Belarus frees Nobel winner Bialiatski, opposition figure Kalesnikava as U.S. eases potash sanctions

Belarus frees Nobel winner Bialiatski, opposition figure Kalesnikava as U.S. eases potash sanctions

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko attends a meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia September 9, 2021. Mikhail Voskresensky | Kremlin Sputnik | via Reuters Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko freed 123 prisoners on Saturday including Nobel Peace Prize winner Ales Bialiatski and leading opposition figure Maria Kalesnikava after two days … Read more

U.S. Veterans Affairs agency plans as many as 35,000 health-care job cuts this month, Washington Post reports

U.S. Veterans Affairs agency plans as many as 35,000 health-care job cuts this month, Washington Post reports

A person walks past the Department of Veterans Affairs headquarters a block from the White House on March 06, 2025 in Washington, DC.  Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images News | Getty Images The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs plans to eliminate as many as 35,000 health-care positions this month, the Washington Post reported on Saturday, … Read more

Fighting continues between Thailand, Cambodia after Trump claim of ceasefire

Fighting continues between Thailand, Cambodia after Trump claim of ceasefire

A person walks past the closed Ban Klong Luk border crossing from Thailand to Cambodia, in Aranyaprathet town in the Thai border province of Sa Kaeo on December 12, 2025. Lillian Suwanrumpha | Afp | Getty Images Cambodia said Thai forces, including fighter jets, continued to strike targets across their disputed border on Saturday morning, … Read more

YouTube’s CEO limits his kids’ social media use — other tech bosses do the same

YouTube’s CEO limits his kids’ social media use — other tech bosses do the same

Neal Mohan, the CEO of YouTube speaks during a panel for the Summit for Democracy on March 30, 2023 in Washington, DC. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images YouTube’s CEO Neal Mohan is the latest in a line of tech bosses who have admitted to limiting their children’s social media use, as the harms of being … Read more

The Bare Minimum Holiday Plan: How to Stay Steady When Life Gets Chaotic | Sixty and Me

The Bare Minimum Holiday Plan: How to Stay Steady When Life Gets Chaotic | Sixty and Me

If you’re wondering why your health habits fall apart every December, it’s not because you’re lazy or undisciplined. It’s because this season piles more on your shoulders than any other time of year. The invisible load gets heavier. The expectations get louder. And suddenly the health habits you’ve worked so hard to build slip through … Read more

TSA is giving airline passenger data to ICE for deportation push: NYT

TSA is giving airline passenger data to ICE for deportation push: NYT

An employee with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) checks the documents of a traveler at the Hollywood Burbank Airport in Burbank, California, U.S., Oct. 1, 2025. Daniel Cole | Reuters The Transportation Security Administration is giving U.S. immigration officials the names of every airline traveler as part of the Trump administration’s widespread deportation program, The … Read more

Broadcom tumbles 11% despite blockbuster earnings as ‘AI angst’ weighs on Oracle, Nvidia

Broadcom tumbles 11% despite blockbuster earnings as ‘AI angst’ weighs on Oracle, Nvidia

Broadcom CEO Hock Tan. Lucas Jackson | Reuters Broadcom’s quarterly results and guidance sailed past Wall Street estimates. It didn’t matter. The chipmaker’s shares plummeted 11% on Friday, their worst day since January, as investors ran for the exits on the artificial intelligence trade. Oracle dropped 4.5% a day after plunging 10% following its earnings … Read more

AI order from Trump might be ‘illegal,’ Democrats and consumer advocacy groups claim

AI order from Trump might be ‘illegal,’ Democrats and consumer advocacy groups claim

“This is the wrong approach — and most likely illegal,” Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., said in a post on X Thursday. “We need a strong federal safety standard, but we should not remove the few protections Americans currently have from the downsides of AI,” Klobuchar said. Trump’s executive order directs Attorney General Pam Bondi to … Read more