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Meet The Meta Supplier Behind Ray-Ban Smart Glasses For some time, we've been on the right side of this call: Meta's smart glasses are the clear winner versus Apple Vision Pro for one simple reason: they're built for daily life. The value proposition is obvious too. They're priced only a notch above high-end Ray-Bans, yet drastically cheaper than the goofy-looking $3,500 Vision Pro headset. Let's take a step back to December 2024: * Meta Smart Ray-Ban Glasses Big Winner? Goldman Finds App Downloads Hit 200% YoY One of our focuses has been Meta's smart glasses supply chain. That work highlighted how Meta reportedly

Erik Prince, Israeli Advisers Operated With Congolese Special Forces Via The Libertarian Institute American mercenary Erik Price and Israeli soldiers operated with Congolese special forces battalions. Congo has been fighting against multiple rebel groups.  According to Reuters, the Israeli advisors' role is limited to training, and Erik Prince is providing drone support. The outlet reports that the assistance helped Congo take a city back from two rebel groups, the Congo River Alliance (AFC) and the March 23 Movement (M23). Reuters: Erik Prince, founder of Blackwater, attends a police and military presentation, in Guayaquil, Ecuador on April 5, 2025. A senior Congolese defense official explained that Kinshasa

Japan Restarts World's Largest Nuclear Plant, 15 Years After Fukushima Shutdown Japan resumed operations at the world’s largest nuclear power plant this week, marking a key development in the country’s return to nuclear energy almost 15 years after the Fukushima disaster. The reactor is located at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant, in Japan’s Niigata Prefecture. It is the world’s first nuclear power plant to use an advanced boiling water reactor. Panoramic view of units 5-7 of the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant. Kashiwazaki-Kariwa’s total capacity is 8.2 GW, which is enough to power a few million homes. The site is operated by the Tokyo Electric Power Company

German MPs Shoot-Down Idea Of Paying WWII Reparations To Poland With Weapons Via Remix News, German politicians stress cooperation in the wake of the suggestion that Germany finance Polish armaments as reparations for World War II. Wolfgang Ischinger, chairman of the Munich Security Conference, had proposed that Germany provide Poland with military equipment, emphasizing that “Poland is a frontline state.” Poland has been vocal in its demand for what it says amounts to €1.3 trillion in World War II reparations Germany must pay for the crimes, deaths, and massive property destruction caused by the 1939-1945 occupation.  Despite some discussions, Germany has long maintained that Poland

Iraq Receives 5,000 ISIS Fighters From Syrian Prisons Via The Cradle Iraq has received close to 5,000 ISIS prisoners since the start of a US military campaign to relocate the extremist group’s fighters, of whom tens of thousands were previously held in Kurdish-run facilities in northern Syria. "The transfer of terrorist prisoners from Syria to Iraq is ongoing in coordination with the global coalition, and they are being held in Iraqi prisons," Sabah al-Numan, spokesman for the commander in chief of the Iraqi army, told Rudaw on 11 February. Numan went on to say that the country’s legal system has begun taking judicial measures "against those individuals

Beijing Blasts Washington For Fabricating Excuses To Restart Nuclear Testing Given the collapse of the New START nuclear treaty this month, the timing of Washington's latest and provocative charge leveled at Beijing is curious and interesting... The United States’ top nuclear arms has "accused China of carrying out an undisclosed nuclear detonation in 2020, arguing that recent secretive underground tests by China and Russia have given Washington reason to conduct 'parallel steps' as a decades-long moratorium on nuclear testing among major powers is unraveling," The Washington Post has reported. Getty Images It was last Friday that US undersecretary of state for arms control and international

FTC Probing Pediatrician Group, Non-Profit Over Gender Dysphoria Treatments For Kids Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times, The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is examining statements from several organizations that have promoted drugs and surgeries for minors who believe they are a different gender, according to documents made public on Feb. 10. FTC officials sent civil demands for documents to the American Academy of Pediatrics and World Professional Association of Transgender Health, documents posted online by the FTC show. In the demands, dated Jan. 15, the FTC said officials are probing whether groups have “made, or assisted others in making, false or unsubstantiated

America's Top Restaurant Winner Slaps Diners With Mandatory Tip And Woke Lecture On Receipt The top-rated restaurant in America (at least according to Food & Wine's 2025 pick) is now buried under a pile of one-star reviews after deciding to lecture diners on receipts about the supposedly "racist" history of tipping, while auto-adding a non-negotiable 20% service charge to every bill, SFGate reports. A customer enters during a soft opening at Burdell in Oakland, Calif., on Sept. 6, 2023. The Michelin Guide restaurant recently received an onslaught of poor reviews following a viral Reddit post.  Douglas Zimmerman/SFGATE The fury began with a now-deleted

Caring For Mom Is An Education In Scams And Fraud Authored by Nancy Rommelmann via RealClearInvestigations, It was summer 2021, and my mother’s desk was a mess, including a torn envelope from the IRS shoved in the back of a drawer. “Mom?” I asked. “Did you pay your taxes?” My mother, increasingly forgetful at 84, said she wasn’t sure. She told me to call her accountant of 30 years, who said the taxes hadn’t been paid but that he would take care of it. That’s not all he took care of.  Within the year, a family member had my mother sign a blank check, which the

"Modern Money Only Works By Cheating": If You're Long Bitcoin (Or Not Long Bitcoin), Read This... For the OG ZeroHedgers, Hugh Hendry's name will be well known and well respected. For others, the infamous Scot made his bones being the ultimate contrarian to the world's order and making a killing through the great financial crisis for himself and his hedge fund partners. Google is your friend to find the many times we posted on Hendry's musings in the late 2000s, early 2010s. On the nature of panics and capital destruction (from Eclectica Fund commentary, August 2007): "Panics do not destroy capital; they merely reveal the

"They Thought They Were Untouchable": US Seizes 134 Acres In Texas Used By Mexican Cartel Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times, More than 134 acres in Texas that was being used by a drug cartel for smuggling activities has been taken over by U.S. authorities, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said in a Feb. 10 post on X. “We took the land and everything on it,” the post said. A video shared with the post showed law enforcement officers arresting several people. “They thought they were untouchable. They were wrong. Over 134 acres of land and property, taken from the westside Gulf Cartel,

