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Strict rules on mortgage lending could be loosened to allow more people to borrow for a home, as regulators respond to a call to boost to the economy.In a letter to be published later on Friday, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is expected to say it will investigate ways to simplify rules brought in following the 2008 financial crisis.It is likely to review the balance between protecting borrowers and access to home loans, in a move that would be welcomed by lenders.The FCA will also consider whether to scrap the £100 limit on purchases made by contactless cards, in line…

China is sending Vice-President Han Zheng to US President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on Monday – the first time a senior Chinese leader will witness a US president being sworn in. Trump had invited Chinese President Xi Jinping, among other leaders – a break with tradition given foreign leaders traditionally do not attend US presidential inaugurations. China has said it wants to work with the new US government to “find the right way for the two countries to get along with each other in the new era”.But Beijing is also preparing for a Trump presidency that is expected to include new…

AgiBot, a pioneering Chinese artificial intelligence and robotics company, has introduced a transformative open-source dataset called AgiBot World Alpha. This comprehensive collection represents a significant milestone in humanoid robot training, capturing intricate data from over 100 robots across diverse real-world scenarios. By providing an unprecedented window into robotic movement and interaction, AgiBot has created a multidimensional resource that promises to reshape our understanding of robotic learning and adaptation.I’M GIVING AWAY THE LATEST & GREATEST AIRPODS PRO 2 Humanoid robot training (AgiBot)The comprehensive datasetThe AgiBot World Alpha dataset is more than a simple data collection. Researchers and developers can now access an extensive repository…

Have you been looking for a change of place to enjoy your vacation but want an experience just like home? Okay, that is not a big problem. We all get tired of seeing the same place again and again. This is what gives us an idea about planning a holiday and your online hotel booking to your desired location. Planning your holiday is one of the best things but deciding how things will go can be a challenging task. Certain things need to be organized.  Whether you are going to any place for a vacation, we want a place where…

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Ukraine police conduct raids in draft evasion probeUkrainian police said Friday its officers were conducting 200 searches nationwide as part of an ongoing probe into the illegal exit of military-aged men from the country.Kyiv has been pushing a sweeping and divisive mobilisation campaign to boost its military, which is struggling to hold back Russia’s significantly larger army that is advancing across at several sectors across the front, AFP reported.“The national police force is conducting more than 200 searches regarding cases of illegal border crossings” of Ukrainian men who are eligible for army service, the national police said in a statement.The…

PoliticusUSA is now ad-free and big tech-free, but in order to be an independent platform, we need reader support. If you can, please support us by becoming a subscriber.What stood out about Lawrence O’Donnell’s interview with Joe Biden was just how wrong so many of the media-created Republican-fueled narratives were about the President. Donald Trump rarely does live interviews. When Trump does do an interview, it is almost always taped and edited. This fact is why it was important that Lawrence O’Donnell’s interview with Joe Biden was shown unedited to the American people.Watch some of these clips and you can…

Brazil’s Supreme Court on Thursday denied a request by former President Jair Bolsonaro to temporarily restore his passport so that he could attend the inauguration in Washington of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump next week.Justice Alexandre de Moraes, who Bolsonaro frequently has called his personal foe, said in the ruling that Bolsonaro currently holds no position that would allow him to represent Brazil at the event and that the former president did not adequately prove to the court that he had been invited.HOW BRAZILIAN POLICE SAY BOLSONARO PLOTTED A COUP TO STAY IN OFFICEBolsonaro, under several wide-ranging investigations including over an…

Three lawyers who acted for late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny have been given jail terms of up to five-and-a-half years on charges of taking part in an “extremist organisation”.Vadim Kobzev, Igor Sergunin and Alexei Liptser were arrested in October 2023 as Russian authorities intensified pressure on the jailed Kremlin critic, who died suddenly last February in an Arctic prison colony.They were put on trial behind closed doors in Petushki, a town east of Moscow, and accused of “using their status” to relay messages between Navalny and his colleagues.Navalny had condemned the case as just like Soviet times, and an…

Florida authorities have charged a second person with attempted murder this week in connection with the December shooting of an off-duty federal agent that left him paralyzed.The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office arrested Tia Heyward, 23, on Wednesday after investigators determined she allegedly aided Christopher Smith, 18, in the Dec. 27, 2024, shooting of an off-duty Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) agent.Heyward is charged with first-degree attempted murder with great bodily harm (accessory after the fact), aggravated battery with great bodily harm (accessory after the fact) and two counts of simple battery.Smith, who was arrested hours later on…