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Brian Thompson, 50, was gunned down outside the Hilton Hotel in New York City.

CEO’s shooting drives big business to bolster security

The targeted killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson is forcing a broad examination of security practices by corporations whose leaders are frequently subject to threats and internet vitriol.

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 Spotify has teamed up with Google AI to turn listeners’ Wrapped year in reviews into a personalised AI podcast. But not everyone is happy about it.

Wrapped provides an AI podcast: Has Spotify gone too far?

The 2024 edition of the app’s year in review features Spotify teaming up with Google AI to give users a podcast in which their musical taste is analysed by bots.

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UnitedHealthcare chief executive officer Brian Thompson.

Who was UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson?

Brian Thompson, CEO of health-insurance giant UnitedHealthcare, was fatally shot Wednesday morning in Midtown Manhattan. Here’s everything we know about the man who was killed in shocking circumstances.

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Some iPhone owners are feeling let down by Apple’s latest updates, here’s how to fix the changes you probably hate the most.

How to fix the iOS 18 changes some users hate

Some iPhone owners are feeling let down by Apple’s latest updates, here’s how to fix the changes you probably hate the most.

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Millions of parents are waking up to check their Spotify Wrapped lists for 2024, only to discover their data has been hijacked by their children.

Sorry parents, it’s actually your kid’s Spotify Wrapped

A moment for all the parents whose Spotify Wrapped lists were ruined by having kids.

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is anxiety interfering with your daily life?

When is anxiety normal and when is it a disorder?

Is it normal to feel this anxious all the time? How do I know if it’s too much? Here are the answers to the biggest questions about anxiety.

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Donald Trump, standing with defense attorney Todd Blanche, speaks at his criminal trial in Manhattan on May 29.

Trump lawyers cite Biden pardon in hush money dismissal bid

Donald Trump’s attorneys pointed out Joe Biden’s comments about his son Hunter being ‘unfairly prosecuted’, making a similar argument about the case against the President-elect.

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President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden during this year's White House Easter Egg Roll. (MUST CREDIT: Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post)

Hunter Biden’s presidential pardon was inevitable

MONICA HESSE: What a privilege, to get to rebalance the scales of justice, towards one’s own child, with the flick of a pen. What father alive wouldn’t do the same thing?

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Advancing insurgents appeared to catch the Syrian military by surprise in Aleppo and other areas. (AP PHOTO)

EXPLAINER: Why has fighting in Syria surged again?

A sudden assault by Syrian rebels, led by the Islamist militant group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, has rapidly redrawn the war’s front lines and threatened to destabilise the country further. Here’s what we know.

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Newly-nominated Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy, President-elect Donald Trump and newly-nominated Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth.

Trump and allies blur line between politician and influencer

By assembling a crew of advisers from a hodgepodge of right-wing internet personalities and Fox News hosts, Trump has built America’s first influencer administration.

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PAUL MALEY: Americans were able to put Donald Trump’s character deficiencies aside because they were looking for someone to lead, not to be their mate.

A shadow Trump foreign policy haunts Biden’s final acts

Trump has challenged the oft-quoted adage of ‘one president at a time’ in new ways. Tweets and declarations that may or may not become policy have set some foreign governments on edge, while delighting others

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THE WASHINGTON POST: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s bet on Russia for economic support may end up backfiring if Donald Trump manages to end Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine.

How Trump could ruin Kim Jong Un’s plans with Russia

THE WASHINGTON POST: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s bet on Russia for economic support may end up backfiring if Donald Trump manages to end Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine.

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Some of President-elect Donald Trump’s picks for key government roles have been victims of “numerous bomb threats and swatting incidents”.

What is swatting? The tactic used to target Trump Cabinet

THE WASHINGTON POST: Some of President-elect Donald Trump’s picks for key government roles have been victims of “swatting incidents”. Here’s what to know about swatting.

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The simple way to boost your happiness and health

THE WASHINGTON POST: If you want to increase your happiness and well-being, spend your money, time or energy on this simple thing...

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A woman in a burqa walks with her son through Kabul in October. As Afghans living abroad return to visit relatives for the first time since the 2021 Taliban takeover, few seem concerned about women living under increasingly severe restrictions. MUST CREDIT: Carolyn Van Houten/The Washington Post

The Taliban is repressing Afghan women. Ex-pats don’t care

Afghans living abroad are flocking back to visit relatives for the first time since the Taliban takeover. Draconian restrictions on women are not top of mind.

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