Author: Justin M. Larson

A package of investments from U.S. firms into the U.K. was unveiled during White House leader Donald Trump’s state visit to Britain, with Blackstone’s mysterious commitment now raising eyebrows. As the likes of Microsoft , OpenAI and Nvidia pledged to pump a collective $202 billion into the U.K. ., Blackstone promised the biggest individual investment. On Wednesday evening, it was announced by the British government that the company had made a forward capital commitment of £90 billion ($121.5 billion), which would build on a previously announced £10 billion to be allocated to data center support. In dollar terms, the total…

Susan Lorincz speaks out from behind bars in her first interview since being convicted of manslaughter for fatally shooting her neighbor, Ajike ‘AJ’ Owens. Source link

Authorities say a 32-year-old man has died after riding a roller coaster at Universal’s Epic Universe theme park in Florida. Source link

Vitamin C is an antioxidant that helps protect cells from damage and boosts immune health. It also supports wound healing, brain health, and iron absorption. Most adults need 90 milligrams of vitamin C daily. Vegetables are excellent sources of vitamin C; some provide twice your daily needs per serving. Red, orange, and yellow bell peppers provide more than double your daily needs for vitamin C. Grace Cary / Getty Images Vitamin C: 148-235 milligrams (mg) per chopped cup, or 222% of the Daily Value (DV) Red, orange, and yellow bell peppers have more vitamin C than green bell peppers. A cup…

Stunning footage shows a group of kayakers up close and personal with a humpback whale and its calf as the pair breached in Costa Rica. Source link

Eyewitness video shows the moment a 10-year-old girl named Marah was pulled from the rubble of a building in Gaza City. Source link

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Dennis and Carole recently reached out to us with a warning about a suspicious email claiming to offer a $100 Sam’s Club reward. “We received this yesterday, and my wife fell for the scam and initiated the free gift offer. No credit card other than email transferred,” Dennis said.The email looked professional, with the official Sam’s Club logo at the top. It read, “YOUR OPINION IS IMPORTANT. Exclusive. YOU CAN GET A $100 REWARD.” It then invited the recipient to “Take a short survey to claim your $100 reward. Click the button below…

A doctor who spoke with The Times last week was among those killed when a missile hit a mosque on Friday as paramilitaries stepped up their brutal siege of the city of El Fasher. Source link

Peter and Barbie Reynolds, 80 and 76, ran a training program in Afghanistan. They chose to remain after the Taliban takeover in 2021. Source link

Some Israeli officials believe the military assault on Gaza City will deliver a decisive blow to the group, which continues to stage ambushes and guerrilla attacks. Source link

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MAY 22: Ray Dalio, Founder and CIO Mentor, Bridgewater Associates speaks onstage during The Wall Street Journal’s 2024 The Future Of Everything Festival at Spring Studios on May 22, 2024 in New York City. Dia Dipasupil | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty ImagesBridgewater founder Ray Dalio said Friday that gold and non-fiat currencies will become stronger stores of value as major currencies face devaluation risks amid mounting debt pressures globally.Speaking at the FutureChina Global Forum 2025, Dalio warned that the excessive spending and spiraling debt by the U.S. government has become “unsustainable” and that the…

Lawmakers have said that President Trump has not provided sufficient evidence about the threat posed by the vessels or the legal basis to use force against them. Source link

After Beijing exerted its power over the valuable magnets as leverage, other countries started to add production, but only incrementally. And China is far ahead. Source link

ISTANBUL — There is “absolutely no evidence” that Russia’s President Vladimir Putin wants to negotiate peace in Ukraine, the head of Britain’s foreign intelligence agency said Friday in an outgoing speech.Sir Richard Moore, chief of the Secret Intelligence Service, or MI6 as it is more commonly known, said Putin was “stringing us along.”“He seeks to impose his imperial will by all means at his disposal. But he cannot succeed,” Moore said. “Bluntly, Putin has bitten off more than he can chew. He thought he was going to win an easy victory. But he – and many others – underestimated the…

Battered by years of bombing and shelling, Deir al-Zour remains a frontline, even as its people struggle to rebuild. Source link

As President Trump pulls back U.S. funding of the United Nations, countries like China, Russia and Qatar are seeking to influence the body’s work on human rights and labor. Source link

U.S. funding cuts are straining the United Nations and giving Beijing an opening to strengthen its influence, at a fraction of the cost Washington once paid. Source link

An Afghan official rejected the idea of a renewed presence for the U.S. military in the country, but left the door open for “political and economic relations.” Source link

MISSION, Kan. — A Kansas sheriff’s deputy was charged Thursday with murder in the death of a jail inmate who sustained broken ribs after his back was kneeled on after he was wheeled from the infirmary to his cell, according to an autopsy report.Wyandotte County District Attorney Mark Dupree said deputy Richard Fatherley has been charged with second-degree murder and an alternative count of involuntary manslaughter in the July 5 death of 50-year-old Charles Adair at the county’s detention center in Kansas City, Kansas. Adair had been arrested one day earlier on misdemeanor warrants for failure to appear on multiple…

Investor conviction in ByteDance’s potential has climbed since Washington and Beijing this week reached a framework agreement on the long-contested future of TikTok in the U.S., several dealmakers told CNBC. Existing shareholders are not planning to sell in the wake of the TikTok deal, said LU Shihui, partner at Envision Capital which has facilitated investments in ByteDance, adding that the company’s valuation had already been rising for the past few months. While certain deals have valued ByteDance at $300 billion to $350 billion, the latest figure is $400 billion, significantly higher than around $230 billion seen earlier this year, LU…

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz addresses the Bundestag during a debate over the 2025 federal budget on September 17, 2025 in Berlin, Germany.Nadja Wohlleben | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesHuge investment pledges and major fiscal changes had bolstered hopes that Germany could give the euro zone economy a much-needed boost, but economists are starting to question if — and when — that will happen.Germany was a hub of excitement earlier this year, with many politicians, analysts and economists sharing big hopes of an economic rebound — domestically, and across Europe.It had moved to amend its long-standing debt brake rule, which…

A customer holds up the new orange-colored iPhone 17 Pro Max smartphone inside an Apple retail store in Chongqing, China, on September 19, 2025. Cheng Xin | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesEager buyers flocked to Apple stores on Friday morning to pick up the new generation of iPhones at a time when the American tech giant has seen been facing concerns around its artificial intelligence plans as well as increasing competition. One of those markets is China, where Apple customers waited for hours and even overnight to get their hands on the new iPhone First in line at the Apple flagship…

Agreeing to a deal suggests that the fate of TikTok matters less to Beijing than gaining leverage on issues it cares most about, like tariffs, technology and Taiwan. Source link

Hugh SchofieldParis correspondentBBCSome people in France were upset to learn this week that their political chaos was being laughed at… by the Italians.In less than two years France has gone through five prime ministers, a political feat unsurpassed even in Rome’s times of post-war political turbulence.And now, the French parliament – reconfigured after the president’s decision to hold a snap election in July 2024 – is struggling to produce a majority capable of passing a budget. Add to this a general strike on Thursday called by unions opposed to previous budget proposals. The strike saw a third of the country’s…