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A morbid-sounding app has taken China by storm in recent weeks, capitalizing on widespread loneliness and youth frustration in the world’s second most populous country. The app, named “Are You Dead,” is aimed at people who live alone and has a simple premise: users need to check in to the app every day. The app will automatically notify the user’s emergency contacts if they are unreachable for several days. The app has spread rapidly in recent weeks and topped Apple’s paid App Store rankings on Saturday, according to the state-run tabloid Global Times. The app was subsequently rebranded and a…

Star players Aubameyang and Manga are back, but the Football Association continues its search for a new head coach.Published January 14, 2026January 14, 2026Click here to share on social mediaShare 2shareGabon’s Football Association has announced the suspension of government measures imposed on the national team following their early withdrawal from the 2025 African Cup of Nations (AFCON), as well as the lifting of measures against Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Bruno Ekuele Manga.Both players were left out of the Gabon squad. The coaching staff, including head coach Thierry Muyuma, were fired. After Gabon failed to win a match in a tournament in…

A recent survey by marriage agency Tawkify asked more than 1,000 American adults how unemployment has affected their dating lives, from first dates to long-term relationships. Survey respondents shared multiple situations in which unemployment can have a negative impact, such as canceling dates for financial reasons or being hesitant to ask someone out on a date at all.Additionally, 38% of those surveyed said the biggest impact of unemployment on their love life was that it made them emotionally closed off.Justin Lehmiller, senior research fellow in sex and relationships research at the Kinsey Institute and host of the Sex and Psychology…

Big tech companies are actively hiring energy talent.Technology companies investing heavily in artificial intelligence are ramping up their workforces with energy experts to overcome the biggest bottleneck in scaling AI: access to electricity.Energy jobs grew 34% in 2024 from the previous year, according to data compiled for CNBC by Workforce.ai. Employment last year roughly matched this pace, remaining 30% higher than pre-AI levels in 2022, when ChatGPT was released at the end of the year.AI ambitions depend on powering insatiable data centers. Energy is becoming increasingly important to Big Tech companies. According to the International Energy Agency, data centers will…

On October 29, 2025, on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, Screens broadcast a press conference by Jerome Powell, Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, following the Fed’s announcement of an interest rate cut.Brendan McDiarmid | Reuters Opposition to the Trump administration’s criminal investigation of Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is growing. On Sunday evening, Mr. Powell said federal prosecutors were investigating him over his testimony before Congress related to the central bank’s $2.5 billion headquarters renovation project.Powell suggested the survey reflected President Donald Trump’s frustration with the Fed’s refusal to cut interest…

Venezuelans living in Colombia celebrate by waving Venezuelan and U.S. flags in Plaza Bolivar after U.S. President Donald Trump said the U.S. had attacked Venezuela and detained President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, on January 3, 2026 in Bogotá, Colombia. Andres Galeano | ReutersVenezuela’s stock market not only ignored the U.S. military’s detention of former President Nicolas Maduro, but also soared to record highs as investors bet that the battered economy would finally turn around.The country’s benchmark index Bursatil de Capitalización (IBC) has risen more than 130% since the January 3 US operation. Analysts said the gains reflected…

JP Morgan Chase Fourth-quarter results released Tuesday beat expectations, with revenue from the bank’s trading operations higher than expected. Here’s what the company reported:Adjusted earnings: $5.23 per share, compared to LSEGR’s consensus estimate of $5.00; revenue: $46.77 billion, compared to LSEG’s estimate of $46.21 billion.The company said profit fell 7% to $13.03 billion, or $4.63 per share, due to a pre-announced $2.2 billion provision related to the acquisition of the Apple Card loan portfolio. goldman sachs. Excluding the 60 cents per share impact from the transaction, adjusted earnings were $5.23, beating analysts’ expectations.Net interest income also rose 7% to $25.1…

Watch Leonardo DiCaprio hug Timothée Chalamet after missing out on Best Actor at the Golden Globesrobert pattinson I rowed in Marty Supreme. Indeed, apparently twilight Alums played a secret role Timothée Chalamet This movie might have been missed if viewers’ ears weren’t attuned to his voice. “Nobody knows this, but that voice, that commentator, that referee is Pattinson.” Marty Supreme director Josh Safdie He said this in an interview at the British Film Institute in London on January 13th. varietyreferences the British Open semi-final scene near the beginning of the film. “It’s like a little Easter egg. No one knows…

Investors are buying into a “megatrend” in European defense spending that is expected to continue over the next decade, fueled by a combination of EU, state and private capital funding. With some of Europe’s leading defense stocks soaring to returns of nearly 20% in the first week of 2026, investors now see the sector as a long-term bet, shaped by both current tensions over Venezuela and Greenland and long-term concerns about the continent’s defense capabilities and the future of NATO. Rafael Tuin, head of capital markets strategy at Tikehau Capital, said multiple factors, including the continued threat from Russia and…

A trader works at his desk on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) after the opening bell rings on December 3, 2025 in New York. Timothy A. Clary | AFP | Getty ImagesLONDON – European stock markets closed mixed on Tuesday as investors continued to weigh geopolitical developments in Iran and the opening of a criminal investigation into U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell.pan-european Stocks 600 Major regional stock exchanges were mixed, closing almost 0.2% lower. Looking at individual stocks, stocks of a Danish offshore wind power generation company Orsted It rose 5.4% after a U.S. judge…