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'Around 20' hurt after car drives into pedestrians in Munich, police say
Munich police said "several" people were injured after a "vehicle drove into a group of people" in the center of the city on Thursday morning.ABC News - 7m -
US Department of State plans to spend $400m on Tesla armoured vehicles
Plan raises possibility of more conflicts of interest for Elon Musk as he leads efforts to slash government spending. The US Department of State is planning to spend $400m buying new Tesla armoured ...The Guardian - 33m -
State Dept. Draws Up List of Cartels to Be Labeled Terrorist Groups
The move against a half-dozen organizations followed an executive order from President Trump that said the United States would ensure their “total elimination.”The New York Times - 6h -
Hell Is Us Gets Grim New Trailer At State Of Play, Launching In September
Hell is Us is a dark, melee-focused combat game set in a war-torn country, featuring tons of monsters and tough combat, and it's launching on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC on September 4. While the ...GameSpot - 13h -
US overwhelms Virgin Islands 22-0 in Under-17 World Cup qualifier as Chase Adams scores 10 goals
The United States opened expanded CONCACAF qualifying for the FIFA Under-17 World Cup with a record win for the country at any levelABC News - 2d -
Caught in the middle: UK firms brace for fallout from Trump’s global trade war
While UK may not be in direct line of fire, knock-on effects on global trade has British businesses worried. “We’re vulnerable at the moment,” says Fiona Conor, the managing director of Trust ...The Guardian - 5h -
US embassies around the world brace for staff reductions after memo from State Dept.
The State Department has begun instructing U.S. embassies around the world to start planning for staff reductions, sources told ABC News.ABC News - 12h -
Dan Hurley wishes more Creighton fans were around to hear him clap back about his 'two rings' after UConn win
Hurley had a must-see reaction to UConn's first-ever road win over CreightonCBS Sports - 19h -
Watch live: Powell testifies before House on state of US economy
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell will testify before the House Financial Services Committee Wednesday morning on the state of the U.S. economy. Powell has put interest rate cuts on hold amid ...The Hill - 20h -
Uline turned to Mexico to staff warehouses, but paid them a fraction of US workers, sources say
At company owned by a Trump mega-donor, workers brought from Mexico earned per day about the same as their US counterparts were paid by the hour. Uline, a Wisconsin-based office supply company ...The Guardian - 1d -
India’s online brokers brace for profits hit after regulatory clampdown
Intervention to calm frenzied derivatives trading has brought down volumes by 70%Financial Times - 1d -
Sam Altman tells OpenAI staff that board hasn't seen 'anything official' from Musk
In a memo to OpenAI employees Tuesday, CEO Sam Altman said the board hasn't received an official offer from Elon Musk regarding a potential purchase.CNBC - 1d -
Virginia bans DeepSeek from state devices, networks
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) barred state employees Tuesday from using artificial intelligence (AI) models developed by Chinese startup DeepSeek on state-issued devices and state-run networks. ...The Hill - 1d -
From world's best to Wales' worst - Gatland shows danger of going back
From world's best to Wales' worst, Warren Gatland may have proved why you should never go back as his second stint as Wales head coach ends.BBC News - 1d -
The US can’t become the ‘crypto capital of the world’ unless these 6 things change
Crypto advocates may want to pump the brakes after reading President Trump's Jan. 25 executive orderThe Hill - 1d -
How the USAID freeze impacts American farmers and hungry people around the world
NBC News' Andrea Mitchell reports on the global consequences and domestic economic effects of the recent push to dismantle USAID.NBC News - 2d -
The Memo: Trump, allies ramp up attacks on courts
Monday brought another legal setback for President Trump and his administration — and there is every indication it will add more fuel to the fire of MAGA grievances against the judiciary. The issue ...The Hill - 2d -
Judge blocks Trump administration from cutting research funding after 22 states sue
A federal judge temporarily halted the Trump administration's radical changes to how the National Institutes of Health pays for biomedical research, putting on hold a plan to slash research funding ...NBC News - 2d -
New York state bans DeepSeek from government devices
The state of New York has banned the Chinese artificial intelligence assistant DeepSeek on government devices.NBC News - 2d -
