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For Years, Powell Avoided Fighting Trump. That’s Over.

Jan 12, 2026 8:17 AM ET
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Jerome Powell’s response to the threat of criminal charges is wrapped in a directness that he had spent years avoiding. Al Drago/Bloomberg News

Inside the frantic global race to find an escape route for Maduro

Jan 09, 2026 2:11 PM ET
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Inside the frantic global race to find an escape route for Maduro

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro at an event in late November. He would be seized in a U.S. operation about a month later. (Jesus Vargas/Getty Images)

Paramount Files Lawsuit In Pursuit Of Warner Bros. Discovery And Threatens Proxy Fight

Jan 12, 2026 11:19 AM ET

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Paramount files lawsuit in pursuit of Warner Bros. Discovery and threatens proxy fight

Paramount sent Warner Bros. Discover shareholders a letter on Monday announcing the company intends to name new directors during WBD's 2026 annual meeting as part of its attempted hostile takeover. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP/Getty Images

‘Fail’: Iranian Leader’s Chilling Words To US

Donald Trump has doubled down on striking Tehran after its supreme leader unleashed on the President in a series of tweets as widespread protests near two weeks.

Jan 10, 2026 8:43 AM ET

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‘Fail’: Iranian leader’s chilling words to US

UK Media Regulator Opens Investigation Into X's AI Over Sexualized Image Generation

Ofcom is probing whether X breached UK law after its AI chatbot Grok was used to generate sexualized images of women and children.

Jan 12, 2026 12:12 PM ET

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UK media regulator opens investigation into X's AI over sexualized image generation

This photograph shows screens displaying the logo of Grok, a generative artificial intelligence chatbot developed by US artificial intelligence company xAI, in Toulouse, southern France, on January 15, 2025. LIONEL BONAVENTURE / AFP

Chalamet A Smash, Sinners Shut Out: The Key Golden Globes Snubs And Surprises

Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another looks unstoppable ahead of the Oscars, despite Timothée Chalamet’s triumph over Leonardo DiCaprio for best actor

Jan 12, 2026 11:33 AM ET

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Chalamet a smash, Sinners shut out: the key Golden Globes snubs and surprises

Taking every gong there is going … Timothée Chalamet wins Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy award. Photograph: Frazer Harrison/WireImage

Why Luxury Carmakers Are Now Building Glitzy Skyscrapers

Jan 12, 2026 11:37 AM ET

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Why luxury carmakers are now building glitzy skyscrapers

Binghatti Properties / The Bugatti Residences building in Dubai is currently under construction

Cuba Denies Being In Talks With Trump On Potential Deal

Havana (AFP) – Cuba's leader on Monday reacted defiantly to President Donald Trump's threats to "make a deal" or pay the price in the aftermath of key ally Nicolas Maduro's ouster in a US military raid.

Jan 12, 2026 12:13 PM ET

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Cuba denies being in talks with Trump on potential deal

Cuban leader Miguel Diaz-Canel (L) and US President Donald Trump have traded heated rhetoric on social media © Mauro PIMENTEL, ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP/File