US President Donald Trump speaks to the media after signing executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on Jan. 23, 2025.Roberto Schmidt | AFP | Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump’s newly announced tariffs on goods from Colombia could drive up the price of some items Americans buy every day.Trump said in a social media post Sunday that he would immediately impose a blanket 25% tariff on all goods coming into the U.S. from Colombia, among other sanctions. The announcement came after Colombia rebuffed a U.S. military flight of deported migrants. Trump also said that the…
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Photo illustration of TikTok app logo on a smartphone screen displayed with the American flag.Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesPerplexity AI on Sunday revised the merger proposal it had submitted to TikTok parent ByteDance. The proposal, which would create a new entity combining Perplexity and TikTok U.S., would now also allow for the U.S. government to own up to 50% of the new company upon a future IPO, CNBC has learned.A proposal document viewed by CNBC, which was shared with ByteDance and prospective new investors, detailed the creation of a new U.S. holding company, “NewCo.”The document proposes ByteDance contribute TikTok…
It is unclear if Mr. Trump would try to use the $1.3 billion that Egypt is supposed to receive in annual aid as leverage to try to force it to accept more Palestinian refugees.The fear of being driven from Gaza runs deep among Palestinians, who reject it as a replay of what they call the Nakba — or “catastrophe” in Arabic — the mass displacement of Palestinians from their homes in 1948 during the war surrounding Israel’s creation as a state. Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza are trying to return to their homes as the cease-fire between Hamas…
Growing up in Japan, home to some of the world’s longest-living people, I fell in love with traditional Japanese food at a young age. My passion for clean and healthy eating is what inspired me to be a nutritionist.My diet has always been centered around nutritious, longevity-fueling and environmentally-friendly foods. Now living in the U.S., I often get my groceries at local markets or organic farms. But when I’m looking to save money and stock up on healthy goods, I send my husband on his favorite errand: a solo trip to Costco.Here are the Costco items I trust and can’t…
Relive how Jannik Sinner won the Australian OpenMELBOURNE, Australia — Jannik Sinner beat Alexander Zverev 6-3, 7-6(4), 6-3 in the Australian Open final at Melbourne Park Sunday.The No. 1 seed prevailed over the No. 2 seed in a match ultimately decided by Zverev’s discomfort when coming forward, Sinner’s underrated first serve, and a kiss of death from the net.It is Sinner’s second consecutive Australian Open title and his third Grand Slam singles title. Zverev has now played three Grand Slam singles finals, losing them all.The Athletic’s writers, Charlie Eccleshare and Matt Futterman, analyze the final and what it means for tennis.How Zverev took…
Europe’s longest-serving leader, President Aleksandr G. Lukashenko of Belarus, cruised to his seventh election victory in a row on Sunday in a contest that his exiled opponents dismissed as a sham, whose only purpose was to cement his autocratic grip on the former Soviet republic, Russia’s closest ally.“Don’t use the word election to describe this farce,” said Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, an opposition leader who fled Belarus after the country’s previous presidential vote in 2020 and a brutal crackdown on nationwide protests over election fraud. “It is a staged performance by Lukashenko to cling to power at any cost.”A survey of voters…
Jonathan Raa | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesUniversal Music Group (UMG), the world’s biggest music label, and Swedish streaming giant Spotify have reached a new multi-year agreement for recorded music and music publishing, they said on Sunday.The publishing agreement establishes a direct license between Spotify and UMG across Spotify’s current product portfolio in the U.S. and several other countries, they said in a statement.”Artists, songwriters and consumers will benefit from new and evolving offers, new paid subscription tiers, bundling of music and non-music content, and a richer audio and visual content catalog,” the companies said.The partnership will ensure constant innovation, making…
LOS ANGELES — The Kobe and Gianna Bryant Memorial statue that sits on the south side of Crypto.com Arena, and which was unveiled last August, is both awe-inspiring and awful.It’s a powerful and worthy piece of art, with the seated NBA star hugging his 13-year-old daughter with his right arm while kissing her on the head. One can feel the affection they shared. An angel’s wings envelops them both from behind, a painful reminder to visitors that they are no longer with us. The helicopter crash that occurred on the hillsides of nearby Calabasas on Jan. 26, 2020, with nine…
The idea of a career ladder is great, in theory — steadily progressing up the ranks from intern to CEO — but most people’s jobs don’t work that way. You might change industries, switch departments or even get laid off.That’s why Google Chief Marketing Officer Lorraine Twohill wants young people to “enjoy the journey” instead of trying to meticulously plan their entire careers, she told LinkedIn’s “This Is Working” podcast, in an episode that aired earlier this month.”Learn as much as you can. I feel like life and companies like Google are more like a jungle gym than a career…
An aerial view of the sun rising above homes that burned in the Eaton Fire on January 21, 2025 in Altadena, California. Mario Tama | Getty ImagesA few weeks ago, the home of Dr. Damon Raskin in Los Angeles’ wildfire-stricken Pacific Palisades neighborhood burned to the ground. Yet even as he, his wife and two teenage children were still in shock, and even before being able to see the charred remains, the family had made a decision: “We want to rebuild our house,” Raskin said.That one family’s juxtaposed situation — a mixture of sudden grief and steely resolve — epitomizes the…
