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Coca-Cola has launched legal proceedings against Vue after the cinema chain replaced it with PepsiCo as its soft drinks supplier. The move followed Vue’s decision last year to retender the contract, ending a 25-year relationship and selecting PepsiCo as exclusive supplier until at least 2030. Coca-Cola Europacific Partners claims Vue left unpaid debts when the contract ended, though Vue says the disputed amount was under £100,000. Vue’s chief executive, Tim Richards, said the matter could have been resolved without lawyers and confirmed the winding-up petition has now been withdrawn.

US President Donald Trump has issued a stark warning to Canada. He said the United States would impose 100% tariffs on Canadian goods. Trump shared the threat on his social media platform. He said the tariffs would take effect immediately. The warning targeted any trade deal or partnership between Canada and China. Trump said Canada would face immediate consequences if it advanced agreements with Beijing. He said the tariffs would apply to all Canadian products entering the United States. He framed the action as protection for American industries. He offered no exemptions or negotiations. The statement heightened tensions between the…

Google’s AI Overviews, which appear at the top of search results and are seen by about 2 billion people a month, cite YouTube more often than any medical website when answering health-related questions, according to a new German study. Researchers at SE Ranking analysed more than 50,000 health queries made in Germany and found YouTube accounted for 4.43% of all sources cited by AI Overviews – more than hospitals, medical associations or public health bodies. By comparison, established medical references and health portals each made up around 2% or less. The findings raise concerns because YouTube is not a medical…

Peace negotiations aimed at ending Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine are continuing this weekend in Abu Dhabi, bringing together representatives from the United States, Ukraine and Russia. The talks come nearly four years into the war and mark an unusual moment of direct, parallel engagement among all three sides. Donbas at the Heart of the Discussions Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the future of eastern Ukraine’s Donbas region is a central focus of the talks. He described the meetings as significant, noting that such trilateral discussions have been rare since the invasion began. In a video message, Zelenskyy said Ukrainian…

Every month, hundreds of millions of people visit Pinterest to explore new styles and creative ideas. One popular page called “the most ridiculous things” offers deliberately strange inspiration. It shows Crocs turned into flower pots. It features cheeseburger-shaped eyeshadow. It even presents a gingerbread house built from vegetables. Many users do not realise the technology behind these recommendations is not always American. Pinterest now tests Chinese artificial intelligence models to improve its recommendation engine. The company increasingly relies on this technology to personalise shopping and discovery. Pinterest chief executive Bill Ready said the platform now functions as an AI-powered shopping…

‘Wrong to Diminish’ Allied Sacrifice The UK government has pushed back strongly after US President Donald Trump suggested NATO allies did not fight on the front lines in Afghanistan. British officials said his remarks were wrong and ignored the scale of the sacrifice made by allied forces during the conflict that followed the 9/11 attacks. In a Fox News interview aired on Thursday, Trump appeared unaware that 457 British service personnel were killed in Afghanistan. He claimed NATO allies sent troops but kept them “a little back” from the fighting — comments that quickly sparked outrage in the UK. Britain…

Japan is developing the L0 Series, a magnetic-levitation (maglev) train by Central Japan Railway Company, designed to reach speeds of up to 603.5km/h, making it the fastest train ever built. That is far quicker than China’s Shanghai Maglev (460km/h) and well ahead of Europe’s fastest services, such as France’s TGV or Italy’s Italo (around 300–350km/h). The L0 Series will run on the new Chuo Shinkansen line, cutting the journey between Tokyo and Nagoya to about 40 minutes, and eventually linking Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka into a single high-speed corridor. Tokyo to Osaka could take just one hour, compared with more…

TikTok has completed a deal that secures the app’s future in the United States. The company announced the agreement on Thursday, ending years of legal and political uncertainty. The agreement resolves a prolonged dispute between Washington and Beijing. The conflict began during Donald Trump’s first presidency when he attempted to ban TikTok over national security concerns. US law threatened to block TikTok in January 2025 unless ByteDance sold its American operations. Trump delayed enforcement multiple times after returning to office. The dispute focused on TikTok’s recommendation algorithm. Under the deal, American owners now license the system, which will train exclusively…

A study published in Social Science and Medicine warns that influencers linked to the online “manosphere” are convincing healthy young men that normal variations in mood, energy or libido signal low testosterone. Researchers analysed high-reach posts on TikTok and Instagram, finding testosterone testing and treatment were often framed as essential to masculinity, despite routine screening being medically unwarranted for most young men. The lead author, Emma Grundtvig Gram from the University of Copenhagen, said this messaging medicalises masculinity and fuels markets for tests and supplements with little clinical benefit. Experts not involved in the study warned that unnecessary testing can…

Bilateral Talks Not Yet a NATO Agreement Spain’s foreign minister has stressed that any security framework for Greenland negotiated by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte must be reviewed by all member states. Speaking to Euronews at the World Economic Forum in Davos, José Manuel Albares said the recent deal between Rutte and US President Donald Trump is a bilateral arrangement, “not NATO… it is the Secretary General of NATO talking to one of the allies.” Albares added that details of the agreement remain limited. “I talked to the ministers of foreign affairs of all those allied countries, and they have…