Month: January 2026

Flowers and candles laid by VA building in Washington as killing reverberates through nursing communityFor Nolan Lee, it felt like Minnesota in Washington DC on Wednesday night. Despite the most extreme cold in 150 years, about a thousand people gathered in front of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) headquarters, a block from the White House, to remember Alex Pretti and demand an end to funding for US immigration and […]

A lawsuit filed last week alleges tech firm ‘can access virtually all’ private communications, a claim the company has deniedUS authorities have reportedly investigated claims that Meta can read users’ encrypted chats on the WhatsApp messaging platform, which it owns.The reports follow a lawsuit filed last week, which claimed Meta “can access virtually all of WhatsApp users’ purportedly ‘private’ communications”. Continue reading...Source: www.theguardian.comRead full article

The Manchester city councillor was selected to fight the seat after a hustings event and vote by local membersThe Labour party has selected its candidate to fight the Gorton and Denton byelection.Angeliki Stogia, a Manchester city councillor, was chosen to fight the seat after a hustings event and vote by local members. Continue reading...Source: www.theguardian.comRead full article

Nato chief has glibly dismissed prospect of coping without US support, but in the age of Trump the case for autonomy is growingThe Nato secretary general, Mark Rutte, was typically blunt when he met members of the European parliament this week. From the dais of the blond-wood committee room in Brussels, he was clear: “If anyone thinks that the European Union, or Europe as a whole, can defend itself without […]

Israel carries out deadly attacks on Gaza a day before the Rafah crossing is due to reopen.Source: www.aljazeera.comRead full article

New York venue Madison Square Gardens issues warning before Teofimo Lopez vs Shakur Stevenson and Knicks vs Lakers bill.Source: www.aljazeera.comRead full article