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Monday, Feb 2nd, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article Donald Trump is mentioned more than 3,000 times in the new tranche of three million documents The U.S. Justice Department released millions of files related to the case of convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein on Friday, shedding further light on his expansive network of high ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Monday, Feb 2nd, 2026 -
Restoring the Rafah-Egypt crossing is a vital milestone for the peace process, concluding the long closure enforced by the Israeli military Reading Time: 3 minutes Gaza's Rafah border crossing with Egypt reopened on Monday for limited traffic, a key step in the Israeli-Hamas ceasefire but a mostly symbolic development on the ground as few people will be allowed to travel in either direction and no goods will be ...
Source: scmp.com
Monday, Feb 2nd, 2026 -
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Bad Bunny won album of the year at the 2026 Grammy Awards for his critically-acclaimed "Debí Tirar Más Fotos," closing out a surprising and history-making night. It is the first time a Spanish-language album has taken home the top prize. "Puerto Rico, believe me when I tell you that we are much bigger than 100 by 35," he said in his acceptance speech in Spanish, referring to a ...
Source: cleveland.com
Monday, Feb 2nd, 2026 -
The president says the building is "dilapidated". But critics claim the closure is to deflect from cancellations that followed his decision to rename the memorial to JFK. Donald Trump has said the Kennedy Center will close for two years in plans that are fuelling the growing controversy over the Washington DC arts venue. The national cultural centre opened in 1971 and was named after President John F. Kennedy by ...
Source: news.sky.com
Monday, Feb 2nd, 2026 -
Feb. 2 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump has threatened to sue Trevor Noah over a joke the comedian made while hosting Sunday night's Grammy Awards. "It looks like I'll be sending my lawyers to sue this poor, pathetic, talentless dope of an M.C., and suing him for plenty$," Trump said Sunday night in a statement on his Truth Social media platform. Trump frequently pursues lawsuits against critics and media ...
Source: upi.com
Monday, Feb 2nd, 2026 -
A shirtless Justin Bieber, only in his underwear and socks, strolled onto the Grammys stage Sunday with a purple guitar strapped around his neck. The audience erupted in cheers the second Bieber's soulful vocals filled Crypto.com Arena. The pop star took the Grammys stage for the first time in four years. Bieber gave an early performance during the 68th Grammy Awards with a stripped-down rendition of his ...
Source: latimes.com
Monday, Feb 2nd, 2026 -
Pakistani security forces have killed at least 145 fighters in the restive Balochistan province in a manhunt launched after a series of coordinated gun and bomb attacks that left nearly 50 people dead. The announcement on Sunday came a day after the attacks, which began early on Saturday at multiple locations across southwestern Balochistan and left 31 civilians, including five women, and 17 security personnel ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Monday, Feb 2nd, 2026 -
PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. — Punxsutawney Phil is said to be predicting six more weeks of wintry weather after he saw his shadow Monday. His annual prediction was translated by his handlers at Gobbler's Knob in western Pennsylvania. The Punxsutawney Groundhog Club says that when Phil is deemed to have not seen his shadow, that means there will be an early spring. When he does see it, it's six more weeks of winter. ...
Source: npr.org
Monday, Feb 2nd, 2026 -
said Monday it had summoned all of the European Union ambassadors in the Islamic Republic to protest the bloc's listing of the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard as a terror group. The move came as Turkey tried to organize a meeting between the U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff and Iranian officials, seeking to jump-start talks to ease the against the Islamic Republic, two Turkish officials said. The American military ...
Source: news4jax.com
Sunday, Feb 1st, 2026 -
Feb. 1 (UPI) -- Carlos Alcaraz's pressure and shot selection made Novak Djokovic appear as if he donned lead loafers in wet cement en route to his first Australian Open title Sunday in Melbourne. "I think nobody knows how hard "I've been working to get this trophy," Alcaraz said in the ESPN broadcast. "It was a bit of a roller coaster emotionally. ... We just did the right work. My team was pushing me every day to ...
Source: upi.com
Sunday, Feb 1st, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article Liam Conejo Ramos and his father released from ICE detention center in Texas and return home to Minnesota A five-year-old boy and his father, who were detained by federal immigration agents and taken to an immigration detention facility in Texas have returned to Minneapolis after ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Sunday, Feb 1st, 2026 -
The former cabinet minister, who was sacked as US ambassador last year because of his past connections to Epstein, appeared in the latest release of files by the US Department of Justice on Friday. Documents suggest Epstein made $75,000 (£55,000) in payments to Lord Mandelson in three separate $25,000 transactions in 2003 and 2004. He added: "Allegations which I believe to be false that he made financial ...
Source: bbc.co.uk
Sunday, Feb 1st, 2026 -
You can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump has threatened legal action against author Michael Wolff and the estate of Jeffrey Epstein, insisting a newly released trove of Epstein-related files clears him of wrongdoing. Trump was aboard Air Force One during a flight to Palm Beach, Florida, on Saturday when he responded to a reporter's question about the more than 3 million Epstein-related ...
Source: foxnews.com
Sunday, Feb 1st, 2026 -
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Russian drone strike on the Ukrainian city of Dnipro hit a bus carrying mineworkers and killed at least a dozen people, Ukrainian authorities said Sunday, hours after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that the next round of peace talks between Russian and Ukrainian delegations will take place on Wednesday and Thursday. The strike injured several more people and sparked a fire that ...
Source: apnews.com
Sunday, Feb 1st, 2026 -
Witnesses say protest outside ICE facility was peaceful until agents deployed teargas and rubber bullets around children The mayor of Portland , Oregon , demanded US Immigration and Customs Enforcement leave his city after federal agents launched teargas at a crowd of demonstrators – including young children – outside an ICE facility during a weekend protest that he and others characterized as peaceful. ...
Source: theguardian.com
Sunday, Feb 1st, 2026 -
Jesus Ochoa and Raymundo Gutierrez are both officers with Customs and Border Protection, ProPublica reports Government documents have identified the two federal officers who fatally shot Alex Pretti in Minneapolis as Jesus Ochoa, a border patrol agent, and Raymundo Gutierrez, an officer with Customs and Border Protection (CBP), according to ProPublica . According to those records, Ochoa, 43, and Gutierrez, 35, were ...
Source: theguardian.com
Saturday, Jan 31st, 2026 -
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Source: huffpost.com