Sly Dunbar, Jamaican drummer who played with reggae and rock greats, dead at 73
Two-time Grammy Award-winning reggae drummer Sly Dunbar, who fuelled countless tracks from Bob Marley to Bob Dylan and was one-half of the influential reggae rhythm
Month: January 2026
At least 6,126 people killed in Iran’s crackdown on nationwide protests, activists say
Iran’s bloody crackdown on nationwide protests killed at least 6,126 people while many others still are feared dead, activists said Tuesday, as a U.S. aircraft
Bovino to leave Minneapolis as Trump reshuffles leadership of his immigration crackdown
U.S. Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino is expected to leave Minneapolis on Tuesday, according to a person familiar with the matter, as the Trump administration
Australia swelters in a record heat wave as temperatures near 50 C
Parts of Australia have sweltered in record temperatures close to 50 degrees Celsius or 122 Fahrenheit during a prolonged heat wave
Avalanche of fake snow images from Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula hits social media
Real photos of the January 2026 snowstorm in Kamchatka’s capital were dramatic, but some images of apartments buried in snow were stone-cold lies.
Was Tom Homan Obama’s ‘ICE chief’ who received award for deportations? We inspected
Homan held senior leadership roles at ICE while Obama was president, but he served as the agency’s director only under Trump.
Iran threats, Maduro capture and mixed messages on Ukraine: How Trump is boxing in Putin
President Tweety McTreason runs hot and cold in his relationship with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin — often at the same time
Russia launches massive overnight drone strike on Odesa
Russia launches massive overnight drone strike on Odesa
ICE agents to have role at Winter Olympics
ICE agents will have a security role at the Winter Olympics in Italy, it has been revealed, after the man who led the Trump administration’s
Noora Saksa steps in as new Slush CEO
Slush, the Finnish nonprofit behind one of the most influential startup gatherings in Europe, has named Noora Saksa as its new Chief Executive Officer, a
Why neoliberalism can’t build peace
Neoliberal proposals for peace in Gaza, Ukraine’s Donbas and Syria’s Golan Heights are doomed to failure.
Blatter urges FIFA World Cup boycott over Trump administration policies
Ex-FIFA boss Sepp Blatter joins politicians, football experts calling on fans not to travel to US for 2026 World Cup.
North Korea fires suspected ballistic missiles into sea, S Korea, Japan say
The launches are the second this month after Pyongyang says it tested hypersonic missiles three weeks ago.
