Astronaut aboard the International Space Station is in stable condition, Nasa said, and a spacewalk was canceled

Nasa is considering a rare early return of its crew from the International Space Station (ISS) over an unspecified medical issue involving one of the astronauts, after cancelling a planned spacewalk that had been scheduled for Thursday, the agency said.

A Nasa spokesperson said the astronaut with the medical concern, whom she did not identify, was in a stable condition on the orbiting laboratory.

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Startup founded by former OpenAI staff is aiming to more than double its annualized revenue run rate this year

Anthropic is planning a $10bn fundraise that would value the Claude chatbot maker at $350bn, according to multiple reports published on Wednesday.

The new valuation represents an increase of nearly double from about four months ago, per CNBC, which reported that the company had signed a term sheet that stipulated the $350bn figure. The round could close within weeks, although the size and terms could change. Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC and Coatue Management are planning to lead the financing, the Wall Street Journal reported.

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The company's annual revenue has plummeted more than 35% since 2022, while its stock price is down 80% from all-time highs hit in 2021.

The Swiss bar where 40 people were killed in a fire at the New Year had not been subjected to any annual safety inspections since 2019, the mayor of the ski resort of Crans-Montana said on Tuesday.

One foreign journalist was deported

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At least four of the departed tankers left Venezuelan waters on Saturday through a route north of Margarita island

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Trump’s administration has accused Maduro of leading drug cartels, among other crimes, and has pressured him to step down for months

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29 ‌décembre (Reuters) - Meta a déclaré lundi son intention d'acquérir la start-up d'intelligence artificielle Manus, fondée par des entrepreneurs chinois, alors que le ‍géant technologique accélère l’intégration de capacités avancées d’IA dans l’ensemble de ses plateformes. Les termes financiers de la transaction n’ont pas été divulgués, une source proche du dossier estimant toutefois la valorisation de Manus, basée ‍à Singapour, entre 2 et 3 milliards de dollars (1,70 ‍et 2,55 milliards d'euros). Manus n'a pas répondu immédiatement à une demande de commentaire.

STOCKHOLM, ‌2 janvier (Reuters) - Une grande majorité des nouvelles voitures immatriculées en Norvège l'année dernière étaient entièrement électriques, ‍ont montré les données officielles vendredi. Le transition rapide vers l'électrification de la Norvège, pays producteur de pétrole, contraste avec le reste de l'Europe, où la faible demande ‍de voitures électriques (VE) a incité l'Union ‍européenne, le mois dernier, à revenir sur son projet d'interdiction des voitures à ⁠moteur à combustion interne pour 2035. Grâce aux incitations fiscales, ​95,9% de toutes les nouvelles voitures immatriculées en Norvège en 2025 étaient des VE, ​ce chiffre atteignant presque 98% en décembre.