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[ad_1] PoliticsAs election looms, more than half think lower tax won’t help against inflationJapanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi leaves Japan’s parliament building Jan. 23 after dissolving the lower house for an election. (Photo by Ken Suzuki)Nikkei staff writersJanuary 25, 2026 23:33 JSTTOKYO — Public support for Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s government has fallen below 70% for the first time since she took office last October, a weekend poll by Nikkei and TV Tokyo shows, as she is set to lead her party into an election on a tax cut pledge. [ad_2]

[ad_1] EDMONTON — These are the nights when you wonder how Evan Bouchard doesn’t make every team that ever was picked. Olympic teams, 4 Nations, all-stars, whatever… Any guy who can deliver a hat trick in a six-point game, finishing at plus-5 while setting up or scoring every goal in a 6-5 win… Well, how many defencemen do you know who can even dream of doing something like that? “I’m going to make sure my kids watch that tomorrow morning,” promised Bouchard’s D partner Mattias Ekholm. “I mean, who can do that in the league today, or even historically? That’s a…

[ad_1] Claude Cowork is now available to more Claude users, alongside new updates aimed at team workflows.Anthropic made Claude Cowork accessible to users on Team and Enterprise plans, and it brings the platform closer to being a collaborative AI infrastructure. For enterprise teams, the change matters less as a feature update than as a shift in how Claude is meant to be used. Cowork reframes Claude as a shared, persistent workspace where context, files, and tasks live beyond a single user session. This aligns more closely with how teams actually operate than one-off chat interactions.Cowork, released earlier in January, lets people…

[ad_1] A sign for 37-year-old Alex Pretti, who was fatally shot by a U.S. Border Patrol officer earlier in the day, is displayed during a vigil Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, in Minneapolis. Adam Gray/AP hide caption toggle caption Adam Gray/AP Tensions are escalating in Minneapolis after Alex Jeffrey Pretti, a U.S. citizen, was killed during an encounter with immigration officials on Saturday morning. Immigration officials said Pretti was shot several times shortly after 9 a.m. local time when federal officers were conducting a targeted operation against a different man who was undocumented and wanted for assault. Here is what to…

[ad_1] In early April, scores of revelers gather in the city of Kawasaki, about 30 minutes south of Tokyo, to celebrate Kanamara Matsuri – Japan’s infamous penis festival, with a name translating roughly to Festival of the Steel Phallus. Kanamara Matsuri’s main festivities have taken place on the first Sunday of April since 1969 (yes, seriously). At the festival centering on the um, organ and fertility, attendees get to erect gigantic penis statues on handheld shrines, enjoy penis-shaped lollipops, buy penis-shaped candles, and (obviously) dress as penises. There’s a seemingly endless array of phallic merch!“Amazing. So fun, so unique, such a…

[ad_1] Stock market is gearing up for an eventful week ahead where key triggers such as quarterly earnings from corporates, the US Fed interest rate decision and the upcoming Union Budget for 2026-27 would grab the limelight, analysts said.Equity markets would be closed on Monday for Republic Day.Moreover, trading activity of foreign investors, rupee-dollar trend and global trade related developments would also influence trading in the markets, experts said.The Union Budget will be presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on February 1. The NSE and BSE will conduct live trading on Sunday, February 1, when the Budget is presented.”This week…

[ad_1] In this week’s edition of the weekly recap, GameStop transferred its entire 4,710 Bitcoin holdings worth $420 million to Coinbase Prime. Summary GameStop transferred 4,710 BTC worth $420M to Coinbase Prime, raising treasury questions. Senate Democrats filed amendments to reshape Republican-led crypto legislation. UK FCA entered final consultation stages for nationwide crypto firm regulation. Additionally, Senate Democrats filed amendments to Republican-led cryptocurrency legislation seeking policy concessions, and the UK Financial Conduct Authority reached final consultation stages on comprehensive crypto firm regulation. GameStop Bitcoin transfer raises treasury concerns Blockchain analytics firm CryptoQuant identified Friday that a wallet labeled GameStop transferred…

[ad_1] Eric Dane was forced to miss an appearance at the ALS Network’s Champions for Cures and Care Gala on Saturday, January 24, due to ongoing challenges related to his ALS diagnosis. “The ALS Network has been informed that Eric Dane had hoped to join us this evening to accept his Advocate of the Year Award, but due to the physical realities of ALS, he is not well enough to attend,” a spokesperson for the ALS Network told The Hollywood Reporter on Saturday. The group’s statement continued, “We remain deeply grateful for his courage, advocacy, and continued commitment to the…

[ad_1] As the curtain fell on the Vietnamese Communist Party’s five-yearly 14th National Congress, international observers focused on the headlines: General To Lam’s unanimous re-election as general secretary and his ambitious 10% GDP growth target. The surface narrative was of continuity and stability. However, a closer examination reveals a structural anomaly. In an unprecedented move, the Congress Resolution included a directive to propose amendments to the Party Charter “immediately after” the five-yearly event. This directly contradicted pre-Congress statements by senior officials who assured the public and Party base that the Charter wouldn’t be changed. In the opaque world of Vietnamese…

[ad_1]   By SuperWest Sports Staff With several media outlets posting their Preseason College Football Top 25 rankings for 2026, we’ve calculated our first Composite Football Rankings for next season. The composite aggregates and averages 16 different media rankings (so far). The formula assigns a No. 1 ranking 25 points, a No. 2 ranking 24 points, and so on. The rounded result is divided by the number of polls and subtracted from 25, yielding the Composite Rank. Scores of less than 25 points result in a composite non-ranking. A total of seven teams in the West were rated in multiple…