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US President Donald Trump has made various claims about the current state of the US economy.In a long, meandering address to the media on Tuesday, the first anniversary of his second term in office, President Trump’s claims ranged from “there is no inflation” in the United States to drug prices being cut by up to 600%. Most of the claims were factually inaccurate.Recommended stories list of 4 itemsend of listAl Jazeera examined some of his statements on the economy.The core inflation rate for the past three months was 1.6%, meaning “inflation is non-existent.”Both claims are false. Core inflation in November…

Arsenal celebrated their place in the last 16 of the Champions League by defeating Inter Milan thanks to the performances of Gabriel Jesus and Victor Goqueres.The Gunners had already received confirmation of a top eight place at league stage following Manchester City’s shock defeat to Bodø/Glimt earlier in the day. But Jesus’ heroics continue the Gunners’ perfect record in Europe this season and give them momentum heading into Sunday’s game against Manchester United. Jesus is firmly in contention for a starting spot with Gökeres in this game, before the Swede regained his eligibility with a late attack. monterosa This content…

Elon Musk said over the long weekend that Tesla aims to resume work on the electric car company’s previously abandoned third-generation AI chip, Dojo3. Only this time, Dojo3 is not intended to train self-driving models on Earth. Instead, Musk said it would specialize in “space-based AI computing.” The move comes five months after Tesla effectively shut down its Dojo effort. The company has disbanded its Dojo supercomputer development team following the retirement of Dojo leader Peter Bannon. Approximately 20 Dojo employees also left and joined DensityAI. DensityAI is a new AI infrastructure startup founded by former Dojo director Ganesh Venkataramanan…

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman in Berlin on September 25, 2025.Florian Gärtner | Phototech | Getty ImagesOpenAI announced Tuesday that it will deploy an age prediction model to its ChatGPT consumer plan to help the artificial intelligence company identify accounts belonging to users under 18.OpenAI says the model relies on a combination of account-level and behavioral signals. These signals include usage patterns over time, how long an account has existed, the typical times a user is active, and a user’s stated age. OpenAI has introduced several new safety features in recent months as it faces increased scrutiny over how it protects…

Anthropic announced Tuesday that it has appointed legal and international affairs expert Mariano Florentino Cuellar to its long-term benefit trust. The Long Term Benefit Trust is Anthropic’s independent governance structure that selects Anthropic’s board members and advises management.Cuellar has served in three U.S. presidential administrations, served as a justice on the California Supreme Court, and is chairman of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, according to the release. He is also chairman of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, but will leave that position in July to take a leadership role at Stanford University. “As AI capabilities advance at an…

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz speaks to reporters after announcing he will not seek re-election at the Minnesota State Capitol on January 5, 2026 in St. Paul, Minnesota, USA. Tim Evans ReuterFederal prosecutors on Tuesday served six grand jury subpoenas on Minnesota authorities as part of an investigation into whether they obstructed or obstructed federal law enforcement during a large-scale immigration operation in Minneapolis-St. Paul Elia, a person familiar with the matter said.Subpoenas seeking records were sent to the offices of Gov. Tim Walz, Attorney General Keith Ellison, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, St. Paul Mayor Kaori Harr and officials in Ramsey…

The Iraqi government announced Sunday that U.S. forces have completed a “full withdrawal” from military facilities in the country’s federal territory. This federal territory does not include the semi-autonomous Kurdistan Region, where US forces remain. The Iraqi Ministry of Defense announced that the last contingent of U.S. advisers has departed from al-Asad Air Base in Iraq’s western Anbar province, where U.S. troops have been stationed for more than 20 years. The U.S. military has been making cuts for several years, ever since the Iraqi government called for the reductions to take place in 2023. The US-led coalition fighting the Islamic…

On January 20, 2026, in Washington, DC, US President Donald Trump points out this at a press conference at the White House, one year into his second term. Nathan Howard | ReutersPresident Donald Trump gave no details on Tuesday about what efforts he would make to achieve his goal of making Greenland part of the United States, a day before he was scheduled to arrive at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. During a two-hour press conference at the White House, President Trump was asked how far he intended to go to acquire Greenland, saying, “We’ll see.” President Trump’s…

sales force CEO Marc Benioff said Tuesday that artificial intelligence “needs some regulation,” noting there are several documented suicides related to the technology.”Something truly terrifying has happened this year: AI models have become suicide coaches,” Benioff told CNBC’s Sara Eisen at the World Economic Forum’s flagship conference in Davos, Switzerland, on Tuesday.Mr. Benioff’s regulatory calls echo similar demands he made regarding social media at Davos several years ago.Benioff said in 2018 that social media should be treated like a health issue and that the platforms should be regulated like tobacco, saying, “Social media is addictive and it’s not good for…

Israel began demolishing UNRWA’s headquarters in East Jerusalem on Tuesday, following the passage of a law banning the UN agency’s work with Palestinian refugees. Police arrived at the site with bulldozers and earth-moving equipment, along with Israeli Land Authority enforcement officers, and began demolishing the site, according to footage obtained by CNN. The Israel Land Authority said in a statement that law enforcement “secured full possession of the land and began clearing the site.” UNRWA condemned the move as an “unprecedented attack on United Nations agencies and their facilities.” The agency wrote to X that this represented “a new level…