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After days of threatening to attack Iran in support of protesters challenging the government in Tehran, US President Donald Trump appeared to scale back his rhetoric on Wednesday night.President Trump said the killings had stopped in Iran, adding that the Iranian government had told the government that arrested protesters would not be executed.Recommended stories list of 4 itemsend of listPresident Trump did not rule out an attack on Iran, but he effectively denied the rationale for such an attack.Still, as President Trump approaches the end of the first year of his second term, his record suggests that the possibility of…
A British restaurant with two Michelin stars has been given a one-star hygiene rating following a visit to the premises by food standards inspectors in November. Offering a 30-course tasting menu, Ynyshir is Wales’ only restaurant with two Michelin stars. Prices start at £468 (approximately $630) for the five-hour experience, described by the prestigious Michelin Guide as “truly unique.” But now the restaurant is making headlines for less positive reasons. Inspectors from the Food Standards Agency (FSA), which aims to protect the public by ensuring food safety, gave a damning hygiene report and gave it a one-star rating out of…
Rehan Ahmed and Adil Rashid have not been granted visas for the 2026 Men’s T20 World Cup, which starts on February 7.Sky Sports News understands that the postponement means that both Pakistani players will not travel to Sri Lanka with the rest of the squad this weekend for warm-up matches, including three ODIs and three T20Is. As things stand, it is understood that both players are scheduled to fly to India for England’s first match against Nepal on February 8 in Mumbai. The England & Wales Cricket Board is understood to be working with the Indian government, BCCI and ICC…
The tech industry’s non-consensual sexual deepfakes problem is now bigger than just an X. In a letter to the leaders of X, Meta, Alphabet, Snap, Reddit, and TikTok, several U.S. senators are asking the companies to provide evidence that they have “robust protections and policies” in place and explain how they intend to curb the rise of sexual deepfakes on their platforms. The senators also required companies to preserve all documentation and information related to the creation, detection, management, and monetization of AI-generated sexual images, as well as related policies. The letter was published hours after Company X announced that…
The Toyota Industries logo located at the Nagakusa Factory in Obu City, Aichi Prefecture.Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesShares in forklift maker Toyota Industries soared to a record high on Thursday, a day after Toyota Motor Corp. raised its tender offer price for the company by more than 15% to more than $35 billion.Toyota Industries’ stock price rose about 6% to 19,080 yen, surging above the company’s revised offer price and indicating investors are likely expecting a more favorable deal. Shares in Toyota Motor Corporation, the world’s largest automaker by sales, rose more than 2%.Toyota Motor Corporation announced late Wednesday…
Muhammad Selim Kolkata | Anadolu | Getty Imagesspotify Premium subscription prices are getting higher and higher.For February billing, subscription prices will increase from $11.99 per month to $12.99 per month in the US, Estonia, and Latvia, according to a blog post on the streaming platform.Spotify announced Thursday that users will receive an email explaining the update within the next month. The email says the prices will increase because the company “continues to provide a great experience.”Spotify last raised its premium price for US users to $11.99 per month in June. In July 2023, the price increased to $10.99 per month.The…
The president is considering using federal law to send the military to Minneapolis, where protests continue after two shootings by federal agents in less than a week.Published January 15, 2026January 15, 2026Click here to share on social mediaShare 2sharePresident Donald Trump has threatened to invoke a rarely used federal law to send troops to Minnesota, where protests are underway over two shootings in Minneapolis within a week related to his immigration crackdown.“If you want to stop Minnesota’s corrupt politicians from not following the law and professional agitators and insurrectionists from attacking patriots in ICE who are just trying to do…
Gary Neville has said Michael Carrick should not become Manchester United manager at the start of next season and has set out a list of three candidates he would like to see take his place.Carrick will replace Ruben Amorim at Old Trafford on Tuesday and will be tasked with leading the club, who won five Premier League titles as a player, to European qualification before the end of the season. Neville wished his former team-mate well but warned that a new manager’s turnaround under Carrick, no matter how transformative, should not be seen as a long-term solution. “I hope Michael…
As part of its 25th anniversary celebration, the Wikimedia Foundation has announced a series of new partnerships with AI technology companies that are now customers of its commercial product, Wikimedia Enterprise. Wikimedia Enterprise, developed by the Foundation, enables the large-scale reuse and distribution of Wikipedia content, as well as content from other Wikimedia projects. In addition to its previously announced partnership with Google in 2022, the organization has publicly shared for the first time other partnerships it has made over the past year with Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Mistral AI, and Perplexity. Other partnerships such as Ecosia, Pleias, and ProRata have…
On January 14, 2026, Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lökke Rasmussen and Greenlandic Foreign Minister Vivian Motzfeld meet with Senator Angus King (I-Minn.), Lisa Murkowski (R-Ariz.), and Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) in President King’s office in the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, DC, on January 14, 2026. Nathan Howard | Reuters Officials from Greenland, Denmark and the United States met at the White House on Wednesday to discuss Washington’s efforts to claim controversial ownership of Greenland.The session ended without an agreement, with Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lökke Rasmussen reflecting on “fundamental differences” between US President Donald Trump and Copenhagen.That’s not surprising.Even…