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Top News Stories for Sunday, January 18th 2026
Sunday, Jan 18th, 2026 -
The culture secretary's comments come after Donald Trump announced he will be imposing 10% tariffs on the UK and other European countries - in an attempt to purchase Greenland. The UK government's position on Greenland is "non-negotiable" and the island's future is "for the people of Greenland", a senior minister has told Sky News. It follows Donald Trump announcing on Saturday he will be imposing 10% tariffs on ...
Source: news.sky.com
Sunday, Jan 18th, 2026 -
First journey around moon with astronauts in more than 50 years could blast off in February Nasa's giant new moon rocket has moved to the launchpad in preparation for astronauts' first lunar fly-around in more than half a century. The trip could blast off in February. The 98-metre (322ft) rocket began its 1mph (1.6km/h) creep from Kennedy Space Center's vehicle assembly building at daybreak. The trek of 4 miles ...
Source: theguardian.com
Sunday, Jan 18th, 2026 -
If you're behind on your student-loan payments , you now have more time to figure out a payment plan before filing your taxes. The Department of Education announced on January 16 that it's temporarily pausing wage garnishment and the Treasury Offset Program, which seizes federal tax refunds, to give defaulted borrowers more time to repay their loans. Prior to this pause, defaulted borrowers were subject to both ...
Source: businessinsider.com
Sunday, Jan 18th, 2026 -
DENVER (AP) — The Denver Broncos wrangled their biggest win in a decade from Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills but suffered an enormous loss in the process. About an hour after second-year quarterback Bo Nix led the Broncos to a 33-30 win on Wil Lutz's 23-yard field goal in overtime Saturday, Denver coach Sean Payton returned to the postgame lectern to deliver the stunning news. He said Nix broke his right ...
Source: apnews.com
Sunday, Jan 18th, 2026 -
Top tier membership removes ads from your experience and keeps our journalism accessible to all. No paywalls. No billionaire owners. Just independent reporting funded by readers who believe truth matters. Already a member? We're in the middle of a severe and record-breaking season throughout the United States. Flu-related doctor's visits are at an all-time high as millions of people come down with the virus. Flu ...
Source: huffpost.com
Saturday, Jan 17th, 2026 -
ChatGPT's Ads era is here This doesn't just change OpenAI's business model, it shifts the rules of the game OpenAI's decision to introduce advertisements inside ChatGPT for free users and its new $8 "Go" tier is already shaping up to be one of the most consequential pivots in generative AI's short history. It's not a simple business tweak. It's a reframing of where digital intent, attention, and commercial ...
Source: thenextweb.com
Saturday, Jan 17th, 2026 -
LONDON — Since stepping down as British prime minister in 2007, Tony Blair has pushed back on war crime accusations stemming from his role in the 2003 invasion of Iraq, apologized for its consequences, and struggled to escape the conflict's shadow across the Middle East . He remains a divisive figure in Britain, but on Friday, the White House named him among the founding members of a " Board of Peace " for ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Saturday, Jan 17th, 2026 -
U.S. forces conducted a strike in northwest Syria on Friday that resulted in the death of an Al Qaeda affiliate leader who was tied to an ISIS shooter who ambushed and killed Americans last month, officials said. U.S. Central Command said Saturday that the strike killed Bilal Hasan al-Jasim, whom the military described as "an experienced terrorist leader." Al-Jasim plotted attacks and was directly connected to the ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Saturday, Jan 17th, 2026 -
As President Trump prepares to nominate a new Federal Reserve chair in the coming months, he hasn't been shy about his goal for the powerful economic posting: lower interest rates. "I want somebody that when the market is doing great, interest rates can go down because our country becomes stronger," the president said during a speech in Detroit on Tuesday. He's long pushed for lower rates, which could boost ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Saturday, Jan 17th, 2026 -
In this article Elon Musk, chief executive officer of Tesla Inc., during the US-Saudi Investment Forum at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025. Elon Musk is seeking up to $134 billion from OpenAI and Microsoft , saying he deserves the "wrongful gains" that they received from his early support, according to a court filing on Friday. OpenAI gained between $65.5 billion and $109.4 ...