US, China Work To Preserve Fragile Trade Truce Ahead Of Trump's April Visit: Report The United States and China are seeking to preserve their fragile trade truce before President Donald Trump visits Chinese President Xi Jinping for a high-stakes summit in Beijing this spring, according to the South China Morning Post. Donald Trump and Xi Jinping in 2017. Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg On the sidelines of the 2025 APEC summit in Busan, South Korea, Trump and Xi held a pivotal meeting that produced a significant—though temporary—trade agreement. Following months of escalating tariffs, curbs on rare-earth exports, and agricultural boycotts, the two leaders agreed to a

'Diversity' Judge Cuts Sadistic Rapist's Sentence in Half Authored by Kevin Downey Jr. via PJ Media, A diversity judge just cut a sexual deviant's sentence from 65 years down to 30. Why? Because Marxism. A Jefferson County, Ky., judge, Tracy Davis, decided to cut the sentence of convicted rapist Christopher Davis by 35 years because, despite his heinous crime, he is just a poor lad who "fell through the cracks" and "experienced this society." In other words, systemic racism made him don a mask, point a gun at a woman, kidnap her, sexually assault her, rob her, and sexually assault her again — all

Local Police Are Finally Arresting Anti-ICE Agitators In Minnesota Something changed in Minneapolis, and fast. Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons told lawmakers during a House Homeland Security Committee hearing on Tuesday that local police arrested 54 anti-ICE protesters overnight, a development that would have been almost unthinkable just a few weeks ago. During his testimony, Lyons described a noticeable shift on the ground as immigration enforcement operations continue in the city. Minneapolis Police officer William Martin stands outside burning buildings near Lake Street in Minneapolis, Minnesota, following protests and property damage surrounding the police killing of George Floyd. Photo by Tony Webster/Minnesota Reformer.  For

India's Coal Use Could Double By 2050 By Charles Kennedy of OilPrice.com India’s coal demand could more than double by 2050 from current levels under current policies, a new report by NITI Aayog, the policy think tank of the Indian government, showed on Tuesday. Under the Current Policy Scenario (CPS), coal demand in India is forecast to rise even through 2070, according to the projections. In this scenario, long-term demand could more than double to 2.615 billion tons by 2050, up from 1.256 billion tons in 2025, the think tank’s analysis found. If India keeps the current policies, coal demand will be higher even in

Trump Pushes To End Senate 'Blue Slips' As GOP Confirms Judges At Record Pace In just the past week, the Senate confirmed half a dozen of Trump’s judicial nominees, continuing a streak that’s left Democrats visibly frustrated. Since the start of Trump’s second term, 33 judges have sailed through confirmation — already eclipsing his entire first-term total. By comparison, during Trump’s first year in office, the Senate confirmed 19 Article III judges, including Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch.  While Senate Republicans are moving fast and confirming judges at a blistering pace, there are mounting calls to scrap one of the Senate’s oldest customs

What It Means To Be A Former Liberal Authored by Jeffrey Tucker via The Epoch Times, I’ve never liked the word liberal applied in the way it is today. The word itself has a noble heritage. It meant being for freedom generally and opposed to despotism and dictatorship by church or state. Our Founding Fathers were considered liberals in a classical sense. They wanted free speech, free elections, free enterprise, free formation of community, and so on, and wanted government restricted in its power. That meaning of the word—which has translations in every language—lasted mostly until the Great War. Many of the most liberal intellectuals and venues threw

Russian Airlines Suspend Flights To Cuba, Begin Evacuation Of Citizens, Over Fuel Crisis Another major blow has hit Cuba as its economy gets decimated by US-led sanctions, and as Trump's embargo of vital Venezuelan oil for the island continues rolling downhill (Mexico had quickly followed suit by halting its oil to Cuba as well). Amid the fuel shortage which has caused mass disruptions and flight stoppages at the main hub José Martí international Airport, two of Russia's largest airlines have announced the suspension of flights to Cuba. Russian aviation file image Moscow has already declared operations to evacuate all Russian tourists and citizens who

Trump Admin Can End Protected Status For Nationals Of 3 More Countries: Appeals Court Authored by Troy Myers via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Trump administration can move forward with ending Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for immigrants from Nepal, Honduras, and Nicaragua, a U.S. appeals court ruled Monday. Illegal immigrants from Nicaragua, Ecuador and other nationalities at a door on the border wall waiting to be picked up by the U.S. Border Patrol in El Paso, Texas, on Jan. 4, 2023. Paul Ratje/Reuters It was a unanimous decision by a three-judge panel, ruling to temporarily lift a previous federal judge’s ruling that blocked

Watch: Bondi Explodes Over Epstein During Shouting Match With Massie And Top Dems The Trump admin couldn't hand Democrats a fatter pitch than how they've handled the Epstein release...  On Wednesday, Attorney General Pam Bondi clashed repeatedly with Democrats during a tense House Judiciary Committee hearing, deflecting pointed questions about the Justice Department’s handling of the Epstein files before the session devolved into a shouting match with Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) over redactions, co-conspirators and DOJ accountability. The fireworks began when Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) pressed Bondi on whether DOJ has indicted or is investigating any of Epstein’s alleged co-conspirators, citing what he called

Opposition leader ousted as Barbados Labour party wins all 30 seats in assembly The prime minister of Barbados, Mia Mottley, has won her third election victory, with her Barbados Labour party sweeping all seats in the House of Assembly, state TV reported. Mottley’s BLP won all 30 seats available in the lower house of parliament, unseating the opposition leader, Ralph Thorne, after the prime minister – who has built one of the strongest global profiles of any Caribbean leader – won the support of voters across the island country, CBC Barbados reported early on Thursday. Continue reading...

A teacher and five students among those killed in attack in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, on Tuesday Canadian police have identified the suspect who carried out a school massacre in remote British Columbia as an 18-year old with a history of mental health problems. Six people, including a teacher and five students, were killed in the attack on Tuesday in the town of Tumbler Ridge, in the foothills of the Rocky mountains. The suspect’s mother and step-brother were later found dead at the family home, police said. The body of the shooter, Jesse Van Rootselaar, was also found with a self-inflicted gunshot

Republicans join Democrats in objecting to national emergency US president declared to impose tariffs The US House on Wednesday voted to rescind tariffs that Donald Trump imposed on Canada last year, a rare bipartisan rebuke of the White House’s trade policy as the president threatened electoral retaliation against any Republican who defied him. The largely symbolic resolution to disapprove of the national emergency Trump declared to impose tariffs on Canada passed 219 to 211, with six Republicans – Don Bacon of Nebraska, Thomas Massie of Kentucky, Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania, Kevin Kiley of California, Dan Newhouse of Washington and Jeff Hurd of

This live blog is now closed. For the latest, read our coverage: * Full report: Canadian police identify suspect in school massacre that left nine dead * Tumbler Ridge shooting: key questions answered about deadly attack in Canada “We believe we’ve been able to identify the shooter,” said Floyd, adding that RCMP will withhold the shooter’s identity for privacy reasons and for the conduct of the investigation. Floyd also refused to disclose details on how many of the victims were children and adults, adding that more details will emerge in coming days. Continue reading...

