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<p>Donald Trump shares AI-generated picture of himself, vice president JD Vance and secretary of state, Marco Rubio, with an American flag on Greenland</p>

Politics

Trump trolls Greenland with AI picture of president planting flag on ‘US territory’

<p>A leading doctor who treated the late Vice President Dick Cheney has called for an investigation into President Donald Trump’s mental fitness</p>

politics

Dick Cheney’s doctor calls for investigation into Trump’s mental fitness

<p>Katie Miller, the wife of Stephen Miller, uses her social media platform to defend Trump and his allies while criticizing Democrats</p>

Politics

Stephen Miller’s wife brutally trolled over latest criticism of Gavin Newsom

<p>Scammers are leveraging Verizon’s $20 outage credit to steal consumers’ personal information</p>

News

A fake Verizon refund message is circulating after a massive outage last week. Here’s how to spot it

<p>The façade of Atari Hotel will feature patterning that echoes pixel grids</p>

Travel

Atari reveals designs for retro hotel that’ll take guests back to the 1970s gaming age, from Pong to Asteroids

Crime

Erika Kirk files paperwork in attempt to get speedy trial for the assassin accused of killing her husband

<p>Steven Meyer and his wife were shot at their home in Indiana by an unidentified attacker</p>

Crime

Indiana judge and his wife shot at their front door by suspect who claimed to have found their lost dog, police say

AnalysisTrump After One Year

The new Teflon Don: How Trump 2.0 has made reality optional

Trump After One Year

White House endures a year of gold leaf and wrecking balls as Trump plays decorator in chief

Trumppremium

Livetrump after one year

The president’s record-breaking 12 months of executive orders, White House demo and deportations

<p>Politicians split</p>

AnalysisTrump after one year

The unexpected GOP rebels: These Republicans have had enough of Trump after one year and are standing up to him

<p>Brooklyn Peltz Beckham, pictured with his wife Nicola Peltz Beckham has broken his silence to launch an astonishing attack on his parents David and Victoria Beckham</p>

LiveNews

David Beckham says ‘let children make mistakes’ after Brooklyn’s bombshell statement

Brooklyn addressed his long-standing feud in a six page statement posted to Instagram

<p>This year, the most prevalent variant is subclade K, which is a subtype of influenza H3N2.</p>

Health

Scientists explain why flu season is so bad across the US and Canada this year

<p>Mississippi tops the list for inactivity, followed by West Virginia and Arkansas, while Washington D.C., Colorado and Vermont have the lowest rates</p>

Health

A fifth of Americans report no physical activity at all outside of work

<p>Gavin Newsom has torn into world leaders for ‘rolling over’ for Donald Trump at this year’s World Economic Forum</p>

politics

Newsom roasts ‘pathetic’ world leaders at economic meeting over Trump appeasement: ‘I should have brought knee pads’

<p>Climate Penguins</p>

Researchers say Antarctic penguin breeding is heating up. That’s a problem

New personalized skin cancer treatment shows success in preventing return of high-risk melanoma

<p>Corbin Bleu, Monique Coleman, Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale and Lucas Grabeel jump and grin and siiiiing in the artwork for Disney’s ‘High School Musical’</p>

Two decades ago, High School Musical shook the planet – and changed 12-year-old girls forever

<p>Netflix’s new all-cash deal comes amid Paramount’s hostile takeover bid, which is now part of a lawsuit</p>

News

Netflix revises deal for Warner Bros. Discovery as streaming giant prepares to report earnings

Trump Marks One Year In Office

AnalysisTrump After One Year

Does JD Vance have what it takes to assume the MAGA mantle from Donald Trump?

<p>MAGA voters say JD Vance is generally the top pick to take over the Trump agenda in 2028, when the president will be term-limited from running again</p>

AnalysisTrump After One Year

Tariffs, ICE raids and ‘gunboat diplomacy’ ... Trump’s first year thrilled allies and shocked critics. What’s next?