Source: cnbc.com
Saturday, Jan 17th, 2026 -
Democrat Abigail Spanberger has been sworn into office as Virginia's first female governor. Spanberger was sworn in at noon Saturday amid a cold drizzle outside the state Capitol after centuries of men holding the state's top office. "The history and the gravity of this moment are not lost on me — I maintain an abiding sense of gratitude to those who worked generation after generation to ensure women could be ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Saturday, Jan 17th, 2026 -
BEIJING (AP) — Canadian leader Mark Carney met China's Xi Jinping this week. The two statesmen talked. Fractured relationships began to heal. And a third man, though he wasn't in the room, nevertheless made his presence clearly known: Donald Trump. The American president — his policies, his approaches to international relations, his freewheeling and provocative statements about Canada — helped ...
Source: apnews.com
Saturday, Jan 17th, 2026 -
Emergency call logs and reports detailing last week's fatal shooting of Renee Good by a federal immigration officer reveal a greater sense of the organizational chaos and heightened emotion surrounding her final moments. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents "just shot a lady," one 911 caller said soon after the agent shot Good in her vehicle on January 7, according to emergency call transcripts CNN obtained ...
Source: aol.com
Saturday, Jan 17th, 2026 -
A small Indonesia Air Transport passenger plane travelling from Yogyakarta to Makassar with 11 people on board has gone missing. Indonesia's Transport Ministry said the plane deviated in its approach towards the airport before losing contact. Search and rescue crews have been deployed to the mountainous area of Maros Regency. Indonesian authorities are searching for a small fisheries surveillance plane ...
Source: abc.net.au
Saturday, Jan 17th, 2026 -
John Harbaugh agreed to a five-year contract to become the New York Giants' new head coach, according to multiple media reports on Saturday, ending a brief eight-day stint on the open market after his departure from Baltimore. Multiple outlets reported earlier this week that the deal could be worth as much as $100m. "This is the New York Giants," Harbaugh told ESPN. "I'm proud and honored to be the head coach of ...
Source: theguardian.com
Saturday, Jan 17th, 2026 -
The US president warned pregnant women to "tough it out" and avoid paracetamol last year, highlighting a "meteoric rise" in cases of autism. Scientists have dismissed warnings from Donald Trump linking paracetamol use during pregnancy to autism. The US president made the allegation in September as he claimed there had been a "meteoric rise" in cases of autism. Identifying the medication - known as Tylenol in the ...
Source: news.sky.com
Saturday, Jan 17th, 2026 -
NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump a week ago told the credit card industry it had until Jan. 20 to comply with his demand for a 10% cap on interest rates . With just days to go, consumer groups, politicians, and bankers alike remain unclear on what the White House has planned and whether Trump even remains serious about the idea. So far, the White House has not provided any detail about what will happen ...
Source: apnews.com
Saturday, Jan 17th, 2026 -
Jan. 17 (UPI) -- Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers and others cannot use "crowd dispersal tools" against nonviolent protesters while enforcing federal immigration laws, a federal judge ruled on Friday. U.S. District Court of Minnesota Judge Katherine Menendez said ICE officers cannot use tear gas, pepper spray and other commonly used devices to disperse protesters who are "engaging in peaceful and ...
Source: upi.com
Friday, Jan 16th, 2026 -
By Using the common painkiller acetaminophen during pregnancy is not linked to neurodevelopmental disorders in children, according to a study published in the Lancet on Friday. Researchers conducted a systematic review of numerous studies that looked at links between use of the pain reliever and autism, intellectual disabilities and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. They concluded there was no link ...
Source: miamiherald.com
Friday, Jan 16th, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article New initiative is an unprecedented pressure campaign against the largest grid operator The White House and a bipartisan group of governors joined forces Friday to call on the nation's largest regional grid operator, PJM Interconnection, to hold an emergency power auction for tech ...
Source: independent.co.uk