BEFORE IT GROWS “A country as big as the USA, but…
Donald Trump, who decades ago described himself as “a bit of a P.T. Barnum,” has finally found his most lucrative act: being president. He took in $2.4 billion last year, according to a Forbes analysis, which overlayed his financial disclosure report with bond filings, securities documents and court records to…
A quartet of witnesses testifying this week to the House Small Business Committee disputed the commonly-held belief that artificial intelligence will displace human workers and insisted that small businesses which use AI are likely to wind up having to hire more employees–because they’ll grow.Already, a majority of small businesses are…
ToplineNational Rally, a far-right political party in France whose leader is running for president in next year’s election, on Thursday distanced itself from the endorsement of billionaire Elon Musk who earlier this week dubbed Marine Le Pen “France’s last hope.”Key FactsMusk’s endorsement has been slammed by French leaders as “foreign…
For the first time, astronomers have detected an atmosphere around a rocky planet orbiting in the habitable zone of a nearby star. Such planets have long been considered the best places in the galaxy to look for signs of alien life. But so far, “the planets looked like bare rocks,”…
Scammers are now targeting you via FaceTime. Elena Uve/Getty ImagesIf you’re constantly receiving scam calls and text messages, you know that not all scammers take the same approach. A recent CBS report found that thieves are impersonating bank representatives to trick people into answering FaceTime calls to “verify” their bank accounts, and…
A court in Italy on Thursday sentenced Giovanni Castellucci, the former chief executive of Autostrade per l’Italia (Aspi), Italy’s largest motorway operator, to 12 years in prison over the 2018 collapse of Genoa’s Morandi Bridge. The disaster was one of Italy’s deadliest infrastructure failures, claiming 43 lives. Prosecutors had sought…
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UVALDE, Texas — Dangerous flooding in Texas has intensified after days of pounding rain, sending emergency crews scrambling to rescue people from the rising waters before sunrise Thursday and setting off urgent warnings from forecasters: “Move to higher ground now!” The National Weather Service in San Antonio said a “large and…
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Helsing’s three billionaire cofounders are now at the helm of mainland Europe’s most valuable startup. On Monday, the German defense tech giant announced that it raised $1.8 billion from private investors at an $18 billion valuation. Forbes estimates that the company’s co-CEOs, Gundbert Scherf and…
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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The “Most Marketable” independent professional wrestler on the scene presently, Richard Holliday,…
Snakes on a plain? A Florida pizzeria owner is redefining the term “exotic pet trade” by accepting captured Burmese pythons…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Fox News’ “Antisemitism Exposed” newsletter brings you stories on the rising anti-Jewish…
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California voters face a topsy-turvy choice in November, when two competing ballot measures go head to head. Prop. 42, branded as retirement protection, is actually a kill-switch measure that protects billionaire wealth. Prop. 40, called the “Billionaire Tax,” is the one that helps fund the systems retirees depend on. The…
Nike is starting to sound more like itself again. That does not…
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