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  • Be quick to shop these Whistles animal print dresses with up to 80% off

    Tons of animal print dresses have been slashed in price at Debenhams.

  • Latest DeepSeek updates as Trump issues warning after AI market turmoil

    Leading AI chip maker Nvidia dropped 17% at the start of the week, pulling US stocks down in what president Donald Trump said was a "wake-up call" for US tech companies.

  • What happened to Brian Walden after his 1989 Margaret Thatcher interview?

    Channel 4 show Brian and Maggie dramatises Brian Walden's interview with Margaret Thatcher, but he continued to have a successful career afterwards.

  • Currency market rocked by tariff, DeepSeek concerns

    TOKYO/GDANSK (Reuters) -The dollar firmed against major currencies on Tuesday on new U.S. tariff threats, giving traders little time to catch their breath after Monday's big risk-off moves sparked by the emergence of a low-cost Chinese artificial intelligence model. Any market relief that President Donald Trump had stopped short of hiking tariffs on U.S. trading partners immediately after taking office last week has quickly faded. Trump said on Monday he planned to impose tariffs on imported computer chips, pharmaceuticals and steel in an effort to persuade the producers to make them in the United States.

  • Upstart Chinese AI company DeepSeek's founder started out as a low-key hedge fund entrepreneur

    BANGKOK (AP) — The 40-year-old founder of China’s DeepSeek, an AI startup that has startled markets with its capacity to compete with industry leaders like OpenAI, kept a low profile as he built up a hedge fund and then refined its quantitative models to branch into artificial intelligence.

  • Fighting rages in Congo's Goma while embassies attacked in capital

    Dead bodies lay in the streets, gunfire rang out and hospitals were overwhelmed in east Congo's largest city on Tuesday, as M23 rebels backed by Rwanda faced pockets of resistance from army and pro-government militias. A day after the rebels marched into the lakeside city, protesters in the capital attacked a U.N. compound and embassies including those of Rwanda, France and the United States, expressing anger at what they said was foreign interference. M23 fighters entered Goma on Monday in the worst escalation since 2012 of a three-decade conflict rooted in the long fallout from the Rwandan genocide and control of Congo's abundant mineral resources.

  • Trump order set to halt supply of HIV, malaria drugs to poor countries, sources say

    The Trump administration has moved to stop the supply of lifesaving drugs for HIV, malaria and tuberculosis, as well as medical supplies for newborn babies, in countries supported by USAID around the globe, a memo reviewed by Reuters showed. On Tuesday, contractors and partners who work with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) began receiving such memos to stop work immediately, sources said.

  • Office plants add warmth to the workplace. Only some will thrive

    Lush, green plants have the power to transform a space, imparting character, warmth and charm. Fortunately, there are several “low-light” houseplants that will not only survive but thrive under the overhead fluorescent light fixtures common in commercial office spaces. Hang a pot from a hook or place it on an overhead storage unit and allow its long stems to hang over the edge.

  • Cult London cinema threatened with closure amid battle with landlord

    The Prince Charles Cinema said it believes its landlords are using “significant financial resources to intimidate us”.

  • RTX Tops Estimates, Lockheed Martin To Report

    Lockheed Martin, RTX lead defense earnings on Tuesday. General Dynamics, Northrop Grumman, L3Harris to report results this week.

  • Dishoom to open first London "Permit Room" bar and café in Notting Hill

    New venue on Portobello Road is expected to launch in the Spring at a site formerly occupied by a gin distillery

  • IRS Direct File | Morning Blend

    Tax season is officially open! Thanks to the expansion of the IRS Direct File tool, millions more Americans can now file quickly and at no cost.

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    Windy and warm today with rain chances on the way

  • Hundreds wounded, bodies in streets after DR Congo fighting - UN

    UN aid agencies are warning of a humanitarian crisis in Goma in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

  • Demonstrators attack foreign embassies in Congo’s capital to protest rebels' advance in the east

    Dozens of demonstrators attacked several foreign embassies, including those of Rwanda, France and Belgium, on Tuesday demanding that they oppose the advance of Rwanda-backed M23 rebels into a major city in the country’s conflict-battered east. Congo’s security forces were attempting to slow the rebels, who advanced into Goma, a key eastern city, in a major escalation of the decadeslong conflict. The M23 rebels are one of about 100 armed groups vying for a foothold in the mineral-rich region in the conflict, one of Africa’s largest.

  • Coca-Cola issues safety recall of soft drinks in Europe over chemical chlorate concerns

    BRUSSELS (AP) — Coca-Cola has recalled some of its soft drinks in Europe after higher-than-normal levels of a chemical called chlorate were detected in bottles and cans at a production plant in Belgium.

  • China's DeepSeek AI shakes industry and dents America's swagger

    The app spooked the markets as well as the bullish sense of American superiority in AI development.

  • National Plan for Vacation Day | Morning Blend

    Travel expert Jeanenne Tornatore shares what’s trending in travel for 2025 and what travelers should be booking now for the year ahead.

  • GM Q4 earnings beat estimates as EV business turns the corner, company boosts 2025 profit guidance

    Challenges still remain for the US automaker in 2025, with its electric vehicle business and manufacturing footprint possibly under threat from new White House regulations.

  • Share markets steady in nervy trading after DeepSeek selloff

    U.S. stock futures and European shares steadied on Tuesday, after the previous day's dramatic, tech-led selloff, and traders walked back some moves to safe-haven government bonds, though investors across asset classes remained jittery. Behind the rout was the emergence of a low-cost Chinese artificial intelligence model, DeepSeek, that made investors question the dominance of AI bellwethers and their suppliers, which have sent shares of tech companies and chip firms soaring. In a sign that Tuesday might be a little calmer, Nvidia rose around 5% in premarket trading, Nasdaq futures were 0.5% higher, and European tech stocks gained 1%.