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At least 13 inmates were found dead Sunday at a prison in southern Ecuador that has been ravaged by violence in recent months, the country’s prison service SNAI said on Monday. SNAI said the bodies were found after an explosive device detonated outside Machala Prison, but it was unclear whether the explosion was directly related to the inmate’s death. SNAI added that authorities were conducting autopsies and “routine procedures” to determine how they died. “Police arrived at the scene at that time and simultaneously carried out immediate intervention and investigation at the center,” SNAI told reporters in a statement after…

Nottingham Forest have formally lodged a complaint with PGMOL, claiming that Everton’s James Tarkowski should have been sent off for a shoulder barge from behind on Dan Doe that left the Forest winger on the floor.The off-the-ball collision occurred in the 11th minute of Saturday’s match at Hill Dickinson Stadium, but Forest managers believe the outcome could have been much different had Tarkowski been red. At this point the score was 1-0, but Forest lost 0-3. The incident was not witnessed by referee Chris Kavanagh, but VAR James Bell decided not to intervene. Bell felt that the challenge met the…

Several AI applications can be seen on your smartphone screen, including ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, Microsoft Copilot, Meta AI, Grok, DeepSeek, and more.Philippe Durian | Picture Alliance | Getty ImagesBusiness leaders and investors are optimistic about artificial intelligence’s potential to increase employee productivity, profitability, and shareholder returns. The general public is still not convinced. That’s according to a report released Tuesday by the nonprofit organization Just Capital, which examines how different organizations feel about the potential risks and benefits of AI adoption. Just Capital collected data from institutional investors, analysts, business executives, and U.S. adults between September 27 and November…

China has resumed purchasing U.S. soybeans, but has yet to reach the goals set in its trade deal with President Donald Trump, an NBC News analysis shows.China used to be the biggest buyer of U.S. soybeans, but it stopped buying them last spring because of President Trump’s trade war.The country resumed purchasing soybeans in October after reaching a trade deal with the United States.Under the deal, China pledged to buy at least 12 million tons of U.S. soybeans in the last two months of 2025.But China has purchased just 2.85 million tons of soybeans since Oct. 30, according to U.S.…

When President Donald Trump announced his 20-point plan to end Israel’s war in Gaza, Blair was the only person named to the board.Published December 9, 2025December 9, 2025Click here to share on social mediaShare 2shareAccording to a report in the Financial Times (FT), Tony Blair has been removed from the US-led Gaza Strip peace commission proposal due to opposition from Arab and Islamic governments.When President Donald Trump unveiled his 20-point plan to end Israel’s genocidal war against Palestinians in Gaza in September, Mr Blair was the only person named to the board, with the US president describing the former British…

From Beau Greaves to Fallon Sherlock, pundit Mark Webster picks the must-see matches at the World Darts Championship at Alexandra Palace.This year’s tournament featured some interesting contests, following the largest and best-ever world championship draw. Following the expansion of this year’s £5 million tournament, the first round will be held over nine days from December 11 to 19, with all 128 players taking part in a darts feast at London’s Alexandra Palace. Round 1 featured some great matches. That’s why we asked our star and former Lakeside Champion ‘Webby’ to tell us about the most must-see games.Ricky Evans vs. Man…

French AI startup Mistral today announced Devstral 2, a new generation of AI models designed for coding, aiming to catch up with large AI labs like Anthropic and other coding-focused LLMs. This announcement follows the recent launch of the Mistral 3 family of open-class models and confirms Mistral’s intention to move closer to its larger and better-funded AI rivals. The unicorn is also jumping into the Vibe coding race that has fueled the rise of companies like Cursor and Supabase with Mistral Vibe, a new command-line interface (CLI) aimed at facilitating natural language code automation with tools for file manipulation,…

Comcast Corporation President Mike Cavanagh attends the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference on July 10, 2024 in Sun Valley, Idaho. TKevork Jansesjian | Getty Imagescomcast’s Executives on Monday pulled back the curtain on the company’s failed bid. warner bros discoverydetailing offers that differ significantly from rival bidders. Mike Kavanagh, Comcast’s president and soon-to-be co-CEO, laid out the details of the proposal and the company’s thinking at the UBS Global Media and Communications Conference on Monday, days after Comcast lost a bidding war for the Warner Bros. Discovery assets. “When we looked at the situation with how everything went, ……

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg makes a keynote speech at the Meta Connect annual event at the company’s headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., on Sept. 25, 2024.Manuel Orbegozo | ReutersMeta CEO Mark Zuckerberg was so optimistic last year about his company’s Llama family of artificial intelligence models that he predicted they would become the “most advanced in the industry” and “bring the benefits of AI to everyone.”But after including a whole section on Llama in his opening remarks during Meta’s earnings call in January of this year, he mentioned the brand name only once on the latest call in October. The…

US President Donald Trump’s special envoy to the Kremlin may have been idle during last week’s talks in Moscow about a potential Ukraine peace deal, but the Russian side can now impose a new advantage: the deepening rift between the US and Europe. On Tuesday, President Trump doubled down on his administration’s criticism of Europe, saying in a newly published interview with Politico that European countries are “weak” and “in decline” because of immigration policies. He also claimed that Russia had the “advantage” in the war against Ukraine and that it was time for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to “start…