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Sunday, Jan 25th, 2026 -
Tensions are escalating in Minneapolis after Alex Jeffrey Pretti, a U.S. citizen, was killed during an encounter with immigration officials on Saturday morning. Immigration officials said Pretti was shot several times shortly after 9 a.m. local time when federal officers were conducting a targeted operation against a different man who was undocumented and wanted for assault. Here is what to know. The victim was an ...
Source: npr.org
Sunday, Jan 25th, 2026 -
Canadian prime minister Mark Carney has urged citizens to back domestic businesses and workers under a new "Buy Canadian" policy, hours after US President Donald Trump threatened to impose 100 per cent tariffs on Canadian goods if Ottawa proceeded with trade deals with China. In a video posted on his X account, Carney framed the policy as a response to growing economic pressure from abroad. Trump Threatens Canada ...
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Sunday, Jan 25th, 2026 -
( The Hill ) — Several Senate Democrats on Saturday came out against a bill funding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) after another deadly shooting by federal authorities in Minneapolis earlier in the day. "Trump's endless empowerment of federal immigration agents has resulted in yet another senseless killing," Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) wrote on the social platform X . "This brutal crackdown has to ...
Source: wfla.com
Sunday, Jan 25th, 2026 -
President Donald Trump commended British soldiers who fought in Afghanistan in a social media post on Saturday, backtracking on remarks he made that attracted criticism from NATO allies. In an interview Thursday, Trump had claimed troops from non-American NATO countries had stayed off the "front lines" during the war in Afghanistan. The comments drew fierce criticism across Europe, including from British Prime ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Sunday, Jan 25th, 2026 -
US climber takes an hour and half to scale one of Asia's tallest buildings without ropes or a harness The US rock climber Alex Honnold climbed one of Asia's tallest skyscrapers without ropes or a harness on Sunday, fulfilling an ambition that began more than a decade ago and which he hoped would inspire people to pursue their own challenges because "time is finite". Honnold, who starred in the 2019 Oscar-winning ...
Source: theguardian.com
Saturday, Jan 24th, 2026 -
A cluster of shark attacks along the New South Wales coastline has unsettled swimmers and surfers, particularly in Sydney, where several incidents occurred within just two days. While shark bites are always distressing, experts say the recent surge can be explained by a rare combination of environmental and seasonal factors rather than a sudden change in shark behaviour. Authorities have urged people to stay out of ...
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Saturday, Jan 24th, 2026 -
As millions of Americans hunker down for a massive winter storm sweeping the country, new maps are offering updated forecasts of snow and ice accumulations. More than 200 million people are under winter storm threats as snow, sleet, and freezing rain began to move across impacted areas — with possible dangerous conditions forecast across 35 states . Nineteen states and Washington, D.C., declared ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Saturday, Jan 24th, 2026 -
More talks are expected, however, with a US official saying 'I don't think we're so far away' from a Putin-Zelensky meeting Reading Time: 3 minutes Ukraine and Russia ended a second day of US-brokered talks in Abu Dhabi on Saturday without a deal but with more talks expected next weekend, even as overnight Russian air strikes knocked out power for over a million Ukrainians amid sub-zero winter cold. Statements ...
Source: scmp.com
Friday, Jan 23rd, 2026 -
Jan. 23 (UPI) -- Two were killed and another survived a lethal kinetic strike on an alleged drug vessel in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, U.S. Southern Command announced on Friday. Personnel with Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted the strike "on a vessel operated by designated terrorist organizations" at the direction of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Southcom officials said in a news release . "Intelligence ...
Source: upi.com