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A sociable sunfish who was reportedly missing its human audience during a temporary closure of its aquarium in Japan has been comforted in an unorthodox way. In a photo posted by the Kaikyokan aquarium in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi prefecture, the sunfish is seen swimming in front of photos of human faces attached to a row of uniforms. The…

Incoming first lady Melania Trump has launched a cryptocurrency on the eve of her husband’s inauguration as US president. The announcement comes after President-elect Donald Trump launched the $Trump cryptocurrency. Both coins have risen but have seen volatile trade. “The Official Melania Meme is live! You can buy $Melania now,” she posted on the social platform X…

Three Israeli women hostages held Hamas in Gaza have been released on the first day of a long-awaited ceasefire deal with Israel. Fifteen months after the 7 October 2023 attacks, Israel says that 91 of the 251 captives remain unaccounted for, although it believes only 57 of these are still alive. A total of 120 hostages have…

CapCut, ByteDance’s video editing app for TikTok, is still down in response to the federal ban. Instagram head Adam Mosseri just announced a video editing app called Edits. Mosseri said the app is meant to rival CapCut, a video editing app that went offline along with TikTok. Edits is available for preorder on the iOS App Store.…

TikTok is bringing its service back online in the US, after shutting down for about half a day. The company said this afternoon that it is “in the process of restoring service” and thanked President-elect Trump for “providing the necessary clarity” to do so. US users were shut out of TikTok last night ahead of the federal…

Karen Myles, 66, walked out of her Altadena, California home in the middle of the night in her pajamas, confronted by a forest of red and orange flaming trees and live wires from tumbled electric poles sparking in the street. Her son, who had woken her from a deep sleep, navigated their path to safety. The fire…

President-elect Donald Trump is poised to seize greater control of the federal government than any modern president before him when he takes office on Monday, charging ahead with plans to dismantle what he and his allies call the “deep state,” according to two sources familiar with transition discussions. The effort could get underway as early as Trump’s…

President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming administration is reconsidering plans for immigration raids in Chicago next week after details were leaked, Trump’s “border czar” Tom Homan told the Washington Post in an interview on Saturday. The new administration “hasn’t made a decision yet,” said Homan, the former acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, according to the report.…

Hundreds of supporters of South Korea’s arrested president, Yoon Suk Yeol, stormed a court building early on Sunday after his detention was extended, smashing windows and breaking inside, an attack the country’s acting leader called “unimaginable”. Yoon on Wednesday became the first sitting South Korean president to be arrested as he faces allegations of insurrection related to…

Palestinians afraid of what future could bring As the ceasefire approaches, hundreds of thousands of Gazans hope to return to what remains of their homes. Hanaa Dabban, a nurse who was displaced from the Jabalia refugee camp, said the first thing she wanted to do was return to her home in northern Gaza. “We are going through…

The Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal aims to end the war and free hostages kidnapped during the 7 October attack – but in Israel, opinions on the agreement are divided. The deal would see Israel free between 990 and 1,650 Palestinian prisoners and detainees in return for the release of the hostages. The 7 October attacks by Hamas saw…

A shooting incident occurred at the Supreme Court in the Iranian capital of Tehran on Saturday, with two judges killed. What do we know about the incident? The judiciary identified the slain judges as Mohammad Moghiseh and Ali Razini. “Three judges of the Supreme Court were targeted. Two of them were martyred and one was injured,” the judiciary’s…

Fans are losing it over Joe Jonas dressing in drag in a TikTok video he posted Friday. The musician’s clip shows him sporting a silky black dress and a dirty blond wig with a short hairstyle. He also had his makeup done, complete with red lipstick, blush, eyeliner and mascara. Jonas lip-synced to sassy audio from the…

President-elect Donald J. Trump has promised at times to use the vast powers of his office to seek revenge against politicians and officials who he contends have wronged him. Over the past several years, he has publicly named a range of those people and specified what he believes should happen to them. “I am your warrior, I…

Thousands of people gathered in Washington on Saturday to protest President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration, as activists for women’s rights, racial justice and other causes rallied against incoming policies they say will threaten their constitutional rights during the Republican’s second term. Some in the crowd wore the pink hats that marked the much-larger protest against Trump’s first inauguration…

One-in-25 Brits reckon Donald Trump is actually a zombie. A poll of 2,000 Brits found that 4% think the 78-year-old Republican – who is due to be inaugurated as the 47th president on Monday – is a member of the undead. Those polled were asked whether they reckoned Trump was either a zombie or a “hologram” created…