More than 25 people injured, including two with life-threatening injuries, after shooting at secondary school and local residence * Tumbler Ridge school shooting: latest updates * What we know so far about the Tumbler Ridge shooting Nine people have been killed and dozens injured after an assailant opened fire at a school in western Canada, in one of the deadliest mass shootings in the country’s history. The suspect was later found dead from what appeared to be a self-inflicted injury. Police found six people dead inside the high school in the remote town of Tumbler Ridge in British Columbia, with a further

Kwok Yin-sang arrested after he tried to end pro-democracy daughter’s insurance policy and withdraw funds A Hong Kong court has found the father of a wanted activist guilty of a national security violation, after he tried to end her insurance policy and withdraw the funds, drawing international criticism for the targeting of relatives of pro-democracy campaigners. Kwok Yin-sang, 68, is the first person to be charged under a homegrown national security law, also known as Article 23, for “attempting to deal with, directly or indirectly, any funds or other financial assets or economic resources” belonging to an absconder. Continue reading...

Christos Flessas detained in case seen as exposing Beijing’s strategy of infiltrating western military and security services A Greek air force officer arrested on suspicion of spying for China has been detained pending trial after appearing before a military judge in a case that is seen as exposing Beijing’s determination to infiltrate Europe’s security and intelligence services. Surrounded by armed escorts, a squadron leader identified as Col Christos Flessas emerged from the court late on Tuesday after giving testimony for more than eight hours. Continue reading...

Lack of response shows security law and harassment by authorities have muzzled ‘critical voices’, say experts * The rise and fall of Jimmy Lai, whose trajectory mirrored that of Hong Kong itself Hong Kong’s once-vibrant media outlets have responded with silence or celebration to the 20-year jail sentence handed down to Jimmy Lai, a pro-democracy media tycoon and critic of the Chinese Communist party. Lai, 78, was sentenced on Monday to 20 years in prison after being convicted of sedition and colluding with foreign forces under Hong Kong’s national security law. The charges were widely seen as being politically motivated and designed

Fathers of Bianca Jones and Holly Morton-Bowles, both 19, who died after a night out at the Nana backpackers hostel in 2024, say court decision is ‘absolute injustice’ * Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The families of two Melbourne teenagers who died after drinking methanol-laced alcohol in Laos say they have been blindsided by news the workers responsible for serving the drinks received fines of just $185. Bianca Jones and Holly Morton-Bowles, both 19, were killed by methanol poisoning along with four other tourists after a

Former nanny Scarlett Pavlovich filed suit in three US states alleging author assaulted her in New Zealand in 2022 Federal judges have dismissed three lawsuits accusing the bestselling fantasy author Neil Gaiman of sexually assaulting his children’s nanny in New Zealand four years ago. Scarlett Pavlovich filed a lawsuit against Gaiman and his wife, Amanda Palmer, in Wisconsin in February 2025, accusing Gaiman of multiple sexual assaults while she worked as the family’s nanny in 2022. She filed lawsuits against Palmer in Massachusetts and in New York on the same day she filed the Wisconsin action. Continue reading...

ACT government confirms it raised reports of boy’s fate with foreign affairs department, amid unverified claims he died last week * Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast There are concerns for a former Canberra high school student following disputed claims he was killed in Iran, amid representations by the Australian government to Tehran over the potential execution of prisoners. Posts on social media accounts linked to the boy claimed he was still alive on Thursday. This came after previous posts suggested he had died last Friday, after

This blog is now closed * Liberal party on brink of dumping first female leader with Taylor’s backers confident of defeating Ley * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast McCarthy threatens pulling funding levers on states on Close the Gap outcomes Malarndirri McCarthy says there are funding levers the government could pull to put more pressure on the states to improve on Closing the Gap outcomes. We have levers that we can pull and I know that through the Northern Territory Remote Area Investment, the NTRA, that is certainly an agreement between the commonwealth and the Northern Territory

A handful of votes may decide the next Liberal leader, with Sussan Ley to stare down her challenger, Angus Taylor, on Friday morning * The Libspill is on: Taylor v Ley set for Liberal leadership showdown on Friday morning – podcast * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The Liberal party is on the brink of dumping its first female leader, with Angus Taylor’s backers confident of defeating Sussan Ley in Friday’s leadership vote. The embattled opposition leader faced a tide of 10 resignations by 7pm on Thursday, with frontbenchers including Dan Tehan, Michaelia Cash, Jonathon Duniam,

Prime minister stresses importance of repairs to graves in Gaza being conducted as soon as possible in meeting with Isaac Herzog * Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, has raised the issue of Australian war graves bulldozed by the Israeli military in Gaza directly with the Israeli president, Isaac Herzog. Dozens of Australian war graves – mostly soldiers who died in Palestine during the second world war – were bulldozed by the Israel Defense Forces across April and May last year. Satellite

Nigel Dalton says he sought to redeem himself ‘in the eyes of God’ by crossing the floor in an attempt to overturn the LNP’s abortion debate gag order * Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The rebel Liberal National party Queensland MP Nigel Dalton, who earlier this week defied the state’s premier, David Crisafulli, over the abortion law debate, has encouraged others “to put on the full armour of God” and speak out on the issue. In an interview posted on YouTube, Dalton told the anti-abortion activist

Hundreds of thousands Ukrainians without power, heat and water after strikes targeting energy infrastructure Meanwhile, at Nato HQ, Elbridge Colby, the US undersecretary for war, said it was time for the US and Europe to “march out together,” sounding a rare conciliatory note as he arrived in Brussels for a meeting of alliance defence ministers earlier today. The hawkish Colby is representing the US instead of defence secretary Pete Hegseth, but his high status as arguably the leading military adviser to Donald Trump means his presence instead of his immediate boss is not being taken as a significant snub. Continue reading...

Leaders to discuss once-taboo policy of favouring European companies, in attempt to regain economic competitiveness EU leaders are expected to diverge on whether “Buy European” is an answer to Europe’s waning economic fortunes, at a summit on how to secure the continent’s future in a more volatile global economy. At a moated castle in the east Belgian countryside, the EU’s 27 leaders will gather on Thursday for a brainstorming session on how Europe can regain its economic competitiveness vis-a-vis the US and China, at a time of economic threats and political turbulence. Continue reading...

