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Author Ahmed Balaha Author Ahmed Balaha Part of the Team Since Aug 2025 About Author Ahmed Balaha is a journalist and copywriter based in Georgia with a growing focus on blockchain technology, DeFi, AI, privacy, digital assets, and fintech innovation. Share Last updated:  April 14, 2026 Japan’s largest e-commerce platform is bringing Ripple XRP into its payments stack on April 15, 2026, listing it on Rakuten Wallet for spot trading and wiring it into Rakuten Pay, the app that 44 million users already use to buy coffee, groceries, and bullet train tickets.The headline number is large enough to matter. The…

Jamie Dimon, chief executive officer of JPMorgan Chase & Co., right, departs the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026. Graeme Sloan | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesJPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said Tuesday that while artificial intelligence tools could eventually help companies defend themselves from cyberattacks, they are first making them more vulnerable.Dimon said that JPMorgan was testing Anthropic’s latest model — the Mythos preview announced by the AI firm last week — as part of its broader effort to reap the benefits of AI while protecting against bad actors wielding the same technology.”AI’s made it…

Washington — A federal appeals court on Tuesday ordered an end to criminal contempt proceedings launched by a lower court judge who said the government defied his order to turn around deportation flights carrying Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador last year.A divided panel of three judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit agreed to grant the Trump administration extraordinary relief to halt the contempt inquiry of Trump administration officials that was ordered by U.S. District Judge James Boasberg.The ruling from the D.C. Circuit is the latest development in a winding legal battle that arose…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! → Rick Harrison revealed what is keeping Las Vegas alive as poker rooms close and visitor numbers decline.→ Skiers are wearing swimsuits as record warmth leaves some resorts with fewer than 20% of trails open.→ A brick kiln from the early 1770s was found at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello. “Pawn Stars” boss Rick Harrison shares what’s keeping Las Vegas alive as gambling evolves. (iStock; Fox News Digital)Conversation starters→ A cruise line is testing a new free lunch menu, but passengers remain divided over the change.→ A baby born midair on a flight sparked…

Correspondent Lee Cowan reports on how the ups-and-downs of today’s amusement park industry are being ridden via new technologies in roller coaster design, including a hybrid wooden-and-steel roller coaster, the New Texas Giant, and the soon-to-open Tormenta Rampaging Run, a “giga dive” coaster, at Six Flags Over Texas.

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A 3-year-old girl died last week after a high-speed crash that split a car in half and left her pregnant mother injured at an intersection in Tucson, Arizona, leading to second-degree murder charges against two alleged drag racers, ages 22 and 16.Officers responded around 1 p.m. April 10 to the intersection, where a silver Toyota Camry and a white Hyundai Genesis collided in what investigators described as a violent, high-impact crash.The child, who was properly secured in a car seat, was rushed to a hospital but later died from her injuries. An…

The closure of Prairie Harm Reduction in Saskatoon continues to have a big impact on the community.It closed its doors last week after reporting a major financial shortfall, leaving big gaps in the support services that ran through the facility.Now, many are calling on the provincial government to get those workers back into the community, helping the city’s most vulnerable. The closure means 126 fewer front-line workers in the community, providing critical care. A lot of that work was being done in housing and mental health support. Story continues below advertisement “As a result of this, people are going to…

Walt Disney’s new chief executive Josh D’Amaro has announced lay-offs in an email to employees as he looks to streamline the company’s operations.About 1000 positions will be eliminated, according to a person familiar with the development.The cuts will fall on the marketing group, which was reorganised in January, and other parts of the company, including its studio and television business, ESPN, products and technology and certain corporate functions, according to the source.Disney began notifying employees this week.”Given the fast-moving pace of our industries, this requires us to constantly assess how to foster a more agile and technologically-enabled workforce to meet…

WIDER EFFECTSIndustry observers say the impact of the hiring freeze could extend beyond restaurants.Yoko Kono, a manager at an agency that dispatches foreign workers from Myanmar to Japan, said demand from the food services sector has grown rapidly in recent years.“We have (dispatched) in total about 1,000 (foreign workers). Most were to the nursing sector. Starting two years ago, demand increased in the restaurant business. Cafeterias in nursing homes are also considered restaurants,” she said.In rural Japan, where populations are shrinking faster, businesses say the policy could hit harder due to a smaller labour pool. Industry players warned the restriction…

Who: Bayern Munich vs Real MadridWhat: UEFA Champions League quarterfinal second legWhere: Allianz Arena in Munich, GermanyWhen: Wednesday at 9pm (19:00 GMT)How to follow: We’ll have all the build-up on Al Jazeera Sport from 16:00 GMT in advance of our live text commentary stream.Real Madrid’s season has seemed to teeter on the brink for most of the campaign, but with La Liga all but out of their reach, Los Blancos face their most daunting task yet as they seek to overturn Bayern Munich’s 2-1 aggregate lead in Germany.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listHaving replaced Carlo Ancelotti, the most…