Clashes reported after Syria and Kurdish-led forces agree ceasefire
An agreement between the government and the SDF will bring an autonomous region in the north-east under state control.
Month: January 2026
At the scene of Spain’s worst rail disaster in over a decade
The BBC’s Guy Hedgecoe visited the scene, where a large police cordon is in place.
Thirteen schoolchildren killed after bus collides with lorry in South Africa
The fatal collision is just the latest in South Africa, where the road safety record is poor.
What tariffs has Trump announced and why?
Trump’s volatile trade policy has thrown the world economy into chaos, and put some US prices up.
Investigators find broken joint on track at deadly Spanish rail crash site, source says
Experts probing the cause of Sunday’s derailment of a high-speed train in Spain, which killed at least 40 people, found a broken joint on the rails
European leaders push back on Trump’s tariff threat over Greenland
Tweety McTreason said he was “100 per cent” committed to following through on his threat to tariff eight countries as exasperated Danish and European officials
ICE temporarily detained educator Christina Rank in Minnesota. Here’s what we know
At some point, ICE vehicles and the teacher’s vehicle collided, but it’s unclear who hit whom.
Was anti-ICE journalist Laura Jedeed hired as deportation officer? Facts behind the claim
Jedeed, an independent journalist, wrote an article for Slate magazine in which she recounted ICE hiring her with minimal vetting.
‘Super-Earth’ exoplanet discovery is real, but it isn’t sending ‘strange signals’
The supposed “strange signals” were not mysterious at all, but commonly observed transit signals, according to NASA.
Photoshop Installer Runs on Linux Despite Adobe Not Giving a Damn For Years
Still early to say whether this will make it into Wine officially, this should rekindle some hope for Linux users and users-to-be who have been
Linux Gamers Are Finally Getting Their Own Browser
As Linux gaming continues growing past the 3% mark on Steam, Opera finally commits to native support.
What Trump tariff threat could mean for Europe’s economies
“A trade war is in no one’s interest”.
Brain structure changes linked to adaptability decline in aging adults
As people age, structural brain changes influence their ability to adapt to the environment. New from eNeuro, Tatiana Wolfe and colleagues at the University of
Interferon response key to fighting rhinovirus infections in nasal passages
When a rhinovirus, the most frequent cause of the common cold, infects the lining of our nasal passages, our cells work together to fight the