Referendum on immigration limit could threaten EU agreements and cripple economy, say Swiss businesses Switzerland will vote this summer on a proposal from the far-right Swiss People’s party (SVP) to limit the country’s population to 10 million, a move that would threaten key agreements with the EU and, opponents say, cripple the economy. The government said on Wednesday the referendum on the SVP’s “No to a 10 million Switzerland” initiative, which is strongly opposed by both chambers of parliament and the business and financial services community, would be held on 10 June. Continue reading...

Move is a ‘backwards step’, company spokesperson says, amid concerns Kremlin is seeking more state control via messaging apps such as Max Russia has attempted to “fully block” WhatsApp in an attempt to push users towards its own state-sponsored communications app, Max, a spokesperson for the Meta-owned company has said. The company did not reveal more detail on what extent the attempt succeeded or what action was taken to try to block the app. Continue reading...

Writer made international breakthrough with 1980 novel Rituals and won acclaim for his travel writing The Dutch writer Cees Nooteboom, whose novels, travel writing and translations made him a prominent literary figure in postwar Europe, has died aged 92. Publishing house De Bezige Bij said in a statement on Wednesday evening that Nooteboom had “passed away very peacefully on his beloved island Menorca”. The statement was made on behalf of the author’s wife, the photographer Simone Sassen. Continue reading...

Report on Islamic State says Ahmed al-Sharaa was targeted twice by IS front group that bombed Damascus church Five separate plots to assassinate Syria’s president and top ministers were foiled last year, the UN said on Wednesday in a report on Islamic State. According to the report, the Syrian president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, was targeted twice, once in northern Aleppo and another time in southern Daraa, by Saraya Ansar al-Sunnah, an IS front group that carried out a bombing of a church in Damascus last summer. Continue reading...

Cross-party UK MPs campaigning for senior Fatah leader’s release from Israeli jail, saying he is unifying figure The son of Marwan Barghouti, the Palestinian prisoner often described as the Nelson Mandela of the Palestinian movement, has called on the British government to put his father’s release at the heart of Palestinian democratic renewal. Arab Barghouti warned the UK government that its recent recognition of a Palestinian state risks providing nothing but false hope unless it follows through by using diplomatic channels to secure his father’s freedom. Continue reading...

Masoud Pezeshkian tries to convey message of national unity as negotiations with US hang in balance * US politics live – latest updates Iran’s president insisted his country was not seeking a nuclear weapon as he acknowledged “great sorrow” after the authorities’ recent crackdown on protesters. Speaking to crowds gathered across Iran to mark the anniversary of the 1979 revolution, Masoud Pezeshkian sought to claim a message of national unity after demonstrations that roiled the country and triggered an unprecedented crisis for the regime. Continue reading...

Lengthy delays in compensation are ‘emblematic’ of what many relatives of migrant workers go through in the Gulf kingdom, say rights groups When Mohammad Arshad fell to his death while constructing the first new stadium for the 2034 World Cup in Saudi Arabia, one of the main stadium contractors, the Belgian construction multinational Besix, promised it would take immediate steps to ensure all end-of-service and insurance payments were, “handled in a timely and respectful manner”. Almost a year later, Arshad’s family say they have yet to receive either. Continue reading...

US, Britain, EU and Arab nations condemn plans that Israeli ministers say will ‘kill the idea of a Palestinian state’ Israeli measures to tighten its control of the West Bank have prompted a global backlash, including a signal from Washington restating the Trump administration’s opposition to annexation of the occupied territory. Announcing the measures, which involve extending Israeli control in areas that are currently under Palestinian administration, Israel’s defence minister, Israel Katz, made clear they were aimed at strengthening Israeli settlements in the West Bank and pre-empting the emergence of an independent sovereign Palestine. Continue reading...

Jailed then exiled in London, Rahman returns home as the main contender to be next prime minister of Bangladesh Tarique Rahman, who after 17 years in exile is the main contender to be the next prime minister of Bangladesh, has pledged to end entrenched corruption and put the country on a “new path” as voting began in the first free and fair elections in almost two decades. Speaking to the Guardian before polls opened on Thursday morning, Rahman promised a new era of clean politics, including a “top down, no tolerance” approach to graft, if his Bangladesh Nationalist party (BNP) was brought

Jamaat e-Islami, oppressed under Sheikh Hasina’s rule, could take unprecedented share of the vote on Thursday As the clock hit midnight, the women held their flame torches aloft and marched into the Dhaka night. “The people have given their blood, now we want equality,” they shouted above the roar of the traffic. For many in Bangladesh, the past few weeks have been a cause for jubilation. The first free and fair elections in 17 years have been promised for Thursday, after the toppling of the regime of Sheikh Hasina in a bloody student-led uprising in August 2024 in which more than 1,000

With medication largely unaffordable in the country, experts hope community support and a change in diet could reduce soaring type 2 diabetes rates A return to the traditional lentil and rice dishes that have nourished generations of Nepalis could save them from a diabetes epidemic prompted by the influx of western junk foods, doctors have said. In a country where one in five of those over 40 has type 2 diabetes, the foods enjoyed by their grandparents have showed remarkable results in reversing the condition. Continue reading...

The case in Bangladesh, where Nipah cases are reported almost every year, follows two Nipah virus cases identified in neighbouring India The World Health Organization said on Friday that a woman had died in northern Bangladesh in January after contracting the deadly Nipah virus infection. The case in Bangladesh, where Nipah cases are reported almost every year, follows two Nipah virus cases identified in neighbouring India, which has already prompted stepped-up airport screenings across Asia. Continue reading...

