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WASHINGTON, DC – No world leader has visited the United States in a more official capacity than Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the past year.And the Israeli prime minister is set to break his own record this week by embarking on yet another visit to the United States. This is the sixth time since President Donald Trump returned to the White House in early 2025.Recommended stories list of 3 itemsend of listThe visit comes at a tense time for the region.Israel is tightening its illegal control over the occupied West Bank. Despite a US-brokered “ceasefire,” shelling and siege of…

Bruce Muat and Jen Dodds missed out on Team GB’s first Winter Olympic medal after losing to hosts Italy in the mixed doubles curling bronze medal match.The Scottish pair had been tipped as one of Team GB’s most likely medal hopefuls, but they fell just short after suffering a heartbreaking 5-3 loss for the second time in a row in recent days. After expert hammering by the Italians in both the third and fourth ends, Team GB reached the intermediate stage 3-1, but they were unable to take advantage of two mistakes by Italy in the fifth and seventh ends…

India has ordered social media platforms to step up enforcement of deepfakes and other AI-generated impersonations, while significantly reducing the time they have to comply with takedown orders. It’s a move that could reshape the way global tech companies manage content in one of the world’s largest and fastest-growing internet services markets. The changes (PDF), announced on Tuesday as amendments to India’s 2021 IT Rules, bring deepfakes under a formal regulatory framework and mandate labeling and traceability of synthetic audio and video content, while shortening compliance timelines for platforms, including a three-hour deadline for official takedown orders and a two-hour…

A trader works as the Dow Jones Industrial Average exceeds $50,000 on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on February 6, 2026 in New York City, USA.Brendan McDiarmid | Reutersof Dow Jones Industrial Average The winning streak continued on Tuesday as investors moved into software stocks and more value-oriented areas of the market.The 30-stock Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 227 points, or 0.5%, as entertainment’s profile rose. disney and financial stocks american express. The index had broken its third consecutive intraday record earlier in the day, and the move comes after it crossed the 50,000 level for…

We have two trades on Tuesday. We will sell 100 shares of Cisco Systems stock for approximately $87 per share, reduce our weight in the Jim Cramer Charitable Trust from approximately 2.18% to approximately 2%, and reduce the number of CSCO portfolio shares to 900 shares. It will also purchase 30 shares of Alphabet at approximately $318 per share, increasing its weight in the trust from approximately 0.95% to 1.2% and increasing the number of GOOGL shares to 900 shares. 150. Shares of networking equipment company Cisco have risen about 18% since its most recent quarterly report in mid-November, significantly…

Trump administration Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick admitted Tuesday that he and his family had lunch on notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s private island several years ago.”I was on a boat trip with my family and we had lunch together,” Lutnick said in testimony before the Senate Appropriations Committee in 2012.”My wife was with me, and so were my four children and their nanny,” he said. “There was another couple there and they were there with their children as well.””And we had lunch on the island, which was, I think, an hour,” he said.”And we left with all our kids,…

The Israeli prime minister, who departed for Washington, D.C., praised his close relationship with the US president amid nuclear negotiations with Iran.listen to this article | 3 minutesinformationIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he will present “principles” for negotiations with Iran to President Donald Trump as he heads to Washington, D.C., for his sixth state visit in the past year.Before leaving Tel Aviv on Tuesday, Prime Minister Netanyahu praised the “unique closeness” between Israel and the United States and his own warm bond with President Trump.Recommended stories list of 3 itemsend of list”I will present President Trump with principles for…

Maro Itoje will return to England as captain in Saturday’s Calcutta Cup match against Scotland.Itoje started on the bench in Saturday’s 48-7 win over Wales following the death of his mother, but was recalled to the starting lineup as one of two changes made by Steve Borthwick ahead of the trip to Murrayfield. The England captain, who replaces Alex Coles in the second row, received a huge welcome when he came on as a 50th-minute substitute at the Allianz Stadium, but was dismissed almost immediately due to his team’s repeated fouls. Jamie George, who had acted as captain in Itoje’s…

Hauler Hero has raised new funding as demand for its AI-powered waste management software continues to grow. The New York-based startup has raised $16 million in a Series A round led by Frontier Growth, with participation from K5 Global and Somersault Ventures, according to research by TechCrunch. Hauler Hero has raised more than $27 million in venture capital to date. Hauler Hero has developed an all-in-one software platform for waste management companies that covers a variety of functions such as customer relationship management, billing, and routing. And now, like many other software companies, Hauler Hero also plans to offer AI…

A poster of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi hung at the Liberal Democratic Party headquarters in Tokyo on Sunday, February 8, 2026. Photographer: Toru Hanai/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesBloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesJapanese Nikkei Stock Average It continued its post-election rally, hitting a new high on Tuesday as Asian markets overall rose.Following Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s overwhelming victory in the House of Representatives, the Japanese market continues to ride the “high market trade.”The Nikkei Stock Average rose 2.28% to a record high of 57,650.54 yen, and the TOPIX rose 1.9% to a record high of 3,855.28 yen.shares of SoftBank Group Corp.…