President-elect Donald Trump told NBC News’ “Meet the Press” moderator Kristen Welker in a phone interview Saturday that he will “most likely” give TikTok a 90-day reprieve from a potential ban in the U.S. after he takes office Monday. Trump said he hadn’t made a final decision but was considering a 90-day extension of the Sunday deadline…

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have suffered a “devastating” blow as new bullying claims have “poisoned the smiling image of the welcoming home-maker”, according to a royal expert. Vanity Fair released an 8,000-word feature marking five years since the couple’s departure from the UK, based on months of interviews with dozens of sources close to the Sussexes.…

Five years ago he took the prestigious Michelin Guide to court and lost over an unfavorable review of a controversial soufflé. Now French chef Marc Veyrat has launched a fresh salvo against the fine-dining bible, banning its inspectors from his new restaurant. “I’ve even got a small sign on the front door,” he tells CNN. “I’m turning…

At least 70 people have died after a petrol tanker exploded in north-central Nigeria, the country’s emergency forces have said. The blast took place in the early hours of Saturday morning after a group of people attempted to move fuel from one tanker into another using a generator. Kumar Tsukwam, from the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC),…

More than a dozen people have been injured, some seriously, in a ski lift accident in Spain. The incident took place on a chair lift at the Astún ski resort, which is on the Spanish border with France, in the Pyrenees mountain range. Astún Ski Resort said around 15 people were injured, three of them seriously. The…

US tennis star Danielle Collins was booed by the Australian Open crowd on Saturday when she walked on court and also when she left following her defeat to compatriot Madison Keys. It comes after Collins, 31, played the role of “pantomime villain” as she taunted the crowd during her second-round win on Thursday over home favourite Destanee…

Ahead of her husband’s second inauguration, Melania Trump wanted to get a few things straight. “Maybe people see me as just a wife of the president,” she said, in an interview with Fox News. “But I’m standing on my own two feet, independent. I have my own thoughts.” Just before the election, Mrs Trump released her memoir.…

Cameron Diaz has said her decade-long retirement from acting was “the best 10 years of my life”. The actress, 52, has partnered with Jamie Foxx for the Netflix blockbuster Back In Action, marking her first role since playing Miss Hannigan in the 2014 remake of Annie. Speaking on the BBC’s Graham Norton Show alongside Foxx, Diaz said…

Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon was awarded an $80 million stock bonus to stay at the helm for another five years, a stark turnaround for a leader whose survival was questioned after the firm’s ill-fated foray into consumer banking. John Waldron, Goldman’s (GS.N), president and chief operating officer, and who is widely seen as a successor to…

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian deepened military ties between their countries on Friday by signing a 20-year strategic partnership that is likely to worry the West. Under the agreement, Russia and Iran will boost cooperation in a range of areas including their security services, military drills, warship port visits and joint officer…

Former Canadian finance minister Chrystia Freeland on Friday announced that she would take part in the contest to replace Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as leader of the ruling Liberal Party. Freeland, who was one of Trudeau’s closest political allies for a decade, quit last month after resisting his demands for more spending and wrote a letter denouncing…

The house proved it: The Duke and Duchess of Sussex could have it all. Their Montecito home offered all the fresh promises of a 21st-century California mansion and the cloistering of a gated neighborhood from which they could emerge on their own terms. In the house’s 13 fireplaces, described as “mostly centuries old examples brought over from…

Long-lost secret diaries of ‘Hitler’s English girlfriend’ are today unveiled by the Mail. In a world publishing coup, aristocrat Unity Mitford’s leather-bound journal reveals fresh insights into the dictator widely reviled as the most evil man in history – whom she worshipped. Decades after her diaries were lost to historians, their discovery by the Mail is set…

Israel’s full cabinet has approved the Gaza ceasefire deal, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office has said. It comes after Israel’s security cabinet recommended the deal be approved earlier on Friday. The truce is likely to begin on Sunday. According to reports 24 ministers voted in favour of the accord and voted against it. An Israel government statement…

Three lawyers for the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny have been sentenced to years in a Russian penal colony. Igor Sergunin, Alexei Liptser and Vadim Kobzev were found guilty by a Russian court on Friday of belonging to an extremist group. The trio were arrested in October 2023 before being added to an official list of “terrorists…

