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Jerome Powell: steely Fed chair standing firm in face of Trump's threats
- Highly respected figure has cast off restrained approach – and is determined to protect central bank from escalating attacks There are often few surprises with Jerome Powell. At his handful of public appearances each month, the US Federal Reserve chair always sports the same softly stern expression. His voice, typically dispassionate and near-monotone, never wavers. As one of the most powerful officials in ...

Source: theguardian.com
WORLD   POLITICS  
Iran crisis live: UN says 'cycle of horrific violence' in Iran must end as official says 2,000 killed in crackdown
- UN rights chief says 'killing of peaceful demonstrators must stop' as Iranian official tells Reuters around 2,000 have died From The UK's foreign secretary, Yvette Cooper , has condemned the Iranian leadership for the "horrendous and brutal killing" of protesters, and said the government had summoned the Iranian ambassador to underline the gravity of the situation. Addressing MPs in the House of Commons in London, ...

Source: theguardian.com
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House Republican introduces bill to authorize Trump to take Greenland
- Jan. 13 (UPI) -- Republican Rep. Randy Fine introduced legislation Monday authorizing President Donald Trump to take measures necessary to acquire Greenland, amid renewed White House rhetoric about taking the autonomous Danish island. The Greenland Annexation and Statehood Act, which is anything but assured of passage through the House, would give Trump the power to take the island, including through annexation, ...

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3 startling charts show why credit card debt has become so hard to escape
- , and it's costing them even more to get rid of it. In a move that has been pushed for by lawmakers across the aisle, President Donald Trump on January 9 called for a one-year, 10% cap "Please be informed that we will no longer let the American Public be 'ripped off' by Credit Card Companies that are charging Interest Rates of 20 to 30%, and even more, which festered unimpeded during the Sleepy Joe Biden ...

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Trump warns of 'complete mess' if supreme court rejects tariffs
- US president speaks after saying that any country that does business with Iran will face 25% levy on trade with US Donald Trump has said "it would be a complete mess" if the US supreme court were to strike down his global trade tariffs. In a lengthy post on social media , the US president said "WE'RE SCREWED" if the supreme court rules against the tariffs. The decision is expected as soon as Wednesday. It is a ...

Source: theguardian.com
POLITICS  
NYC nurses strike enters second day as hospitals move to fill labor gaps
- NEW YORK (AP) — Thousands of New York City nurses were set to return to the picket lines Tuesday as their strike targeting some of the city's leading hospital systems entered its second day. The walkout, which comes during a severe flu season , involved roughly 15,000 nurses spread out across multiple private hospitals, including NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia, Montefiore Medical Center and Mount Sinai ...

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2026: The year AI ROI gets real
- After years of AI experiments and pilots that have largely failed to scale, CIOs are feeling the heat to deliver measurable value on AI investments. Here are some of the strategic adjustments they're making to get it done. AI initiatives by and large have fallen short of expectations. That's the conclusion of most research to date, including MIT's The GenAI Divide: State of AI in Business 2025 , which found a ...

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Russia working to circumvent sanctions to ensure India oil imports continue
- Delhi is world's second largest purchaser of Russian crude, which is now cheaper than oil from Middle East Russia is already working to circumvent the latest US sanctions to ensure India can continue to import high levels of cheap Russian crude oil, according to industry analysts. Since the outbreak of the Ukraine war, India has become the world's second largest purchaser of Russian crude oil , which has been ...

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Apple chose Google Gemini for Siri • TechBriefly
- Apple has partnered with Google to power AI features including Siri, using Google's Gemini models and cloud technology for future Apple Foundation Models. Apple and Google issued a joint statement: "After careful evaluation, we determined that Google's technology provides the most capable foundation for Apple Foundation Models and we're excited about the innovative new experiences it will unlock for our users." The ...

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US supreme court to hear trans athletes cases that could erode key protections
- A ruling against two athletes in West Virginia and Idaho could have far-reaching implications for civil rights The US supreme court is considering the rights of transgender youth athletes on Tuesday in a major hearing on state laws banning trans girls from girls sports teams. Oral arguments center on two cases of trans students who sued over the Republican-backed laws in Idaho and West Virginia prohibiting them ...

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What we know about the alleged arson at Mississippi's largest and oldest synagogue
- It's the oldest synagogue in Mississippi, a thriving religious center that has served Jackson's small but vibrant Jewish community for more than half a century. Now, the Beth Israel synagogue is indefinitely closed, its historic interiors blackened with ash, after authorities say a man set a fire in the building's library in the early hours of Saturday morning. The FBI says the suspect confessed to attacking the ...

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Texans silence Steelers in playoff blowout, sending Aaron Rodgers and Mike Tomlin into uncertain future
- For Pittsburgh Steelers fans, making the playoffs doesn't mean much anymore if the team can't win a game once they're in. That has been the frustration for years. The script for Mike Tomlin's Steelers has been way too familiar lately. The Steelers have often snuck into the playoffs but aren't seen as championship contenders, and then they go one-and-done in the postseason. The last seven times Pittsburgh has made ...

