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TOPSHOT – Super Mario characters are photographed on a Nintendo display at a home electronics retailer in Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture on June 2, 2025, ahead of the release of the company’s game console “Switch 2.”Richard A. Brooks | AFP | Getty ImagesThe switch looks like this nintendoThe best-selling game console of all time, almost nine years after its release. The importance of this device to the Japanese gaming giant cannot be underestimated. Prior to the Switch’s launch in March 2017, Nintendo was recovering from its failure with the Wii U, and its stock had been in decline for several…

House Speaker Mike Johnson, Republican of Louisiana, speaks while leading a press conference with House Republican leadership at the U.S. Capitol on February 3, 2026 in Washington, DC. Robert Schmidt AFP | Getty ImagesHouse Speaker Mike Johnson said he is optimistic that the three-day partial shutdown of much of the U.S. government is nearing an end.Prime Minister Boris Johnson told reporters on Tuesday morning that he has the right to vote on key procedural votes to reopen parts of the government that have been closed since Saturday morning. Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries told Johnson that Democrats would not help Republicans…

rome, italy — A painting in a church in Rome has been investigated after complaints that a newly restored angel bears an uncanny resemblance to national leader Giorgia Meloni. The controversy revolves around restoration work carried out on a painting in the Chapel of the Holy Spirit in Purgatory in the Basilica of St. Lawrence in Lucina, central Rome. Although the work was completed in December, side-by-side images of the restoration work and Meloni posted on social media in recent days show a striking resemblance. It’s true that many politicians want voters to think of them as angels, but the…

Aston Martin boss Adrian Newey has revealed the team has been “at a disadvantage” for four months.The biggest regulation change in F1 history could lead to a major shake-up in the pecking order, with Aston Martin potentially making a big leap forward under the influence of design genius Newey, who has helped create 15 championship-winning cars. F1 teams have been allowed to work on 2026 cars from January 2025, with longer work allowed on the power unit side, but Aston Martin is already trying to catch up and was late to last week’s Barcelona shakedown. Newey said on Aston Martin’s…

Dollar General and Aldi logos.ReutersThe number of U.S. store openings is expected to increase this year compared to 2025 and the number of store closings to decrease, according to an analysis by Coresight Research, with value retailers driving growth as they continue to attract consumer dollars. Overall, Coresight projects that U.S. retailers will close approximately 7,900 stores in 2026, a 4.5% year-over-year decline. This is the lowest number of store closures in the past three years.The advisory group also expects retailers to open about 5,500 new stores, an increase of 4.4% from a year ago. so far, dollar generalAldi and…

Mateo Della Torre | Null Photo | Getty Imagesalphabet The company will report earnings on Wednesday, but investors will want more details about the company’s transactions. apple Google’s Gemini artificial intelligence technology will be used to revamp the Siri virtual assistant.Wall Street expects Google to report a 15% year-over-year increase in fourth-quarter revenue, but much of the focus in the company’s earnings call will be on new details about its partnership with Siri and Gemini, analysts told CNBC. Wednesday’s earnings call will be the first time Alphabet executives have addressed shareholders since Apple announced in January that it had selected…

President Donald Trump will meet with Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Tuesday after a year of exchanging insults and threats over the American president’s aggressive foreign policy in Latin America and Bogotá’s drug war.Petro’s February 3 visit to the White House in Washington, D.C., came just one month after the United States abducted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in a surprise armed attack on Caracas.Recommended stories list of 3 itemsend of listColombian leaders are likely seeking to manage diplomatic tensions with the United States, which have been in turmoil since President Trump began his second term last year.Petro, a 65-year-old leftist,…

Williams has unveiled a reworked livery for the 2026 F1 season. Tuesday’s announcement came after the team was unable to get its cars ready for the first pre-season test event of 2026 in Barcelona last week. The FW48 itself will be driven for the first time at the first Bahrain test on February 11-13. The livery is primarily the team’s traditional blue (officially described as a “bright gloss blue”), but for 2026 there is a twist with the sidepods featuring bright blue and white as part of a new tie-up with Barclays.Williams said the color scheme reflected their “bold intentions”…

Last month, during violent clashes between Kurdish and Syrian forces, the United States delivered a shocking message to Syria’s Kurds: their partnership with Washington has “expired.” This was not just an expression of a change in priorities, but a clear signal that the United States was standing by Damascus and abandoning the Kurds at their most vulnerable moment.For Kurds across the region watching the events unfold, the implications were profound. The United States is no longer perceived as a reliable partner or supporter of minorities.This development is likely to affect not only the Kurdish community in Syria, but also those…

Peak XV Partners, a leading venture capital firm in India and Southeast Asia, has seen new executive departures. These follow other leadership departures over the past year as the company deepens its focus on AI investments and plans to expand its footprint in the United States, while retaining India as its largest market. The departure stems from internal disagreements with senior partner Ashish Agrawal (pictured above, left), which led to the mutual decision to part ways, managing director Shailendra Singh told TechCrunch. He added that two other partners, Ishaan Mittal (pictured above, right) and Tejeshwi Sharma (pictured above, center), had…