Outgoing US President Joe Biden on Friday announced that 2,500 convicts would be subject to individual pardons and commutations for non-violent narcotic offenses. Presidents typically order a round of pardons toward the end of their time in office. Biden, whose term concludes next week with Donald Trump’s inauguration, said that this round would make him the president…

Kim Janas leaves little doubt about her experiences as an elite gymnast in Germany. “From a human perspective, it was absolutely awful,” she told DW. Identified as a future star, Janas grew up training at the elite center in her hometown of Halle in eastern Germany. It was there that she soon discovered the dark side of…

MAGA sources could not care less that Michelle Obama is snubbing Donald Trump’s inauguration, a source tells Page Six. “They are having a good laugh,” a source says of those involved in planning the inaugural festivities. “They didn’t expect her to come anyway.” A Democratic source tried to play down the diss, noting, “Donald Trump and Melania…

After lying hidden beneath metres of volcanic rock and ash for 2,000 years, a “once-in-a-century” find has been unearthed in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii in Italy. Archaeologists have discovered a sumptuous private bathhouse – potentially the largest ever found there – complete with hot, warm and cold rooms, exquisite artwork, and a huge plunge pool.…

The Israeli and Hamas negotiators never came face to face – but by the end, just one floor separated them. Ceasefire talks via middlemen from Qatar, Egypt and the US had been dragging on for several months, at times without hope. Now the key players were all inside one building in Doha and the pace was frantic.…

Shortly after a Florida jury found that CNN had defamed Navy veteran Zachary Young and awarded Young $5 million in damages on Friday, the network was dealt a second blow as its revenue losses were publicly revealed on the witness stand. The Florida jury reached its initial decision in Young’s favor early on Friday afternoon. The case…

President-elect Donald Trump will take the oath of office from inside the Capitol Rotunda on Monday due to forecasts of intense cold weather, upending months of meticulous planning for a massive outdoor event with crowds sprawling down the National Mall. “The weather forecast for Washington, D.C., with the windchill factor, could take temperatures into severe record lows,”…

ELON Musk’s Starship rocket exploded just minutes into its seventh test flight in a dramatic mid-air failure – but the Tesla tycoon appears to remain upbeat about his space endeavours. Incredible footage shows glowing debris raining down across the sky after the 400ft behemoth failed after launching from Boca Chica, southern Texas, on Thursday. Putting a positive…

The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the law requiring China-based ByteDance to divest its ownership of TikTok by Sunday or face an effective ban of the popular social video app in the U.S. ByteDance has so far refused to sell TikTok, meaning many U.S. users could lose access to the app this weekend. The app may still…

The exhaustive efforts of Democratic lawmakers to get President Joe Biden to drop his reelection bid were detailed in a new bombshell report from The New York Times. Annie Karni and Luke Broadwater reported on the conversations Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and others had with Biden and his team in the days leading up to the president…

As the smoke clears from devastating Los Angeles wildfires, efforts to clean up the affected areas are being complicated by burnt-out electric and hybrid vehicles and home-battery storage systems. Lithium batteries from Tesla Inc., along with those from other carmakers, have added to the mix of toxic materials requiring specialized removal in the wake of the fires.…

Spotify Global Head of Editorial Sulinna Ong has quickly emerged as one of the most influential execs in the streaming space, deftly combining intellectual rigor and an emphasis on the human connection that technology can facilitate. Most of Ong’s career—and indeed, much of her life—has been about the quest to effectively marry music and tech. We asked her to elaborate…

DIDDY has been named 47 times in a secretly recorded police interview accusing him of offering “millions” for the murders of Tupac Shakur and record boss Suge Knight. The rap mogul – real name Sean Combs – was apparently livid that Tupac had badmouthed him and wanted revenge, according to a transcript of a “surreptitiously recorded” interview…

The incorporation of meat into the diet was a milestone for the human evolutionary lineage, a potential catalyst for advances such as increased brain size. But scientists have struggled to determine when meat consumption began and who did it. New research provides the first direct evidence that Australopithecus, an important early human ancestor that displayed a mix…

Two months away from what she says is her 120th birthday, Deolira Gliceria Pedro da Silva, a great-grandmother from the state of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil is rushing to be recognized as the world’s oldest living person by the Guinness World Records. The institution currently features another Brazilian, Inah Canabarro Lucas, a nun from the southern…

