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President Alassane Ouattara has won re-election in Ivory Coast’s presidential vote, according to preliminary results.The country’s Independent Electoral Commission announced on Monday that the 83-year-old incumbent won a fourth term with 89.77 percent of the total vote.Recommended stories list of 4 itemsend of listOn Saturday, nearly 9 million Ivorians were eligible to vote in the election that eliminated Mr. Ouattara’s top rival. Former President Laurent Gbagbo was convicted and banned, and former Credit Suisse CEO Tidjane Thiam was disqualified from obtaining French citizenship.The remaining four candidates were not considered strong candidates because they lacked support from major political parties or…
Tokyo — Sanae Takaichi said that a few months before she was sworn in as Japan’s prime minister, she was invited to a meeting with US President Donald Trump. She posted on X’s official account in November, shortly after Trump won the election and several people close to Trump encouraged her to visit Washington. But she refused, insisting that then-Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba should be the first Japanese lawmaker to meet with the new American leader. “However, I would like to do my best and aim to be in a position where I can meet her openly someday.” That “someday”…
Both the EFL and the administrators currently running Sheffield Wednesday say “four or five” serious bidders have already expressed an interest in taking over Hillsborough, and they hope the club will be sold to new owners soon.Becoming a manager is usually a very difficult and upsetting move for everyone involved with a football club. But after years of financial problems under previous owner Digifone Chansiri, there is optimism among supporters and officials that the situation could finally give the club some much-needed fresh investment and a fresh start on Wednesday – despite the team sitting bottom of the Championship with…
Artificial intelligence startup Mercor on Monday announced a new Series C round that values the company at $10 billion, a fivefold increase from its previous funding in February.The company said in a blog post that it raised $350 million in a round led by Felicis and also led a $100 million Series B round with participation from Benchmark, General Catalyst, and new investors. robin hood Ventures.This new investment will go into three focus areas: expanding the company’s talent network, advancing its system for matching experts with training opportunities, and providing faster delivery.Founded by three Thiel Fellows, the company started out…
The judge said the defendants had caused a “deterioration” of Brigitte Macron’s “physical and mental health”.Published October 27, 2025October 27, 2025Click here to share on social mediaShare 2shareTen people are on trial in a Paris court for online harassment of France’s first lady Brigitte Macron, the latest case related to baseless claims about her gender.The defendants, eight men and two women between the ages of 41 and 60, are accused of cyber-harassment, targeting the first lady by claiming she is a transgender woman who was born male and calling her 24-year age difference with French President Emmanuel Macron “pedophilia.”Recommended stories…
British commentator Sami Hamdi was detained by federal immigration officers on Sunday while on a speaking tour in the United States, in what Islamic advocacy groups said was retaliation for his criticism of Israel. The Trump administration said the decision to detain Hamdi and revoke his visa underscores that the United States has no obligation to admit foreign nationals who “support terrorism and actively undermine the safety of Americans.” But the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) called Hamdi’s treatment a “blatant affront to free speech” and called for his release. Here’s what we know: Hamdi is a journalist and commentator…
Lando Norris has insisted that the overwhelming win at the Mexico City Grand Prix that took him to the top of the F1 world championship won’t mean much until he catches up in “two, three or even four races in a row”.Oscar Piastri’s 189-day reign at the top of the drivers’ championship was ended by Norris on Sunday. The Briton won by the biggest margin of the season, with his McLaren teammate finishing fifth. The result gives Norris a narrow one-point championship advantage over Piastri, with Red Bull’s Max Verstappen still chasing him on 36 points, with four race weekends…
When Demetri Maxim was seven years old, his mother’s kidneys stopped working. She was undergoing dialysis. That meant she had to go to the hospital four times a week to have her blood filtered through a machine because her own kidneys were no longer working independently. Two years later, Maxim’s mother received a kidney transplant. Although the surgery was successful and she was able to live a relatively normal life, her family’s battle with kidney disease did not end there. It turned out that Maxim had inherited a disease called polycystic kidney disease (PKD) from his girlfriend. Approximately 1 in…
The 10-year Treasury yield was relatively flat on Monday as investors prepare for this week’s Federal Reserve meeting, where policymakers are widely expected to cut interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point.The benchmark 10-year Treasury yield was little changed at 3.991%, while the 2-year Treasury yield rose more than 1 basis point to 3.501%. The yield on the 30-year Treasury note fell more than 2 basis points to 4.562%.One basis point equals 0.01% (1/100 of 1%), and yield and price are inversely proportional to each other.The Fed’s interest rate decision on Wednesday was the key event of the…
An iRobot Roomba robot vacuum is displayed on a shelf at a Bed Bath & Beyond store on August 5, 2022 in Larkspur, California.Justin Sullivan | Getty Imagesshares of iRobot Shares plunged more than 30% on Monday after the company warned that its search for a buyer had hit major hurdles and its financial situation remained dire.The Roomba maker has been racing to sell itself since March, but last week the only remaining potential buyer withdrew from the process after “extended exclusive negotiations,” iRobot said in a regulatory filing.iRobot’s future remains uncertain Amazon has abandoned its planned $1.7 billion acquisition…