Lego is reinventing its iconic brick sets and keeping the toy industry afloat
The toy industry is headed for its second consecutive annual sales decline, but it’s got one thing propping it up:...
Consumer protection board sues Walmart and fintech firm over gig-worker driver pay access
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is suing Walmart and a financial technology firm, alleging they illegally forced drivers into using...
IRS plans to pay 1 million taxpayers up to $1,400. Here’s how to check if you’re eligible.
The IRS plans to issue automatic “special payments” of up to $1,400 to 1 million taxpayers starting later this month,...
Nissan could face cost-cutting ‘carnage’ in Honda merger, Carlos Ghosn says
Nissan will be the victim of cost-cutting “carnage” if it combines forces with Japanese peer Honda, former Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn told...
Mozambique’s top court confirms ruling party win in disputed election
Mozambique’s top court on Monday confirmed the ruling party Frelimo’s victory in an October election, which has sparked massive protests...
Venezuelan opposition members say they’re under ‘siege’ as they take refuge in an embassy
The residence of the Argentine ambassador in Caracas, Venezuela, is mostly silent these days. Rather than diplomatic chatter or Christmas...
Drug lord Fabio Ochoa walks free in Colombia after 20 years in US prisons
One of Colombia’s infamous drug lords and a key operator of the Medellin cartel has been deported back to the...
Burt, the huge Australian crocodile who had a cameo in ‘Crocodile Dundee,’ dies at 90
(AP) — Burt, the huge crocodile that rose to fame with a cameo in the movie “Crocodile Dundee” and continued...
Driver who plowed into school crowd in southern China given suspended death sentence
A Chinese court has issued a suspended death sentence to a man who rammed his car into crowds outside a...
The most – and least – surprising votes from a historic year of elections
2024 was the year of the vote. More than 60 countries – home to nearly half the planet’s population –...
