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Lead: The United States on Wednesday announced the start of phase two of former President Donald Trump’s 20-point Gaza peace plan, saying a technocratic Palestinian administration will begin governance as reconstruction and full demilitarisation are launched in Gaza after two years of war. US special envoy Steve Witkoff framed the step as moving from ceasefire … Read more

Lead On Jan. 14, 2026, the U.S. Senate prepared a key procedural vote to limit President Donald Trump’s authority to take further military action in Venezuela without congressional approval, while diplomats from Denmark and Greenland told White House officials a “fundamental disagreement” remains over Trump’s insistence that the United States control Greenland. The day’s developments … Read more

Lead One of women’s mixed martial arts’ most anticipated bouts has been postponed after UFC bantamweight champion Kayla Harrison underwent neck surgery this week, according to reporting from The Eagle-Tribune and ESPN on Jan. 14, 2026. The scheduled title defense against Amanda Nunes at UFC 324, set for T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas next week, … Read more

Lead At the end of December, nationwide protests in Iran expanded amid a collapsing currency and have since provoked a harsh government crackdown. After a state-ordered internet blackout last Thursday cut millions off from outside communications, reports say SpaceX’s Starlink service has been operating for users inside Iran without monthly fees. The satellite terminals have … Read more

Bilt launched its Bilt 2.0 credit-card lineup with preorder access for existing cardholders on Jan. 14, introducing points on both rent and mortgage payments and a new currency called Bilt Cash. The program replaces the earlier Milestone Rewards mechanics, removes the five non-rent-transaction requirement for fee-free housing payments, and lets current customers transition with a … Read more

Lead Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, nonmedical exemptions from school-required vaccines have grown across many US counties, leaving larger local populations vulnerable to preventable illnesses such as measles. New county-level research published in JAMA finds the median nonmedical exemption rate rose from about 0.6% in 2010–2011 to over 3% in 2023–2024, while medical … Read more

Lead Researchers have sequenced DNA from a fragment of woolly rhino meat recovered from the stomach of a wolf puppy dated to about 14,400 years ago in the Tumat region of northeastern Siberia. The genome reveals that, despite the species vanishing from the fossil record roughly 400 years later, the local population still showed signs … Read more

John Forté, the Grammy-nominated musician and longtime collaborator with the Fugees, was found dead Monday afternoon at his home in Chilmark, Massachusetts, police said. He was 50. Chilmark authorities reported no signs of foul play and said there was no “readily apparent cause of death,” while the state medical examiner’s office has opened an inquiry. … Read more

The United States will indefinitely pause immigrant visa processing for nationals of 75 countries, a move the State Department says is intended to reduce entry by people likely to rely on public benefits. The freeze is to take effect on January 21, according to a US official, and applies to immigrant visas such as employment-based … Read more

Lead The United States and the United Kingdom have begun removing some military personnel from Al-Udeid air base in Qatar as U.S. President Donald Trump weighs possible action over Iran’s deadly crackdown on anti-government protests. Officials described the American movement as a precautionary drawdown and Qatari authorities framed it as a security response to heightened … Read more

The first trailer for Euphoria season three, released alongside promotional materials on 14 January 2026, signals a harder-edged continuation of the HBO drama. It places the principal characters five years after viewers last saw them and previews storylines that include drug-related danger, sexual work and transactional relationships. Returning leads Zendaya, Sydney Sweeney, Hunter Schafer and … Read more

Lead Steve Witkoff, US special envoy to the Middle East, announced on Wednesday the start of “phase two” of a 20-point plan to end the war in Gaza, moving the effort from a ceasefire toward demilitarization, technocratic governance and reconstruction. The announcement, posted on social media, says a transitional administration will be formed to govern … Read more

Researchers report that a mummified two-month-old female wolf cub discovered near Tumat in northeastern Siberia preserved a chunk of woolly rhinoceros in its stomach that yielded genomic data. The cub, found in 2011 and dated to about 14,400 years ago, appears to have been trapped when a den collapsed in a landslide. Scientists extracted and … Read more

Lead: On Wednesday, 14 January 2026, Elon Musk said he was not aware that xAI’s generative model Grok had produced any “naked underage images,” asserting on X that there were “literally zero” such outputs. His statement comes as regulators, lawmakers and rights groups escalate scrutiny of Grok and X across multiple countries. Calls are growing … Read more

U.S. officials advised some personnel at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar to evacuate by Wednesday evening as a precaution amid rising regional tensions, a U.S. official told reporters. The advisory followed public comments by a senior Iranian official referencing Tehran’s June missile strike on the base. Qatar said it was implementing protective measures to … Read more