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Chinese open-source artificial intelligence models are being adopted by OpenClaw, the global hit AI agent, for their favourable balance of cost and performance, according to industry experts. OpenClaw, which has been a runaway success since its late 2025 launch, announced on Friday that it was offering Chinese start-up Moonshot AI’s latest Kimi K2.5 and Kimi Coding agent for free in its service, while adding support for MiniMax, another Chinese foundational AI developer. Analysts said Chinese...

The United Nations is facing an “imminent financial collapse” as member states refuse to cough up billions of dollars in mandatory contributions. The post U.N. Facing ‘Imminent Financial Collapse’ Admits Secretary General as Countries Won’t Cough Up Membership Fees appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.

South Korea is bracing for prolonged US tariff pressure after last week’s emergency talks in Washington failed to yield a breakthrough, exposing the growing uncertainty that has come to define trade ties under US President Donald Trump. Korean Trade Minister Kim Jung-kwan returned home empty-handed on Sunday after two rounds of meetings with US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, fuelling concern in Seoul that negotiations could drag on until the US midterm elections later this year. Trump...

Two steps forward and one step back is still progress! At 9:33 pm EST, the cosmic rebel Uranus ends its retrograde and moves ahead through steady Taurus. Stalled changes around resources and stability should finally regain momentum. We may begin the day cautiously, yet by evening the urge to upgrade our tools, budgets, or habits grows. We must pay attention to find updates that are both useful and realistic. Outsized expectations risk causing a lot of stress! Picking a single main project would be wise.

Ahmed, a beloved community activist in metro Detroit known for co-founding ACCESS and the Concert of Colors, died Jan. 31

A fire in Philadelphia's Overbrook Park neighborhood is under investigation after officials say over 80 members of the fire department responded and a daycare was evacuated.

Another win for Democrats in Trump territory comes as the party is building a number of powerful campaign war chests, writes John Bowden

Banfield faces the possibility of life in prison at sentencing

Late today the Department of Homeland Security announced that every officer in Minneapolis will receive body cameras and that the program will expand nationwide. NBC News’ Maggie Vespa has more. 

The Clintons had previously refused to appear before the Republican-led House Oversight Committee.

US President Donald Trump said on Monday that Mexico would stop sending oil to Cuba ‌as he ramped up a pressure campaign on the Caribbean nation. “Mexico is gonna ‍cease sending them oil,” Trump told reporters in the White House Oval Office. He did not elaborate on why he believed this to be the case. Mexican authorities did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Mexico is the single-largest supplier ⁠of oil to Cuba, which regularly suffers from energy shortages and mass blackouts....

A month ago Donald Trump told Gustavo Petro to "watch his ass." On Tuesday, the US president will meet his Colombian counterpart for the first time at the White House.