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Taiwan is investigating whether a ship linked to China is responsible for damaging one of the undersea cables that connects Taiwan to the internet, the latest reminder of how vulnerable Taiwan’s critical infrastructure is to damage from China.The incident comes as anxiety in Europe has risen over apparent acts of sabotage, including ones aimed at such undersea communication cables. Two fiber-optic cables under the Baltic Sea were severed in November, prompting officials from Sweden, Finland and Lithuania to halt a Chinese-flagged commercial ship in the area for weeks over its possible involvement.In Taiwan, communications were quickly rerouted after the damage…

In recent years, Mr. White and Mr. Zuckerberg, the Meta chief executive, have bonded over their passion for professional fighting, including mixed martial arts, which Mr. Zuckerberg took up in 2022.“Dana is the President and CEO of UFC, and he has built it into one of the most valuable, fastest growing, and most popular sports enterprises in the world,” Mr. Zuckerberg said in his post. “I’ve admired him as an entrepreneur and his ability to build such a beloved brand.”In 2023, Mr. White attempted to broker a cage match between Mr. Zuckerberg and Elon Musk, the billionaire owner of X,…

Reports of a surge in cases of a respiratory virus in China have evoked dark echoes of the start of the Covid-19 pandemic almost exactly five years ago.But despite the surface similarities, this situation is very different, and far less worrisome, medical experts say.The Chinese cases are reported to be infections with human metapneumovirus, known to doctors as HMPV. Here is what we know so far:What is HMPV?It is one of several pathogens that circulate across the world each year, causing respiratory illnesses. HMPV is common — so common that most people will be infected while they are still children…

The Los Angeles-based photographer Chantal Anderson was backstage at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Sunday, where she photographed Golden Globes winners for The Times.Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Musical or ComedyDemi Moore, “The Substance”“I had a woman say to me, ‘Just know you will never be enough, but you can know the value of your worth if you just put down the measuring stick.’ And so today I celebrate this as a marker of my wholeness and of the love that is driving me, and for the gift of doing something I love.” — Demi Moore…

A CasaSur Palermo hotel employee, Ezequiel Pereyra, and a local waiter, Braian Paiz, were indicted on a charge that they supplied narcotics to Mr. Payne in the days leading up to his death.Mr. Pereyra and Mr. Paiz were ordered into custody, and Argentine authorities arrested Mr. Paiz on Jan. 3. Mr. Pereyra remains at large. Judge Bruniard said preventative detention was needed because the charge leveled against them carries a sentence of between four and 15 years in prison and cannot be suspended.Lawyers for several of the defendants could not be reached for comment, but a lawyer for Mr. Paiz,…

As Israeli and Hamas officials continued indirect talks on Monday for a cease-fire and hostage release deal, Hamas representatives indicated that the group had approved an Israeli list of 34 hostages to be released in the first stage of an agreement, conveying a sense of momentum.But the Israeli government quickly dampened any notion that Hamas’s acceptance of the list constituted a significant breakthrough toward ending the war in Gaza.Here’s what we know about the list of hostages and the state of the talks, after months of false starts and failed rounds.What Hamas is sayingA Hamas representative briefed on the negotiations…

The Jan. 6 riot, four years on.

FOXBORO, Mass. — The New England Patriots are changing their head coach, parting ways with Jerod Mayo one year after replacing Bill Belichick. Now, a franchise that was once uniquely stable and successful in the NFL is about to get its third coach in just three seasons.New England fired Mayo less than 90 minutes after the season ended on Sunday, a disastrous 4-13 season that cost the team the No. 1 pick in the draft after a win in Week 18 ), Mayo often seemed to be in trouble. While Mayo’s roster is one of the worst in the NFL…

A Jeju Air crash in South Korea last week, the deadliest plane accident in years, has stunned the global aviation industry. The country is regarded as a model for how to turn poor air safety practices into some of the world’s best.Three decades ago, South Korea had a dismal record of air safety. Its flagship airline, Korean Air, experienced several deadly crashes in the 1980s and 1990s. In 2001, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration downgraded South Korea’s air safety rating for failing to meet international standards.Around the turn of the century, South Korea began an immense project to overhaul its…

“A journalist finds himself in the woods.” Marc Da Costa, a digital artist with a Ph.D. in anthropology, was speaking from the controls of an artificial intelligence-driven video installation at the Onassis Foundation’s ONX Studio, a high-tech media lab in the Olympic Tower in Midtown Manhattan. He was talking to the computer that runs this installation. About me.“A huge fleet of food delivery bicycles appears,” Da Costa continued, spinning a nonsense tale the A.I. would soon render onscreen. “The heavens open and a galactic, friendly being comes down with a scepter. Frank and the galactic being meet the delivery drivers…