PepsiCo is to cut the prices of some of its snack products in the US, following backlash against previous price hikes and pressure in the face of appetite-suppressing GLP-1 jabs. Products including Doritos, Lays (known as Walkers in the UK) and Cheetos will be cheaper in the US from this week. The snack conglomerate said it was “listening closely to customers” who are “feeling the strain” of the rising cost of living. Food companies are also reckoning with changing consumer appetites as GLP-1 weight loss jabs such as Wegovy and Ozempic grow in popularity, leading users to eat less. The…
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Former US First Lady Jill Biden’s ex-husband William Stevenson has been charged with murdering his current wife, Linda Stevenson, officials said. William Stevenson, 77, faces first-degree murder charges over the death of his wife Linda, 64, following a weeks-long investigation, New Castle County Police in Delaware said in a statement on Monday. Stevenson is being held at a facility in Wilmington, Delaware, after failing to post $500,000 (£365,000) in bail, police said. On 28 December 2025, police responded to a report of a domestic dispute at the Stevensons’ home, where they found Linda Stevenson unresponsive in the living room, officials…
PayPal is replacing CEO Alex Chriss with Enrique Lores, saying that the pace of change and execution at the company has not met board expectations over the past two years. Lores has served as a PayPal board member for almost five years and has been board Chair since July 2024. He’s also spent more than six years as president and CEO of HP Inc. “The payments industry is changing faster than ever, driven by new technologies, evolving regulations, an increasingly competitive landscape, and the rapid acceleration of AI that is reshaping commerce daily,” Lores said in a statement on Tuesday.…
Senators pushed back against a Ministry of Education plan to merge Early Childhood Development Education (ECDE) teacher training with primary teacher education, warning that the move threatens devolution and could destabilise early learning in counties. Lawmakers sitting in the Senate Education Committee said the directive, issued through an administrative circular, crosses constitutional lines by shifting control of ECDE teacher training back to the national government, despite the function being devolved to county governments. At issue is a proposal by the Ministry to collapse the Diploma in Early Childhood Teacher Education (DECTE) and the Diploma in Primary Teacher Education (DPTE) into…
Cristiano Ronaldo’s future at Al-Nassr has been plunged into doubt after he was not in their squad for Monday’s Saudi Pro League game against Al-Riyadh. Portuguese outlet A Bola reported the 40-year-old refused to play, having grown dissatisfied with how the club is being run by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF). Both Al-Nassr and Al-Hilal – the country’s most successful club with 19 league titles – are among those controlled by the PIF, which also backs Newcastle United. Ronaldo joined Al-Nassr in 2022 after leaving Manchester United mid-season, becoming the best-paid player in football history with an annual salary…
Disney said its amusement parks in the US will take a hit in the months ahead due to flagging numbers of international visitors. The company said it would offset this by marketing to US customers and still expected the parks business – a key profit driver – to deliver modest growth. The number of foreign visitors to the US dropped last year for the first time since 2020, with some analysts linking it to a backlash against President Donald Trump’s policies. Disney did not respond to a question about what was driving the shift but its comments add to concerns…
Elon Musk’s SpaceX is taking over his artificial intelligence (AI) start-up, as the billionaire continues to unify some of his many business interests. SpaceX confirmed the deal to acquire xAI, a smaller firm known for its Grok chatbot, posting a memo from Musk about the merger on its website. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. However, a source familiar said it valued xAI at $125bn (£91bn) and SpaceX at $1tn, making it the most valuable private company ever. In his memo, Musk said the combination would form an “innovation engine” putting AI, rockets, space-based internet, and media under one…
Kenya’s central bank warned people to stop using banknotes to make floral-like bouquets and decorations, which has become a trend in the country. They are often ordered in the run-up to Valentine’s Day – and have been popularised by celebrities and online influencers, who share videos of themselves presenting such bouquets during celebrations. To make the cash bouquets, notes of different colours and value are rolled and then fastened together in a style that makes them look like a bunch of flowers. But the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) says the creators are defacing the Kenyan currency and could face…
Police specialising in combating cyber-crime, assisted by Europol, have raided the offices of Elon Musk’s social media platform, X, in France. The Paris prosecutor said it related to an investigation into the content recommended by X’s algorithm, which had subsequently been widened to include its controversial AI chatbot, Grok. The prosecutor’s office added both Musk and former X chief executive officer Linda Yaccarino had been summoned to appear at hearings in April as part of its probe. It has previously described the investigation as an attack on free speech. The investigation into X began in January 2025 before being expanded…
Donald Trump announced he will be seeking $1bn (£730m) in damages from Harvard University in his administration’s ongoing feud with the institution. The news comes after the New York Times reported that the US president’s administration had to backtrack from its demand for a $200m payment in negotiations with the university. Trump cited the story in a Truth Social post late on Monday, blaming Harvard for “feeding a lot of nonsense” to the New York Times. Trump officials have accused Harvard of not doing enough to tackle antisemitism during pro-Palestinian protests. Harvard has rejected the accusation. Harvard has been a…
An official in Fulton County, Georgia, has announced the county will challenge the legality of the FBI’s search and seizure of 2020 election records. Commissioner Marvin Arrington Jr. said the effort will seek to “force the government to return the ballots taken.” Arrington said that the county’s attorneys are expected to file a motion in federal court in the Northern District of Georgia to fight the action of Trump’s Justice Department and the FBI. The FBI served a warrant last Wednesday at the Fulton County election office, near Atlanta, Georgia, taking 700 boxes of election materials as it probes alleged…
President Donald Trump on Monday announced he would reduce tariffs on Indian goods in exchange for, among other things, a promise to stop buying Russian oil. That will be a tall task: India has been importing roughly 1.5 million barrels of Russian oil each day — even months after Trump placed tariffs on Indian goods as punishment — according to Kpler, a global trade data provider. Russian oil makes up more than a third of India’s overall imports. Trump said in a social media post that he spoke Monday morning with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who agreed to replace…
Austro-Canadian billionaire Frank Stronach is facing a sexual assault trial this week in Toronto that will be decided solely by a judge. Stronach, the 93-year-old founder of an international automotive parts company and one of Canada’s richest men, has been charged in relation to more than a dozen historical sexual assault allegations that span nearly a half-century. Prosecutors have split his case into two separate proceedings, with the Toronto trial set to begin first on Tuesday. A second trial in nearby York Region is scheduled for the spring. Stronach has pleaded not guilty to the 12 Toronto charges, and has…
The son of Norway’s Crown Princess Mette-Marit has been arrested by police on suspicion of assault, before he goes on trial in Oslo on Tuesday on 38 charges, including the rape of four women. Marius Borg Høiby, 29, was remanded in custody for four weeks. Police said the latest allegations against him involved wielding a knife and violating a restraining order, and there was a risk of reoffending. His arrest on Sunday is the fourth time he has been detained by police since August 2024, when he was accused of assaulting a woman he had been having a relationship with.…
A five-year-old boy and his father who were detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Minnesota have returned home, a US congressman has said. Texas Congressman Joaquin Castro, a Democrat, announced on Sunday that Liam Conejo Ramos and his father Adrian Alexander Conejo Arias had been released from a detention centre in Dilley, Texas and had travelled back to Minneapolis. “Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack,” Castro said. The detainment of the pair sparked protests outside the detention facility where they were being held and led to a national outcry. The Department of Homeland Security…