Tuesday, January 27, 2026

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The problem is far bigger than Jeffrey Epstein | Rebecca Solnit

On 2 July, the jury delivered a guilty verdict on some of the charges against the music mogul Sean Combs, accused of horrific sexual abuse of women with the help of his extensive staff and deep pockets. He’s also...

The best way to age? Forget the longevity bros – and be more Mariah Carey

Big news, everyone: time is cancelled. Mariah Carey says so. “I don’t allow it – it just doesn’t happen,” the diva delle dive told Harper’s Bazaar. “I don’t know time. I don’t know numbers. I do not acknowledge time.”...

Nish Kumar looks back: ‘My parents had to bribe me with Crunchies and Batman pens to stay in school’

Born in 1985 in Tooting, London, Nish Kumar is a comic and presenter. He started standup while at Durham University and has twice been nominated for best show at the Edinburgh comedy awards. He fronted topical comedy news series...

Small earthquake rattles New Jersey and New York City

A small earthquake rattled the New York metropolitan area on Saturday night.The US Geological Survey (USGS) said the tremor had a magnitude of 3.0.It hit in the New Jersey suburb of Hasbrouck Heights, less than 8 miles (13km) west...

British man dies after falling ill at hair transplant clinic in Turkey

A British man has died after starting a hair transplant procedure in Istanbul.Martyn Latchman, 38, from Milton Keynes, who left a 16-year career in teaching last year to become a defence contractor, died last week after becoming unwell during...

Ukrainian attack sparks blaze at Russian oil depot as countries trade strikes

An overnight Ukrainian drone attack on an oil depot near the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi has ignited a raging fire, as the two countries traded strikes at the end of one of the deadliest weeks in Ukraine...

Ninety laptops, millions of dollars: US woman jailed over North Korea remote-work scam

In March 2020, about the time the Covid pandemic started, Christina Chapman, a woman who lived in Arizona and Minnesota, received a message on LinkedIn asking her to “be the US face” of a company and help overseas IT...

Legal cases could prise open Epstein cache despite Trump’s blocking effort

On the campaign trail, Donald Trump vowed that his administration would release a tranche of documents in the criminal investigation into disgraced late financier Jeffrey Epstein.But since Trump returned to the White House, his promises have fallen flat, with...

Michigan’s governor replaces clean energy advocate on utilities board with ‘industry ally’

Michigan’s governor, Gretchen Whitmer, has effectively ousted a clean energy advocate from serving on a board that regulates the state’s energy utilities monopoly, and replaced her with someone who environmental groups charge is an “industry ally”, campaigners say.The groups...

The US immigration system is being militarized. Now is the time to stand up | Kica Matos

On the Fourth of July, President Trump signed his sweeping signature domestic policy bill into law. He called it “beautiful”. I would call it a grave and existential threat to our already precarious democracy.Perhaps the biggest headline to emerge...
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Sydney’s huge Gaza protest shows there’s now no stopping the tide of public opinion | Sarah Malik

The rain couldn’t stop us. At least 100,000 people took over the CBD and marched across Sydney’s Harbour Bridge...
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