Police investigating whether blast that injured at least 169 at Friday prayers in Islamabad was suicide attack An explosion has ripped through a Shia mosque on the outskirts of Pakistan’s capital during Friday prayers, killing 31 people and injuring at least 169 others, according to officials. Police said they were investigating whether the attack was carried out by a suicide bomber. There were fears the death toll from the blast at the Khadija al-Kubra mosque in Islamabad could rise as some of the injured were reported to be in a critical condition. Television footage and social media images showed police and residents

In a bid to combat the impact of screen-time creep, the Countdown word supremo has a few suggestions * Children’s vocabulary shrinking as reading loses out to screen time, says Susie Dent Children’s vocabulary is shrinking as reading loses out to screen time, the Countdown lexicographer Susie Dent has suggested, as she urged families to read, talk and play word games to boost language development. Dent, who also co-presents Channel 4’s Secret Genius with Alan Carr, is fronting a new campaign – working with an unexpected partner, Soreen malt loaf – aimed at boosting children’s vocabulary at snack time. kerfuffle One of Soreen’s

Manchester United owner responds to criticism by saying: ‘It is critical that we maintain an open debate on the challenges facing the UK’ Here is video of Jim Ratcliffe making his comment about the UK being “colonised” by immigrants. Kemi Badenoch has urged Keir Starmer to delay the departure of Sir Chris Wormald, the cabinet secretary, so that he remains in post to oversee the release of government documents relating to Peter Mandelson’s time as ambassador to Washington. It is hard to escape the conclusion that the cabinet secretary is simply the latest person to be thrown under a bus by this prime

Exclusive: Countdown lexicographer urges families to read, talk and play word games to help language development * Susie Dent’s tips and tricks to add muscle to a child’s vocabulary Children’s vocabulary is shrinking as reading loses out to screen time, according to the lexicographer Susie Dent, who is urging families to read, talk and play word games to boost language development. The Countdown star’s warning comes as the government prepares to issue its first advice to parents on how to manage screen use in under-fives, amid concerns that excessive screen time is damaging children’s language development. Continue reading...

Twenty-seven entries shortlisted in 21 categories including website of the year and newspaper of the year The Guardian has been nominated for more than 20 honours at this year’s Press Awards, including for website of the year, daily newspaper of the year and newspaper of the year (daily and Sunday). Twenty-seven entries from the Guardian have been shortlisted across 21 different categories by the judges of the UK’s prestigious journalism awards. Continue reading...

Manchester United co-owner, who lives in Monaco, faces growing backlash for using ‘far-right narratives’ * UK politics live – latest updates The Monaco-based billionaire Jim Ratcliffe has been accused of hypocrisy and using “far-right narratives”, as a backlash grew over his claims that the UK was being “colonised” by immigrants. Fans called the Manchester United co-owner’s comments “disgraceful and deeply divisive”, while Keir Starmer said his claim was “offensive and wrong”, and called on the Ineos chief executive to “apologise immediately”. Continue reading...

President warned prior to the vote that any Republican who voted against tariffs would ‘suffer the consequences’ About six in 10 US adults say president Donald Trump has “gone too far” in sending federal immigration agents into American cities, according to a new AP-NORC poll. Views of Trump’s handling of immigration - which fell over the course of his first year - remained steady over the past month, with about four in 10 saying they approve of the president’s approach. Continue reading...

After state sees four deaths and 40 hospitalizations, public health officials and foraging experts urge caution A wet winter in California has produced a surge of wild fungi – a shroom boom that would typically have foragers cheering. But among the chanterelles and porcinis, a much more dangerous fungus called the death cap – also known as the Amanita phalloides – is causing alarm. The state health department reports that, between late November 2025 and early February 2026, there have been four deaths and 40 hospitalizations linked to consumption of dangerous mushrooms, an outbreak the department describes as “unprecedented”. That’s far above

Milton Otto Martin III received maximum sentence for indecent behavior inflicted on teenager 15 years ago The Louisiana Pentecostal pastor who repeatedly molested a teenage girl told her that her “world would turn upside down” if she ever reported his crimes, she said in a statement on Wednesday in a suburban New Orleans court. Milton Otto Martin III would blame her for his crimes, saying he couldn’t resist the temptation that she presented, the survivor’s statement added. Continue reading...

Gregory Bovino hailed agent who fired at Marimar Martinez five times in her car. Plus, US jobs rise by 130,000 in January * Don’t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up here Good morning. Newly released evidence has shown that Gregory Bovino, a border patrol chief who was the face of the Trump administration’s mass deportation efforts until last month, praised a federal agent who shot a Chicago woman during an immigration crackdown last year. Marimar Martinez, a US citizen, was shot five times by a border patrol agent in October while in her vehicle. She was charged with a felony

This live blog is now closed. Transportation secretary Sean Duffy said the El Paso airport closure was to “address a cartel drone incursion”. “The threat has been neutralized, and there is no danger to commercial travel in the region,” Duffy said on social media. “The restrictions have been lifted and normal flights are resuming.” Continue reading...

The United States and Iran may be inching towards a renewed nuclear accord, following intensive behind-the-scenes diplomacy by Gulf monarchies and Turkey aimed at averting a new regional war. With US President Donald Trump indicating a clear preference for negotiation over confrontation, Washington appears to have quietly abandoned earlier talk of regime change in Tehran and efforts to assist Iranians caught in last month’s bloody protests. “If the Iranian people want to overthrow the regime,...

For a few hours on Wednesday, the sleepy airport of El Paso, Texas, became a sudden flashpoint for confusion. Late Tuesday night, the Federal Aviation Administration issued a terse notice to pilots that airspace in the area would close - for an unprecedented 10 days - due to “special security reasons”. And then almost as suddenly, the FAA lifted the restrictions on Wednesday morning. Conflicting accounts of what prompted the action in the first place quickly emerged. Trump administration...

Hong Kong’s pressing demographic challenges demand tailored, well-considered civil service policies. However, the proposal put forward in recent Legislative Council debates on population policy to raise the retirement age for all civil servants to 65 offers no viable solution to these issues. This one-size-fits-all approach overlooks the civil service’s flexible retirement frameworks and works against the government’s goals of streamlining and modernising the public sector. It risks undermining...

James Van Der Beek, the star of 1990s ⁠teen drama Dawson’s Creek, died ⁠on Wednesday at the age of ⁠48 after a battle with cancer, his wife announced on social media. “Our beloved James David Van Der Beek passed peacefully this morning. He met his final days with courage, faith, and grace,” his wife, Kimberly, said. Fans and fellow ‌actors shared tributes on social media, recalling the influence he had on their lives and careers. “While James’ legacy will always live on, this is a huge loss to...

China will support Cuba “in the best way possible” as the island grapples with an energy crisis following tougher measures imposed by US President Donald Trump’s administration, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson confirmed on Wednesday. Speaking at a regular press briefing in Beijing, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said China “will do what it can” to assist Havana and again condemned what he described as “inhumane actions that deprive the Cuban people of their right to survival and...

