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The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2026 placed two product categories firmly at the center of attention on January 9: tri-fold smartphones and next-generation humanoid robots. Throughout the day, exhibition halls and demonstration stages repeatedly underscored how these devices have become the most talked-about innovations of this year’s event. Industry representatives, investors, and media outlets converged to […]
The United States labor market lost momentum in 2025, with economists characterizing the year as a “hiring recession” that affected both blue- and white-collar workers. Employers added 584,000 positions, the smallest annual gain outside a formal recession since 2003, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data released Friday. Labor market slows in 2025 Most […]
Rescue teams in the Philippines reported “signs of life” inside the rubble of a collapsed garbage mound that killed at least four workers and left dozens unaccounted for at a landfill in Cebu City. Authorities said Saturday that search operations will intensify after the encouraging detection, even as conditions at the site remain hazardous. The […]
U.S. President Donald Trump said in a televised interview that the United States may expand its military campaign against drug traffickers by carrying out ground strikes on cartel targets inside Mexico. The remarks aired Thursday night during an appearance on Fox News with host Sean Hannity. “We’ve knocked out 97% of the drugs coming in […]
Yachts moored at a marina on Sydney’s waterfront were destroyed when a fire broke out at the facility, according to video of the incident. The footage shows flames spreading across the mooring area and thick smoke billowing over the harbor while vessels burn at their berths. Details on the exact number of craft lost and […]
Oracle Corp. disclosed that George Conrades and Naomi Seligman, the two longest-tenured members of its board and both in their eighties, have resigned, reducing the size of the governing body to 12 directors. In a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the company said Conrades, 86, and Seligman, 87, notified Oracle of their […]
Health officials in South Carolina have confirmed 99 additional measles cases, pushing the statewide total to 310 as of Jan. 9. The Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) said 200 people are currently under quarantine, and the agency continues to warn that far more residents may have been exposed without realizing it. Most of the […]
Investor attention is moving away from last year’s market leaders and into lesser-known segments, according to CNBC host Jim Cramer, who on Friday outlined a week of catalysts that he believes could reinforce the trend. Speaking after the release of what he characterized as an unremarkable U.S. employment report, Cramer argued that muted labor data […]
Newly released cellphone video recorded by a federal immigration officer provides the clearest view yet of the events that preceded the fatal shooting of Renee Good during an Immigration and Customs Enforcement operation in Minneapolis earlier this week. The three-minute, ten-second clip, obtained by ABC News, was shot from the perspective of an agent who […]
Surging valuations across the technology sector are expanding the fortunes of founders, senior executives and long-tenured employees whose compensation is heavily concentrated in company stock. Financial advisors say that concentration brings significant risk, prompting many high-net-worth individuals to move shares into exchange funds as a way to diversify without incurring immediate capital-gains taxes. An exchange […]
The United States labor market closed 2025 with modest growth, as employers added 50,000 jobs in December while the unemployment rate edged down to 4.4%, according to data released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The latest nonfarm payroll increase fell short of the Dow Jones consensus forecast of 73,000 and was lower […]
Oregon’s top law-enforcement official has opened a formal investigation into a Border Patrol shooting that left two people wounded in Portland on Thursday, 8 January 2026. The incident unfolded during what federal authorities described as a “targeted” traffic stop connected to an ongoing anti-gang operation. According to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), agents assigned […]