Author: Justin M. Larson

Before Markeiz Ryan, 36, left the U.S. Air Force in 2019, he took a trip to Vietnam and that experience changed the course of his life.”It just looked like so much fun and it really lived up to all the hype,” Ryan tells CNBC Make It. “I ended up having the best time of my life, and that depression was [just] gone.”Ryan says that after that first visit to Vietnam and how happy he was there, he didn’t want to let go of that feeling. He started planning his return to the country.The veteran returned to his life in the…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Meta is rolling out new protections aimed at making social media safer for young people. Last September, Instagram introduced Teen Accounts, which come with built-in safeguards that limit who can contact teens, what content they see, and how long they spend on the app.Since then, adoption has been strong: 97% of teens ages 13-15 kept the default settings, and 94% of parents say Teen Accounts are helpful. Now, Meta is expanding those protections beyond Instagram. Teen Accounts are coming to Facebook and Messenger worldwide, bringing stronger safety standards to more of the…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! You’re checking your financial account online, moving money or paying bills, when suddenly a pop-up appears. It looks exactly like your bank’s page, complete with logo and branding, but asks for details you’ve already provided. Would you know what to do?This is the kind of situation Kent recently faced. He emailed us saying, “Two times this week, I had a financial account open, and I was doing transactions. In the middle of a transaction, up pops a box in the middle of a full page showing the company’s logo. Real, yes, looked…

Ms. Takaichi would be Japan’s first female prime minister in a country where women are drastically underrepresented at the highest levels of power. Source link

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Welcome to Fox News’ Artificial Intelligence newsletter with the latest AI technology advancements.IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER:- Trump signs executive order to harness AI in fight against childhood cancers- Elon Musk’s xAI hiring video game developers- AI market explodes: $25 trillion tech valuation could hit $29 trillion by year’s end President Donald Trump signs an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 30, 2025. (Bonnie Cash/UPI/Bloomberg via Getty Images)TECH RESCUE: President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday aimed at improving ways to identify and treat…

Colon cancer develops when abnormal cells in the large intestine grow uncontrollably, often beginning as small growths (polyps) that can become cancerous over time. Some people inherit genes (traits passed down in families) that can increase their risk of developing colon cancer. Age, diet, and other health and lifestyle factors can also play a role. When multiple family members develop colon cancer, it’s considered hereditary colon cancer. Parents who carry certain gene mutations (changes in genes that affect how cells grow) can pass them down to their children. These gene mutations make it more likely for abnormal cells to grow…

The Israeli leader thought he had a plan from the U.S. president that would have represented total victory over Hamas. Suddenly, it looks as though he might not get everything he wants. Source link

Newsletter readers shared their thoughts about the future of Canada’s postal service. Source link

A strike, and growing prospects of drastic cuts to the state-owned postal service, make life very hard for Canada’s remote communities. Source link

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel was ready to work with the White House to end the war, but questions remain about Hamas’s future in Gaza and whether it will agree to disarm. Source link

Sanae Takaichi, a hard-line conservative, was elected as leader by Japan’s governing party, paving the way for her to become prime minister of the coalition government. Source link

Consuming too many caffeinated drinks can cause you to feel jittery, anxious, and like your heart is pounding. Excess caffeine can mirror symptoms of an anxiety attack, upset your stomach, and increase your heart rate and blood pressure. There are a few steps you can take to counteract caffeine and offset its side effects, helping you feel better as the caffeine wears off. If you’ve had too many cups of coffee, you have to wait for the caffeine to leave your system. There is no simple, fast way to counteract caffeine. However, you can take steps to help ease caffeine’s…

Hamas’s statement inspired optimism for an end to the war, but did not address several elements of the plan that it has deemed unacceptable. Source link

Residents are protesting a planned housing facility for foreign workers, exposing the conflict between Japan’s need for labor and anxieties over immigration. Source link