Blanca Figueroa and Severiano Martinez have known from the start of their eight-year marriage that she was at risk of deportation because she entered the United States illegally. Now – with President-elect Donald Trump expected to issue a flurry of executive orders aimed at speeding the deportation process on the day he takes office on Jan. 20…

The Gaza Strip ceasefire should begin on Sunday as planned, despite the need for negotiators to tie up a “loose end” at the last minute, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Thursday. With longstanding divisions apparent among ministers, Israel delayed cabinet meetings to ratify the ceasefire with Hamas, and media reports said voting could occur…

The Australian airline Qantas delayed several recent flights due to last-minute notice of falling debris from SpaceX rocket launches. SpaceX uses the southern Indian Ocean as its reentry point, thanks to its remoteness, but flights between Sydney and Johannesburg pass through the region, and the airline has asked for more precise warnings. As space becomes more widely…

Netanyahu’s office: Ceasefire deal reached with Hamas Israel agreed to a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal, with the security Cabinet due to meet on Friday to approve it, several Israeli media outlets reported early on Friday. “The [full Cabinet] will later convene to approve the deal,” a statement from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said without…

After weeks of negotiations in Doha, a ceasefire agreement between Israel and the Hamas militant group was announced on Thursday, a deal brokered by the United States, Qatar and Egypt. The agreement halts the current active conflict between the parties, which has been ongoing since the Hamas-led attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, which resulted in…

Every week, Rajesh PN Rao, a computer scientist, gets emails from people claiming they’ve cracked an ancient script that has stumped scholars for generations. These self-proclaimed codebreakers – ranging from engineers and IT workers to retirees and tax officers – are mostly from India or of Indian origin living abroad. All of them are convinced they’ve deciphered…

An Australian influencer has been charged with poisoning her baby girl to elicit donations and boost online followers. The Queensland woman claimed she was chronicling her child’s battle with a terminal illness on social media, but detectives allege she was drugging the one-year-old and then filming her in “immense distress and pain”. Doctors had raised the alarm…

“It Ends With Us” actor and director Justin Baldoni has sued his co-star Blake Lively and her husband, “Deadpool” actor Ryan Reynolds, for defamation and extortion on Thursday in the latest move in a bitter legal battle surrounding the dark romantic drama. The suit filed in federal court in New York by Baldoni and production company Wayfarer…

President Joe Biden won’t enforce a ban on the social media app TikTok that is set to take effect a day before he leaves office on Monday, a U.S. official said Thursday, leaving its fate in the hands of President-elect Donald Trump. Congress last year, in a law signed by Biden, required that TikTok’s China-based parent company…

President Joe Biden used his farewell address to the nation Wednesday to deliver stark warnings about an “oligarchy” of the ultra-wealthy taking root in the country and a “tech-industrial complex” that is infringing on Americans’ rights and the future of democracy. Speaking from the Oval Office as he prepares to hand over power Monday to President-elect Donald…

He predicted the Senate will begin start voting on Inauguration Day, Jan. 20, to confirm Trump’s picks. A long haul for some of Trump’s picks To be sure, Trump’s more controversial choices of Patel, Tulsi Gabbard and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., have yet to come before senators for public questioning. Once they do, they face a long…

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Friday a deal to return hostages held in the Gaza Strip has been reached, after his office said earlier there were last minute snags in finalizing a ceasefire that would pause 15 months of war. Netanyahu said he would convene his security Cabinet later Friday, and then the government to approve the…

Pope Francis fell Thursday and hurt his right arm, the Vatican said, just weeks after another apparent fall resulted in a bad bruise on his chin. Francis didn’t break his arm, but a sling was put on as a precaution, the Vatican spokesman said in a statement On Dec. 7, the pope whacked his chin on his…

David Lynch, the writer-director whose films and TV series including Blue Velvet, Mulholland Drive and Twin Peaks portrayed a seemingly bucolic America, only to reveal it as teeming with the mysterious and macabre, has died. He was 78. Lynch’s death was announced on his Facebook page: “It is with deep regret that we, his family, announce the…

Prince Harry will be given “limited police protection” when he comes to the UK next week after losing his legal battle for taxpayer funded security. Harry is due to travel to London from his US home to attend his forthcoming High Court trial against News Group Newspapers. He is set to be granted protection from the Metropolitan…

We are all vulnerable to the rapid spread of phone scams – including, it seems, world leaders. Thailand’s prime minister has revealed she got a call from an AI system, demanding money in the voice of another famous head of government. Paetongtarn Shinawatra did not reveal who the computer was mimicking, but said she received a message…