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LAPD arrests man accused of driving box truck into anti-Iran regime protest
- Jan. 13 (UPI) -- Police have arrested a 48-year-old man accused of being the driver of a box truck that was driven through a crowd protesting the Iranian government on Sunday in Los Angeles' Westwood neighborhood. Calor Madanescht was arrested Sunday and booked Monday on charges of reckless driving, a misdemeanor offense, according to jail records . His bail was set at $0. The incident occurred Sunday afternoon ...

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The BBC seeks to dismiss Trump's $10B defamation lawsuit in a Florida court
- Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By JILL LAWLESS and BRIAN MELLEY LONDON (AP) — The BBC plans to ask a court to throw out U.S. President Donald Trump's $10 billion lawsuit against the British broadcaster, court papers show. Trump filed a lawsuit in December over the way the BBC edited a speech he gave on Jan. 6, 2021. The claim, filed in a Florida federal court, seeks $5 billion in damages for ...

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Doctor appears in court accused of killing ex-wife and her dentist husband | World News
- Vascular surgeon Michael David McKee, 39 and from Chicago, now faces upgraded charges of premeditated aggravated murder in the deaths of his ex-wife, Monique Tepe, and her husband, Spencer Tepe, in Columbus, Ohio. A man accused of killing his ex-wife and her husband in Ohio is now facing upgraded murder charges as authorities prepare to transfer him from Illinois to face prosecution. Michael David McKee, 39, has ...

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Minnesota, Illinois sue Trump admin. over immigration crackdown
- Jan. 13 (UPI) -- Minnesota and Illinois are suing the Trump administration over its immigration crackdown, asking the courts to halt the surge of immigration law enforcement into the Democratic-led states. Both lawsuits were filed Monday amid growing criticism of the Trump administration's deployment of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents following the shooting death of Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old ...

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POLITICS  
Smithsonian Takes Down Label Mentioning Trump's Impeachments At National Portrait Gallery
- Truth matters more than ever. As the Trump administration escalates its immigration crackdown and lethal patterns emerge, HuffPost reporters are on the story, holding power to account. Support the journalism that documents what's happening — and why it matters. Already a member? WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump 's photo portrait display at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery has had ...

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Malaysia will take legal action against Musk's X and xAI over misuse of Grok chatbot
- KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysian authorities said Tuesday they will take legal action against Elon Musk's social media platform X and its artificial intelligence unit xAI, accusing the companies of failing to ensure the safety of users of its Grok chatbot. The move came just days after Malaysia and Indonesia became the first countries to block access to Grok, as concerns grow that it is being misused ...

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UK media regulator investigating Elon Musk's X after outcry over sexualised AI images
- Liz Kendall describes content as vile and illegal and says Ofcom has the government's backing to use its full powers The UK media watchdog has opened a formal investigation into Elon Musk's X over the use of the Grok AI tool to manipulate images of women and children by removing their clothes. Ofcom has acted after a public and political outcry over a deluge of sexual images appearing on the platform, created by ...

Source: theguardian.com
'Nobody really believed in us': Silencing critics still fuels Patriots
- FOXBOROUGH — Before kickoff Sunday night, Stefon Diggs gathered his teammates together to deliver one of his signature pregame speeches. "Ain't nobody like us," the wide receiver shouted as part of his fiery remarks. "Ain't nobody believe in us. I like us, man. Go lay it out for your brother." Headed into their wild-card matchup against the seventh-seeded Chargers, the Patriots apparently heard all of the ...

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Judge is asked for emergency hearing after Congress members blocked from ICE facility in Minneapolis
- – The Trump administration secretly reimposed a policy limiting Congress members' access to immigration detention facilities a day after a federal immigration officer fatally shot a woman in Minneapolis, attorneys for several congressional Democrats said Monday in asking a federal judge to intervene. Three Democratic members of Congress from Minnesota were blocked from visiting an Immigration and Customs ...

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Sen. Mark Kelly sues Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over efforts to reduce his military retirement rank
- Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., filed a lawsuit Monday against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and the Pentagon, charging their effort to censure and demote him is "unlawful and unconstitutional." Hegseth said last week that the Pentagon was taking steps to downgrade Kelly's military retirement rank and pay because of his "seditious statements" — a reference to a video he and other retired service members released ...

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Landmark Myanmar Rohingya genocide case to open at U.N.'s top court
- THE HAGUE — A landmark case accusing Myanmar of committing genocide against minority Muslim Rohingya will open at the United Nations' top court on Monday. It will be the first genocide case the International Court of Justice (ICJ) will hear in full in over a decade. The outcome will have repercussions beyond Myanmar, most likely affecting South Africa's genocide case at the ICJ against Israel over the war in ...

