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The Walt Disney Co. announced Thursday that it will make a $1 billion equity investment in OpenAI and enter a broad three year licensing partnership that will allow users of the Sora video generation app to create content using more than two hundred Disney, Marvel, Pixar and Star Wars characters. The landmark Disney OpenAI deal … Read more
Washington – The United States seized a sanctioned Venezuelan oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela on Wednesday, President Donald Trump said, marking a significant escalation in US Venezuelan tensions and sending global oil prices higher. “We’ve just seized a tanker on the coast of Venezuela, large tanker, very large, largest one ever, actually, and … Read more
Oracle stock sinks more than 10 percent in after hours trading Wednesday after the technology giant reported quarterly revenue that fell short of Wall Street expectations. Raising new concerns about the stability of the current AI boom and Oracle’s heavy dependence on major partners to drive growth. Oracle stock sinks appears as investors reassessed the … Read more
The Federal Reserve is expected to deliver another Fed rate cut on Wednesday, lowering its benchmark interest rate by a quarter point in what would be its third reduction this year. The move marks another step in the central bank’s effort to steady an economy that has shown signs of slowing as consumers navigate rising … Read more
LONDON — Madeleine Wickham, the British novelist known globally under her pen name Sophie Kinsella, died at age fifty five, her family announced Tuesday. The Sophie Kinsella death has drawn an outpouring of tributes from readers, authors and film collaborators who credited her with redefining contemporary romantic comedy literature. Wickham revealed in April 2024 that … Read more
MIAMI — Democrat Eileen Higgins has won the mayoral race in Miami, becoming the first woman to lead the city and ending nearly three decades of Republican dominance. The election marked a notable political setback for former President Donald Trump, whose policies on immigration and law enforcement were central issues in the campaign. Miami, a … Read more
SYDNEY — Hundreds of thousands of Australian teenagers woke Wednesday to find their social media accounts deactivated or inaccessible, as a new national law barring anyone under 16 from major platforms came into force. The legislation, aimed at protecting children from potential harms linked to online engagement, marks one of the world’s strictest government interventions … Read more
Oslo, Norway — Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado will not appear in person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize at Wednesday’s ceremony in Oslo, the Norwegian Nobel Institute confirmed, with her current location unknown. Machado, 58, was scheduled to accept the award at Oslo City Hall in front of King Harald, Queen Sonja, and … Read more
Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott donated $7.1 billion to nonprofits in 2025, a dramatic increase from her previous annual totals and one that experts said is redefining norms around large scale, unrestricted giving. Scott disclosed the figure in an essay posted Tuesday to her website, calling the total “a vanishingly tiny fraction of the personal expressions of … Read more
Eileen Higgins becomes Miami’s first Democratic mayor in 30 years after winning a decisive runoff Tuesday night, ending a long stretch of Republican control in one of Florida’s most politically watched cities. Higgins, a former Miami Dade County commissioner, defeated Republican Emilio González by a wide margin in a race that drew intense national attention … Read more