Ken Howery is a quiet, unassuming tech investor who prioritizes discretion. And yet, he has ended up in the middle of two of the noisiest story lines of the incoming Trump administration. One is the expanding ambition of Elon Musk, Mr. Howery’s close friend and fellow party-scene fixture since the two helped run PayPal 25 years ago.…

Sweden started building a final storage facility for spent nuclear fuel on Wednesday, only the second such site in the world, where highly radioactive waste will be stored for 100,000 years. How to store deadly radioactive waste until it is safe is a question that has dogged the nuclear industry since commercial reactors began operating in the…

Red Flag warnings advising of extreme wildfire danger expired across the Los Angeles area late on Wednesday, but forecasters warned that dry and windy conditions will persist on Thursday, and that the threat of blazes remained. The National Weather Service added that the respite for fire-ravaged Los Angeles will be short, with high chances for renewed Red…

TikTok plans to shut U.S. operations of its social media app used by 170 million Americans on Sunday, when a federal ban is set to take effect, barring a last-minute reprieve, people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. The Washington Post reported President-elect Donald Trump, whose term begins a day after a ban would start, is…

Hamas and Israel reached a deal for a ceasefire in Gaza that mediators said would take effect on Sunday and include a release of hostages held there during 15 months of bloodshed that devastated the Palestinian enclave and inflamed the Middle East. The complex phased accord outlines a six-week initial ceasefire with the gradual withdrawal of Israeli…

 President Joe Biden capped a half-century political career on Wednesday with a final Oval Office speech as he hopes to seal a legacy overshadowed by Democrats’ failure to stop Donald Trump from returning to the White House. Biden opened his speech with a familiar message – asking Americans to join together – but quickly warned about a…

Michelle Obama is skipping Donald Trump’s inauguration because she’s “no phony,” we’re told. While her husband appears to be playing nice with the president-elect, Michelle won’t do the same. Former President Barack Obama and Trump appeared chummy at former President Jimmy Carter’s funeral, but Michelle was nowhere in sight because she was reportedly on an “extended holiday…

Israel and Hamas have agreed a deal which could halt the war in Gaza and see the release of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners, the US and mediators Qatar have said. It would be the most dramatic breakthrough in 15 months of war, which began when the armed Palestinian group Hamas attacked Israel in October 2023. What…

Tears, dismayed cries and shocked faces: that was the reaction among the supporters of South Korea’s suspended president Yoon Suk Yeol outside his home on hearing that he had been arrested. It was a moment that had been in the making for weeks – ever since the last attempt to arrest Yoon on 3 January had failed…

Sweden’s political parties have agreed that dual citizens who commit crimes that threaten national security should lose their citizenship. A cross-party committee recommended that the change could be applied to anyone who had used bribes or false information to obtain their citizenship; and also if they committed crimes that were a threat to the state or came…

“Please come to my city!” A familiar cry from music lovers all over the world hoping their favourite artists come to their hometown. Fans in India, though, have often seen that plea fall on deaf ears. Artists including Sabrina Carpenter, Gracie Abrams and Arctic Monkeys appear on the country’s weekly Spotify album chart, where Ed Sheeran’s ÷…

Gabriel Hoces repeats a word seven times when he discusses what it’s like to work in Denmark – “trust”. “No one is trying to micromanage you, or look over your shoulder,” says Mr Hoces, who works for a tech firm in Copenhagen. “Bosses aren’t coming in to check if you put in eight or nine hours a…

Mark Zuckerberg, the Meta chief executive who has tried to keep a distance from politics, appears to be warming to President-elect Donald J. Trump. Mr. Zuckerberg is among several Big Tech executives who are expected to be front and center at Mr. Trump’s inauguration next week. He will be one of four hosts of a black-tie reception…

Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of state has said he anticipates the US “will have to deal with” China invading Taiwan before the end of this decade. Marco Rubio made the comment as he appeared in front of a bipartisan Senate committee ahead of a vote on whether he is suitable for the role. He told the…

Forget this week’s minor decrease in the UK inflation number. The most important European data release was the confirmation from Germany that, during 2024, its economy contracted for the second consecutive year. Europe’s largest economy shrank by 0.2% during 2024 – on top of a 0.3% contraction in 2023. Now it must be stressed that this was…

