Author: Justin M. Larson
Pinheiro Braathen’s parents split when he was young and despite his ‘ski bum’ father getting custody, he spent his childhood criss-crossing the Atlantic and cultures.Initially, he resented skiing. He felt far more comfortable playing football in Sao Paolo, and wanted to turn professional like his hero Ronaldinho.He told his father his feet were “made for beaches and not hard-shell boots”.But aged eight, he started to change his mind, enticed by the high speeds involved in ski racing.His nomadic lifestyle continued for many years, moving home 21 times before he turned 22.”I’m a person of cultural duality,” he told Associated Press.…
They have been holding a vigil outside the police detention centre since 8 January, when the head of Venezuela’s National Assembly, Jorge Rodríguez, first announced that “a significant number” of prisoners would be freed as a goodwill gesture to demonstrate what he said was the interim government’s will “seek peace”. Source link
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Fake browser extensions are nothing new, but this one takes things a step further by deliberately breaking your computer to scare you into infecting it.Security researchers have uncovered a malicious Chrome and Edge extension called NexShield that pretends to be a fast, privacy-friendly ad blocker. Once installed, it crashes your browser on purpose and then tricks you into “fixing” the problem by running dangerous commands on your own PC.Sign up for my FREE CyberGuy ReportGet my best tech tips, urgent security alerts and exclusive deals delivered straight to your inbox. Plus, you’ll…
Like many athletes, Fearon’s career has been affected by agonising injuries at key moments.He has wires in his lower leg bones holding them together, following a serious issue picked up while running for the British relay team. “After that, I semi-retired from athletics, I still went and did a few things, but it wasn’t the same,” he said.”It took a good two-year chunk out of my athletic career.”But while that pain eased over time as he recovered, what hit his family next was hard to put into words.In 2023, his sister Natasha Morais was murdered.Feeling scared and suffering with insomnia,…
The US accuses the Veronica III of violating a “quarantine” on oil shipments from Venezuela. Source link
Rio de Janeiro’s iconic Carnival parades begin with a tribute to Brazil’s President Lula, illustrating his rise from poverty to power. Source link
The advance of the Syrian Army into Kurdish regions could put nearly all the country under one authority. But it ends a dream of autonomy for ethnic Kurds. Source link
In the aftermath of another wave of antigovernment unrest, Iran is gripped by a mood of collective grief and uncertainty about the future. Source link
Nicolás Maduro’s capture and talk of oil investment have pushed prices higher, even as brokers say enthusiasm is outpacing demand in a weak economy. Source link
A female worker operates a machine during the rolling process at the mechanized cigar factory in Havana on May 8, 2025.Adalberto Roque | Afp | Getty ImagesAn annual cigar festival in Cuba’s capital city of Havana, which had been due to take place over five days in late February, has been suspended until further notice due to a worsening economic crisis.The postponement comes as the island nation’s communist-run government endures its biggest test since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Habanos S.A., the cigar fair’s organizer, said on Saturday that it had suspended the festival “with the aim of preserving…
His detention comes as he faces legal proceedings after being dismissed in a corruption scandal. Source link
One the one hand, you have the Nordic and Baltic nations that are geographically close to Russia, and also Germany and the Netherlands, which are all big defence spenders, she says, whereas in southern Europe, there’s Spain, for example, that is absolutely unapologetic about refusing to increase defence budgets to the levels demanded by Donald Trump. Source link
The US president wants American energy firms to start extracting the crude but they are reluctant. Source link
The dollar’s traditional safe-haven status is being challenged by high exposure to AI in U.S. equities, according to Deutsche Bank. Investors typically take flight to the dollar when stocks are falling, but that’s no longer the case, said George Saravelos, global head of FX research at the German bank. “It is often taken as fact that the dollar is a safe-haven: it rallies during risk-aversion,” Saravelos said in the note published on Feb. 11. “A simple chart of the dollar – equity relationship shows this not to be true. The average USD-equity correlation has historically been closer to zero, and over the last year,…
The government has announced a sweeping “crackdown” on tech firms to protect children from illegal content.It will include measures to eliminate “vile illegal content created by AI”, and could even open the door to an Australia-style age limit on social media, a Number 10 spokesperson said. It also promises to shut down the loophole that has allowed chatbots to produce illegal content.On Sunday Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said “no platform gets a free pass” from the new restrictions. Image: Keir Starmer insisted no platforms would be given a ‘free pass’ from the new measures Under the plans, ministers will…
Canada plans to unveil a new strategy that will shift its current reliance on American companies to Canadian military suppliers. Source link
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! It started with a voicemail from a Hertz rental car location in Miami, Florida. A 57-year-old woman in Los Alamitos, California, was asked when she planned to return a Mercedes-Benz she had never rented. A thief had stolen her driver’s license, replaced the photo with their own and used it to rent the vehicle. The same identity was used to open a credit card account, book airline tickets and reserve hotel stays. By the time she learned what happened, the fraud involved businesses in multiple states.Clearing her name required police reports in…
President Trump called President Isaac Herzog of Israel “disgraceful” because he has not yet pardoned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in his corruption trial. Source link
15 February 2026, Bavaria, Munich: The logo of the Munich Security Conference can be seen on the chairs in the main hall. Photo: Sven Hoppe/dpa (Photo by Sven Hoppe/picture alliance via Getty Images)Picture Alliance | Picture Alliance | Getty ImagesMany European policymakers appear to still be smarting from U.S. Vice President JD Vance’s tough words about the region at last year’s Munich Security Conference.So, it’s perhaps not too surprising that U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s comments on Saturday at this year’s event underscoring the U.S. and Europe’s common heritage, goals and challenges have come as something of a relief…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Scrolling used to be relaxing. Now it often feels chaotic. That is not a coincidence. Nearly everything you see on social media is controlled by algorithms that track what you like, watch, click and ignore. Over time, those signals get muddy. One curiosity click can reshape your feed for weeks. The solution is not deleting your accounts. It is retraining the system.Sign up for my FREE CyberGuy Report Get my best tech tips, urgent security alerts, and exclusive deals delivered straight to your inbox. Plus, you’ll get instant access to my Ultimate Scam…
There is no innocent explanation for the toxin being found in samples taken from Navalny’s body, Foreign Office says. Source link
A “fast-spreading” measles outbreak in north London has left more than 60 children infected – and about a dozen needing hospital treatment. The Sunday Times reported 60 suspected cases in Enfield, with 34 so far confirmed by the UK Health Security Agency between 1 January and 9 February. According to a message posted by the NHS Ordnance Unity Centre For Health GP surgery, infections have been confirmed across at least seven schools – “and it is spreading”.None of the infected children had been fully immunised, the surgery said, prompting renewed calls for parents to make sure their children are vaccinated.So what…
Rights groups are investigating the death of Ali Rahbar as a potential extrajudicial killing. Iran denies executions have taken place. Source link
Four new astronauts have arrived at the International Space Station to replace their colleagues who pulled out early over health concerns.SpaceX delivered the US, French and Russian astronauts to the orbital research laboratory 277 miles (446km) up in space, a day after they launched from Cape Canaveral. The new crew members include NASA’s Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, France’s Sophie Adenot and Russia’s Andrey Fedyaev.The last group of astronauts were forced to evacuate after one of them suffered what officials described as a serious health issue. Image: The SpaceX Dragon capsule carrying the astronauts approaches the International Space Station. Pic:…
