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Two Iranian soccer players who stayed in Australia after the Asian Cup said they wanted to rebuild their lives in a “safe” place.Published April 17, 2026April 17, 2026Iranian female soccer players Fatemeh Pasandideh and Atefeh Ramezanisadeh have thanked the Australian government for providing them with a “safe haven” and said they hope to resume their sporting careers once they have put their lives back together.In their first public comments since being granted humanitarian visas, the athletes said in a statement Friday that the compassion and support shown to them gave them hope for a future where they can live and…
A sign on the facade of the Allbirds shoe company on August 25, 2025 in Walnut Creek, California. Smith Collection | Archive Photos | Getty ImagesRetailers swarm allbirds After the troubled shoemaker slaps the artificial intelligence label on its business, market history suggests that once the initial hype wears off, things like this rarely work out.The company’s stock soared more than 800% at one point Wednesday after the company detailed shocking plans to rebrand as NewBird AI and move into computing infrastructure. The surge increased its market value from just $21 million the day before to well over $100 million.Retail…
On Monday, Pope Leo, who was flying to Algeria at the start of a landmark African tour, had a choice. We can either ignore Donald Trump’s extraordinary social media attacks overnight, or we can tackle them head-on. In the end, he chose the second option and took the highly unusual step of criticizing the Trump administration. Speaking to reporters on the papal plane, the pope said he was not afraid of the regime and would continue to strongly oppose war. “I don’t believe the message of the gospel should be abused as some people are doing,” he said, adding, “Too…
24. According to an interview, her favorite lyric from the album Lover is, “Ladies and gentlemen, will you please stand? / Even though the guitar string scars remain on my hands / I consider this man’s magnetism to be my lover.” 25. Taylor is a billionaire!According to a report published by Bloomberg in October 2024, Taylor’s Elas Tour, which has been setting industry records for over a decade, helped her achieve billionaire status. 26. The 2019 Netflix film Someone Great inspired her music. “I cried when I saw the movie. For about a week, I started waking up from dreams…
This story is part of CNBC Make It’s Millennial Money series, which examines how people earn, spend and save money.Paola Merrill never intended to be an influencer.The 29-year-old was working at a kindergarten in 2020 when the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic hit and her hours were cut. So, in her free time, she decided to create videos of the picturesque green fields and mountains of her hometown of Winthrop, Washington, where she lives with her current husband. Her channel quickly gained a following and currently has around 1.6 million subscribers.Merrill started selling her watercolor prints on Etsy, and as her…
More than three years after the advent of generative AI, AI-assisted coding remains the technology’s most popular and profitable use case. Several companies are already vying for supremacy, including Claude Code developer Anthropic, Cursor and Cognition, but investors think there’s room for at least one more. On Wednesday, Factory, a startup that develops AI agents for enterprise engineering teams, announced it had raised $150 million at a valuation of $1.5 billion. The round was led by Khosla Ventures with participation from Sequoia Capital, Insight Partners, and Blackstone. Keith Rabois, managing director of Khosla Ventures, has joined the startup’s board of…
brisbane, australia — The last time Australia welcomed the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, they were the new faces of the royal family, ready to follow a path set by decades of tradition. There was no royal walkabout this time, but it was a part-celebrity, part-philanthropy tour that combined quasi-royal official events with private commercial events. Harry and Meghan’s trip to Australia, where their father is still the monarch, is always going to be controversial, given their deliberate attempt to distance themselves from their families while retaining some vestiges of their royal status. Even before they arrived, some complained about…
From the dweeb in Sixteen Candles to the more venerable nerds in The Breakfast Club and Weird Science, Hall had a niche in the world of John Hughes (he even briefly played Ringwald’s real-life boyfriend), so it was odd to see him as the hapless bully in Scissorhands. But first, in 1985, at age 17, Hall became the youngest-ever ensemble member of Saturday Night Live, the same season RDJ appeared on the show, and Hall is also godfather to the Oscar winner’s son Indio. Like RDJ, Hall only appeared on SNL for one season, but he steadily appeared in bit…
Netflix co-founder and then-CEO Reed Hastings met with executives from other subscription streaming services in Sydney on February 25, 2022.Walter Peters | Fairfax Media | Getty ImagesNetflix Shares fell 9% in after-hours trading Thursday after the streaming giant released its first-quarter earnings report and announced significant governance changes. The company beat Wall Street expectations, with first-quarter sales of $12.25 billion, ahead of analysts’ estimates of $12.18 billion compiled by LSEG and 16% higher than the $10.54 billion reported in the same period last year.Thursday was the company’s first earnings report since it scrapped its planned acquisition plan. Warner Brothers Discovery…
It’s been a minute since the Desperate Housewives star lived on Wisteria Lane, but then she found a new address IRL.”I’ve spent my entire adult life here,” Eva told Marie Claire in November 2024 about leaving Los Angeles. “But even before[the pandemic]happened, things were changing. The atmosphere was different. Then COVID-19 happened and things reached breaking point. Whether it’s homelessness or taxes, I don’t want to blame California. I feel like this chapter of my life is over now.”Therefore, in recent years, the actress, her husband José Bastón, and their son Santiago have been splitting their time between Mexico and…