A Kenyan government minister has alleged that the country’s national intelligence agency was behind the abduction of his son last year, as criticism against the rising cases of abductions continues. Public Service Cabinet Secretary Justin Muturi said that it took a call by President William Ruto to have his son released by the National Intelligence…
Getty Images Hostages’ families want the Israeli government to agree a deal that will secure their release Negotiators from Israel and Hamas are making a final push to seal a Gaza ceasefire in Doha, with all sides suggesting an agreement is almost done. There were reports of a breakthrough on Wednesday, with unnamed Israeli officials…
Netflix Selena Gomez has been nominated for her role in Emilia Pérez Conclave, a film about a gossipy and scheming group of cardinals who gather in Rome to elect a new Pope, leads this year’s Bafta film award nominations with 12 nods. It is followed closely by Netflix’s Spanish-language musical Emilia Pérez, which tells the…
JPMorgan Chase on Wednesday topped estimates for fourth-quarter revenue and profit, helped by better-than-expected net interest income and fixed income trading and investment banking results. Here’s what the company reported: Earnings: $4.81 a share vs. $4.11 LSEG estimate Revenue: $43.74 billion vs. $41.73 billion expected The bank said profit rose 50% to $14 billion in…
‘Your house is on fire’: Moment man’s saved from burning LA home Winds that have fanned wildfires in the US city of Los Angeles are again expected to kick up in the early hours of Wednesday – after a 25th death from the huge, week-long outbreak was confirmed. Forecasters have again identified an area of…
Getty Images Drake is one of the best-selling artists of the last decade Drake has scrapped a legal case against Universal Music and Spotify, in which he accused the companies of conspiring to boost the streams of Kendrick Lamar’s diss track against him, Not Like Us. The Canadian star took action last November, alleging that…
LONDON — U.K. inflation fell to a lower-than-expected 2.5% in December, with core price growth slowing further, according to data released by the Office for National Statistics on Wednesday. The consumer price index (CPI) rose to 2.6% in November, with economists polled by Reuters expecting the December reading to stay unchanged. Core inflation, which excludes more volatile…
This picture taken from the Israeli side of the border with the Gaza Strip shows smoke plumes rising from explosions above destroyed buildings in the northern Gaza Strip on January 13, 2025 amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas. Menahem Kahana | Afp | Getty Images Risk specialists identified armed conflict, extreme weather and…
Getty Images Meta, the owner of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, is preparing to cut about 5% of its global workforce, as the company looks to drop “low performers faster”. In a memo to staff, boss Mark Zuckerberg said he had made the decision to speed up the firm’s regular performance-based cuts in anticipation of an…
Getty Images People with excess body fat can still be active and healthy, experts say There is a risk too many people are being diagnosed as obese when “a more accurate” and “nuanced” definition is needed, a report from global experts says. Doctors should consider the overall health of patients with excess fat, rather than…
