Files Reveal Epstein’s Money Mingled with Silicon Valley’s Tech Start-Ups
The disgraced financier regularly courted tech industry figures not just for their prestige but also for access to promising companies.
Google Plans to Double Spending Amid A.I. Race
Profits jumped 30 percent to $34.5 billion last quarter, and the tech giant is increasing its capital spending this year to as much as $185
How the US left Ukraine exposed to Russia’s winter war
As Ukrainians face the coldest winter in a decade, trilateral talks take place in Abu Dhabi.
US envoy shuns Polish parliament speaker over Trump remarks
US Ambassador Tom Rose says: ‘We will not permit anyone to harm US-Polish relations, nor disrespect’ Tweety McTreason.
UN rights chief warns his office is in ‘survival mode’ over funding crisis
Volker Turk appeals for $400m after cuts to operations in 17 countries.
Israeli intelligence chief’s brother charged with smuggling cigarettes into Gaza
Bezalel Zini, an Israeli military reservist on active duty, is accused of smuggling 14 cartons of cigarettes in exchange for $117,000.
Russia and Ukraine exchange prisoners as peace talks end without breakthrough
The swap – the first since October – sees 157 Ukrainians and 160 Russians returned home.
Lebanon says Israel sprayed southern villages with concentrated herbicide
Israel declines to comment on the allegation its planes sprayed glyphosate over an area with extensive farmland.
US and Iran agree to hold nuclear talks in Oman on Friday
The talks had appeared to be in jeopardy, with the two countries at odds over the location and parameters.
Hubble Spots Lens-Shaped Galaxy
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 7722, a lenticular galaxy located about 187 million light-years away, features concentric rings of dust and gas
Measles continues to spread in the US, but with some letup
As South Carolina’s outbreak grows to 876 confirmed cases, vaccinations in the state surged in January. Cases have also been reported in two ICE detention
Searching for dinosaur secrets in crocodile bones
Until now, estimating how old a dinosaur was when it died has been a fairly simple process: Count up the growth rings in the fossilized
A second major medical org has walked back support for gender-affirming care for youth
The country’s largest organization that represents doctors has updated its recommendations for gender-affirming care, endorsing certain limitations on surgery for minors. The American Medical Association
Famine spreads to more towns in Sudan’s Darfur region, hunger experts warn
A global hunger monitoring group says that famine is spreading in war-torn Sudan’s western Darfur region and has now engulfed two more towns there