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CARACAS, Oct 9 : Venezuela’s interim President Delcy Rodriguez has authorized Starlink, the satellite internet service operated by Elon Musk’s SpaceX, to operate in the Latin American country.The authorization is part of an agreement with the US firm, the Venezuelan government said in a statement on Friday.The company’s satellite-internet unit has continued to expand its global subscriber base, aided by launches of additional satellites and a growing range of consumer, enterprise, aviation, maritime and government services.

Published Fri, Oct 9, 2026 · 05:05 PMREVOLUT chief executive officer Nik Storonsky said he wants the digital bank to compete with firms including JPMorgan Chase & Co and American Express in the US, as well as hold a primary listing in the country if it chooses to pursue a public offering in the future.“That was always the target, given the deep liquidity of the US market,” Storonsky said in an interview with Bloomberg TV of the listing venue. Storonsky has previously said he wants to take Revolut public, though that wouldn’t happen until at least 2028, through a dual…

Apple’s M6 Mac mini still comes only in silver, making vinyl skins an easy way to give the compact desktop a more personal look. Our favorites add style without bulk while helping protect the aluminum finish from everyday scratches and fingerprints.Mac miniA vinyl skin makes the most sense for anyone who wants to change the Mac mini’s appearance while preserving its compact footprint. Unlike a case, a skin provides cosmetic protection rather than meaningful protection against drops.The 2026 Mac mini keeps the same dimensions as the enclosure Apple introduced with the M4 generation, measuring 5 inches square and 2 inches…

Craig Zobel, a director known for his work on such prestige series as Mare of Easttown and The Penguin, is set to direct a feature adaptation of Something Is Killing the Children, the popular comic book series from James Tynion IV and Werther Dell’Edera, with Jason Blum and his Blumhouse among the producers. Stephen Christy and Tynion IV will produce the film for BOOM! Studios/Penguin Random House, alongside Blum for Blumhouse. Shaun Sutton and Ryan Turek will exec produce alongside Adam Yoelin and Mette Norkjaer, with Dell’Edera acting as co-producer. The news came out of New York Comic-Con, where Blumhouse…

EPWORTH, Zimbabwe — Being a teen mother was far from what Zimbabwean Kelly Nhedega had imagined. The 18-year-old had mapped out a different future: finish school, train as a nurse and then start a family. But when she became sexually active, contraception felt out of reach. The stigma of a young girl queuing for condoms, pills or a birth control implant at a crowded local clinic where other patients, or even health workers, could judge her or tell her parents, kept Nhedega away. She became pregnant at 16 and dropped out of school.Now caring for an 18-month-old child, Nhedega recently…

The Los Angeles Dodgers will start Tarik Skubal against the Milwaukee Brewers – who will go with staff ace Jacob Misiorowski – on Sunday in Game 1 of the National League Championship Series.Yoshinobu Yamamoto, last year’s World Series MVP, will start Game 2 on Monday at American Family Field, manager Dave Roberts said Friday.Skubal also started Game 1 of the NL Division Series. The two-time Cy Young Award winner pitched six dominant innings, allowing one run and two hits, in a 5-3 victory over the Atlanta Braves. The left-hander struck out seven and walked two.Misiorowski had two starts during the…

BEIJING — European trade commissioner Maroš Sefčovič said Friday that China has agreed to halve its exports of hybrid cars to the bloc.Europe has called on China to voluntarily reduce hybrid car exports into the continent, but authorities in Beijing had reportedly slapped down the request, according to the Financial Times.The widening trade surplus between the EU and China has been a point of contention, with Germany and France previously having called on Brussels to develop a “last-resort” trade instrument to address imbalances.Sefčovič said Friday that the final decision would still need Brussels’ approval. Overall, he cast the two days…

The price is a 53.8% premium over the building’s latest valuation of 4 billion yen[SINGAPORE] Starhill Global Real Estate Investment Trust (Reit) has divested its commercial property in Tokyo for 6.2 billion yen (US$39.2 million), its manager said on Friday (Oct 9).The sale price represents a 53.8 per cent premium over the building’s latest valuation of four billion yen, which accounted for 1.2 per cent of the Reit’s asset value and 0.8 per cent of its portfolio net property income.Following the sale, the Reit will no longer hold any properties in Japan and will wind up its subsidiaries in Japan…

LONDON — OpenAI said on Friday that it fired three safety researchers for a “breach of trust,” defending the dismissals after the trio accused the company of putting its corporate interests before safety as the reason for removing them. The ChatGPT maker said in a post on X that it “parted ways” with the researchers after an investigation found “they violated clear policies on handling sensitive information.” The statement comes after the three researchers, Tomek Korbak, Jasmine Wang and Mikita Balesni, posted a letter to OpenAI’s various safety oversight groups detailing the circumstances around their firings and their concerns about…

BlumFest revealed Craig Zobel as the director for the adaptation of James Tynion IV and Werther Dell’Edera’s Something is Killing the Children, while also debuting the trailer for The Exorcist: Martyrs, and teasing upcoming projects including Seasons, RoboCop, Molepeople, and more. The two-hour Friday night panel featured an A-List lineup, including Mike Flanagan, James Wan, Chiwetel Ejiofor, David Harbour, LaKeith Stanfield, Curry Barker, and Kristen Bell. About halfway through the panel, the entire 2027 lineup was revealed, including River (Jan. 15), The Revenge of Llorona (Feb. 26), The Exorcist: Martyrs, Anything but Ghosts (May 7), Paranormal Activity (May 21), The…