Sunday, Feb 1st, 2026 -
Officials say calm restored to province day after dozens killed in suicide and gun attacks in at least 10 cities Pakistan's security forces have intensified their operations against separatist militants in Balochistan province who launched a large-scale assault on Saturday in which at least 31 civilians and 17 security personnel were killed. A day after the militants carried out suicide attacks in the heart of the ...
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Sunday, Feb 1st, 2026 -
Happy tennis, serious name - the making of Carlos Alcaraz With his Australian Open triumph, the name of Carlos Alcaraz is now engraved on all four Grand Slam trophies. There is just one thing you need to know. "I don't like being called Carlos," he said in 2022. "Honestly, Carlos seems too serious to me, like I've done something wrong. I like Carlitos or Charlie." Once a young prodigy who smashed racquets when ...
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Sunday, Feb 1st, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article Liam Conejo Ramos and his father released from ICE detention center in Texas and return home to Minnesota A five-year-old boy and his father, who were detained by federal immigration agents and taken to an immigration detention facility in Texas have returned to Minneapolis after ...
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Sunday, Feb 1st, 2026 -
Israel has said it will open the Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt in a limited "pilot phase" on Monday, as thousands of sick and wounded Palestinians wait for urgent medical care abroad. COGAT, the Israeli military agency that controls aid to Gaza, said on Sunday that the crossing will reopen in both directions for Gaza residents on foot only, and that its operation will be coordinated with Egypt and the ...
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Sunday, Feb 1st, 2026 -
Former British ambassador to Washington Peter Mandelson quit the Labour Party Sunday, seeking to avoid causing it "further embarrassment" after newly released US documents revived scrutiny of his connection to late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Mandelson, 72, who was sacked as Britain's ambassador to the United States last year over his ties to Epstein, allegedly received several payments from Epstein in the early ...
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Sunday, Feb 1st, 2026 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Sunday he will move to close Washington's Kennedy Center performing arts center for two years starting in July for construction, his latest proposal to upturn the storied venue since returning to the White House. Trump's announcement on social media follows a wave of cancellations by leading performers, musicians and groups since the president ousted the previous ...
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Sunday, Feb 1st, 2026 -
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By MARIA SHERMAN, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Sunday's Grammys mark a return to normalcy after the 2025 show was altered to focus on Los Angeles-area wildfire relief efforts. "I think we will see some history-making moments," Recording Academy CEO and President Harvey Mason jr. told The Associated Press. "With artists being ...
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Sunday, Feb 1st, 2026 -
voters, Miranda Niedermeier is not opposed to . She was heartened by initial moves from the Republican president in his second term that she saw as targeting immigrants who were in the United States illegally and had committed crimes. But Niedermeier, 35, has steadily become disillusioned with Trump. Never more so than in recent weeks, when federal immigration officers killed two U.S. citizens during "In the ...
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Sunday, Feb 1st, 2026 -
The next round of peace talks between Russian and Ukrainian delegations will take place on Wednesday and Thursday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced on Sunday. Envoys from Russia, Ukraine and the U.S. had been expected to meet that day in Abu Dhabi to continue negotiations aimed at ending Moscow's all-out invasion of its neighbor. "We have just had a report from our negotiating team. The dates for ...
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Sunday, Feb 1st, 2026 -
The fee covers the cost of verifying your ID using the TSA's new ConfirmID system. The TSA said the fee covers a 10-day travel period. In a post on X, the US Department of State reminded travelers that they would need to be ready for the new identification system beginning February 1. Reminder: Starting February 1, if you don't have a REAL ID or acceptable form of ID (like a passport!) for domestic flights, you may ...
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Sunday, Feb 1st, 2026 -
President Trump has threatened to sue discredited author Michael Wolff, as well as the estate of Jeffrey Epstein — as he insists that the latest mass dump of files related to the pedophile financier absolves him. "I didn't see it myself but I was told by some very important people that not only does it absolve me, it's the opposite of what people were hoping, you know, the radical left," Trump told reporters ...
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Saturday, Jan 31st, 2026 -
Relentless Israeli bombardment has killed at least 31 Palestinians, including six children and several police officers, in Gaza, a day before the Rafah border crossing is due to reopen. An Israeli air strike on Saturday on a tent sheltering displaced people killed at least seven Palestinians, including three children, in the al-Mawasi area to the northwest of Khan Younis, medical sources told Al Jazeera. Their ...
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Saturday, Jan 31st, 2026 -
A federal judge has rejected a bid by state and local officials in Minnesota to end Operation Metro Surge, the Trump administration's massive deployment of thousands of federal agents to aggressively enforce immigration laws. In a ruling Saturday, U.S. District Court Judge Katherine Menendez found strong evidence that the ongoing federal operation "has had, and will likely continue to have, profound and even ...
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Saturday, Jan 31st, 2026 -
Dan Levy has shared a heartfelt tribute to Catherine O'Hara following the news of her death at the age of 71 on January 30. Levy played David, while O'Hara played his mother Moira Rose in Schitt's Creek , which ran from 2015 to 2020. Levy, whose father Eugene Levy, also starred in the show and worked with O'Hara on many other occasions throughout her career, shared a sweet selfie of himself and O'Hara at an awards ...
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Saturday, Jan 31st, 2026 -
Paul George of the Philadelphia 76ers has been suspended 25 games for violating the terms of the NBA's anti-drug program, the league announced on Saturday. The NBA did not disclose the nature of the violation or the substance involved. George said in a statement to ESPN that he had taken something "improper" while seeking treatment for a personal issue. "Over the past few years, I've discussed the importance of ...
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Saturday, Jan 31st, 2026 -
About 240 million people were under cold weather advisories and winter storm warnings Saturday as a powerful system threatened to bring howling winds, flooding and heavy snow to the East Coast as the region continued to dig out from last week's frigid winter weather . Temperatures were plummeting on Saturday, with a low of minus 27 degrees Fahrenheit recorded in West Virginia, said Bob Oravec, the lead ...
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