<p>Donald Trump set out a peace plan to end the war between Israel and Hamas in 2025. Other conflicts already look close to reopening</p>

Trump After One year

How Donald Trump’s claims to have ended eight wars fall apart

<p>Donald Trump has said that if a deal for the US to buy Greenland isn't reached by the end of January, a 10 per cent tariff would come into force against the UK, along with Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Finland. It would increase to 25 per cent in June</p>

Trump After One Year

Why Trump’s chaotic pursuit of Greenland shows only one rule applies in his dangerous global power-grab

<p>Within weeks of Donald Trump returning to the White House, more than 80 percent of U.S. overseas aid programs were cut </p>

Trump After One Year

How Trump has brutally reshaped foreign aid since returning to the White House

<p>Political strategists say Democrats need to change their strategy moving into 2026</p>

Trump After One yearUS politics

‘What are Democrats doing?’: Strategists reveal anti-Trump futility

AnalysisTrump After One year

How Donald Trump broke Congress and rendered ‘separation of powers’ meaningless in just a year

AnalysisTrump After One year

I’m a White House reporter. Here’s the Trump admin you don’t see on TV

How Trump’s ‘deportation operation’ brought chaos to American streets

<p>The author (at right) in a gaggle with President Donald Trump aboard Air Force One on May 4, 2025 returning to the White House after spending the weekend in Florida</p>

Trump Reshapes The World

AnalysisPolitics

Trump somehow managed to combine his three least popular policies: Taking Greenland, seizing Canada and tariffs

US President Donald Trump has criticised the UK’s Chagos Islands deal with Mauritius (Leon Neal/PA)

<p>Scott Jennings said that people shouldn't get their 'knickers in a twist' over the Epstein files, sparking fury from Leigh McGowan</p>

politics

Trump wants church protesters 'thrown out of the country'

Politics

Trump claims Minneapolis church protesters are 'paid professionals' who should be 'thrown out of the country'

<p>Chongly ‘Scott’ Thao, a U.S. citizen, sits for a photo at his home Monday, Jan. 19, 2026, in St. Paul, Minn., the day after federal agents broke open his door and detained him without a warrant</p>

Politics

Fury as US citizen is removed from his home in underwear by ICE in apparent mistaken identity

<p>President Donald Trump, accompanied by his eldest daughter Ivanka and granddaughter Kai, got a thunderous reception at the College Football Playoff national championship game in Miami Monday night</p>

Politics

Trump gets thunderous reception at Miami vs Indiana game

<p>Trump-supporting gun owners pose outside the Utah State Capitol during a Second Amendment rally in Salt Lake City, Utah, February 2020</p>

politics

Justice Department planning to weaken gun restrictions to placate Second Amendment activists, report says

<p>A ten-foot-tall mockup of a birthday card reportedly from Donald Trump to Jeffrey Epstein appeared on the National Mall in Washington, DC, overnight</p>

Politics

Giant version of Epstein birthday card allegedly from Trump is placed on National Mall in DC

<p>U.S. President Donald Trump greets Russian President Vladimir Putin on the tarmac at an air base in Anchorage, Alaska, on August 15, 2025.</p>

Politics

Trump wants signing ceremony for his ‘peace board’ at Davos this week

Bulletin

<p>US President Donald Trump has criticised the UK’s Chagos Islands deal with Mauritius (Leon Neal/PA)</p>

Bulletin

UK government hits back at Trump’s Chagos Islands deal criticism

<p>Naomi Osaka wowed fans and pundits with her walk-on outfit</p>

Bulletin

Naomi Osaka makes huge fashion statement at Australian Open

Bulletin

Russell Brand granted bail after being accused of two further sex offenses

<p>Chris de Burgh is reportedly set to make a cameo in 'Rivals'</p>

Bulletin

Chris de Burgh tipped for cameo in beloved TV show

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<p>Prince Harry attending court on Tuesday morning for the second day of the trial </p>

Prince Harry's friends were ‘good source of leaks’, publisher claims in trial against tabloid

News

Why Matt Damon’s claims about weight loss via a gluten-free diet are problematic

<p>The first trailer for Grand Theft Auto VI was officially released ahead of schedule on 4 December, 2023 due to a leak. The release date for GTA 6 is 19 November, 2026</p>