The suspect ⁠in a deadly school shooting in western Canada was an 18-year-old with mental health issues ⁠who killed her mother and stepbrother before attacking her former school, police said on Wednesday, but investigators did not offer a motive for one of the worst mass slaughters in Canadian history. The killer, who police identified as Jesse Van Rootselaar, died by suicide after the shooting on Tuesday in Tumbler Ridge, a remote community of 2,400 people in the Pacific province of British...

US President Donald Trump held talks with Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday to discuss renewed US nuclear talks with Iran, and said he told the Israeli prime minister that negotiations with Tehran would continue to see if a deal could be reached. Netanyahu had been expected to push for Trump to ‌widen talks with Iran beyond its nuclear programme to include limits on Tehran’s missile arsenal and other security threats. In their seventh meeting since Trump returned to office last year, Netanyahu –...

A Republican US lawmaker on Wednesday accused Attorney General ⁠Pam Bondi of concealing the names of powerful associates of the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein as she faced questions about the Justice Department’s handling of investigative files in a charged hearing before a House of Representatives panel. Congressman Thomas Massie, a Republican from Kentucky, who helped lead the effort to require the files’ release, accused the Justice Department of a “massive failure”...

Fresh surveillance images from Nancy Guthrie’s porch the night she went missing, coupled with intense police activity across Arizona and the detention of a man had raised hopes that authorities were nearing a major break. By Wednesday, however, the man said he had been released after questioning, leaving it unclear where the investigation stood into last week’s disappearance of Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of Today show host Savannah Guthrie. Just hours after the FBI released videos on...

Nato said on Wednesday that it had launched a mission to strengthen its presence in the Arctic, part of an effort to defuse severe tensions within the alliance prompted by US President Donald Trump’s push for the US to acquire Greenland. The new mission, Arctic Sentry, will coordinate an increasing military presence of Nato allies in the region, including exercises such as Denmark’s Arctic Endurance on Greenland, the ‌alliance’s military headquarters said in a statement. Nato did not quantify...

Canadians were in shock on Wednesday after one of the country’s deadliest mass shootings as authorities said seven people were killed at a school in remote northern British Columbia and two others were killed at a nearby home. A woman that police believed was the shooter was found dead, apparently from a self-inflicted wound. Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) said more than 25 people were wounded in Tuesday’s shooting, including two who were airlifted for medical care with life-threatening...

US job growth beat expectations in January while unemployment crept down, official data showed on Wednesday, defying immediate concerns about labour market fragility on the back of US President Donald Trump’s economic policies. The United States added 130,000 jobs last month, the Department of Labour said, significantly higher than the 55,000 predicted in surveys by Dow Jones Newswires and The Wall Street Journal. The jobless rate dropped to 4.3 per cent from 4.4 per cent in December. Trump...

A US citizen was sentenced to two years and eight months in prison on Wednesday for offering China sensitive information while working as a civilian contractor at a US military base in Germany. The defendant, only partially named as Martin D., was put on trial in a German court in the western city of Koblenz, with proceedings held partly behind closed doors. In 2024, prosecutors charged that Martin D. had “contacted Chinese government agencies several times and offered to pass on sensitive...

The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reopened the airspace around El Paso International Airport in Texas on Wednesday morning, just hours after it announced a 10-day closure that would have grounded all flights to and from the airport. The FAA said in a social media post that it has lifted the temporary closure of the airspace over El Paso, saying there was no threat to commercial aviation and that all flights will resume. Transport Secretary Sean Duffy said in a post on social media...

After a series of roller-coaster rides in financial markets, serious concerns remain about the long-term profitability of major artificial intelligence (AI) companies that mostly rely on circular financing – investing in each other to prop up demand. This volatility is worrisome when many Americans’ retirement pensions are closely tied to AI stocks, which have contributed to 80 per cent of the US stock market’s rise and 40 per cent of US GDP growth last year. Amid fears of a bubble, polls...

Iran marked the 47th anniversary of its 1979 Islamic Revolution on Wednesday as the country’s theocracy remains under pressure, both from US President Donald Trump who suggested sending another aircraft carrier group to the Middle East and a public angrily denouncing Tehran’s bloody crackdown on nationwide protests. The commemoration represented a split-screen view of life in Iran, with state television showing hundreds of thousands of people across the country attending pro-government rallies,...

The White House revised its fact sheet on the US-India trade agreement to adjust language around agricultural goods, adding to confusion about the deal already raised by farmer groups. In a revised statement, the US removed a reference to pulses – a staple food in India that includes lentils and chickpeas – and changed some phrasing around India’s offer to buy more American goods. An earlier version on Monday released by the White House said India would “eliminate or reduce tariffs” on a wide...

Australia is demanding criminal charges over a 2024 Israeli air strike on an aid convoy in Gaza that killed seven people, including an Australian aid worker, the country’s prime minister said on Wednesday in a case that has drawn sweeping condemnation and strained relations between the two countries. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he conveyed the request to visiting Israeli President Isaac Herzog during a meeting earlier in the day. Australian Zomi Frankcom was one of four World Central...

Colombian President Gustavo Petro said on Tuesday he had escaped an assassination attempt hours earlier, after months of warnings about an alleged plot by drug traffickers to target him. On Monday night, Petro’s helicopter was unable to land at his destination on the Caribbean coast because of fears that unspecified people “were going to shoot” at it, he said. “We headed out to open sea for four hours and I arrived somewhere we weren’t supposed to go, escaping from being killed,” Petro said in a...

Federal prosecutors failed to bring charges Tuesday against six Democratic lawmakers who urged service members to refuse illegal orders, outraging US President Donald Trump, who had called for jail time, US media reported. A federal grand jury composed of local citizens in Washington denied the Justice Department’s attempts to indict the lawmakers who posted a short video urging conscientious service, sources told The New York Times and The Washington Post. In the video posted to social media in...

Authorities on Tuesday released video of an armed ⁠man in a ski mask tampering with the doorbell camera at the Arizona home of US television journalist Savannah Guthrie’s elderly mother shortly before she was abducted nine days earlier in a presumed kidnapping for ransom. Retrieval of the images came hours before another major break in the search for 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie – the first known arrest in the case following days in which investigators reported making little progress. The Pima...

A shooting at a school in British Columbia left eight dead including a woman whom police believe to be the shooter, while two more people were found dead at a nearby home, Canadian authorities said on Tuesday. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said more than 25 people are injured, including two who were airlifted to hospital with life-threatening injuries, after the shooting at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School. School shootings are rare in Canada. The town of Tumbler Ridge in the Canadian Rockies...

