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Lead: Narges Mohammadi, the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, was handed a new prison term on Feb. 8, 2026, bringing the total time she faces to 17 years, her foundation and lawyers said. The 53-year-old activist ended a six-day hunger strike on Feb. 8 after being hospitalized amid worsening health, the Narges Foundation reported. Authorities … Read more

Israel’s president, Isaac Herzog, began a four-day visit to Australia on Monday, arriving in Sydney to meet survivors and families of the 14 December Bondi terror attack that left 15 people dead. At the Bondi Pavilion memorial he and his wife, Michal Herzog, laid a wreath and placed two stones from Jerusalem in a gesture … Read more

Iranian authorities have detained several senior figures from the country’s reformist political camp, the Financial Times reports. The arrests, announced in press coverage this week, target politicians who have long pushed for greater social and political freedoms inside the Islamic Republic. Officials and state-aligned outlets frame the detentions as security or legal measures; reformist circles … Read more

Super Bowl 60 drew a high-profile crowd as celebrities turned out to support NFL teams and enjoy the championship spectacle. On Feb. 8, 2026, dozens of entertainment, sports and business figures were photographed at the game while the New England Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks faced off. Stars ranged from music and film heavyweights to … Read more

Lead: The 2026 Super Bowl delivered a headline-making football finish — the Seattle Seahawks won the title in a highly anticipated rematch with the New England Patriots — but a large portion of the audience tuned in for the ads. Halftime featured Bad Bunny, marking the first solo, Spanish-language-dominant performer to headline the show. Between … Read more

Lead After Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl LX halftime performance, social media circulated a claim that five-year-old Liam Ramos — detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Minnesota on Jan. 20, 2026 — appeared in the show. That assertion was amplified by several outlets and posts but proved incorrect. The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed … Read more

Lead: Japan’s snap election produced a decisive result: Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) captured a historic landslide in the House of Representatives, winning 316 of 465 seats and securing a two‑thirds majority. Markets reacted immediately — the Nikkei briefly crossed 57,000 and Japanese stocks hit record highs on Monday while the yen … Read more

Coinbase returned to the Super Bowl with a deliberately minimal 60-second spot styled like a bar karaoke screen, projecting lyrics to the 1997 Backstreet Boys song “Everybody (Backstreet’s Back)” and opening with the line “Oh my god we’re back again.” The company designed the ad to feel intentionally low-tech — basic computer animation and simple … Read more

Lead On Feb. 7 in Charlotte, N.C., the Atlantic Coast Conference fined the University of North Carolina $50,000 after unauthorized fans stormed the court following UNC’s 71-68 victory over Duke. The penalty was assessed under the ACC’s event security policy, which aims to protect players, coaches, officials and spectators. UNC accepted the sanction, saying it … Read more

Lead Brenton Tarrant, the Australian who killed 51 people at two Christchurch mosques in March 2019, told New Zealand’s Court of Appeal on Monday that harsh prison conditions rendered him irrational and compelled him to admit guilt in March 2020. A three-judge panel in Wellington will hear up to five days of evidence on his … Read more

Sam Darnold, the Seahawks quarterback, capped an unlikely journey by becoming a Super Bowl champion in Super Bowl LX, a 29-13 Seattle victory over the New England Patriots. Once the No. 3 overall pick, Darnold was traded by the Jets three years after his selection and cycled through the Panthers and 49ers before his sixth … Read more

Lead On Feb. 8, 2026, NASA and SpaceX confirmed a four-person replacement crew—Commander Jessica Meir, Jack Hathaway, ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot and cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev—will lift off Wednesday atop a Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 6:01 a.m. EST. The team is scheduled to rendezvous with the International Space Station Thursday and … Read more

Lead: On 9 February 2026, former BBC presenter Andrew Marr told LBC he expects Prime Minister Keir Starmer to step down within days after Morgan McSweeney resigned as Downing Street chief of staff. The resignation followed criticism over Starmer’s knowledge of Lord Peter Mandelson’s continued contact with Jeffrey Epstein at the time of Mandelson’s appointment … Read more

Lead This week’s high-profile lawsuits against Meta and YouTube (Google), part of a wider set of claims that also named Snap Inc and TikTok, allege that major social platforms seriously harmed children’s mental health and contributed to conditions including depression, self-harm and suicide. The first trial — brought by a plaintiff identified as KGM, now … Read more

Feb 8, 2026 — In Santa Clara, Calif., Seahawks running back Kenneth Walker III was named Most Valuable Player of Super Bowl LX after Seattle defeated the New England Patriots 29-13. Walker rushed for 135 yards on 27 carries and added 26 receiving yards on two catches, anchoring a game in which he produced more … Read more