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US stocks have opened lower as investors ditched shares in software companies and Alphabet.

TAIPEI: TSMC plans to mass produce advanced 3-nanometre chips in Kumamoto in southern Japan, TSMC CEO CC Wei said on Thursday (Feb 5), an investment local media reported was worth US$17 billion as the Taiwanese firm seeks to meet soaring demand for artificial intelligence (AI) chips.TSMC, the world’s largest contract chipmaker and a key supplier of AI chips to companies such as Nvidia, currently produces its most advanced chips in Taiwan. Previous plans for Japan had focused on less advanced technologies.The announcement puts Japan on the map as the newest location for the production of the high-end 3-nanometre chips, which…

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has agreed to reveal the vetting process used by the ruling Labour Party to approve Peter Mandelson’s appointment as the United Kingdom’s ambassador to the United States in December 2024 after new revelations from the Jeffrey Epstein files about the relationship between the diplomat and the billionaire sex offender.For one, the latest release of files relating to the investigation of Epstein by the US Department of Justice showed that Mandelson maintained his relationship with Epstein after Epstein served a sentence for soliciting prostitution from a minor in 2008. But chief among the claims against Mandelson…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! FIRST ON FOX: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., continued spending campaign cash in Puerto Rico, including at an upscale hotel in the territory’s capital despite being slammed last year for spending lavishly there on meals, lodging and entertainment while simultaneously railing against gentrification in San Juan. The final year-end campaign finance reports ahead of the November midterms were released this past weekend. AOC’s Q4 report revealed she spent close to $4,000 more at the Hotel Palacio Provincial in San Juan, after she came under fire for spending thousands of campaign dollars there in Q3.…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A fire broke out at a building attached to Lehigh Valley Hospital in Pennsylvania on Wednesday night, prompting a large emergency response and the evacuation of patients, officials said. The Dickson City Fire Department said in a Facebook post that it and other first-alarm companies were dispatched to the hospital complex around 9:40 p.m.Upon arrival, Fire Chief Richard Chowanec upgraded the response for additional units after determining the fire was burning in the roof of the original Scranton Orthopedics building, an older structure attached to the newer Lehigh Valley Hospital facility.Officials said there…

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Canadian Olympic snowboarder Mark McMorris has been released from hospital after being stretchered off the slope following a fall at the snowboard big air training. “Mark will undergo routine follow-up testing today to help determine his availability for tonight’s Snowboard Big Air qualification, with a decision expected by 4 p.m. CET,” the Canadian Olympic Committee and Snowboard Canada said in a statement.“He is feeling good and appreciates the support and well wishes from fans. Mark will not be available for media at this time.”He is currently back at the Olympic Village with…

Ukraine-Russia peace talks will continue ⁠in the near future, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy says after the latest meeting in Abu Dhabi.

SEOUL: US-listed South Korean e-commerce company Coupang confirmed on Thursday (Feb 5) that the data of an additional 165,000 users was leaked in a major security breach, which a South Korean government official said had shaken the country’s alliance with the US.Coupang Korea has been under a South Korean government probe over the leak last year of personal data affecting more than 33 million customers, which has created friction between the allies over trade and security ties.Coupang said on Thursday it had identified additional customers affected by November’s leak, which involved contact details, including names, phone numbers and addresses. No…

new video loaded: Ukraine Peace Talks End With Little ProgressRussian, Ukrainian and American officials ended a second day of peace talks in Abu Dhabi after only a few hours, with little to show for the discussions other than a promise to exchange prisoners of war.By Monika CvorakFebruary 5, 2026

An Army veteran from Covington, Georgia, who has lived in the U.S. for more than 50 years faces imminent deportation.Godfrey Wade, a Jamaican-born veteran, has been in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody for nearly five months. His attorney says an emergency stay of removal was denied, but an appeal is pending.Loved ones said Wade’s years of military service should count for something. He’s been missing from the home he shares with fiancée April Watkins, who said, “We’ve built an amazing life together, and to be separated from that is very challenging, especially since he did not have an…