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NewsFeedThe US and Iran both say they want a diplomatic solution to their standoff and regional players are increasingly intervening, but a growing military buildup and conflicting accounts about the state of negotiations are casting doubt on the possibility.Published On 30 Jan 202630 Jan 2026Click here to share on social mediashare2Share Source link
United States skier Lindsey Vonn among three crashes in Crans-Montana in Switzerland with race eventually cancelled.Lindsey Vonn crashed in her final downhill before the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics and was left limping and keeping weight off her left knee before being airlifted to hospital – throwing into doubt the 41-year-old’s spectacular skiing comeback.Vonn – who was expected to be one of the stars of the Olympics but now faces uncertainty over her status – lost control on Friday when landing a jump in a World Cup race held in difficult conditions with low visibility and ended up tangled in the…
Dhaka, Bangladesh – As boatman Ripon Mridha washed his feet early in the morning after a night of fishing in Bangladesh’s mighty Padma River, his eyes scanned the walls and shutters of the shops in the neighbourhood market.Until recently, the neighbourhood in central Bangladesh’s Rajbari district was plastered with large posters and banners, with the faces of local politicians belonging to former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League party looming large.Today, those signs are gone, leaving little traces of a party that ruled over Bangladesh for 15 years before a student-led uprising in 2024 toppled Hasina’s iron-fisted government and forced her into exile…
Venezuela’s interim President Delcy Rodriguez has signed into law a reform bill that will pave the way for increased privatisation in the South American country’s nationalised oil sector, fulfilling a key demand from her United States counterpart, Donald Trump.On Thursday, Rodriguez held a signing ceremony with a group of state oil workers. She hailed the reform as a positive step for Venezuela’s economy.- list of 3 itemsend of list“We’re talking about the future. We are talking about the country that we are going to give to our children,” Rodriguez said.The ceremony came within hours of the National Assembly – dominated…
Airports use technology for passenger flow, baggage tracking and predictive maintenance to enhance efficiency and experience.As global air passenger traffic is forecast to hit 10.2 billion in 2026, a 3.9 percent year-on-year increase, investments have been pouring in to improve airport infrastructure and operational efficiency and use artificial intelligence to achieve it.Working with data released by Airport Council International, airports are relying on the increasing use of AI to embrace the rise in demand.- list of 3 itemsend of listAI is now being embedded in airports’ workflows to reshape everything from passenger flow management to airside maintenance, cybersecurity, lost luggage…
When Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo was released in 1999, the renowned film critic Roger Ebert wrote, “It’s the kind of picture those View n’ Brew theaters were made for, as long as you don’t view.” When the sequel Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo came out in 2005, Ebert was harsher still, describing it as “aggressively bad, as if it wants to cause suffering to the audience.”Playing the title role of a tropical fish tank-cleaner-turned-gigolo was Rob Schneider. For the sequel, Schneider won the Golden Raspberry Award for “Worst Actor”, and in 2010, he was nominated for “Worst Actor of the Decade”.Some…
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimates that ongoing operations will cost $93m a month.United States President Donald Trump’s deployment of troops in major US cities in 2025 cost nearly $500m, according to the latest estimates from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO).Trump last year activated more than 10,000 National Guard soldiers and active-duty marines and sent them to Los Angeles, Washington, DC, Memphis, Portland, Chicago and New Orleans in what the president claimed was an effort to deter crime and protect federal immigration enforcement.- list of 4 itemsend of list“Since June 2025, the Administration has deployed National Guard personnel or…
Benfica beat Real 4-2 which sends both teams into Champions League playoffs, as Madrid miss out on top eight.Goalkeeper Anatoliy Trubin scored an astonishing 98th-minute header as Benfica beat Real Madrid 4-2 to keep themselves in the Champions League and deny their illustrious opponents an automatic spot in the last 16.In an extraordinary finale on Wednesday, the Portuguese side were heading out despite leading 3-2 with seconds of stoppage time remaining before Trubin came forward for a free kick to score the goal needed to sneak into the playoff round on goal difference.- list of 4 itemsend of listThat sparked…
Eleven countries have condemned Israel’s demolition of the East Jerusalem headquarters of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees, saying it “marks the latest unacceptable move to undermine” UNRWA’s work.In a joint statement on Wednesday, the foreign ministers of Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Ireland, Japan, Norway, Portugal, Spain and the United Kingdom slammed the demolition as an “unprecedented act” against a UN agency.- list of 3 itemsend of list“We call upon the Government of Israel, a member of the United Nations, to halt all demolitions,” they said.Israel has carried out an intensified pressure campaign against UNRWA, which provides aid…
Sudan has moved to the forefront of the global humanitarian landscape, now hosting the world’s largest internal displacement crisis. According to the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR), approximately 14 million people have been forced from their homes within the country.These staggering figures in Sudan are part of a broader global surge in forced displacement. UNHCR estimates suggest the number of forcibly displaced people worldwide exceeded 122 million by the first half of 2025.However, amid geopolitical shifts sweeping the Middle East, a countertrend has emerged. For the first time in a decade, the global number of displaced persons dropped by 5.9…
