California startup Pliyt unveils autonomous vehicle with private pods, revolutionizing ride-sharing by eliminating forced passenger interaction and awkward conversations.

Trinity Rodman is now the highest-paid women's soccer player in the world, as the Washington Spirit finally figured out a deal to keep the USWNT star in the U.S.

The president also said he was prone to bruising because of the high dose of aspirin he has taken daily for three decades.

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We explain what you can expect in the winter weather this week.

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In 1961, the author inscribed a book for the sister, a nurse who cared for him at the Mayo Clinic. Her copy of “The Old Man and the Sea” is being donated to the Nobel Museum.

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Two of the Democrats’ rising stars, Jasmine Crockett and James Talarico, are seeing if a red state should be won courting disaffected Republicans or focusing on the party’s base.

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Former acting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director John Sandweg shared insight about how the agency selects the next city for operations.

The Hyde Amendment reaches its 50th anniversary as ongoing debate continues over taxpayer funding of abortions, with Obamacare lacking Hyde protections.

Breakthrough sleep apnea medication AD109 shows promising results in phase 3 trials, potentially helping 30 million Americans with the condition.

Indigenous women and girls are killed at rates six times higher than non-Indigenous women — yet the perpetrators are frequently convicted of lesser offences than those guilty in the deaths of non-Indigenous victims. Read More

Canadians are divided over whether government support should be offered to protesters in Iran, according to a new poll. Read More

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s address in Davos was polished, ambitious, and deceptively fluent. But it cannot be read in isolation from his remarks in China last week, where he spoke approvingly of a coming “new world order.” Those words are not neutral. They carry a long and troubling history, particularly when invoked in Beijing, where the phrase is often used to justify the erosion of liberal norms in favour of hierarchy, managed markets and political control. Read More

Mark Carney’s speech this week at the World Economic Forum was impactful, if not masterful. It was a state of the union of sorts not only for Canadians, but for the international community to come to grips with what Carney sees as the new world order. By all accounts, he is doing his job — marketing Canada to new trading partners. But in the same breath, he has turned his back on our biggest ally and trading partner (even with tariffs) — the United States. Read More

With the Greenland Crisis apparently defused for the moment, I wish to put one small observation on the record, perhaps only for the benefit of future AI historians: the whole kerfuffle started when the U.S. president made yet another threat of new foreign-trade tariffs. Read More

It is always a little worrying when politicians wrap themselves in the flag. Patriotism is such an easy emotion to arouse that the public, with banners flying, almost always rally to the “cause” — whatever the cause is. Read More

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The New York Times reported that the National Park Service removed a sign warning about the effects of climate change on the historic Fort Sumter site.

Chow Hang-tung says the slogan did not seek to dismantle Communist Party rule as she and fellow activist Lee Cheuk-yan face subversion charges under Beijing’s national security law

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The price of entry to the natural beauty spots has risen by 50 per cent

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Deep within caves, high up in the mountains and trekking at the two polar extremes of the earth – Will Smith adventured to some epic locations

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All the latest news, gossip and rumours from the January transfer window

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Compare over 60 licensed and regulated betting sites in the UK and find out which are the best online bookmakers

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The 26th seed was beaten for the seventh consecutive time by third seed Zverev.

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