Venezuelan official Alex Saab, a former businessman and close ally of captured former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, was arrested in the Latin American country on Wednesday as part of a joint operation between the U.S. and Venezuela, according to a U.S. law enforcement official. Saab, 54, who had previously been held in the U.S., is expected to be extradited to the ...
For at least two decades, former Amazon executive Dave Clark ended his work week the same way: a standing Friday date night with his wife, Leigh Anne. Over dinner, the Clarks would talk through the “peak and pit” of their weeks. The ritual often revolved around Amazon, where Clark played a central role in building the logistics infrastructure that helped ...
This year’s Super Bowl matchup between the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks was not predicted by many NFL fans before the season began, and it’s become a problem for the league’s exclusive supplier of Nike adult products and one of the country’s largest online apparel retailers. Fanatics issued an apology on Monday, Feb. 2, ahead of Super Bowl 60 ...
Japan announced that it has successfully retrieved mineral-rich seabed sediment from nearly 6,000 meters below the ocean’s surface near the remote island of Minamitorishima. Officials say the technical milestone could help reduce the country’s dependence on China. The work was carried out by deep-sea drilling vessel Chikyu, which collected the sediment as part of a government-backed test program aimed at ...
Bitcoin price dropped sharply below $77k on Wednesday, following a strong market sell-off. The broader concern about the US government shutdown added to this price fall. The cryptocurrency had also dropped as low as $73,000, its last time being this low was in November 2024. The market downturn followed a nearly 15% decline in Bitcoin The post Bitcoin Price Prediction ...
A House Foreign Affairs Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee hearing on Tuesday underscored what lawmakers and witnesses repeatedly described as a ‘historic’ but ‘narrowing’ opportunity to weaken Hezbollah and restore Lebanese state sovereignty, while exposing sharp disagreement over whether current U.S. policy is moving fast or forcefully enough. Opening the hearing, Chairman Mike Lawler, R-NY., said Lebanon is ‘at ...
SpaceX on Monday acquired xAI, the artificial intelligence startup that also owns the X social media platform, in a deal combining two companies owned by Elon Musk. Musk in a news release said that the combination would aim to pursue AI data centers in outer space. The deal comes on the verge of SpaceX’s highly anticipated initial public offering, which ...
Now more than ever, it’s a near inevitability that Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks are nearing the end of their relationship. It may come before the Thursday, Feb. 5 trading deadline, or it may come in the offseason, but Antetokounmpo has reportedly indicated that he’s ready to move on from the Bucks. Milwaukee, understandably, has started to listen to ...
Questcorp Mining Inc. (CSE: QQQ,OTC:QQCMF) (OTCQB: QQCMF) (FSE: D910) (the ‘Company’ or ‘Questcorp’) has chosen Peter W. Walcott and Associates Limited of Coquitlam, BC to undertake the permitted 10 to 15 line km induced polarization (IP) survey at the Company’s 1,168 hectare North Island Copper project near Port Hardy on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. The IP survey will concentrate on ...
Tokenization of commodities sees to be an emerging trend in the booming RWA market. After all the attention that tokenized gold coin has created via XAUT, now it’s on diamonds. In a landmark initiative that bridges the centuries-old diamond trade with modern blockchain infrastructure, Billiton Diamond and tokenization firm Ctrl Alt have jointly tokenized over The post Big RWA Move: ...
The Senate’s compromise to end the ongoing partial government shutdown survived an important hurdle on Monday night, teeing up the legislation for a vote in the House of Representatives on Tuesday. The House Rules Committee, the final gatekeeper before most bills get a chamberwide vote, advanced the upper chamber’s deal with the White House with little internal discord among Republicans ...
Spring Training hasn’t even started, and the Chicago White Sox have already taken their first L of 2026. The Southsiders’ social media account rung in the first day of Black History Month on Sunday with a timeline looking back ‘upon momentous firsts for the White Sox organization.’ Some of the more notable moments included Comiskey Park hosting the first Negro ...