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TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares surged on Tuesday, led by a 5% jump in South Korea’s benchmark and a 3% rally in Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 index as investors bought tech-related shares. Markets are awaiting earnings reports from major companies to gauge the impact of various trends including U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs and possible curbs on rare earths exports from China.Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 climbed 3.2% to 54,346.33. Shares in equipment maker Disco Corp. jumped 6% while those in testing equipment maker Advantest gained 5.6%. In South Korea, the Kospi gained 5% to 5,197.86, rebounding to near its record after…
Prime Minister Keir Starmer says ex-envoy Peter Mandelson should no longer hold a seat in the upper house of parliament.Published On 3 Feb 20263 Feb 2026Click here to share on social mediashare2SharePolice in the United Kingdom have announced they are reviewing allegations of misconduct in public office following revelations that London’s former ambassador to Washington leaked confidential government information to the late financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.The announcement by the Metropolitan Police on Monday came after investigative files released by United States authorities revealed that Peter Mandelson shared government plans with Epstein while serving as a UK minister.Recommended Stories…
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Not so fast on an 18-game NFL season.A week after Patriots owner Robert Kraft made it seem inevitable, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said expanding the regular season to 18 games is “not a given.”“We have not had any formal discussions about it and, frankly, very little, if any, informal conversations,” Goodell said Monday at his annual state of the NFL news conference ahead of the Super Bowl. “I’ve heard people talk about it in the context. It is not a given that we will do that. It’s not something we assume will happen. It’s something…
These are the key developments from day 1,440 of Russia’s war on UkrainePublished On 3 Feb 20263 Feb 2026Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareHere is where things stand on Tuesday, February 2:Fighting The Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, came under attack early on Tuesday morning from Russian missiles, Tymur Tkachenko, head of the city’s military administration, said on the Telegram messaging app. Tkachenko said several apartment buildings and an educational establishment had been damaged. Reuters news agency witnesses reported loud explosions in the city. A father and a son have been killed, and two children and their mother were wounded after…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California appeals court on Monday overturned the conviction of a former University of California, Los Angeles, gynecologist who has been serving an 11 year-sentence for sexually abusing female patients, and ordered the case to be retried. A three-justice panel from California’s 2nd District Court of Appeal ruled Dr. James Heaps was denied a fair trial because the court did not share with his defense counsel a note by the foreman pointing out concerns that one juror lacked sufficient English to carry out their duties.Heaps’ attorney, Leonard Levine, said he and his team were not aware…
SpaceX has acquired Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup, xAI, creating the world’s most valuable private company, the spaceflight company announced Monday. Musk, who is also the CEO of SpaceX, wrote in a memo posted to the rocket company’s website that the merger is largely about creating space-based data centers — an idea he has become fixated on over the last few months. “Current advances in AI are dependent on large terrestrial data centers, which require immense amounts of power and cooling. Global electricity demand for AI simply cannot be met with terrestrial solutions, even in the near term, without imposing…
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Charlotte Hornets coach Charles Lee sheepishly walked into the press room after his team’s 102-95 victory over the New Orleans Pelicans and immediately threw himself under the proverbial bus.“Stupid … coach,” said an embarrassed Lee, shaking his head before sitting down to take questions from reporters.Lee and LaMelo Ball were involved in a head-to-head collision in the first quarter near the Charlotte bench, briefly sending the star point guard to the locker room to be checked out by trainers. Ball returned after having a 1-inch laceration above his eye glued shut by trainers and scored 26…
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) — A federal judge on Monday blocked the Trump administration from ending temporary protections that have allowed roughly 350,000 Haitians to live and work in the U.S. U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes in Washington granted to pause the termination of temporary protected status for Haitians while a lawsuit challenging it proceeds. The TPS designation for people from the Caribbean island country was scheduled to end on Feb. 3. “During the stay, the Termination shall be null, void, and of no legal effect,” the judge said in her two-page order.Temporary Protected Status can be granted by the Homeland…
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — The NFL will look into New York Giants co-owner Steve Tisch and his association with Jeffrey Epstein after his name showed up more than 400 times in files released by the U.S. Justice Department regarding Epstein.“Absolutely we will look at all the facts,” Commissioner Roger Goodell said Monday. “We’ll look at the context of those and try to understand that. We’ll look at how that falls under the (league personal conduct) policy. I think we’ll take one step at a time. Let’s get the facts first.”Tisch said last week he knew Epstein and that they…
NEW YORK (AP) — Elon Musk is joining his space exploration and artificial intelligence ventures into a single company before a massive planned initial public offering for the business later this year.His rocket venture, SpaceX, announced on Monday that it had bought xAI in an effort to help the world’s richest man dominate the rocket and artificial intelligence businesses. The deal will combine several of his offerings, including his AI chatbot Grok, his satellite communications company Starlink, and his social media company X.Musk has talked repeatedly about the need to speed development of technology that will allow data centers to…