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Paris — Ten people went on trial in Paris on Monday on charges of online harassment of France’s first lady, Brigitte Macron, for spreading what prosecutors called “malicious comments” about Emmanuel Macron’s gender and sexuality. The trial comes three months after the Macrons filed a 22-count defamation lawsuit in the US state of Delaware against right-wing podcaster Candace Owens over claims that Brigitte Macron could be male. The French case relates to a legal complaint filed by the first lady’s lawyer in August 2024 alleging cyberbullying, which led to two arrests in February and March 2025. Prosecutors said the initial…

Newcastle are on track to remain in the Carabao Cup after beating Tottenham 2-0 at home to reach the quarter-finals.The Holders drew with Fulham in the last eight at home and beat them 2-1 in the Premier League at St James’ Park last weekend. Newcastle are aiming to reach the Carabao Cup quarter-finals for the fourth successive year after Fabian Schaal and Nick Waltemaide’s headers handed Tottenham their first away defeat of the season in all competitions. Use Chrome Browser for a more accessible video player Fabian Schaal heads in the opening match team news Leaders Newcastle made eight changes…

U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a press conference after the Monetary Policy Committee meeting in Washington, DC, October 29, 2025. Jim Watson | AFP | Getty ImagesThe Federal Reserve approved its second consecutive interest rate cut on Wednesday, but Chairman Jerome Powell jolted markets by casting doubt on whether another rate cut would occur in December.By a 10-2 vote, the central bank’s Federal Open Market Committee lowered the benchmark overnight borrowing rate to a range of 3.75-4%. In addition to the interest rate move, the Fed announced it will end tapering its asset purchases, known as quantitative…

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a press conference after the Federal Reserve Board’s Federal Open Market Committee meeting on October 29, 2025 in Washington, DC. Alex Wong | Getty ImagesFederal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said Wednesday that the artificial intelligence boom is different from the dot-com bubble of the late 1990s.”This is different in the sense that these companies, these very highly valued companies, are actually making profits and things like that,” Powell said at a news conference after the Fed’s two-day policy meeting. AI investment in data centers and chips is also a major source of economic…

United States President Donald Trump expects “a lot of problems” will be solved between Washington and Beijing when he meets China’s President Xi Jinping in South Korea for a high-stakes meeting on Thursday, amid growing trade tensions between the two.Relations between the two world powers have been strained in recent years, with Washington and Beijing imposing tit-for-tat trade tariffs topping 100 percent against each other this year, the US restricting its exports of semiconductors vital for artificial intelligence (AI) development and Beijing restricting exports of critical rare-earth metals which are vital for the defence industry and also the development of…

Candidate Kat Abu-Ghazaleh denounced the charges as a “political prosecution” amid a conflict between Trump and urban Democrats.A Democratic candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives has been indicted by the Department of Justice in connection with a protest outside a federal immigration facility in Illinois.In a social media post on Wednesday, Kat Abu Ghazaleh, 26, announced that she had been charged along with five other protesters.Recommended stories list of 3 itemsend of list“This political prosecution is an attack on all First Amendment rights,” Abu Ghazaleh, a progressive influencer and journalist, said in a post. “I’m not going to back…

brisbane, australia — A cruise passenger in his 80s who had just embarked on a 60-day luxury tour of Australia has been found dead stranded on a tropical island. The passenger, whose name has not been released, was reported missing to authorities on Saturday night, and an inspection of the small cruise ship Coral Adventurer confirmed there were no passengers on board. The ship docked early Saturday at Lizard Island, a resort island about 30 kilometers (19 miles) off the coast of Queensland, known for its natural beauty and luxury accommodation. Queensland Police confirmed a woman’s body had been found…

Liverpool suffered another defeat, but thanks to Arne Slott’s “amazing” team selection, Crystal Palace won 3-0 at Anfield and booked their place in the Carabao Cup quarter-finals against Arsenal. The much-changed slot line-up couldn’t handle Ismaila Sarr, who continued his scoring streak with a double against Liverpool, but Yeremy Pino added a classy finish in the second half to help the scoreline reflect the Eagles’ dominance. The Reds have now lost six of their last seven games in all competitions and there is huge pressure on the returning first team to deliver a momentum-changing result when they host Aston Villa…

Box co-founder and CEO Aaron Levie doesn’t think AI agents will replace enterprise SaaS (software-as-a-service) companies. Rather, he believes the more likely future is a hybrid combination of SaaS and agents, he said, speaking on stage at the TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 conference on Wednesday. “Typically, once you create a business process, you want to be able to effectively define that process in business logic with a deterministic system, because there is a very high risk that that process will change on the same day,” Levie explained. “If you’re doing something mission-critical, we’ve already seen great examples where data is leaked…

Bill McDermott, CEO of ServiceNow Inc., at the Allen & Co. Media and Technology Conference on Thursday, July 10, 2025 in Sun Valley, Idaho, USA. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesServiceNow reported third-quarter results Wednesday that far exceeded Wall Street expectations, and the company also approved a 5-for-1 stock split.After the bell, the stock rose 4%.The company’s results and LSEG estimates are as follows:Earnings per share: $4.82 adjusted vs. $4.27 expected Revenue: $3.41 billion vs. $3.35 billion expectedSubscription revenue, which makes up the bulk of the enterprise software company’s revenue, totaled $3.3 billion in the third quarter, beating…