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Trump Warns Cuba to Make a 'Deal' Following Maduro's Capture
- Home » » President Donald Trump on Sunday issued a warning to the government of Cuba , suggesting that Venezuela's close ally strike a deal with the U.S., ramping up pressure following Venezuelan Dictator Nicolas Maduro's capture. Since the operation led by U.S. forces in early January, Cuba has been cut off from Venezuelan crude oil as the U.S. government continues to seize tankers in an attempt to ...

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TECHNOLOGY  
No, your Instagram wasn't hacked. Still, here's what you should do now
- In recent days, numerous Instagram users have been receiving a suspicious email asking them to reset their passwords. The email states that Instagram has received a request for a password reset. While many users have (rightly) ignored the email, some feared that it could be a phishing attempt by malicious attackers. However, as it turns out, the request from Instagram was genuine. Various sites, such as ...

Source: pcworld.com
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Mattel launches its first autistic Barbie
- Company says doll is the latest expansion of its commitment to representation and inclusion With an animated Barbie film in development, following the success of Greta Gerwig's 2023 blockbuster movie , Mattel Studios will certainly have a diverse range of characters to bring to life. On Monday, Mattel launches its first autistic Barbie. Coming barely six months after its first doll with type 1 diabetes , this ...

Source: theguardian.com
POLITICS  
Court says Trump admin illegally blocked billions in clean energy grants to Democratic states
- in clean energy grants for projects in states that voted for Democrat Kamala Harris in the 2024 election. The grants supported hundreds of clean energy projects in 16 states, including battery plants, hydrogen technology projects, upgrades to the electric grid and efforts to capture carbon dioxide emissions. The Energy Department said the projects were terminated after a review determined they did not adequately ...

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Paramount sues Warner Bros. Discovery over its deal with Netflix
- David Ellison's Paramount has sued Warner Bros. Discovery — the smaller firm's latest move to block Warner's $72-billion sale to Netflix. The lawsuit, filed Monday morning in Delaware court, asks Warner and its chief executive, David Zaslav, to produce more information about Warner's deliberations and decision to select Netflix, ending the hotly contested auction on Dec. 4. Last week, Warner's board ...

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Space station change of command sets stage for Crew 11 departure
- Four astronauts departing the International Space Station were all smiles during a change of command ceremony on Monday, despite  a medical issue prompting an early return to Earth set for later this week. Outgoing space station commander Mike Fincke, a member of the returning Crew 11, turned the station over to cosmonaut Sergey Kud-Sverchkov, saying the combined crew had developed deep friendships during ...

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Meta hires Trump ally Powell McCormick to drive AI buildout
- By Kurt Wagner, Bloomberg News Meta Platforms Inc. has appointed a former top adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump to a newly created senior management role focused on partnering with governments and investors on AI. Dina Powell McCormick, a former Goldman Sachs executive, is joining the company this week as president and vice chairman. She's part of a new team of senior executives that will focus on the ...

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Marcus Freeman, Notre Dame football coach, cleared of battery charges
- Notre Dame football coach Marcus Freeman will not face charges from an incident between him and a high school wrestling coach from Jan. 3 after video evidence refuted the claim. The South Bend Tribune, part of the USA TODAY Network, reported Jan. 11 that Freeman was accused of battery by New Prairie High School assistant coach Chris Fleeger, according to the Mishawaka Police Department. The prosecutor's office ...

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Meta urges Australia to rethink under-16 social media ban after blocking over 500,000 accounts
- Meta is urging Australia to reconsider its social media ban for under 16s as teens look to circumvent the law via alternative platforms. The ban restricts access to platforms like Meta's Instagram, Snapchat, Reddit, YouTube and TikTok. Meta is arguing for "safer" and more "age appropriate" experiences for kids online rather than the enforced "blanket ban." In this article Australia blocked teens from using social ...

Source: cnbc.com
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Golden Globes 2026: Full list of winners
- All of the winners and best moments at the 2026 Golden Globes, including major victories for "One Battle After Another," "Hamnet," and "Adolescence." The 2026 Golden Globes crowned many expected winners Sunday night, including "One Battle After Another," "Adolescence" and "The Pitt." But the ceremony also provided some surprises that could signal a seismic shift in the run-up to the Oscars. Paul Thomas Anderson's " ...

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Bloodied but unbowed Josh Allen leads Bills to thrilling playoff win over Jaguars
- Josh Allen took a pounding, doled out punishment and delivered Buffalo their first road playoff victory in more than three decades, a 27-24 win over Jacksonville in the AFC's wildcard opener on Sunday. With linebacker Devin Lloyd bearing down, Allen found Brandin Cooks for 36 yards just before the two-minute warning and then capped the go-ahead drive with a one-yard touchdown run. On the play before his score, ...

Source: theguardian.com