British conservationist and primatologist Dame Jane Goodall, known for her pioneering studies of chimpanzees, has died aged 91.A post on her institute’s Instagram page said she died peacefully in her sleep on Wednesday morning while in Los Angeles for a speaking tour. “Dr Goodall’s discoveries as an ethologist revolutionised science, and she was a tireless advocate for the protection and restoration of our natural world,” said the post. Image: Jane Goodall with chimpanzee David Greybeard in 1965. Pic: Granger/Shutterstock Image: Goodall with husband Hugo van lawick in 1974. Pic: AP Naturalist Chris Packham told Sky News that Dame Jane was…

Many of the slots would go to white South Africans and others facing “unjust discrimination,” according to people familiar with the matter and documents obtained by The New York Times. Source link

ReutersGermany’s Munich airport has halted flights for the second time in 24 hours, after more unconfirmed drone sightings.In a statement on Friday evening, the airport said that flights were suspended at 21:30 local time (20:30 GMT), with around 6,500 passengers affected.At least 17 flights were also grounded in Munich on Thursday evening due to multiple drone sightings in nearby airspace.It’s the latest in a series of incidents involving drones that have disrupted aviation in Europe in recent weeks.Authorities in Belgium on Thursday were also investigating sightings of 15 drones, which were seen above the Elsenborn military site near the German…

Nearly a quarter of vehicles sold in the UK last month were battery electric (BEV) models, according to industry figures.More than 72,000 new BEVs were registered in September, accounting for 23.3% of the total market, the Society for Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) said. It described the figures – a 29% rise on the 56,000 BEVs sold in September 2024 – as “the best month on record for BEV volumes”.The motor lobby group attributed the increase to the government’s Electric Car Grant scheme, as well as factors such as the “ever-increasing choice of models” in the sector.More than 20,000 consumers…

The Salvadoran journalist was arrested in June while covering a “No Kings” protest outside Atlanta. Those charges were dropped, his lawyers said. Source link

Getty ImagesGisèle Pelicot will return to court as one of her 51 rapists launches an appeal The first day Gisèle Pelicot walked up the steps of the courthouse in Avignon in September 2024, she was an anonymous retired grandmother.Within weeks, this diminutive 72-year-old – the victim at the centre of the largest rape trial in French history, involving 51 men including her husband – had become a feminist icon.She was last seen in public when the verdicts – all guilty – were handed down in December. By then, crowds of supporters were chanting her name.On Monday Gisèle Pelicot returns to…

A power surge that caused a widespread blackout in Spain and Portugal was the “most severe” in Europe in the last 20 years, and the first of its kind, a report has found.Damian Cortinas, president of the association of electricity grid operators Entso-e, said the incident was the first known blackout to be caused by overvoltage, which occurs when there is too much electrical voltage in a network.”This is new territory,” Cortinas said, adding the role of Entso-e was “not to apportion blame to any party” over the cause.April’s outage caused significant disruption for nearly a day when it plunged…

Sarah RainsfordSouthern Europe correspondent, in RomeThousands protest in Italy in support of Palestinians and the Gaza aid flotillaWorkers in Italy joined a general strike on Friday, not for better pay or conditions, but in solidarity with the people of Gaza. Large crowds took to the streets of multiple cities amid a growing wave of protest across Europe at Israel’s bombardment and blockade of the Gaza Strip.Italy’s Interior Ministry says up to 400,000 protesters came out in total in 29 locations; trade unions claim the number was four times that.Anger intensified this week when the Israeli military boarded a flotilla of…

The Trump administration has tried to end deportation protections for more than 300,000 Venezuelan immigrants. Source link

Food gives your body the energy it needs—that energy is measured in calories. Higher-calorie foods pack more energy into smaller portions, and can help you gain or maintain body weight. However, the quality of calories is as important as the quantity. For example, consuming 90 calories from a banana leads to different metabolic effects on the body than consuming 90 calories from a can of soda. There are three main categories of high-calorie foods—here’s what you need to know about how to add them to your diet to promote safe, healthy weight gain. Carbohydrates are the body’s main energy source.…