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Following the president's announcement that he was obstructing a potential sale for the venerable American producer, U.S. Steel and the Japanese company that had attempted to purchase it are suing the Biden administration. When President Joe Biden declared on Friday that he would not permit the transaction to proceed, U.S. Steel and Japan's Nippon Steel said in a statement on Monday that Biden "ignored the rule of law" to curry favor with United Steelworkers, the union that represents many of U.S. Steel's employees. In addition, U.S. Steel and Nippon announced that they were suing David McCall, the union president, and Cleveland-Cliffs, the leader of a competing mining company in Ohio, alleging that they had unlawfully conspired to thwart the deal. A $14 billion offer by Nippon Steel to ac...

The firms announced on Monday that they will merge two online TV bundles, Disney sHulu+ Live TV and Fubo. Disney will acquire a 70% ownership position in the publicly traded Fubo company, making it the majority owner of the resulting business. Both Fubo and Hulu+ Live TV are streaming services that offer linear TV networks and resemble the classic cable TV bundle. There are 6.2 million subscribers to all of the streaming services combined. The contract excludes Hulu, a streaming service that competes with Netflix and is well-known for producing original programs like Only Murders in the Building and The Handmaid's Tale. A significant aspect of the agreement is the settlement of a lawsuit between Fubo and Disney concerning Venu, the proposed sports streaming service from Disney, Fox, and Wa...

Following the president's announcement that he was obstructing a potential sale for the venerable American producer, U.S. Steel and the Japanese company that had attempted to purchase it are suing the Biden administration. When President Joe Biden declared on Friday that he would not permit the transaction to proceed, U.S. Steel and Japan's Nippon Steel said in a statement on Monday that Biden "ignored the rule of law" to curry favor with United Steelworkers, the union that represents many of U.S. Steel's employees. In addition, U.S. Steel and Nippon announced that they were suing David McCall, the union president, and Cleveland-Cliffs, the leader of a competing mining company in Ohio, alleging that they had unlawfully conspired to thwart the deal. A $14 billion offer by Nippon Steel to ac...

Israel's leaders may not be the only ones who should be cautious about going overseas. Due to accusations of war crimes in Israel's attack on the beleaguered Palestinian enclave, troops who have served in Gaza now seem to be at an increased risk of being arrested themselves. One soldier on vacation in Brazil earlier this month fled the South American nation after a judge ordered federal police to conduct an investigation in response to a lawsuit accusing the soldier of war crimes in Gaza. The incident has caused outrage in Israel and praise overseas. After what it described as anti-Israel groups demanded an investigation last week, Israel's Foreign Ministry assisted the former soldier in leaving Brazil on a commercial airline, the ministry said in a statement shared with NBC News on Monday...

On Monday, Pope Francison appointed Sister Simona Brambilla, an Italian nun, as the prefect of the department in charge of overseeing all of the Catholic Church's religious orders, making her the first woman to hold a senior position at the Vatican. Francis wants to offer women more leadership responsibilities in running the church, and this appointment is a significant step toward that goal. No woman has ever been appointed prefect of a dicastery or congregation of the Holy See Curia, the main body that governs the Catholic Church, although women have been ranked second in various Vatican positions. Vatican Media made a headline about Brambilla's appointment, confirming that it was historic. The first female prefect at the Vatican is Sister Simona Brambilla. Francis concurrently appointe...

In what may be the first far-right-led administration in Austria since World War Two, Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen has requested the head of the far-right Freedom Party (FP) to create a new ruling coalition. At a press conference following the two leaders' Monday meeting in Vienna, Van der Bellen stated that FP head Herbert Kickl is confident in his ability to identify workable solutions within the parameters of government negotiations and that he intends to carry out this duty. The announcement marks a significant shift in the course of Austrian parliamentarians' attempts to create a government. On Saturday, current Chancellor Karl Nehammer resigned, and the ruling conservatives had a crisis conference on Sunday. Van der Bellen had few options after the meeting, which was i...

South Korea's SEOUL The scene is somewhat recognizable: American flags, banners saying "Stop the Steal," and the rare cap that reads "Make America Great Again." Conservative supporters of ousted South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol are protesting, but it's not a Donald Trump rally. Yeol could be the first sitting president of an East Asian democracy to be arrested after he caused political unrest last month with his failed attempt to impose martial law. Yoon's impeachment and possible imprisonment have sparked resentment from his supporters, some of whom have heightened allegations of election fraud and other conspiracy theories propagated by right-wing YouTubers, despite polls showing that the majority of South Koreans favor his removal from office. In order to show support for the long...

President Xi Jinping stated on Monday that corruption is the greatest threat to the Chinese Communist Party, sending a strong message that the ruling party is determined to address a persistent issue that has become ingrained in many facets of Chinese society. Last year, corruption probes into prominent figures, including a former chairman of China's largest oil and gas company and a deputy central bank governor, shocked the country and heightened anxiety in an economy that is fighting to gain a stable foundation and a population that is suffering with a diminishing feeling of riches. The list also featured prominent Chinese admiral Miao Hua, whose decline coincides with Beijing's efforts to modernize its military and increase its combat readiness. At the beginning of a three-day meeting o...

President Joe Biden will prohibit new offshore gas and oil drilling along the majority of the U.S. coastline, the White House said Monday. "The order will preserve around 625 million acres of ocean along the Atlantic and Pacific coastlines of America, the Gulf of Mexico, and Alaska's Bering Sea from "environmental and economic risks and impacts," the White House said in a statement announcing the action. Additionally, it is an effort to shield Biden's climate legacy from the energy strategy that Republicans and President-elect Donald Trump plan to implement. Biden will make use of a little-known clause in the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) of 1953 that allows the president to permanently remove unleased outer continental shelf lands. Monday's action is much larger and will be se...