A Record Wildfire Season Inspires Wyoming to Prepare for an Increasingly Fiery Future
As the Cowboy State faces larger and costlier blazes, scientists warn that the flames could make many of its iconic landscapes unrecognizable within decades. By Jake Bolster In six generations, Jake Christian’s family had never seen a fire like the one that blazed toward his ranch near Buffalo, Wyoming, lateContinue Reading
Foreign influence & Somalia’s fight for unity
On Centre Stage, Al Jazeera’s Mohamed Hassan speaks with Ali Omar, Somalia’s minister of state for foreign affairs., Centre Stage In this episode of Centre Stage, Al Jazeera’s Mohamed Hassan speaks with Ali Omar, Somalia’s minister of state for foreign affairs, about Somaliland’s secession bid backed by Israel, the fightContinue Reading
India is profiling Kashmir mosques, raising new surveillance fears
Residents say police exercise feels less like routine survey and more like an attempt to control religious institutions., Mohammad Nawaz Khan regrets the day his father, Sanaullah Khan, a retired government employee, agreed to head the managing committee of the neighbourhood mosque in Indian-administered Kashmir’s main city of Srinagar. Khan’sContinue Reading
Cancer patients ‘warned for years’ about hospital water infections
Paul O’Hare, BBC Scotland and Lisa Summers, Scotland health and social care correspondent John Cuddihy says the bacterial infection had a ‘devastating’ impact on daughter Molly The father of a woman whose death is being investigated by prosecutors said a health board was “warned for years” about issues with aContinue Reading
FACT CHECK: Hontiveros, Castro statements on Occidental Mindoro clash are fake
Claim: Senator Risa Hontiveros and former ACT Teachers Representative France Castro made statements defending the youth who died in the clash between the military and the New People’s Army (NPA) in Occidental Mindoro, as seen in quote cards circulating online. Rating: FALSE Why we fact-checked this: The post bearing theContinue Reading
FACT CHECK: No reports of Russia, US, UK seeking Duterte release
Claim: The governments of Russia, the United States, and the United Kingdom are coordinating to push for the release of former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte, who is currently in the custody of the International Criminal Court (ICC). Rating: FALSE Why we fact-checked this: The claim was posted on Facebook pagesContinue Reading
Dolce & Gabbana’s ‘Portrait of a Man’ shows in Milan
Dolce & Gabbana’s fall-winter collection “The Portrait of a Man” shows in Milan, celebrating individuality with pinstripes, sportswear, and jewelry for men. #dolceandgabbana #milan #milanfashionweek #fashionContinue Reading
‘Utterly Shameless’: Tory Energy Chief Backs ‘Nonsense’ Anti-Net Zero Reports
Conservative shadow energy secretary Claire Coutinho has endorsed two new anti-climate reports that have been rejected by experts and government bodies. On 12 January, Coutinho launched a report by energy consultancy Watt-Logic which claimed that increasing renewable energy capacity in the UK will heighten the risk of blackouts – aContinue Reading
A Fox News Venezuela Expert Is Backed by MAGA Oil Billionaire Paul Singer
In the chaotic lead-up to and aftermath of the United States’ January 3 military raid on Venezuela, a national security expert named Rebeccah Heinrichs appeared multiple times on Fox News to describe American aggression as a victory for both ordinary Venezuelans and the world — sometimes more than once aContinue Reading
Viruses that evolved on the space station and were sent back to Earth were more effective at killing bacteria
Scientists brought bacteria and phages, meaning viruses that infect bacteria, aboard the ISS to study their evolution. (Image credit: International space station (dima_zel/Getty Images); E.coli (Shutterstock)) Bacteria and the viruses that infect them, called phages, are locked in an evolutionary arms race. But that evolution follows a different trajectory when the battle takes place inContinue Reading
JWST’s ‘Little Red Dots’ May Be ‘Black Hole Stars’
January 14, 2026 4 min read Add Us On Google Add SciAm ‘Little Red Dots’ Spied by JWST May Be Baby Black Holes in Disguise Puzzling red spots in images from the James Webb Space Telescope are probably young supermassive black holes obscured by dense cocoons of gas By Lee Billings edited by Clara MoskowitzContinue Reading
ICE agents raid Minnesota house, detain man
ICE agents continued raids in Minnesota on January 18, in one case pulling a man out of a house on the east side of St. Paul who was wearing only underwear and a blanket as onlookers shouted for the officers to leave.Continue Reading
Danielle Smith Working With The Traitor Official Who Wants to Annex Greenland
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is part of a U.S. group whose leader, Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry, has been tasked by the Traitor 47 administration with helping to annex Greenland. In the wake of the surprise U.S. military invasion of Venezuela, The Traitor has doubled down on threats to take over Greenland, musingContinue Reading