James Vince is to step down as Hampshire captain and move to Dubai following several attacks on his family home. The 33-year-old all-rounder, who was part of the England squad that won the 2019 Cricket World Cup on home soil, has captained Hampshire for the last decade. But his club said he had “endured a challenging year”…

Former anti-corruption minister Tulip Siddiq has been named in a third inquiry being launched by authorities in Bangladesh investigating money laundering and power misuse. At a media briefing in Dhaka held hours after Ms Siddiq resigned as a minister, investigators confirmed they were working on another probe involving the Labour MP. It is the third Bangladesh inquiry…

Winter’s most potent Arctic blast yet is about to unleash dangerously low temperatures that will be the coldest to hit the United States in a year. The cold will arrive this weekend and looks to be longer-lasting and more expansive than last January’s outbreak of Arctic air that, among other dangers, created one of the coldest-ever NFL…

TYRANT Vladimir Putin has been accused of plotting terror attacks against international airlines in a global wave of sabotage. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk claimed that Russia carried out what he described as “air terror” against airlines in Poland and other countries. During a news conference in Warsaw alongside Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelensky, Tusk said: “I will…

Fake one-way plane tickets have been posted in the mailboxes of migrant families ahead of Germany’s critical elections in February. Alternative for Germany’s (AfD) – the far-right populist party unequivocally endorsed by the richest man in the world and soon Donald Trump’s advisor, Elon Musk – is behind the stunt. ‘Only re-migration can still save Germany. In…

Outgoing US President Joe Biden’s administration on Wednesday announced a ban on Red Dye No 3, a controversial food and drug coloring long known to cause cancer in animals. Decades after scientific evidence first raised alarm, Red 3, as it is also called, is currently used in nearly 3,000 food products in the United States, according to…

At just 32, Kyle Gordy has earned the title of the world’s most prolific sperm donor and is on track to father 100 children by 2025. Already a biological dad to 87 kids worldwide, Kyle was informed at the start of 2025 that his family is set to expand. In the coming months, the donor, whose oldest…

In a statement on social media, Kate offered her heartfelt thanks to those who helped her and her husband Prince William, describing her time as a patient as being “exceptional”. Princess of Wales visits cancer hospitalThe Princess of Wales has said “it is a relief to now be in remission” from cancer and she is “looking forward…

Ms Siddiq’s aunt is the former Bangladeshi prime minister Sheikh Hasina, who fled into exile after being deposed last year and is now facing a corruption investigation. Tulip Siddiq resigns as ministerTulip Siddiq has resigned as a Treasury minister after controversy over links to her aunt’s ousted political movement in Bangladesh. In a letter to Sir Keir…

The short video platform faces being shut down across the US on Sunday but there are several potential scenarios that could prevent that, and possibly even keep it in Chinese ownership.   TikTok has described a report it could sell its threatened US business to Elon Musk as “pure fiction”. The short video platform’s Chinese owners ByteDance…

Kanye West reunited with his three youngest children in Japan after ex-wife Kim Kardashian fled her Los Angeles home amid the devastating wildfires. On Tuesday, the “Heartless” rapper was photographed at a 7-Eleven convenience store in Tokyo’s Ginza district alongside his 9-year-old son, Saint, 6-year-old daughter, Chicago, and 5-year-old son, Psalm. The foursome perused the aisles for…

NATO countries will deploy frigates, patrol aircraft and naval drones in the Baltic Sea to help protect critical infrastructure and reserve the right to take action against ships suspected of posing a security threat, alliance members said on Tuesday. The military and political alliance is taking the action, dubbed “Baltic Sentry”, following a string of incidents in…

In his letter to investors last year, Berkshire Hathaway Chairman Warren Buffett urged readers to come “inhale the air, drink the water” and attend the company’s annual shareholder meeting in Omaha, his hometown. The letter, a document pored over by shareholders, analysts and press every year for insights into the legendary investor’s thinking, playfully sought to link…

Iran never plotted to kill Republican U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said in an NBC News interview on Tuesday, denying past claims from Trump and the U.S. government. In November, the U.S. Justice Department charged an Iranian man in connection with an alleged plot ordered by Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guard Corps to assassinate the…

The U.S. government posted an $87 billion budget deficit in December, reduced partly by a shift of benefit payments into November but capping a record $711 billion deficit for the first three months of the 2025 fiscal year, the U.S. Treasury Department said on Tuesday. The Treasury, releasing its final budget report before President-elect Donald Trump takes…