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Stunned Swiss Alpine resort seeks solace together after deadly bar fire

Mourners gather as the investigation continues into the deadly New Year’s Eve fire at Le Constellation bar on Jan. 3, 2026 in Crans-Montana, Switzerland. Harold Cunningham | Getty Images News | Getty Images When 51-year-old Annouk Perret came to pay her respects to the victims of the Swiss New Year bar fire that killed at […]

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Maduro is out but his top allies still hold power in Venezuela

Venezuela’s Vice President Delcy Rodriguez speaks past portraits of late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and the liberator Simon Bolivar during the presentation of the 2026 fiscal year budget at the National Congress in Caracas on Dec. 4, 2025. Pedro Mattey | Afp | Getty Images The U.S. capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro — praised

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South Korea’s Lee begins China state visit after North fires missiles

South Korea’s President Lee Jae Myung (R) and his wife Kim Hea Kyung (L) board their plane to depart for China at Seoul Air Base in Seongnam on Jan. 4, 2026. Jung Yeon-je | Afp | Getty Images South Korean President Lee Jae Myung began a state visit to China on Sunday, hoping to promote peace on

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China’s ‘Silicon Valley’ is building robots and fortune-telling AI apps at the same time

HANGZHOU, China — In what is sometimes dubbed China’s Silicon Valley, tech giants and startups in Hangzhou are racing to build cutting-edge chips, robotics and brain-computer interfaces. Across town, aspiring founders are creating AI pets and fortune-telling apps. The city on China’s southeastern coast is reinventing itself as an artificial intelligence hub. A year after the

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BYD’s China EV deliveries sharply decline in December, but lead overall sales in 2025

MUNICH, GERMANY – SEPTEMBER 09: The Chinese producer of electric cars BYD presents its vehicles (EV) on the opening day of the IAA MOBILITY 2025 automobile fair on September 09, 2025 in Munich, Germany. The IAA is taking place as German automakers are seeing profits lag and are struggling to maintain market share while Chinese

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SpaceX stock debut is the big market event of 2026. It could be biggest IPO ever

As billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk readies to take SpaceX to the public market, investors are awaiting the chance to get in on what is expected to be the biggest IPO on record. Musk said late last month that reports of the space technology company’s plans to go public this year were “accurate.” Multiple outlets reported

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Chip stocks rally to start 2026 after third-straight winning year

Chipmaking stocks rallied to kick off 2026 as investors piled into the winning artificial intelligence-fueled sector following another big year of gains. Micron Technology and dutch chip equipment maker ASML jumped 10% and 9%, respectively, to start the new trading year. Lam Research and Intel rallied more than 6% each, while Marvell Technology rose 5%.

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Venezuelans wonder who’s in charge as Trump claims contact with Maduro’s deputy

Venezuela’s Vice President and Oil Minister Delcy Rodriguez addresses the media in Caracas, Venezuela, on March 10, 2025. Leonardo Fernandez Viloria | Reuters Uncertainty gripped Venezuela on Saturday as people scrambled to understand who was in charge of the South American country after a U.S. military operation captured President Nicolás Maduro. “What will happen tomorrow?

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