The US president earlier accused the left-wing government in Caracas of running drug cartels US President Donald Trump has denied that he was planning strikes in Venezuela, whose left-wing government he accuses of supporting “narcoterrorist” cartels. Multiple media outlets reported that the White House was weighing potential operations on Venezuelan soil, with The Wall Street Journal claiming on Thursday that …

Chennai Super Kings (CSK) faced a disappointing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 season, finishing at the bottom, which necessitates an equally crucial overseas retention debate ahead of the IPL 2026 mini-auction. Chennai Super Kings and the importance of overseas players for IPL 2026 For a franchise built on continuity and a stable core, overseas players are fundamental to CSK strategy, …

Hours before South Korea and China were set to hold their first summit, North Korea sought to set the tone by dismissing any discussion of its denuclearisation as a “pipe dream”. Chinese President Xi Jinping and South Korean President Lee Jae-myung are scheduled to hold their first face-to-face talks on Saturday on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit …

Ukraine’s European backers will secretly meet in Madrid next week to coordinate efforts to increase support, the Spanish newspaper El Mundo reported on Friday. The organizers are reportedly maintaining “utmost secrecy” for the event planned for November 4, instructing delegates from 35 countries to leave their cell phones in a designated room and refrain from posting about the gathering on …

Bending Spoons’ four cofounders this week joined the billionaire ranks. CEO Luca Ferrari’s stake in the Milan-based tech conglomerate is now reportedly worth $1.4 billion, while cofounders Matteo Danieli, Luca Querella, and Francesco Patarnello each hold stakes worth $1.3 billion, according to Forbes estimates based on shareholder data published by the Italian Business Register. The valuations come on the heels …

Aaron Levine, sports director at FOX 13 in Seattle, during his appearance on “Jeopardy!” this week. (Sony Pictures Television Photo) In the midst of the Seattle Mariners’ win streak back in September, sports anchor Aaron Levine was going on a little run of his own, as a contestant on “Jeopardy!” The episodes aired this week, and Levine, sports director for …

Just back from his whirlwind Asia tour, US President Donald Trump on Friday hailed a newly negotiated trade deal with China as a “long-lasting” victory even as he teased the possibility of more tariff concessions. Aboard Air Force One en route to his Palm Beach, Florida, resort, Trump painted the Busan, South Korea, summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping on …

An Alaska Airlines plane at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. (GeekWire File Photo / Kurt Schlosser) Alaska Airlines said Friday it has hired global consulting firm Accenture to conduct a full audit of its technology systems, part of a broader push to improve reliability after two major IT outages in recent months. The review will include a top-to-bottom examination of the airline’s …

Excellent question — and one that many economists, investors, and technologists are actively debating right now. Let’s unpack it carefully 👇 💭 Short answer: AI has some “bubble-like” characteristics, but it’s not exactly like the dot-com bubble — at least not yet. 🧩 Similarities to the Dot-Com Bubble Massive Hype Just like “.com” was the buzzword of the late 1990s, …

This is the harrowing moment a passenger train smashes into a lorry carrying thousands of pieces of fruit. CCTV footage shows a lorry driving past the level crossing, then reversing after a car approaches from the opposite direction. It is then hit by the train. The collision occurred in the Dutch village of Meteren, around 43 miles southeast of Amsterdam, …

More than 300 piles of human remains have been discovered in a desert just an hour outside of Las Vegas. The shocking discovery was made by a local man near the rural town of Searchlight on July 28. However, investigators have likely been left with an unsolvable mystery as to who the remains belong to, as each pile no longer …

He has been clearing the field of potential rivals in the event of a presidential election, Ukrainian lawmakers have alleged Opponents of Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky have accused his administration of using court cases as a tool to sideline political opposition, Politico wrote on Friday, citing lawmakers and anti-graft activists. The outlet cited last week’s indictment of the former chairman …

Nancy Mace, the South Carolina Republican congresswoman, unleashed a tirade against law enforcement at the Charleston International Airport on Thursday, WIRED has learned. According to an incident report obtained by WIRED under South Carolina’s Freedom of Information Act, Mace cursed at police officers, making repeated derogatory comments toward them. The report says that a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) supervisor told …

Social network Bluesky, which on Friday announced a new milestone of 40 million users, will soon start testing “dislikes” as a way to improve personalization on its main Discover feed and others. The news was shared alongside a host of other conversation control updates and changes, which include smaller tweaks to replies, improved detection of toxic comments, and other ways …

Meta signed three deals this week to procure nearly 1 gigawatt of solar power as it races to power its lofty AI ambitions. The trio of agreements brings Meta’s total solar purchases to over 3 gigawatts of capacity this year. Solar is cheap and quick to build, and as a result, it has become a go-to power source for tech …