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AP — A grizzly bear attacked a group of children and teachers on a boardwalk in British Columbia, Canada, injuring 11 people, two seriously. The attack occurred Thursday afternoon in Bella Coola, 700 kilometers (435 miles) northwest of Vancouver. The Nuxalk Nation said the “aggressive bear” remained on the loose Thursday night and police and conservation officers were called to the scene. “Officers are armed. Stay indoors and stay off the highways,” the tribe said in a social media post. Emergency Medical Services spokesman Brian Twaites said two people were seriously injured and two others suffered serious injuries. Others were…
A customer checks vegetables and other groceries at a supermarket in Tokyo, June 20, 2025.Kazuhiro Nogi | AFP | Getty ImagesJapan’s core inflation rate in October was in line with market expectations on Friday, marking the sharpest rise since July, confirming the Bank of Japan’s rationale for raising interest rates.Core inflation, which excludes the price of fresh food, came in at 3%, in line with economists’ estimates compiled by Reuters. The headline inflation rate rose to 3%, exceeding the Bank of Japan’s 2% target for 43 consecutive months. So-called “core-core” inflation, which excludes fresh food and energy prices, rose to…
Amazon Puget Sound headquarters photo on October 28, 2025 in Seattle, Washington.Stephen Brasiagetti ImagesAmazonThe more than 14,000 job cuts announced last month affected nearly every part of the company’s vast business, from cloud computing and devices to advertising, retail and grocery stores. However, one profession was more likely to bear the brunt of the cuts than others: engineers. Documents filed in New York, California, New Jersey and Amazon’s home state of Washington show that nearly 40% of the more than 4,700 jobs cut in those states were in engineering roles. The data was reported by Amazon in a Worker Adjustment…
Japan, Tokyo city skyline, Tokyo Tower. Prisma By Dukas | Universal Images Group | Getty ImagesAsia-Pacific markets fell on Friday after U.S. tech stocks stalled and investors’ hopes for a December interest rate cut by the U.S. Federal Reserve faded. Japanese Nikkei Stock Average The TOPIX index ended the day flat, falling 2.4% to close at 48,625.88. technology conglomerate Softbank It fell more than 10%. Other tech stocks in the index also fell, with Advantest down 12.1%, Tokyo Electron down more than 7%, Lasertec down more than 5% and Renesas Electron down 2.65%.Japan’s core inflation rate in October was in…
Amin Vahdat, Google’s vice president of machine learning, systems and cloud AI, holds up TPU version 4 at Google’s headquarters in Mountain View, California, on July 23, 2024.mark ganleyGoogle The head of AI infrastructure told employees that the company’s computing power needs to double every six months to meet demand for artificial intelligence services. During the Nov. 6 all-hands meeting, Google Cloud Vice President Amin Vahdat gave a presentation titled “AI Infrastructure” that was viewed by CNBC, which included a slide on “The Demands of AI Computing.” The slide said, “From now on, you have to double every 6 months.…
Reuters — A Nigerian court on Thursday convicted separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu on all seven terrorism-related charges after a decade-long trial that stoked tensions in the country’s southeast. Judge James Omotosho said the prosecution, which sought the death penalty for Kanu, had proven that his now-banned broadcasts and orders to the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) group incited deadly attacks on security forces and civilians. The violence was part of his push for an independent state of Biafra in the Igbo-controlled region, which sought to break away as the Republic of Biafra in 1967, sparking a three-year civil war that…
Stocks @ Night is a daily newsletter delivered after hours, giving you the first information about tomorrow and the last information about today. Sign up for free to receive it straight to your inbox. Here’s what CNBC television producers were looking at Thursday and what they’re looking at for Friday’s session. The Nasdaq 100 fell 3.8% in four days. The Nasdaq Composite Index fell 3.6% in four days. The Russell 2000 fell 3.5% in four days. The Dow 30 fell about 3% in four days. The S&P 500 index fell 2.9% in four days. The New York Stock Exchange Composite…
Just three years ago, the United States was publicly reconsidering its relationship with Saudi Arabia. President Joe Biden has vowed to ostracize Mohammed bin Salman. Even arms sales to one of America’s closest military partners were subject to review. When the crown prince and de facto leader of Saudi Arabia stepped into the Oval Office this week, it was a different world. President Donald Trump defended the crown prince so forcefully that he scolded a reporter who confronted him about the murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, saying he had “embarrassed his guest.” Beyond the Oval Office theatrics, the…
The story of how Jelly Rolly and Bunnie Xo metBunny Zoe and Jelly Roll’s love story began in Las Vegas.As she recalled on Bussin’ With The Boys, she met the singer when they performed at a country saloon in Las Vegas in August 2015. This was before jelly rolls became famous. At the time, he was living in a van and estimated about 20 people came to the show.Instead, their spark took center stage.”When I met him, I tell people this is the craziest cliché, but literally my soul was like, ‘I’m there,'” Bunny said on a 2023 podcast. “And…
Originally from South Africa, Alex lives in Singapore and frequently travels abroad for work and tourism. But her passport has become such a major barrier to free and easy travel that she is “happy” to exchange it for another passport. “If someone offered me or my children another passport, I would grab it with both hands,” Alex said. He asked that only his first name be used for privacy reasons.The South African passport is ranked 51st in the Henley Passport Index, placing it firmly in the middle of global lists based on the number of destinations the holder can visit…