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The poll also found that 44% of Democrats are “very enthusiastic” about voting in the 2026 midterm elections.Published November 13, 2025November 13, 2025Click here to share on social mediaShare 2shareUS President Donald Trump’s approval ratings remain at their lowest level since he began his second term in January, according to a new poll.However, a survey conducted Thursday by news agency Reuters and research firm Ipsos found a sharp rise in the proportion of people who said they did not approve of his performance.Recommended stories list of 3 itemsend of listHis disapproval rating rose from 52% in mid-May to 58% in…
Rory McIlroy has made a strong start to his title defense, with an impressive first round of the DP World Tour Championship boosting his hopes for further success in the Race to Dubai.McIlroy arrived at Jumeirah Golf Estates at the top of the DP World Tour season standings with a 767-point lead, but only Marco Penge and Tyrrell Hatton can stop him from winning the Race to Dubai for the fourth time in a row. The world No. 2 player asserted himself early in the opening with three consecutive birdies, and despite a low score on the first day, he…
America’s renewed skepticism and even hostility under President Donald Trump’s second administration will not change the fact that climate change is real for a second.Nor is this to deny the reality that the Global South, including the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), virtually all tropical countries with a population of about 700 million people, is on the front lines of the climate crisis.Typhoons Tino and Uwan, which recently hit our region, especially the Philippines, are the latest evidence of this and a reminder of the urgent need for climate justice.It has been stated many times what the Global South…
Cursor, an AI coding tool for developers, continues to eat up venture capital as its valuation continues to rise. On Thursday, as first reported by the Wall Street Journal, Cursor announced a $2.3 billion funding round, valuing the company at $29.3 billion. The round more than doubles the company’s previous valuation of $9.9 billion, which reached $900 million in a Series C round in June. This latest funding was co-led by existing investor Accel and new addition to the cap table, Coatue. Strategic investors such as Nvidia (enterprise customer) and Google (AI model supplier) also participated in this round. Joshua…
For over 40 years, I have worked as a geriatrician. All patients are elderly, many in their 80s. Factors such as blood pressure, cholesterol, blood sugar levels, and weight are important markers of health, but they are only part of the picture as we age. In geriatric medicine, we take a broader view, using a framework called the “5Ms”: What Matters Most: Mind, Movement, Medication, and Multiplicity. The last item is particularly important and considers how what is happening to us, not only medically, but also economically, socially and emotionally, affects our health and well-being.I always tell my patients that…
US President Donald Trump’s relationship with the late, convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has once again come under scrutiny, after United States lawmakers released more than 20,000 pages of documents from Epstein’s estate on Wednesday, including some that mention Trump’s name.US Democrats in the House Oversight Committee – a federal body that oversees government functions – released email exchanges between Epstein and some of his associates in which the former financier appeared to suggest that Trump knew about his conduct towards young girls.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listHours later, US Republicans released 20,000 documents from Epstein’s estate in…
Google is rolling out a series of AI shopping updates ahead of the holiday season. The company announced a number of new tools and features Thursday, including conversational shopping in Google Search, new shopping features within the Gemini app, agent checkout, and even an AI tool that lets you call your local store to see if the item you want is available. The company believes the additions will help improve the online shopping experience, which even today can involve a lot of grunt work, Vidhya Srinivasan, Google’s vice president and general manager of advertising and commerce, explained in a press…
Elon Musk announced his new company, xAI, and said it has the goal of understanding the nature of the universe.Jaap Ariens | Nurfoto | Getty ImagesElon Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI has raised $15 billion from investors, a person familiar with the matter tells CNBC’s David Faber. The funding adds another $5 billion to a $10 billion round that CNBC reported in September that valued the startup at $200 billion. Officials told CNBC that the bulk of the money will go toward funding graphics processing equipment to support large-scale language models.Artificial intelligence startups have reached sky-high valuations in recent months,…
Omar Marquez | Light Rocket | Getty ImagesSki season is approaching Uber I would love to take you to the slopes.The ride-hailing company on Thursday announced Uber Ski, which allows users to book round-trip rides to about 40 mountains in the U.S., Canada, Switzerland and France, according to a release. The service will be available until March.Uber has partnered with Vail Resorts to allow passengers to book Uber Reserves directly to the mountain resort company’s various destinations. Users can purchase the Epic Pass, which grants access to over 90 ski and snowboard resorts, directly in the app.Passengers can reserve an…
Brazil has some of the largest tropical forest areas on Earth, but they are under intense pressure. The Atlantic Forest on the country’s east coast once covered 350 million acres, but only 12 percent of that remains, according to the World Wildlife Fund. The Amazon rainforest, mostly located in Brazil, is one of the most biodiverse places on Earth, but almost 20% of its forest area has been lost in the past 50 years. Brazilian environmental restoration company Re.green wants to restore these lost forests in an economically viable way and relies heavily on technology to do so. Last week,…