WHO says Nipah virus risk low in India with no sign of spread

Gaza’s Rafah crossing with Egypt to reopen on Sunday, Israel says

JERUSALEM, Jan 30 (Reuters) - Israel will reopen the Rafah border crossing on Sunday for people to travel between Gaza and Egypt, the Israeli government agency that coordinates civilian policy in Gaza, COGAT, said on Friday. "The return of residents from Egypt to the Gaza Strip

Explainer-How does Iran's system of power work?

Jan 30 (Reuters) - The United States is considering new military strikes against the Islamic Republic of Iran over its deadly suppression of protests this month. The complexities of Iran's ruling system, the ideological nature of its support base, and the power of its

The Lord of the Rings proves fantasy movies don't need to be accurate, just faithful

The Lord of the Rings is still making millions at the box office, but its lessons on what makes a good fantasy adaptation went unheard.

Wealth inequality and the 'K-shaped' economy are more striking than ever, data shows

The K-shaped economy is as apparent than ever and isn't going away anytime soon, economists say.

Why Zohran Mamdani’s commie compulsions aren’t causing bond investors to panic

The smart money is betting he either won't or can't blow up city coffers.

Democrats have no credibility until they replace Cuellar on Appropriations

While the Midwest and East Coast huddled against the snow, American families watched in horror as Border Patrol agents disarmed, tackled and unloaded a full clip into Alex Pretti, an American citizen and intensive care nurse with the Veterans' Administration. Moments later,

David Jonsson and Tom Blyth’s Prison Thriller ‘Wasteman’ to Screen for Free in Over 100 U.K. Theaters (Exclusive)

BFI-supported initiative Escapes is designed to make cinema more accessible by showing movies for free across Britain each month.

Africa: Lessons for Africa From U.S. Military Action in Venezuela

[ISS] Had Maduro enjoyed undisputed electoral legitimacy, his capture by a foreign power would have been far more costly.

Trump announces Kevin Warsh as Fed chair nominee

President Trump early Friday nominated former Federal Reserve board member Kevin Warsh to be the central bank's next chair. "I am pleased to announce that I am nominating Kevin Warsh to be the CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM," Trump wrote on

Why hospitality skills can help all businesses adapt to the AI revolution

The future of work is being rewritten by artificial intelligence (AI)—but technology competence alone will not be enough to empower the workforce of the future. While AI has massive potential to improve efficiency, accuracy, and productivity in the workplace, it's less clear

GRRM’s gold call: A 2024 forecast that held

Subscribe now with a one-month trial for only $1, then enjoy the first year at an exclusive rate of just $99. How GRRM anticipated gold’s breakoutAn analysis by David Goldman for GRRM in October 2024 argued gold was set for a structural repricing driven by dollar weaponization,

Moving on from Holocaust remembrance an affront, Yad Vashem chair tells Euronews

In November, Yad Vashem announced that the World Holocaust Remembrance Centre had established the identites of five of the six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust.

Why are Spain and Portugal growing twice as fast as the eurozone?

Iberian economies outperform peers, supported by strong domestic spending and thriving industries.

Why this overlooked Greek island is appearing on must-visit destination lists for 2026

Ios is setting itself apart from other Greek islands where tourism is straining local infrastructure and community resources.

Senate to try again on shutdown deal

Trump's Fed chair pick, ICE rollback in Maine, ACA enrollment drop, and Senate deal to avoid government shutdown faces delay.

Kazakhstan has embarked on large-scale reforms

In Strasbourg, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) adopted a written declaration entitled «Support for Kazakhstan’s Democratic Reforms and Regional Leadership». The document is high timely, given the real scale of the domestic political reforms that

Anatomy of a heat wave: How a cyclone, humid air and atmospheric waves drove brutal heat in southeastern Australia

Australia has always had heat waves. But this week's heat wave in southeastern Australia is something else. Temperatures in some inland towns in South Australia, New South Wales and Victoria were up to 20°C above average for the time of year, which meteorologists described as

Inside Syrian camp holding wives and children of suspected IS fighters

Kurdish-run prisons hold about 8,000 suspected IS fighters and around 34,000 of their family members in camps.

We know how to cool our cities and towns: So why aren't we doing it?

This week, Victoria recorded its hottest day in nearly six years. On Jan. 27, the northwest towns of Walpeup and Hopetoun reached 48.9°C, and the temperature in parts of Melbourne soared over 45°C. Towns in South Australia also broke heat records.

Israel military reported to accept death toll of around 70,000 in Gaza

JERUSALEM, Jan 30 (Reuters) - Israel's military has accepted that around 70,000 Palestinians were killed during the war in Gaza, after having earlier cast doubt on death tolls reported by the enclave's health officials, Israeli media reported on Friday citing senior military

To survive the new global order, international organsations must think like “middle-powers”

At Davos, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney finally said what was on everyone’s mind: the global order is dead and the dream of liberalism now rests with the middle-powers. As the US abdicates its role as a facilitator and chooses economic and ideological coercion above

Filing taxes for someone else? Here's how to do it safely

Filing taxes every year is an important and necessary task in Canada. But for many, tax preparation and filing can be overwhelming. One reason is that tax forms can sometimes be hard to interpret, especially because most people only deal with them once a year.

