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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg wears the Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses, as he delivers a speech presenting the new line of smart glasses, during the Meta Connect event at the company’s headquarters in Menlo Park, California, U.S., Sept. 17, 2025. Carlos Barria | ReutersWhen Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg told employees about his plan in late 2022 to lay off 11,000 employees, in cuts that would later expand to 21,000, he was contrite in admitting that he overhired during the Covid pandemic.”I got this wrong, and I take responsibility for that,” Zuckerberg said in a message to staffers in November of that…

Shinichi Sasaki and his wife, Kozue, were among the first to open a kakigoya on Itoshima 25 years ago.“Our family has always worked along the seaside. We used to farm sea bream until the price of feed got too expensive to be profitable,” said Shinichi, “so we became oyster farmers, and we’re still here today.”Today, three generations of the Sasaki family work together at their kakigoya, Shineimaru, to bring oysters to customers seven days a week during the winter season.

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Santa Barbara County Fire Department helicopter evacuated 11 National Park Service employees from Santa Rosa Island on Sunday as a human-caused wildfire spread across more than 10,000 acres and threatened to cut off employee housing.”Helicopter Rescue – Helicopter 964 successfully evacuated 11 National Park Service employees from Santa Rosa Island today amid the ongoing vegetation fire,” SBC Fire wrote Sunday night on X. “The crew safely transported all personnel from employee housing — threatened with being cut off by the fire — to Oxnard Airport, with no injuries reported.”This swift operation…

By Kelly Geraldine Malone The Canadian Press Posted May 18, 2026 11:07 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The U.S. undersecretary of defence says the United States is pausing a long-standing military board, saying “Canada has failed to make credible progress on its defense commitments.” In a post on social media, Elbridge Colby says his department is pausing the Permanent Joint Board on Defense “to reassess how this forum benefits shared North American defense.” Get daily National news Get daily Canada news delivered to your inbox so you’ll never miss the day’s top stories.…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Caitlin Clark had an efficient Sunday night as the Indiana Fever picked up a victory over the Seattle Storm.Clark scored 21 points on 5-of-10 shooting, making all nine of her free-throw attempts and nailing two 3-pointers. It was the first time since Sept. 19, 2024, in which she had 10 or fewer field-goal attempts – doing so against the Washington Mystics in 19 minutes of game action where she was 2-of-5 from the field.ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON’T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! Indiana Fever guard Caitlin…

US stocks have opened mostly higher as investors monitored the 10-year Treasury yield and developments in Iran.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared that an Ebola outbreak in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is a “public health emergency of international concern”, setting off alarm bells around the world.The WHO’s announcement on Sunday came as several countries are battling to contain a hantavirus outbreak linked to a cruise ship trip to South America.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listWhile the cause and treatment for the two viruses differ, news of their outbreaks has caused world leaders and health agencies to question what this means for international travel and cross-border coordination in containing…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump returned from Beijing touting warmer trade ties with Chinese President Xi Jinping, but the summit left unresolved one of the most consequential flashpoints in U.S.-China relations: Taiwan.”Taiwan is the center of the global technology race,” former NBA star Enes Kanter Freedom told Fox News Digital in a Zoom interview. “If you want to understand the future of AI dominance, economic power and national security, you have to understand Taiwan.”Former Boston Celtics player and outspoken human-rights activist known for his criticism of the Chinese Communist Party, Freedom, said the lack…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A New York judge is expected to rule this morning on whether evidence seized from Luigi Mangione’s backpack during his arrest at a Pennsylvania McDonald’s is admissible at trial.A different judge, overseeing his separate federal case, has already rejected the defense team’s argument that the search was improper, and the evidence will be part of his federal trial.It includes the alleged murder weapon, a 3D-printed silencer, the fake ID used to check into a Manhattan hostel and journals purported to rail against the health insurance industry.Mangione, 28, is accused of shooting UnitedHealthcare…

By Aaron Sousa The Canadian Press Posted May 18, 2026 8:53 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Special Olympics Canada says Frank Hayden, whose research in the 1960s spearheaded the creation of the Special Olympics globally, has died. The organization says in a post on its website that Hayden died Saturday at 96 and is survived by four children, seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.Raised in St. Catharines, Ont., it says his research in the 1960s that exercise would be beneficial for people with intellectual disabilities led to the creation of the Special Olympics. Get…