News

GTA 6 fan gets early access to game after Rockstar grants dying wish

Royal Family

Prince Archie’s American accent heard as Meghan shares rare holiday video

<p>Robert Herrick, the Walt Disney World employee at Florida’s Hollywood Studios who saved families from getting struck by a wayward prop boulder, says he sprang into action knowing the 400-pound prop could not hit audience members</p>

News

Disney worker who stopped runaway prop in viral clip speaks out: ‘It can not hit the audience'

<p>A Louisiana official is considering options to potentially bring back cockfighting in St. Landry Parish, despite it being banned across the U.S.</p>

politics

Official wants Louisiana parish to get permission to host cockfighting again – despite it being a felony

<p>Ann Sites-Fenton was 32 years old when she was murdered in California's Mojave Desert in April 2001</p>

CRIME

Suspect arrested 25 years after woman left her department store job for a break and never returned

<p>A woman died in November after riding the Revenge of the Mummy ride at Universal Orlando</p>

News

70-year-old woman dies after riding ‘The Mummy’ rollercoaster at Universal Orlando

<p>A wide swath of the U.S. may see colorful northern lights on Monday night amid the largest solar radiation storm in over two decades</p>

Largest solar radiation storm in more than 20 years could trigger auroras on Earth

<p>Trump says he has invited Putin to join his Gaza ‘Board of Peace’ despite his refusal to end invasion</p>

LiveUkraine

Zelensky says US can do more to stop Putin

<p>The rainbow crosswalks in Dallas' Cedar Springs and Oak Lawn area — as well as a 'Black Lives Matter' street mural and other 'non-standard' pavement markings will have to be removed per orders from Texas Governor Greg Abbott</p>

Politics

Dallas given deadline to remove ‘political’ road markings or risk losing millions in funding

<p>This video grab taken from UGC images posted on social media and verified by AFPTV teams in Madrid, shows emergency personnel working after a train accident in Adamuz, southern Spain</p>

LiveWorld

Broken rail track identified as possible cause of collision which killed 39 in Spain

<p>A Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen franchisee with more than 130 locations filed for bankruptcy last week</p>

News

More than 100 Popeyes in these states at risk after franchisee files for bankruptcy

<p>Beachgoers at Queenscliff Beach walk past a shark sighting sign as beaches are closed after recent shark attacks, in Sydney, Australia</p>

World

Australia closes dozens of beaches after fourth shark attack in 48 hours: ‘Just go to a local pool’

<p>A new lawsuit alleges the windshields of 2021-2025 Nissan Rogues are ‘prone to spontaneously explode.’ Plaintiff Darren Chang says the rear windshield of his 2023 Nissan Rogue (pictured) shattered last month, according to the lawsuit</p>

News

Nissan Rogue drivers launch lawsuit over car’s alleged spontaneously shattering rear windows

<p>Billy Bob Thornton (left) and Taylor Sheridan</p>

Billy Bob Thornton claims Taylor Sheridan is snubbed by awards shows because they ‘assume’ he’s right-wing

<p>A girls runs toward the water washing ashore at Huntington Beach in California on September 10, 2015, amid a heat wave where temperatures have reached triple digits in parts of southern California</p>

News

Researchers find breast cancer risk marker linked to physical activity in girls

<p>Solomon Gbadebo (left) and Samuel Gbadebo (right) were arrested last week in connection with two murders that took place in November in Fort Worth, Texas, including one killing that was allegedly revenge for a robbery they were victim to in 2021, according to a report </p>

Crime

Twins charged with revenge killing of man who forced them to strip on camera during armed robbery, police say

<p>Two skiers were rescued on New Hampshire's Mount Moosilauke after they were trapped in blizzard-like conditions</p>

News

Two skiers stuck in waist-deep snow and only 2% left on their cellphone battery are rescued

<p>Karley Scott Collins (left) opened for Keith Urban's 2025 High and Alive tour</p>

News

Keith Urban’s tour opener slams ‘absolutely ridiculous’ dating rumors after Nicole Kidman divorce