DeepSeek banned from NY state government devices
New York State is prohibiting the China-based artificial intelligence application DeepSeek from government devices. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) announced on Monday state government employees are ...The Hill - 2d -
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau staff told to 'stand down' from all work
CFPB employees were told Sunday to work remotely because their Washington, D.C., headquarters would be closed through Feb. 14, according to a memo.CNBC - 2d -
UN suspends its humanitarian work in Houthi rebels' stronghold in Yemen after more staff abductions
The United Nations says it has suspended its humanitarian operations in the stronghold of Yemen’s Houthi rebels after they detained eight more U.N. staffersABC News - 2d -
US business schools brace for the second Trump term
Academics are awaiting the presidential stance on topics from visas to ESG and diversityFinancial Times - 3d -
Baltic states unplug from Russia and join EU power grid
"Today, history is made," EU chief Ursula von der Leyen told a ceremony in Lithuania's capital.BBC News - 3d -
Brian Belichick expected to join North Carolina staff, reunite with father Bill Belichick after Patriots stint
Belichick is expected to work with safeties after starting his career under his dad with the New England PatriotsCBS Sports - 3d -
Lessons from the US on combating mass incarceration
Fiscal hawks have moulded America into an unlikely exemplar of justice reformFinancial Times - 3d -
Johnson wins world downhill title after ban
American Breezy Johnson wins the women's downhill title at the World Ski Championships after returning from a 14-month ban.Yahoo Sports - 3d -
Kurdish officials fear Islamic State revival as US aid cuts loom
Humanitarian groups worried north-east Syrian camps holding suspected IS members will lose basic facilities. Kurdish officials have warned of an Islamic State resurgence if US foreign aid cuts take ...The Guardian - 4d -
U.S.A.I.D. Workers Brace for the Worst
A judge halted parts of the Trump administration’s plan to shut down the agency. A verdict might not come for weeks or even longer as thousands are left in limbo.The New York Times - 4d -
Hundreds protest against Chinese ‘mega-embassy’ in London
Demonstrators at the proposed site included Hongkongers who fear it could be used to illegally detain dissenters. Large crowds gathered outside the proposed site of a new Chinese “mega-embassy” in ...The Guardian - 4d -
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US skier Breezy Johnson wins shock downhill gold at world championships
American wins surprise gold medal after 14-month ban Lindsey Vonn finishes in 15th place in comeback at age 40 Her top speed of 86mph (138.51kph) was among the fastest ever recorded by a woman ...The Guardian - 4d -
Sony PlayStation Network outage enrages gamers around the world
Sony’s PlayStation Network (PSN) is experiencing a major outage across the world, leaving tens of thousands of gamers unable to access online services, stores and multimedia appsABC News - 4d -
US skier Breezy Johnson wins gold in the women's downhill at the Alpine world championships
American skier Breezy Johnson has won gold in the women’s downhill at the Alpine skiing world championshipsABC News - 4d -
Russia's Baltic neighbors are breaking away from its power grid — and they're braced for retaliation
The Baltic states of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia are bracing themselves for possible retaliation as they decouple from Russia's power grid this weekend.CNBC - 5d -
Baltic states begin historic switch away from Russian power grid
More than 30 years after leaving the Soviet Union, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania will join the EU's grid.BBC News - 5d -
Taubitz wins women's luge world title and Sweeney grabs a bronze for US
Germany’s Julia Taubitz is the women’s singles luge world champion for the second timeABC News - 5d -
A US Treasury Threat Intelligence Analysis Designates DOGE Staff as ‘Insider Threat’
An internal email reviewed by WIRED calls DOGE staff's access to federal payments systems “the single biggest insider threat risk the Bureau of the Fiscal Service has ever faced.”Wired - 5d -
Racial gap widened in deaths among US moms around the time of childbirth
Black women in the U.S. died at a rate nearly 3.5 times higher than white women around the time of childbirth in 2023ABC News - Feb. 6 -
Argentina says it will withdraw from the World Health Organization
A spokesman for President Javier Milei says he has ordered Argentina’s withdrawal from the World Health Organization due to profound differences with the U.N. agencyABC News - Feb. 5