US singer Britney Spears has become the latest musician to sell the rights to her catalogue that includes hits like “Baby One More Time” and “Oops!...I Did It Again”, US media reported on Tuesday. The deal is believed to be worth around US$200 million, according to sources cited by celebrity site TMZ, though it said the exact amount is not detailed in legal documents. That sum would be comparable to the sale of Canadian singer Justin Bieber’s catalogue in 2023. Spears, 44, joins a growing list...

China has a few red lines. But if you respect them, life can be smooth and wonderful. China doesn’t care if you are Jewish, Muslim, Christian, Hindu or an atheist. It doesn’t care if your government is democratic, theocratic or dictatorial. If you want to do business, China is more than happy to partner with you. If you need aid, that’s fine; it won’t tell you what to do with the money or otherwise dictate your finances, so long as it sees some returns, whether commercial, strategic or...

US President Donald Trump’s administration has removed a large rainbow ⁠Pride flag that flew over the ⁠Stonewall National Monument, which marks the birthplace of ⁠the modern gay rights movement in New York. The National Park Service, the federal agency overseeing US national monuments, said that it managed the flagpole at the monument and that the flag had been removed to ensure a “long-standing policy” was applied consistently across its sites. But some elected officials in ‌New York said the...

The balance of power in the Russia-China relationship has evolved to the point that Beijing is now the dominant partner and the primary threat to the United States, according to US Congressman Pat Fallon. Speaking at the Hudson Institute during a discussion about the first year of US President Donald Trump’s foreign policy, Fallon said while Russia and China have long had a strategic partnership, the world has now “seen that senior partnership shift”. “It was clearly the Soviets. Now it’s...

The United States is seeking a fair and enduring competition with China, along with strengthening its economic and political relationships with Latin America, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Tuesday. He termed this the strategy of reducing vulnerabilities without cutting ties with Beijing. Speaking at an investor conference in Sao Paulo, hosted by the Brazilian bank BTG Pactual, Bessent said that Washington did not want to sever economic ties with China. Still, it was trying to...

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he was considering sending a second aircraft carrier to the Middle East, even as Washington and Tehran ‍prepare to resume negotiations aimed at averting a new conflict. Oman facilitated talks between Iran and the US last week, which a spokesman for Iran’s foreign ministry said had allowed Tehran to gauge Washington’s seriousness and showed enough consensus for diplomacy to continue. The talks came after Trump had positioned one aircraft carrier in the...

A California man has been sentenced to four years in prison for acting as an illegal agent for the Chinese government while working as a campaign adviser for a local politician. Yaoning “Mike” Sun, 65, was sentenced on Monday in federal court in Los Angeles after pleading guilty last year in a deal with prosecutors. Under the agreement, Sun acknowledged acting as a foreign agent on behalf of the People’s Republic of China from 2022 to 2024 without notifying the US attorney general as required by...

Authorities investigating the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie released the first surveillance images on Tuesday showing a masked person on her porch the night she went missing, as law enforcement and her family intensified calls for public help more than a week into the search. Law enforcement searching for the mother of Today show host Savannah Guthrie has not identified any suspects or persons of interest, and it is unclear if she is still alive. FBI Director Kash Patel posted the images on...

Canada and the United ⁠States will resolve the issue of a US$4.7 billion bridge connecting Detroit and Windsor, Ontario, that US President Donald Trump is unhappy about, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney told reporters on Tuesday. Carney said he and Trump had a conversation on Tuesday morning about a range of topics, including the ‌bridge. “The situation will be settled,” Carney said, but did not give details. Trump threatened to bar the new bridge opening, in his latest salvo against Canada...

US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick minimised his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein Tuesday even as he acknowledged visiting the disgraced financier at his private island in 2012 after Epstein was a convicted sex offender - and years later than he previously said their relationship ended. Lutnick, speaking to a Senate panel, described going to Epstein’s island after being asked in Tuesday’s hearing about US Justice Department documents showing he had planned a visit. “I did have lunch with him,...

Draped in burnt-orange robes, two dozen Buddhist monks arrived in Washington on Tuesday on a 3,700km (2,300-mile) “Walk for Peace”, a ‌self-described spiritual journey across nine states that has been cheered on by crowds of thousands. “I feel like in our ‍country and in our world right now that you have to show your support for peace in every possible way you can,” said Bob Anderson, 74, of Gloucester County, Virginia, during a stop by the monks in Richmond on February 3. “And so this is a...

Wearing no trousers, with his tongue sticking out and dancing with ‌the Statue of Liberty, the figure of US President Donald Trump ‍will feature at a German carnival celebration as one of the traditionally satirical and provocative floats. Organisers showcased the various figures in the city of Mainz in western Germany on ⁠Tuesday. They also included Germany’s Chancellor Friedrich Merz in a sinking boat, with his conservative predecessor and erstwhile rival, Angela Merkel, spearing the boat with...

A defiant British Prime Minister Keir Starmer sought to move on Tuesday from fevered speculation about his future after fighting off strident calls to resign over the Jeffrey Epstein scandal. Following a day of drama on Monday, the Labour leader told a meeting of government ministers that they were “strong and united” after he vowed not to depart office just 19 months into a five-year term. Starmer’s position had looked precarious on Monday when Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar demanded his...

A top Israeli official said on Tuesday that measures adopted by the government that deepen Israeli control in the occupied West Bank amounted to implementing “de facto sovereignty”, using language that mirrors critics’ warnings about the intent behind the moves. The steps “actually establish a fact on the ground that there will not be a Palestinian state,” Energy Minister Eli Cohen told Israel’s Army Radio. Palestinians, Arab countries and human rights groups have called the moves announced...

After 156 days of hearings, Jimmy Lai Chee-ying’s case finally came to a close with the former media boss sentenced to 20 years of imprisonment. Western media and critics will no doubt say, what a harsh sentence for a “democracy advocate” and “freedom fighter”. However, Lai was not accused of fighting for freedom or demanding democracy in Hong Kong. His crimes were not even about his avowed hatred of the Communist Party. Western critics may be surprised to hear that hating the Communist Party is...

Hanadi Abu Zant has not been able to pay rent on her flat in the occupied West Bank for nearly a year after losing her permit to work inside Israel. When her landlord calls the police on her, she hides in a mosque. “My biggest fear is being kicked out of my home. Where will we sleep, on the street?” she said, wiping tears from her cheeks. She is among some 100,000 Palestinians whose work permits were revoked after Hamas’ October 7, 2023, attack ignited the war in the Gaza Strip. Confined to the...

