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Tuesday, Jan 6th, 2026 -
President Donald Trump said the US could reimburse American oil companies for expanding their operations in Venezuela. "A tremendous amount of money will have to be spent, and the oil companies will spend it, and then they'll get reimbursed by us or through revenue," Trump told NBC News in an interview on Monday. Trump declined to share his estimate of the cost for companies to repair or expand the South American ...
Source: businessinsider.com
Tuesday, Jan 6th, 2026 -
A number of European leaders have hit back at United States President Donald Trump's repeated calls for the US to take over Greenland , as reverberations from Washington's military attack on Venezuela and the abduction of its leader are felt across the globe. Seven European leaders, including French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer, issued a ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Tuesday, Jan 6th, 2026 -
The federal government is no longer broadly recommending several vaccines as part of the Trump administration and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s broader overhaul of childhood immunization. Federal health officials said the new guidance aligns the United States with other countries that recommend fewer shots and empowers parents to consult doctors to make vaccination decisions that are best for their ...
Source: washingtonpost.com
Tuesday, Jan 6th, 2026 -
Helen Branswell covers issues broadly related to infectious diseases, including outbreaks, preparedness, research, and vaccine development. Follow her on Australia's 2025 flu season lasted weeks longer than it normally does. Hong Kong's hit so early that the rollout of seasonal flu shots hadn't yet started. New York has reported record-breaking flu hospitalizations for the past two weeks. Welcome to the ...
Source: statnews.com
Tuesday, Jan 6th, 2026 -
The U.S. Department of War has issued a formal Letter of Censure to Senator Mark Kelly, warning that he could face further administrative action or criminal prosecution over public statements urging servicemembers to refuse orders. The action was announced on Monday, when Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said the department initiated proceedings that could reduce Kelly's retired military rank and cut his pension. ...
Source: bnonews.com
Tuesday, Jan 6th, 2026 -
Former OpenAI employee Daniel Kokotajlo says progress to AGI is 'somewhat slower' than first predicted A leading artificial intelligence expert has rolled back his timeline for AI doom, saying it will take longer than he initially predicted for AI systems to be able to code autonomously and thus speed their own development toward superintelligence. Daniel Kokotajlo, a former employee of OpenAI, sparked an energetic ...
Source: theguardian.com
Tuesday, Jan 6th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump will gather with House Republicans on Tuesday to ensure they're aligned on their agenda at the start of a critical midterm election year that could alter the course of his final two years in office. GOP lawmakers are hosting a daylong policy forum at the Kennedy Center, the performing arts venue on the other side of Washington from the Capitol. Its board, which is ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Tuesday, Jan 6th, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article The alleged refusal comes as the Department of Homeland Security has cracked down on alleged fraud in the Minneapolis area staff seeking hotel rooms in Minneapolis were denied once their identities as government immigration agents were revealed, the Trump administration claimed on ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Tuesday, Jan 6th, 2026 -
For Candace Owens, the American right-wing political commentator who faces an ongoing defamation lawsuit filed by French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte over her claims that the latter is actually a man, a Paris criminal court's conviction on Monday of 10 French individuals for cyberbullying the First Lady over similar claims would seemingly strike fear about her own case. But instead, Owens has ...
Source: aol.com
Tuesday, Jan 6th, 2026 -
Lego's next-gen bricks make your creations interactive Lego's construction sets have been a fantastic choice for analog play for several decades now. These interlocking building blocks are set to get way more interesting with the inventive toy company's new Smart Play system that features electronics-packed bricks and minifigures for more immersive playtime. It's pretty nifty: the new pieces can respond with light ...
Source: newatlas.com
Tuesday, Jan 6th, 2026 -
The US Department of Justice said Monday it is still reviewing more than two million documents potentially related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein as it pushed more than two weeks past a deadline to release all files connected to him. The department began releasing documents from the decades-long investigation into the late disgraced financier last month, but failed to meet the December 19 deadline ...
Source: digitaljournal.com
Monday, Jan 5th, 2026 -
Announcement comes after ongoing fraud of social services cases became focus of ire for Republicans and Trump Tim Walz , the Democratic governor of Minnesota who ran for vice-president in 2024, announced on Monday that he is abandoning his quest for a third term in office. The move comes after ongoing fraud of social services cases caught the attention of US Republicans, including Donald Trump , who then used the ...
Source: theguardian.com
Monday, Jan 5th, 2026 -
Can we call this the Rhamondre Redemption? We certainly should, and not only because Rhamondre Stevenson has been one of the finest running backs in the NFL over the last month. His is a satisfying story arc that deserves to be acknowledged, for he has gone from being a frustrating underachiever on a lousy team a season ago to an embodiment of so much that has gone right during the Patriots' historic turnaround. ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Monday, Jan 5th, 2026 -
By Wegovy has unveiled a pill version of the wildly popular weight loss drug. The Wegovy website was selling the pill on January 5. "The first and only FDA-approved GLP-1 pill to help adults with obesity lose weight and keep it off along with diet and exercise," it reads. "Wegovy (semaglutide) injection 1.7 mg or 2.4 mg and Wegovy (semaglutide) tablets 25 mg are prescription medicines used with a reduced calorie ...
Source: miamiherald.com
Monday, Jan 5th, 2026 -
Dell Technologies Inc. has revived its popular XPS brand of professional laptops for business users, just a year after failing to replace it with the "Dell Premium" moniker. As part of that U-turn, the company has launched two new XPS models in the shape of the Dell XPS 14 and XPS 16 laptops, and they're among the thinnest laptops ever released. They also boast impressive battery lives and, for the first time, ...
Source: siliconangle.com
Monday, Jan 5th, 2026 -
AMD is using CES 2026 as a launch vehicle to add several of its popular Ryzen AI Max+ and Ryzen 9000 X3D processors to its stack, but the real story might be the performance improvements AMD is claiming as part of its updated ROCm software instead. AMD is adding two processors to its Ryzen AI Max+ series: the Ryzen AI Max+ 392, and the Ryzen AI Max+ 388. It is also tucking the Ryzen 7 9850X3D inside its matrix of ...
Source: pcworld.com
Monday, Jan 5th, 2026 -
William Defoor, 26, to appear in court Tuesday after arrest for alleged attack on vice-president's Cincinnati home A man arrested during an incident where someone appeared to be trying to break into the Ohio house of JD Vance with a hammer is to appear in court on Tuesday. The vice-president on Monday thanked law enforcement in Ohio for arresting someone he referred to as a "crazy person" who had turned up at his ...
Source: theguardian.com
Monday, Jan 5th, 2026 -
If you've been using Alexa Plus as your sous chef, travel planner or personal assistant via your Echo devices, you now have a new, more widely available way to do so -- reaching the AI helper on your browser. Amazon on Monday introduced Alexa.com , saying that it's rolling out access to Alexa Plus Early Access customers so that the AI tool can "truly serve as a personal assistant" wherever they are. Don't miss any ...
Source: cnet.com
Monday, Jan 5th, 2026 -
in 2025, adding new AI capabilities to the mobile app and a brand-new video-editing experience. Separately, Samsung announced a few days ago that The new Google TV features unveiled at CES 2026 will be available on select TCL TV models initially, followed by other Google TV devices in the coming months, including projectors. Gemini will offer even more assistant-like capabilities on supported devices, including the ...
Source: bgr.com