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Jan 29, 2025 | 
newsweek.com | Michael Carroll |Amir Daftari
CLOSE X Share✓ Link copied to clipboard! An Israeli official says Hamas will free three Israelis and five Thai nationals in the next hostage release. So far seven hostages have been released to Israel in the first phase of the present ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, which has seen hundreds of Palestinian prisoners also freed. This is a developing story and will be updated as more information becomes available.
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Jan 29, 2025 | 
newsweek.com | Michael Carroll |Amir Daftari
CLOSE X Share✓ Link copied to clipboard! OpenAI has accused Chinese AI start-up DeepSeek of using its proprietary models to train an open-source competitor, raising concerns over potential intellectual property violations. The Financial Times reported that OpenAI found evidence of "distillation," a technique that enhances smaller models by leveraging outputs from larger, more advanced ones.
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Jan 29, 2025 | 
newsweek.com | Michael Carroll |Sophie Grace Clark
CLOSE X Share✓ Link copied to clipboard! Honda is recalling 294,612 vehicles in the U.S. due to a software issue that could cause engines to stall or lose power, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced Wednesday. The recall impacts certain 2022-2025 Acura MDX Type-S, 2023-2025 Honda Pilot, and 2021-2025 Acura TLX Type-S models.
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Jan 28, 2025 | 
newsweek.com | Michael Carroll |Shamim Chowdhury
CLOSE X Share✓ Link copied to clipboard! Groups are set to file the first lawsuit challenging President Trump's order revising policy on transgender troops. Trump signed several executive orders Monday night aimed at reshaping military policies, including measures addressing diversity initiatives, the service of transgender individuals, and the reinstatement of troops discharged for refusing COVID-19 vaccinations.
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Jan 28, 2025 | 
newsweek.com | Michael Carroll |Shamim Chowdhury
CLOSE X Share✓ Link copied to clipboard! Serbian Prime Minister Miloš Vučević has announced his resignation, according to the local newspaper Večernje novosti, APA reports. The decision was reportedly prompted by widespread student protests, which have fueled mounting pressure on the government. This is a developing story and will be updated as more information becomes available.
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Jan 24, 2025 | 
newsweek.com | Michael Carroll |Amir Daftari
CLOSE X Share✓ Link copied to clipboard! A federal judge on Friday barred Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes from entering Washington, D.C., without court approval, following President Donald Trump's commutation of his 18-year prison sentence for orchestrating the Capitol attack four years ago. U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta issued the restriction just two days after Rhodes visited the Capitol, where he met with at least one lawmaker and defended his role in the January 6, 2021, riot.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
newsweek.com | Michael Carroll
CLOSE X Share✓ Link copied to clipboard! An 18-year-old student fatally stabbed two individuals and critically injured another at a high school in northern Slovakia on Thursday, authorities confirmed. The attack occurred in the town of Spisska Stara Ves, near the border with Poland. Police stated that the suspect targeted a teacher and two students. While the suspect initially fled the scene, he was apprehended shortly afterward.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
newsweek.com | Michael Carroll
CLOSE X Share✓ Link copied to clipboard! Scott Bessent, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for U.S. Treasury secretary, is expected to declare during his confirmation hearing on Thursday that Trump has the potential to usher in "a new economic golden age."Why It MattersBessent plans to emphasize economic security and the preservation of the U.S. dollar's global dominance during his Senate Finance Committee confirmation hearing. Trump has set ambitious goals for Bessent.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
newsweek.com | Michael Carroll
CLOSE X Share✓ Link copied to clipboard! Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office announced Thursday that his Cabinet will not convene to approve the Gaza ceasefire agreement due to what it described as a "last-minute crisis" caused by Hamas. The statement accused Hamas of reneging on parts of the agreement in a bid "to extort last-minute concessions." Specific details of the alleged changes were not disclosed.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
newsweek.com | Michael Carroll
CLOSE X Share✓ Link copied to clipboard! Drake has intensified his legal battle against Universal Music Group (UMG), filing a defamation lawsuit accusing the label of spreading a "false and malicious narrative" about him being a pedophile. The lawsuit, filed Wednesday in federal court in New York City, alleges UMG knowingly released and promoted Kendrick Lamar's diss track, "Not Like Us," which Drake claims includes false and dangerous accusations against him.
