The U.S. ready to make up, Europe ready to break up in Munich U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio delivers a key note speech at the 62nd Munich Security Conference, on Feb. 14 in Munich, Germany. Johannes Simon/Getty Images...

Greetings from Mexico City's iconic boulevard, where a dog on a bike steals the show Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares moments from their lives and work around the world. Every Sunday, Mexico City shuts down the Paseo de la Reforma, the most important street in the country, to car...

This Phone Stays Charged for Almost a Week by Keeping Your Data SecureImagine a smartphone that doesn't track your every move and harvest your data. That's the pitch of German company Punkt (pronounced "poonkt," after the German word for "period"), which has been making privacy-minded handsets for years. In a private hotel room during CES 2026, I got hands-on time with its next smartphone, the...

Casey Wasserman to sell talent agency after Epstein fallout - reportsReutersProminent American agent Casey Wasserman is reportedly set to sell his talent company after documents linking him to Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell were published in the US.Several high profile clients, including singer Chappell Roan, quit the firm this week after it emerged he flew on Epstein's private plane and...

Weekly Chartstopper: February 6, 2026 This WeekThis was one of those weeks we’ve seen on occasion in the last year (and especially since late October) where markets worry about artificial intelligence (AI). There were two flavors of concern:AI as disruptor: Anthropic’s new AI legal tool drove a selloff (especially) in software (including private markets) over fears AI will disrupt...