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U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent during a Minnesota Economic Club event on Thursday, January 8, 2026 in Golden Valley, Minnesota, USA. Ben Brewer | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesTreasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Sunday it was “very unlikely” the Supreme Court would overturn President Donald Trump’s use of emergency powers to impose tariffs, and said a ruling could come as early as this week. “I think it’s very unlikely that the Supreme Court will overturn the president’s signature economic policies,” Bessent said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” “They didn’t overturn Obamacare. I think the Supreme Court doesn’t want to cause confusion.”…
santiago, chile Reuters — Chilean President Gabriel Boric announced early Sunday that catastrophe had struck two regions in the country’s south as raging wildfires forced the evacuation of at least 20,000 people and killed at least 16. Chile’s CONAF Forest Service said there were 24 fires burning across the country as of Sunday morning, with firefighters working to extinguish them, the largest in Uble and Bío Bío states, where the government had declared a state of emergency. These regions are approximately 500 km south of the capital, Santiago. “Given the ongoing severity of the wildfires, I have decided to declare…
Colin Jost is actually playing around with Scarlett Johansson. Following the news that the Avengers star replaced Zoe Saldaña as the highest-grossing actor of all time, Colin couldn’t help but poke fun at his wife and himself with a hilarious joke on Saturday Night Live’s Weekend Update. “Zoe Saldaña, who stars in the new ‘Avatar,’ has surpassed Scarlett Johansson as the highest-grossing actress of all time,” he said on the Jan. 17 episode of SNL as a bar graph showing actresses’ earnings appeared on screen. “Now let’s see what happens if we include the box office receipts of Scarlett’s husband’s…
Alexandr Wang, former CEO of Scale, will attend the AI Summit in Paris in February 2025.Getty ImagesThe world’s most successful startups are founded by young people. Think Bill Gates or Mark Zuckerberg. They were both just 19 years old when they started their venture.But the rise of multibillion-dollar artificial intelligence (AI) startups is creating a new trend. Its founders seem to be getting younger on average.A new report released by global early-stage venture capital firm Antler finds that the age of AI unicorn founders has fallen from a peak of 40 in 2021 to 29 in 2024. Antler analyzed 1,629…
Reuters — Veteran President Yoweri Museveni was declared the overwhelming winner of Uganda’s presidential election on Saturday, extending his rule by 50 years after a campaign marred by violence and allegations of fraud. The result was a decisive victory for Museveni, 81, as he sought to strengthen his political standing amid mounting speculation about his eventual successor. Mr Museveni won just under 72% of the vote, the Uganda Electoral Commission announced at a ceremony in the capital Kampala on Saturday. His main challenger, pop singer-turned-politician Bobi Wine, was rated at 24%. Mr Wine called on his supporters to protest, alleging…
Provided by: Disney Enterprises Inc.Blue aliens, a family of superheroes, and a city of talking animals power up walt disney company In 2025, it will top the domestic box office.Full-year ticket sales in the U.S. and Canada rose about 4% from 2024 to $9.05 billion. Disney accounted for the largest share of ticket sales, with $2.49 billion (27.5%), according to Comscore data.The closest competitors are: warner bros discoverywhich accounted for $1.9 billion, or 21%, domestically. universalearned $1.7 billion, or 19.7%. Together, these three studios account for nearly 70% of the domestic box office market share.No other studio had domestic ticket…
Pregnant Hailee Steinfeld’s husband Josh Allen reacts to photo of Hailee Steinfeld wearing Broncos gear going viralJosh Allen is all about it on the field. After the Buffalo Bills’ 33-30 loss to the Denver Broncos in the NFL Divisional Playoffs on January 17, officially eliminating the team from the Super Bowl, the quarterback spoke candidly about his postgame disappointment. “It’s very difficult,” Josh, 29, tearfully said in a post-game press conference on January 17. “I feel like I let my teammates down tonight.” Josh recently made NFL history by leading the Bills to their first road playoff victory in over…
Cool Picture | Moments | Getty ImagesWhen estimating how much income you’ll need to live on in retirement, don’t forget to consider how you’ll cover unexpected expenses.More than 8 in 10 (83%) retired households will face unplanned expenses in any given year, according to a new study from the Boston College Retirement Research Center. Households that experience unexpected expenses spend an average of $6,000 a year in retirement. Measured another way, the typical household spends the equivalent of 10% of their annual income.But research shows that many households don’t have emergency savings. About 58% have enough cash to cover unplanned…
If you’re even remotely concerned about your privacy, the rise of AI personal assistants may seem alarming. It is difficult to use personal information held by a model’s parent company without sharing it. OpenAI is already testing ads, so it’s easy to imagine the same data collection that fuels Facebook and Google creeping into chatbot conversations. A new project launched in December by Signal co-founder Moxie Marlinspike shows what a privacy-aware AI service could look like. Confer is designed to look and feel similar to ChatGPT and Claude, but with a backend configured to avoid data collection and an open…
In two days, the Syrian army, supported by tribal militias, drove Kurdish forces from large swathes of northern Syria they had occupied for more than a decade. Among the towns and cities reported to have fallen is Raqqa, once the infamous capital of the Islamic State group’s so-called caliphate. Geolocated videos showed tribal militias in the city center on Sunday, as well as military presence in other areas. Much of Syria’s oil resources are also under government control for the first time in more than a decade. Here’s what we know about the rapid changes on the ground. The sudden…