There is another war Israel is waging – one that is not making headlines
In the occupied West Bank, Israel has mobilised all military and colonial means to make Palestinian life impossible.
Day: January 20, 2026
Speaker Johnson seeks to ‘calm the waters’ in address to U.K. Parliament
House Speaker Mike Johnson’s Tuesday address to the U.K. Parliament was planned long before the growing rift between the U.S. and its European allies over the future of Greenland, but he decided to use it to help “calm the waters.”
‘The only way to deal with Donald Trump is to stand up to him,’ Irish MEP says
The only way to “deal with Donald Trump is to stand up to him” over his Greenland tariff threats, an Irish MEP has said
Substack challenger Beehiiv expects to nearly double its annual revenue to $50M in 2026; it now has over 40,000 MAUs, including nearly 15,000 paying subscribers (Jaspreet Singh/Reuters)
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Substack challenger Beehiiv expects to nearly double its annual revenue to $50M in 2026; it now has over 40,000 MAUs, including nearly 15,000 paying subscribers — Beehiiv expects to nearly double annual rev…
There may not be a Dust Bowl, but future may be hotter, drier than we expect
A new report does not mean we’re headed to another Dust Bowl, but it does mean we’re potentially in for a much drier, hotter future than many of us expect,
Steps you can take to get rid of ants
Argentine ants tend to invade indoor spaces during hot, dry weather or after heavy rain.
An appreciation: Nancy Nordhoff’s leap of faith is changing the world
The founder of Hedgebrook, a writers retreat on Whidbey Island, died earlier this month. Her legacy has changed the world.
Here’s where things stand around child care fund audits in WA
State officials have ensured increased accountability, and for the first time in years, the state auditor can examine the Child Care and Development Fund.
Kurdish forces withdraw from IS detention camp in north-east Syria
US says it no longer supports SDF, which left camp as it loses swathes of territory to government forcesKurdish-led forces in Syria have announced a withdrawal from a detention camp in north-east Syria housing tens of thousands of Islamic State-linked …
A rollercoaster year in US–Brazil relations
Relations between the United States and Brazil have been on a rollercoaster over the past year. US President Donald Trump announced 40 percent tariffs on Brazilian goods over the prosecution of former president Jair Bolsonaro, FRANCE 24’s Jan Onoszko …