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2026-02-09 13:01

Daily Briefing

By Claire Beers

Hello. Jimmy Lai has been sentenced to 20 years in jail, Japan's Takaichi created election history, and King Charles' brother Andrew shared UK trade files with Epstein, emails indicate.

Plus, as AI enters the operating room, reports arise of botched surgeries.

Today's Top News

Media mogul Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, founder of Apple Daily. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

Top news

Hong Kong's most vocal China critic, media tycoon Jimmy Lai, was sentenced to 20 years in jail, ending the city's biggest national security case. Special Correspondent James Pomfret tells the Reuters World News podcast that many critics have come out against the decision, saying it's a death sentence for the 78-year-old.
With Trump confronting nationwide protests against his immigration policies, mounting cost-of-living complaints, and tensions with countries from Denmark to Colombia, 20 Trump voters spoke to Reuters about what they want him to accomplish in the year ahead.
Emails indicate Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor shared official British trade documents with Jeffrey Epstein in 2010. Prince William and his wife Kate released a statement saying they were deeply concerned by the revelations in the Epstein files.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer's director of communications, Tim Allan, has resigned a day after Starmer's top aide, Morgan McSweeney, quit over his role in backing Peter Mandelson over his known links to Jeffrey Epstein.
Russia's Federal Security Service said that the men suspected of shooting one of the country's most senior military intelligence officers had confessed that they were carrying out orders from the Security Service of Ukraine.
Thousands gathered across Australia to protest over the arrival of Israeli President Isaac Herzog.
Elon Musk said that SpaceX has shifted its focus to building a "self‑growing city" on the moon. SpaceX still intends to start on Musk's long-held ambition of a city on Mars within five to seven years.
The Seattle Seahawks relied on a relentless defense to beat New England 29-13 in Super Bowl LX, denying the Patriots an NFL-record seventh championship.

Winter Olympic Games

US ski great Lindsey Vonn had surgery on a broken leg in an Italian hospital after her audacious bid to win Olympic downhill gold with a ruptured knee ligament ended in a horrific crash after 13 seconds.
The question of whether Vonn should have started the Olympic downhill race has expanded beyond a single athlete or race, exposing a deeper tension at the core of elite sport: who decides when an injured competitor is fit to compete?
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Business & Markets

Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi at the LDP headquarters on general election day in Tokyo, Japan. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

The biggest landslide win in postwar history has given Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi a huge mandate to revitalise the economy, but investors say she has little room to run up deficits or pressure will quickly be back on bonds and the yen. Hear more on the Reuters Morning Bid podcast.
Asian markets jumped as the resounding win for Takaichi whetted appetites for more reflationary policies, while there was widespread investor relief at a last-gasp rebound in US chip stocks.
Novo Nordisk's Frankfurt-listed shares rose 4.5% after telehealth firm Hims & Hers reversed its launch of a $49 compounded weight-loss pill over the weekend, following legal threats from Novo and the FDA.
Taiwan's top tariff negotiator said it would be 'impossible' to move 40% of the island's semiconductor capacity to the US, pushing back against recent comments by US officials who called for a major production shift.
Oil prices fell more than 1% as fears of a Middle East conflict eased after the US and Iran pledged to continue indirect talks about Tehran's nuclear program.
Gold and silver extended gains with the yellow metal trading just above $5,000 per ounce as the dollar dipped.

As AI enters the operating room, reports arise of botched surgeries

The FDA received unconfirmed reports of at least 100 malfunctions and adverse events after AI was added to a medical device. REUTERS

After artificial intelligence was added to a medical device used to treat chronic sinusitis, at least 10 people were injured between late 2021 and November 2025, according to unconfirmed reports received by the FDA.

Most allegedly involved errors in which the TruDi Navigation System misinformed surgeons about the location of their instruments while they were using them inside patients’ heads during operations. The manufacturer denies any link to AI.

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And Finally...

Bad Bunny celebrates Puerto Rican culture at the Super Bowl halftime show. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

Bad Bunny transformed Levi's Stadium into a vibrant homage to Puerto Rico during the Super Bowl halftime show.

The halftime spectacular marked a historic moment for Latin music on America's biggest stage, with Bad Bunny using the platform to celebrate his heritage while cementing reggaeton's place in mainstream American culture.

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