Mexico's Claudia Sheinbaum Is Caught Between A Rock And A Hard Place

Iryna Zarutska's Accused Killer Found Incompetent To Stand Trial In Charlotte Stabbing In a development that has reignited outrage over North Carolina’s handling of violent repeat offenders and the mentally ill, the man accused of savagely murdering Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska on a Charlotte light-rail train - saying "I got that white girl" - has been declared “incapable to proceed” with his state murder trial. Decarlos Brown Jr., a 35-year-old homeless man with a long criminal history and diagnosed schizophrenia, was evaluated at Central Regional Hospital on December 29, 2025. Court...

Poland Rejects 'Unofficial' US Request To Redeploy Patriot Batteries To Mideast Via The Cradle Poland has rejected an "unofficial" US request to deploy one of its Patriot air defense systems to West Asia, Polish Defense Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz announced on Tuesday, following reports by Polish daily Rzeczpospolita that Washington had informally approached Warsaw amid rising regional tensions. "Our Patriot batteries and their armaments are used to protect Polish airspace and NATO's eastern flank. Nothing is changing in this regard and we are not planning to move them anywhere!" Kosiniak-Kamysz stated. Still frame via the...

Anthropic Enters $1.5 Billion Joint Venture That Includes Goldman, Blackstone AI startup Anthropic on Monday announced the creation of a joint venture which includes Goldman Sachs, Blackstone and several other Wall Street firms, with the goal of selling artificial-intelligence tools to companies, the Wall Street Journal reports.  The new venture will act as a consulting arm for Anthropic, and will educate businesses - including companies in the private-equity firms' portfolios, how to integrate AI across their operations.  The deal is being anchored by Blackstone and Hellman & Friedman - each of which are expected to invest roughly $300...