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It took just 11 days for South Korean parliamentarians to impeach former President Yun Seok-yeol after he threatened to declare martial law and destroy decades of hard-won democracy. Fourteen months after that ill-fated announcement that led to lawmakers pushing past soldiers and police into the National Assembly and security forces being deployed to the Election Commission office, Mr. Yoon has been found guilty of leading the rebellion and sentenced to life in prison. Mr. Yoon’s calculation is the result of enormous pressure from South Korea to hold accountable the head of state who nearly destroyed South Korea’s democratic system. Although…
Nico O’Reilly’s double gave Manchester City a hard-fought 2-1 win against Newcastle in the exciting Premier League title race, moving them within two points of leaders Arsenal.Manager Josep Guardiola has been deliberately modest about Man City’s title chances so far this season, but that stance is sure to change in the coming weeks. He must now accept that his team is in the best position to take this race to the finale in May. In fact, City are the only team in the league to have won more than one game, avoiding a nine-point deficit with Arsenal, who play Tottenham…
Travelers look at flight status boards as flights are delayed or canceled due to a severe winter storm at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, on January 26, 2026. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty ImagesAhead of another major winter storm on the East Coast, U.S. airlines are canceling flights on Sunday and starting waiving cancellation and change fees at airports from Virginia to Maine, putting airlines back to the test at the end of the winter break.delta airlines, american airlines, jet blue airlines, united airlines Spirit Airlines has waived fees and fare differences for passengers if they…
Speaking at an event hosted by The Indian Express this week, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman addressed concerns about AI’s environmental impact. First, Altman, who was in India for a major AI summit, said concerns about AI’s water usage were “absolutely fake,” but acknowledged that it was a real problem at the time, “when we were doing evaporative cooling in data centers.” “I don’t do that now, but I see things on the Internet saying things like, ‘Don’t use ChatGPT. It takes 17 gallons of water per query,'” Altman said. “This is completely untrue, completely insane and has no connection to…
President Donald Trump (left) and JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon.ReutersJP Morgan Chase He acknowledged for the first time that he closed the bank accounts of President Donald Trump and several of his companies in the political and legal fallout from the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. This is the latest development in the legal dispute surrounding the controversial ‘unbanking’ practice.The admission was made public in a court filing this week in Trump’s lawsuit against the bank and its leader, Jamie Dimon. The president sued for $5 billion, alleging that his accounts were closed for political reasons and…
Reuters — Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry on Saturday condemned “ultimatums and threats” by the Hungarian and Slovak governments, which threatened to cut off electricity supplies to Ukraine unless Kiev resumed Russian oil supplies. Shipments of Russian crude oil to Hungary and Slovakia have been suspended since January 27, when Kiev announced that a Russian drone attack had damaged pipeline equipment in western Ukraine. Slovakia and Hungary hold Ukraine responsible for the prolonged power outage. Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said on Saturday that Kiev would cut off emergency power supplies to Ukraine within two days unless Kiev resumed Russian oil shipments…
Hearts beat Falkirk 1-0 at Tynecastle, with Islam Chesnokov scoring the only goal of the game, extending their lead at the top of the Scottish Premiership to five points.The Kazakhstan international’s goal just before half-time was his first for the Edinburgh club. It was enough to ward off a stubborn challenge from the visiting team. They eliminated Hearts on penalties in the Scottish Cup on their last visit to the capital. The result leaves Derek McInnes’ side five points clear of second-placed Rangers and six ahead of third-placed Celtic, with both Old Firm duos playing on Sunday, although Hearts have…
Julia Holden empathizes with your struggle to get your baby to sleep.In February 2024, she says, she and her husband noticed that their newborn son, Maxim, fell asleep faster when they gently covered his eyes with a burp cloth or small towel. As a new mom who was “in survival mode,” Holden looked for off-the-shelf products, comfortable eye coverings that wouldn’t touch her little face when she moved, but couldn’t find anything she liked, she said.When Holden was young, she said, she dreamed of being an entrepreneur, so she immediately thought of making and selling the product herself. She designed…
James Milner took the pressure off manager Fabian Hürzeler by becoming the Premier League’s all-time appearances leader with Brighton’s impressive 2-0 win over popular Brentford.First-half goals from Diego Gomez and Danny Welbeck ended the Seagulls’ six-game winless run, set Milner’s record for 654 top-flight appearances, and crushed Brentford’s European hopes. The Bees remain in seventh place, but Everton in eighth place now have a chance of making it into the Conference League, while Brighton have moved up two places to 12th. Use Chrome Browser for a more accessible video player James Milner set a record for his 654th Premier League…
Microsoft on Friday announced a major shake-up of its gaming, with Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer stepping down along with Xbox president Sarah Bond. Spencer will be replaced by Asha Sharma, a former executive at Instacart and Meta. Sharma most recently served as president of Microsoft’s CoreAI product, and these moves suggest Microsoft may be doubling down on bringing AI to video games. The company was already experimenting with ways to combine AI and gaming, including developing an AI game companion and releasing buggy AI-generated levels in Quake II. Indeed, in an internal memo published by The Verge, Sharma wrote…