Musk weighs tech mega-merger across SpaceX, Tesla and xAI, reports say

Tech circles are buzzing over talks that could combine Musk’s space, AI, and electric vehicle businesses into a trillion-dollar group ahead of a potential SpaceX listing.

South Africa declares Israel's chargé d'affaires persona non grata

JOHANNESBURG, Jan 30 - South Africa has declared Israel's chargé d'affaires Ariel Seidman persona non grata, its foreign affairs ministry said on Friday.

At least 170 civilians killed in Myanmar air strikes during election: UN

There were more than 400 military air strikes during nearly two months, said the UN.

First lady of film: Melania Trump's documentary premieres at Kennedy Center

From private to very public, Melania Trump's documentary about the 20 days leading up to Donald Trump's return to the White House has premiered at the Kennedy Center. It will be screened at more than 1,500 cinemas around the world ahead of its global release on Amazon Prime.

At least 170 civilians killed in Myanmar airstrikes during election: UN

More than 400 airstrikes were conducted during the voting period between December 2025 and January 2026.

Beyond keywords: Review flags bias and reliability gaps in disaster social media research

Far from simply a source of unstructured online content, disaster management in the digital age can be supported by careful analysis of online social-media data, suggests a paper published in Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences (NHESS) titled "Social Media for Managing

NASA-ISRO radar mission peers through clouds to see Mississippi River Delta

A U.S.-Indian Earth satellite's ability to see through clouds, revealing insights and characteristics of our planet's surface, is on display in a colorful, newly released image showing the Mississippi River Delta region in southeastern Louisiana.

Why Iran's response to a US attack could be different this time

Tehran has threatened to treat an attack by the US as part of last summer's war, and its response could be more dramatic.

Microsoft says the Windows 11 boot failure bug is linked to another buggy update: 'This issue can occur on devices that failed to install the December 2025 security update and were left in an improper state'

Bugs upon bugs.

Becoming Caravaggio

Mass layoffs at the MFA Boston, the Newark Museum of Art gets a new director, and why we can never get enough of Caravaggio.

Turkey leads Iran diplomatic push as Trump softens strike threat

Iran's foreign minister was in Turkey on Friday as Ankara led a diplomatic push to mediate between Tehran and Washington, after US President Donald Trump cooled threats of an imminent strike on the Islamic republic. Tehran and Washington have been trading warnings since Trump

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Baby dinosaurs were common prey for Late Jurassic predators, reconstructed food web suggests

Babies and very young sauropods—the long-necked, long-tailed plant-eaters that in adulthood were the largest animals to have ever walked on land—were a key food sustaining predators in the Late Jurassic, according to a new study led by a UCL (University College London)

What Bari Weiss Doesn’t Get About CBS News

At an all-staff meeting on Tuesday, CBS News’s editor in chief Bari Weiss—perhaps the record-holder for the fastest the word embattled has ever been appended in front of a new job title—laid out her vision for the network she had taken the reins of only a few weeks earlier .

Trump’s First National Bank of Scams Is Coming

Have you heard about the proposed First National Bank of Trump? I get paid to know such things, but this kleptocratic scheme tiptoed past me earlier this month while I was distracted by our invasion of Venezuela ; the phony criminal investigation of Jerome Powell ; the

New $65K private school uses AI to teach students in just two hours a day — in Silicon Valley bid to shake up US education

It claims that its students learn twice as fast and score in the top 1% to 2% on MAP testing, a nationwide measure of growth in reading and math for K-8 students.

Netflix’s Conquest of Hollywood is Complete

It was hardly a surprise to anyone when, in December, Bloomberg broke the news that Warner Bros. president and CEO David Zaslav had agreed to sell the historic studio. Ever since Zaslav took over the company in 2021, the former cable television lawyer showed seemingly no

Katharine Burr Blodgett’s legacy comes to light

The Lost Women of Science team uncovers Katharine Burr Blodgett’s overlooked brilliance

Jane Birkin and the Art of Authenticity

In 2022, Charlotte Gainsbourg brought her mother, Jane Birkin, to her deceased father’s apartment in Paris’s 7th arrondissement and recorded the visit in her documentary, Jane by Charlotte . She was preparing to transform the residence into a museum—which is now open to the

Federal school choice tax credit program struggles to get blue state traction

So far, 23 states have joined the new federal tax-credit program that allows individuals to donate to organizations that give scholarships for private school tuition or extra support services for public school students. With mostly Republican states joining the program,

Democrats say they are seeing signs of a fundraising boost amid outrage over ICE

Democratic donors say that the fatal shootings by federal agents in Minnesota this month have not only generated outrage in key fundraising circles but have compelled many to open up their checkbooks. In more than half a dozen interviews with The Hill, major Democratic

AI health care is taking off in China, led by Jack Ma’s Ant Group

Ant’s health chatbot has become a top downloaded app in China as users seek personalized care they can’t get from the overburdened hospitals.

UN calls for 52-day pause in global wars ahead of Milan Cortina Winter Olympics

UN truce resolutions typically pass with broad majorities and received all 193 votes for the London Games in 2012. Yet signatories have repeatedly broken their own promises.

Afrobeats legend Fela Kuti to become first African to get Lifetime Achievement Award at Grammys

The award comes nearly 30 years after Fela Kuti's death, and two years after the Grammys introduced the Best African Performance category.

India arrests owner, manager after warehouse blaze kills 25

Rescuers are still combing through the debris for dozens more still feared missing.