Epstein Fallout Continues to Ripple Out
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🗓️ 9 February 2026
⏱️ 12 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | In a world full of noise, long-term thinking stands out. |
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| 0:32.5 | Japan's NICA notches a new record after the country's prime minister secures a powerful mandate in snap elections. |
| 0:40.4 | Plus, Epstein Files' revelations bring down the top aid to Britain's Prime Minister. |
| 0:45.7 | What we're seeing in the UK, which is different to the U.S., is a very real fallout that the Epstein files |
| 0:50.7 | in terms of people having their professional careers curtailed. |
| 0:55.4 | And SpaceX puts the red planet on hold, setting its sights on the moon. |
| 1:00.0 | It's Monday, February 9th. |
| 1:01.6 | I'm Luke Vargas for the Wall Street Journal, and here is the AM edition of Watts News, |
| 1:05.9 | the top headlines and business stories moving your world today. |
| 1:14.4 | Japan. headlines and business stories moving your world today. Japan's benchmark Nikai Stock Index has surged to a record high after Prime Minister |
| 1:19.7 | Sinai, Takahichi won a powerful mandate to deepen ties with the U.S. and rev up Japan's |
| 1:25.6 | economy. The landslide victory in yesterday's elections |
| 1:28.7 | gives Takeichi's government to more than two-thirds majority in Japan's lower house and the ability |
| 1:34.3 | to overrule the smaller upper house to push through its agenda. |
| 1:38.8 | Shares in Weight Loss drugmaker Novo Nordisk are rallying today after American telehealth |
| 1:43.6 | company Hems and |
| 1:44.5 | Hers dropped its plan to offer a knockoff version of Wigovi over the weekend. The move came |
| 1:50.2 | after the Food and Drug Administration threatened to restrict access to the ingredients that |
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