<p>With more and more people in the U.S. taking weight loss medications like Ozempic, many restaurant chains have introduced smaller portioned meals or meals with added protein, as a way to cater to GLP-1 users </p>

News

The Ozempic effect: How weight loss drugs are changing the menu at your favorite restaurant

<p>13,720 pounds of chicken breasts sold by Suzanna's Kitchen have been recalled due to potential listeria contamination</p>

Chicken recalled in 7 states over possible Listeria contamination

Tech

Microsoft issues emergency Windows 11 fix after computers fail to shut down

Product Reviews

<p>I’d always recommend taking note of what she’s hinted at throughout the year</p>

Best gifts for women in 2026: Present ideas from $13

<p>Should you take fiber supplements? And if so, what are the best ones to take? Experts tell all</p>

We asked dieticians the best fiber supplements to take in 2026

<p>I tried and tested a whole host of different options to settle on the top five</p>

5 best walking pads for hitting your 10,000 step goal with ease

<p>The $20 <a href="https://go.linkby.com/CPQXWCKF/products/natural-deodorant?_pos=2&_sid=acdad98e7&_ss=r&variant=44363764924666">aluminum-free deodorant</a> comes in five scents</p>

The natural deodorant that doubles up as a perfume

Culture

<p>Dancers Liam Francis and Eileih Muir in 'Troubadour'</p>

Yorke Dance Project’s Modern Milestones is packed with wit and poise

<p>‘I thought that I would live the rest of my life making movies for a small minority of people in Korea’</p>

Oldboy’s Park Chan Wook: ‘Korean film is in a state of great danger’

<p>Television is increasingly being tailored to the brain’s shortening attention span</p>

TV brain rot: The real reason shows are getting stupider

Death in Paradise star praises show for having two Black lead stars

Grammywatch Album Covers

How to watch the 2026 Grammys, who is nominated and who is hosting

<p>Rock band Witch Fever </p>

UK rock band ‘broke’ after touring arenas for two months

Lifestyle

<p>Brooklyn Beckham has dropped a cataclysmic six-page tell-all about his ongoing feud with his estranged parents, Victoria and David</p>

In the Beckham family feud, there’s one thing people want to see

<p>Brooklyn, David and Victoria Beckham in 2018 (Ian West/PA)</p>

Like Brooklyn Beckham, I don’t want to reconcile with my family

<p>Team Brooklyn or Team Beckham: There are no winners when your family rift becomes a social media sport</p>

Am I the only one feeling sorry for Brooklyn Beckham?

<p>Why are people going no contact with their parents, as Brooklyn Beckham allegedly blocked Victoria and David on Instagram </p>

‘I blocked my parents on social media — and I have no regrets’

<p>Just slowing down gives you time to question and reflect</p>

The hobby that can boost your critical thinking and reduce stress

<p>Colds and flu are caused by viruses, not by cold air</p>

Health & Families

Cold temperatures won’t make you sick. Here’s what will

Celebrities react to ‘utterly tragic’ Brooklyn Beckham family feud

<p>Looking over your shoulder: Is locking a WhatsApp chat a red flag in a relationship?</p>

How locking chats on WhatsApp became a relationship red flag

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Police force their way into a burning zoo enclosure to rescue animals

<p>Ben Affleck on The Joe Rogan Experience</p>

Ben Affleck says AI ‘very unlikely’ to make meaningful films

Moment Iranian state TV hacked to broadcast message from exiled prince

Greenland protesters condemn ‘circus’ of Trump tariff threats

Travel

<p>Boom time: Artist’s impression of the Overture supersonic jet</p>

‘Fly London-New York in 3h30m for £4,000 return’ vows Boom Supersonic

<p>Three U.S. airlines are listed in the 'full service' ranking, and two in the low-cost list. Pictured is an Alaska Airlines plane</p>

The safest airlines for 2026 revealed — and five are US carriers

<p>Europe’s ferries provide a more tranquil way of moving from one country to another. Pictured are ferries in Toulon harbor, France</p>

Swap flights for ferries: Explore Europe the slow and scenic way

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Airport mistake allows passengers to leave without clearing customs

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