Discount grocer Aldi is expanding its U.S. footprint as inflation and high grocery prices continue to squeeze household budgets. The German-owned chain says it plans to open more than 180 stores this year across 31 states. Aldi’s store count keeps climbing Known for low prices and compact, neighborhood-style stores, AldiContinue Reading
A Warsaw court has extended the detention of Alexander Butyagin, a senior Russian archaeologist from the State Hermitage Museum, until 4 March as Poland weighs Ukraine’s extradition request, RMF FM reported on 12 January. Butyagin is one of at least eight Hermitage employees identified as conducting unauthorized excavations in occupiedContinue Reading
Russia is deliberately choosing not diplomacy, but the destruction of life and the basic conditions of civilian existence. Moscow’s primary target at present is Ukraine’s energy system, says Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. In December 2025, Zelenskyy claimed that allies “held back a bit” on some air defense systems, including PatriotContinue Reading
“If we have to choose between the United States and Denmark here and now, we choose Denmark,” said Greenland’s PM., “If we have to choose between the United States and Denmark here and now, we choose Denmark,” said Greenland’s PM. Greenland Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen has said the self-governed DanishContinue Reading
Somali government minister Ali Omar says the UAE improperly used Somali airspace to smuggle a Yemeni separatist leader., NewsFeed Somali government minister Ali Omar told Al Jazeera that the UAE improperly used Somali airspace by smuggling “fugitive” Yemeni separatist leader Aidarous al-Zubaidi through his country, which was the “last straw”Continue Reading
Chair Jerome Powell is sending a clear message about what’s at stake, as Powell put it: “whether monetary policy will continue to be set based on evidence and economic conditions, or whether it will instead be directed by political pressure or intimidation.’” With the administration launching a criminal investigation, Powell must believe the only pathContinue Reading
commentary “Homeland security” has become the repressive domestic police force we were warned about Published January 13, 2026 9:00AM (EST) An “ICE Out for Good” protest in Charlotte, North Carolina, following the killing of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis. (Peter Zay/Anadolu via Getty Images) America has been through plenty ofContinue Reading
Three consecutive seasons of drought have left people in Northern Kenya facing an emergency., Hundreds of thousands in northern Kenya face catastrophic drought NewsFeed Three consecutive seasons of drought have left people in Northern Kenya facing an emergency. Communities in Mandera County rely on fertile land for their livestock toContinue Reading
A Supercopa final loss to Barcelona proves final nail in the coffin and ends the Xabi Alonso era at Real Madrid., The sacking of Xavi Alonso as the manager of Real Madrid has not come as a surprise, not least for Madridistas, the fans of the Spanish football giants. TheContinue Reading
After a cancer diagnosis, 7 in 10 people now survive five years or more, according to a report from the American Cancer Society., Read More NBC NewsContinue Reading
OPINION — “After long and difficult negotiations with Senators, Congressmen, Secretaries, and other Political Representatives, I have determined that, for the Good of our Country, especially in these very troubled and dangerous times, our Military Budget for the year 2027 should not be $1 Trillion Dollars, but rather $1.5 TrillionContinue Reading
DEEP DIVE — Federal prosecutors in Texas, in December, unsealed charges and related details exposing a sprawling scheme that quietly siphoned some of America’s most powerful artificial intelligence chips into China. According to court filings, a Houston businessman and his company orchestrated a $160 million smuggling operation that moved thousandsContinue Reading
Palestine Action-linked prisoner, 31, says she is suffering with pain as her protest reaches a critical stage., London, United Kingdom – Heba Muraisi, a Palestine Action-affiliated activist who has refused food for 72 days in prison, has told Al Jazeera that she “no longer feels hunger”, is suffering with pain andContinue Reading