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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Some call it a useless bureaucracy. Others praise it as a key tool of humanitarian aid, peacemaking and global diplomacy.Whatever their core beliefs, nearly every national leader agrees the United Nations is a valuable stage to make their case before the world. And it’s a stage no one enters in anything but their finest clothes, a fact on vivid display at the U.N. General Assembly in New York this week.For many diplomats and national officials, the General Assembly to provided an opportunity to show off clothing with not just elegant cuts and fabrics, but a symbolic…

Aaron Sorkin is diving back into the world of Facebook with a “Social Network” follow-up featuring Jeremy Strong as Mark Zuckerberg and a newly minted Oscar winner as a whistleblower.Sony Pictures said Friday that “The Social Reckoning” will star Mikey Madison (“Anora”) as Facebook engineer Frances Haugen and Jeremy Allen White as then-Wall Street Journal reporter Jeff Horwitz. Haugen leaked thousands of pages of internal Facebook records to the Journal, yielding a 2021 investigation known as the “Facebook Files.” The series of stories alleged the social media giant was prioritizing profits over safety and hiding its own research from investors…

Last updated: 11:00 PM ET, Thu September 25, 2025 WHY IT RATES: The Pastry World Cup and Bocuse d’Or will return to New Orleans in 2026 at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center alongside the Louisiana Restaurant Association Showcase, hosting culinary competitions and industry events with teams from the Americas. —Janeen Christoff, TravelPulse Managing EditorNew Orleans and Company, Sirha Food® and The Louisiana Restaurant Association Showcase (LRA Showcase) are pleased to announce that the Americas selection of the Pastry World Cup and Bocuse d’Or will return to New Orleans and the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, following a historic and highly successful debut in New Orleans…

Fintech Checkout.com announced on Friday that it reached a $12 billion valuation as part of an employee stock buyback program.  On the one hand, very few startups ever achieve decacorn status, so $12 billion is nothing to sneeze at. It’s a valuable enough company to have landed its founder and CEO Guillaume Pousaz on Forbes’ billionaire list. On the other, there was a short period of time when Checkout.com was valued at a whopping $40 billion, as part of its $1 billion Series D round closed in 2022. By the end of that year, with the venture world crashing into…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nexstar Media Group joined Sinclair Broadcast Group in bringing Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night talk show back to its local TV stations on Friday night, ending a dayslong TV blackout for dozens of cities across the U.S. The companies suspended the program on Sept. 17 over remarks the comedian made in the wake of conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s killing. Disney-owned ABC suspended Kimmel the same day, following threats of potential repercussions from the Trump-appointed head of the Federal Communications Commission. The move Thursday means “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” will return to local TV on Nexstar’s 28 ABC affiliates, from…

A Spirit Airlines aircraft undergoes operations in preparation for departure at the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Austin, Texas, on Feb. 12, 2024.Brandon Bell | Getty ImagesSpirit Airlines told staff Friday that it’s suspending about 40 routes, finalizing a 25% cut to its November schedule as it scrambles to slash costs in bankruptcy and focus on profitable flights.”While the news has been tough, we believe the clarity will help us move forward as a team,” Rana Ghosh, Spirit’s chief commercial officer, said in a note to employees, which was seen by CNBC.Earlier this week Spirit said it plans to furlough about…

by Mark Chesnut Last updated: 7:00 AM ET, Fri September 26, 2025 Hilton’s growth across the Caribbean and Latin America (CALA) is showing no signs of slowing down, according to Pablo Maturana (PM), the company’s new vice president of development for the region. After a record-breaking 2024, Hilton is pressing forward with what Maturana calls “accelerated expansion.”  In this exclusive interview, he discusses Hilton’s new hotel pipeline and which destinations are the hottest for development.  TP: What are your main goals in leading Hilton’s CALA development?PM: My primary goal is to build on Hilton’s exceptional momentum in the CALA region and…

Silicon Valley flooded the news this week with headlines about wild AI infrastructure investments. Nvidia said it would invest up to $100 billion in OpenAI. Then OpenAI said it would build out five more Stargate AI data centers with Oracle and Softbank, adding gigawatts of new capacity online in the coming years. And it was later revealed that Oracle sold $18 billion in bonds to pay for these data centers. On their own, each deal is dizzying in scale. But in aggregate, we see how Silicon Valley is moving heaven and Earth to give OpenAI enough power to train and…

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Federal immigration agents have detained the head administrator of Iowa’s capital city public schools after a “targeted enforcement operation,” authorities said Friday. Des Moines Public Schools Superintendent Ian Roberts was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcements agents Friday morning in possession of a loaded handgun, cash and a hunting knife, according to a statement by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Authorities said he tried to evade arrest.ICE officials said Roberts was in the U.S. on an expired student visa and was given a final order of removal by an immigration judge in May 2024.…

by Lacey Pfalz Last updated: 8:00 AM ET, Fri September 26, 2025 There’s been a lot of great hotel and resort news recently, but also some insights into the latest cooling of the U.S. hospitality industry. As all-inclusive resorts regain popularity, hotel giants are continuing expanding their all-inclusive offerings from the Caribbean to the Red Sea. One such opening is the Dreams Playa Esmeralda Resort & Spa, part of the Inclusive Collection.  Beyond global growth, new reports have found that U.S. hoteliers are more hesitant to invest and develop than last year, with 30 percent reporting declines in leisure stays, and…