A growing debate in France over raising tariffs on China heated up on Monday, with a senior minister calling for a targeted approach even as a government planning agency proposed a blanket 30 per cent duty on all Chinese imports entering the European Union. Finance Minister Roland Lescure said China’s large trade surplus with Europe was “unsustainable”, but insisted there was no “one-size-fits-all answer” on tariffs and that Paris would need to continue engaging with Beijing to make...

Cuban aviation officials have warned airlines that there is not enough fuel for planes to refuel on the island, the latest step in its moves to ration energy as the Trump administration cuts the Caribbean nation off from its fuel resources. The government of Cuba published the notices to airlines and pilots on Sunday night, warning that jet fuel would not be available at nine airports across the island, including Jose Marti International Airport in Havana, starting on Tuesday and continuing...

US military forces boarded a sanctioned tanker in the Indian Ocean after tracking the ship from the Caribbean Sea as part of an oil quarantine meant to squeeze Venezuela, US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Monday. Venezuela had faced US sanctions on its oil and relied on a shadow fleet of falsely flagged tankers to smuggle crude into global supply chains. Following the US raid to capture then-president Nicolas Maduro in early January, several tankers fled the Venezuelan coast, including...

The Trump administration will ‌fund efforts to promote free speech within Western countries allied with Washington, a senior State Department official said ‍on Monday during a visit to Europe focused on pushing back against European regulations that US officials have branded censorship. US officials have forcefully opposed online rules such as the EU’s Digital Services Act and Britain’s Online Safety Act, which Washington says stifle free speech, and in particular criticism of immigration...

The FBI is not aware of ongoing communication between Savannah Guthrie’s family and any suspected kidnappers more than a week after the Today show host’s mother went missing, the agency said on Monday. The FBI has also not identified any suspects or persons of interest in the disappearance of 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie, Connor Hagan, a spokesperson for the FBI, said in a statement. The agency is operating a 24-hour command post equipped with investigative teams and crisis management experts while...

China surpassed Argentina in January to become Brazil’s largest exporter of vehicles, solidifying Chinese brands’ dominance in the region’s biggest car market and undercutting a long-standing Argentine trade advantage within Mercosur. According to industry figures reported by Autoweb on Monday, Chinese vehicles sent to Brazil reached 16,800 units in January, versus 13,400 from Argentina. It underscores the erosion of Argentina’s decades-long grip on Brazil’s import market, after China first led...

Mexican ‌authorities have recovered 10 bodies in the search for workers kidnapped last month from a mine run by Canada’s Vizsla ‍Silver Corp in Mexico’s northern state of Sinaloa, the country’s attorney general’s office said on Monday. The attorney general’s office said in a statement that it found 10 bodies in the municipality of Concordia, of which five have so far been identified. Forensic teams are working to identify the remaining five bodies, it added. Relatives of those kidnapped told...

The measure had no path forward in the Senate, where Democrats are all but certain to block it and Republicans have said they will not try to skirt filibuster rules to ram it through.

Federal judges had appointed Donald Kinsella, a veteran litigator, as top prosecutor in the Northern District of New York after the Trump administration’s nominee was found to be serving unlawfully.

Senator John Fetterman and Gov. Josh Shapiro do not get along. The bad blood goes back years.

Phil Berger has led the State Senate for years with an iron grip. But in a March election, he faces a popular, horse-riding sheriff who could topple his reign.

Anthropic and OpenAI now have their own well-funded political groups that will square off in the midterm elections over artificial intelligence safety and regulation.

Several athletes have found themselves caught up in controversies over musical choices before and during one of the biggest competitions of their careers.

Olympic officials had told Vladyslav Heraskevych that the helmet, featuring images of Ukrainian athletes killed in the war with Russia, violated the Games’ ban on political speech.

Ford Motor shut down a battery factory and laid off 1,600 workers after President Trump and Republicans gutted government support for electric vehicles.

The company, long focused on cars and trucks, plans to begin manufacturing large batteries used by utilities, data centers, other businesses and homeowners.

The hearing comes two days after the officials declined to answer questions from House members about the fatal shootings of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Leqaa Kordia, 33, of New Jersey, was hospitalized after hitting her head at a Texas detention center, her lawyer said. She was initially arrested during a 2024 protest at Columbia University.

Immigration enforcement agencies have received tens of millions in funding for body camera programs, which the Trump administration proposed cutting — until recently.

With more ICE agents and fewer judges and asylum officers, the balance of the federal immigration apparatus has shifted.

A vulnerable victim, an unknown perpetrator and a recognizable celebrity are all factors in a case that has captivated the public.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who focused heavily on vaccine policy in 2025, will spend this year talking up healthy eating.

The F.D.A.’s refusal to examine the company’s mRNA shot drew widespread criticism from doctors and was divisive within the agency.

A federal law taking effect in November severely limits the amount of THC, the euphoric cannabis compound, allowed in over-the-counter items. Many groups are fighting back.

A study reported that the conventional method of searching follicular fluid didn’t find all the eggs. The new technology found extra eggs more than half the time.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi won a big reduction of sky-high tariffs, but critics say he undermined Indian sovereignty and undercut the nation’s farmers.

Six Republicans joined nearly all Democrats to end the national emergency President Donald Trump had declared to impose tariffs on imports from Canada.

For much of North America, the last month has been an icy, frozen trudge. But from the right vantage point, it had a certain beauty.

After publishing more than 20 books and winning a Nobel Prize, the Turkish author fought to bring a celebrated novel to the screen — on his own terms.

The actor and Jacob Elordi play the tortured lovers from the Emily Brontë classic in this florid, overstuffed version by Emerald Fennell.

Congress must stand firm against President Trump’s assault on the rule of law.

Dario Amodei shares his utopian — and dystopian — predictions for the near-term future of artificial intelligence.

We explore one possibility for relieving the U.S. housing crisis.

“If downplaying international sex rings were an Olympic sport, Bondi would take home the gold,” Jordan Klepper said on “The Daily Show.”

A rental voucher program costs more than $1 billion. The mayor’s decision to curtail its expansion reflects the clash between his ideology and the realities of managing the city.

He first appeared in a hit TV drama as a wide-eyed 15-year-old who then grew up over six seasons. He announced he had cancer in 2024.

At the vanguard of Gen Z movements, protesters in Bangladesh ousted the prime minister in 2024. They now face the hard reality of winning change through elections.

The country’s confirmed cases have topped 9,000 since last year, raising fears that a high-stakes evaluation in April could lead to its status being revoked.