WASHINGTON, U.S. officials this week outlined a three-phase plan for Venezuela after U.S. forces seized President Nicolás Maduro, Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters and senators on Jan. 7. The plan prioritizes stabilisation to prevent chaos, recovery that includes reopening the economy to American and Western firms, rebuilding infrastructure...
United States federal- and state-level employment releases show mixed November 2025 labor-market results. State reports indicated unemployment rates rose in Pennsylvania, Arkansas, Washington, Oregon and Ohio while Massachusetts held at 4.7%; payrolls varied by state with pockets of gains in leisure, hospitality, professional services and losses in construction and government....
Washington, The U.S. House Oversight Committee held a Wednesday hearing during a public session examining alleged multimillion-dollar fraud in Minnesota’s social welfare programs, where Republican lawmakers and state witnesses accused officials of suppressing investigations and intimidating whistleblowers. Attorneys and witnesses described administrative changes, alleged retaliation, and claims that oversight units...
CHICAGO — Family members and authorities continued searching this week for Linda Brown, a 53-year-old Chicago Public Schools special education teacher who disappeared Saturday after leaving her. Police said she was last seen in the 4500-block of South Martin Luther King Drive and that surveillance footage later captured her leaving...
LOS ANGELES — Warner Bros Discovery's board rejected Paramount Skydance's revised $108.4 billion bid Wednesday and reaffirmed its continuing support for Netflix's $82.7 billion merger agreement. The board told shareholders the Paramount offer relied on an extraordinary amount of debt financing, described a $30-per-share cash plan that would leave the...
WASHINGTON — U.S. forces seized a Venezuela-linked, U.S.-sanctioned oil tanker in the North Atlantic on Wednesday after a weeks-long pursuit, officials said. The military boarded and took control of the vessel, then transferred it to law enforcement, an official who spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity...
Columbus. Dr. Amy Acton and Vivek Ramaswamy announced running mates Wednesday in Ohio’s 2026 governor race. Acton selected former Ohio Democratic Party chair David Pepper, citing his local government experience; Ramaswamy chose Ohio Senate President Rob McColley, emphasizing legislative knowledge. Both candidates said their picks balance outsider backgrounds with governing...
Washington — Aldrich Ames, a former CIA counterintelligence analyst, died in federal custody Monday at age 84, the Bureau of Prisons confirmed, citing official records. Ames, a 31‑year agency veteran who led the Soviet branch in counterintelligence, sold classified information to the Soviet Union and later Russia from 1985 until...
Las Vegas: Companies at CES 2026 unveiled agentic AI, inference-focused compute, and AI-powered consumer devices this week. Lenovo introduced Lenovo Agentic AI and Lenovo xIQ to manage full-lifecycle enterprise agents, while Samsung SDS showcased agentic AI applications and cloud integrations. Changhong presented AI-driven smart home appliances including interactive Panda Xiaobai...
Las Vegas — Nvidia and partners announced initiatives this week to accelerate AI deployment and address labour shortfalls. At CES on Jan. 7, Nvidia said its October revenue forecast for data‑centre chips—about US$500 billion by end‑2026—has brightened as large customer deals and new AI model uptake increased orders. Lenovo unveiled...
