Demond Wilson, who played Lamont on Sanford and Son, dies aged 79

Wilson found fame in the seminal 1970s sitcom and then went on to become a ministerDemond Wilson, who found fame in the 1970s playing Lamont on Sanford and Son and went on to become a minister, has died. He was 79.Mark Goldman, a publicist for Wilson, confirmed to the Associated Press that he died following complications from cancer on Friday. Continue reading...

16th Finance Commission retains States’ devolution share at 41% till FY31

Finance Commission keeps states share, grants rise, GDP-based criteria added

Boy, 5, and father detained by ICE return to Minnesota after release

A congressman confirmed that Liam Conejo Ramos had been released and was at home with his hat and backpack.

Оспа обезьян подтвердилась у пациента в Домодедовской больнице

«Оспа обезьян» подтвердилась у пациента в Домодедовской больнице

Partial US government shutdown likely to continue amid funding standoff

Speaker Mike Johnson is ‘convinced’ the impasse over homeland security funding will be resolved by TuesdayThe ongoing partial US government shutdown is expected to continue into early next week, with no reopening likely before Tuesday, if what federal officials on both sides of the country’s political aisle are saying is any indication.House Democrats have so far said they are refusing to guarantee the votes needed to speed passage of a funding measure that would restore government operations. Continue reading...

Iran’s missiles pose deadly threat, Gulf allies warn, as Trump weighs strikes

Even after a 12-day war with Israel, Iran retains the arsenal to hit U.S. allies and bases. U.S. strikes would lead to “regional war,” Iran’s supreme leader said.

Iran’s missiles pose deadly threat, gulf allies warn, as Trump weighs strikes

Even after a 12-day war with Israel, Iran retains the arsenal to hit U.S. allies and bases. U.S. strikes would lead to “regional war,” Iran’s supreme leader said.

A strategic Budget for India’s future

This is a Budget that thinks about India’s future rather than short-term giveaways

Fifteen miners killed by Russian strike in Ukraine, energy company says

Seven others were reported injured in the strike near a bus carrying the workers on Sunday.

Дві країни Європи вичерпали запас сіток, які Україні потрібні для захисту доріг, - CNN

Волонтери збирають сітки по всій Європі, щоб накрити ними прифронтові дороги та міста України.

Askatasuna, Schlein chiama Meloni dopo la manifestazione di Torino: “Le istituzioni non dividano”

Almeno due i manifestanti arrestati, tre i denunciati dopo gli scontri di ieri. La segretaria Pd: “Ieri si sono verificate violenze inaudite e gravissime. Noi le abbiamo condannate subito con parole dure. Siamo preoccupati dalle strumentalizzazioni, per questo ho chiamato la Presidente del Consiglio”

Editorial. Change and continuity

Budget 2026 gives a push to frontier sectors

Fiscal prudence coupled with sustained RAM focus

The Union Budget 2026 has announced incremental measures to strengthen India’s rural economy.

Bovino portrayed as Confederate general in 2018 email exchange

Bovino allegedly denied promoting two border patrol officials because of their race, according to several reportsRecently demoted border patrol official Gregory Bovino, who served as the face of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in several US cities, was compared to a Confederate general in an email sent to him by a colleague in 2018, according to multiple reports.A border patrol agent who was later promoted to a senior role in New Orleans sent the email in question as well as a number of Confederacy-related images after Bovino canceled a job listing and installed that same agen

FM Sitharaman takes a shot at securing the future

Capex up 22% at ₹17.14 lakh cr; electronics parts manufacture allocation doubled to ₹40,000 cr; SME Growth Fund gets ₹10,000 cr; markets crash on higher STT on F&O

C of E bishops criticise UK inaction over Israel’s ‘West Bank de facto annexation’

Three bishops accuse British government of contributing to ‘culture of impunity’ in the occupied territoryThree prominent Church of England bishops have accused the UK government of contributing to a “culture of impunity” in which Israel has accelerated its de facto annexation of the West Bank.Guli Francis-Dehqani, the bishop of Chelmsford, Rachel Treweek, the bishop of Gloucester, and Graham Usher, the bishop of Norwich, visited Palestinian Christian communities in the occupied West Bank last week. Continue reading...

Venezuela release rights activist Javier Tarazona

It is latest in a series of prisoner releases announced by the government amid US pressure for reforms.

Venezuela releases rights activist Javier Tarazona

It is latest in a series of prisoner releases announced by the government amid US pressure for reforms.

Долина удивилась большому количеству букетов на ее сольном концерте

Люди, які народилися у ці місяці, досягають успіху швидше за інших

Вони вміють зберігати фокус на амбіціях і послідовно діяти, будь то кар'єрні досягнення або особисті проекти.

Healthcare: The heartbeat of a healthy nation

On a broader scale, the government’s vision of India as a global medical value hub demonstrates foresight

Democrat slams US justice department’s release of Epstein files: ‘we are witnessing a full-blown coverup’ – live

Jamie Raskin tells CNN Democrats will seek unredacted version of Jeffrey Epstien files after 3m pages released last weekHandling of Epstein files is ‘outrageous’, say attorneys of his survivorsWe can bring you more from the interview with housing secretary Steve Reed on Sky News’ Trevor Phillips programme this morning (see this post for what Reed said about Peter Mandelson in the same interview).When asked if the British government would comply with an extradition request from the US if there was a charge brought against Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, Reed said he could not answer that question a

Budget highlights the imperative of an AI literate India

India’s semiconductor moment depends on capability, not just capacity

Guerra Ucraina - Russia, le news. Drone russo su un autobus nel Dnipropetrovsk: 15 minatori morti

Zelensky: “Trilaterali il 4-5 febbraio ad Abu Dhabi”. Attacco russo con droni su Dnipro, due morti

Дрони є майбутнім будь-якої війни, але вони не замінять піхоту, - британський офіцер

За словами підполковника, більша частина роботи піхотинців не зміниться в найближчому майбутньому.

Change and continuity

Budget 2026 gives a push to frontier sectors

"Нормальне життя зникло": як українці виживають щодня без світла і тепла в морози

Відзначається, що найбільше в такій складній ситуації страждають пенсіонери.

Mexico moves to combat pollution following Guardian investigations

After stories revealed high levels of contamination in neighborhood around factory processing US toxic waste, government announces sweeping array of tacticsThe Mexican government has announced it will pursue a sweeping array of tactics to combat industrial pollution, from $4.8m in fines against a plant processing US hazardous waste to the rollout of a new industrial air-monitoring system, following investigations by the Guardian and Quinto Elemento Lab, a Mexican investigative unit.Those stories revealed high levels of heavy-metal contamination in the neighborhood around the factory, Zinc Naci

Calciomercato in diretta: Juve, idea Icardi. Milan, in arrivo Mateta. Zaragoza alla Roma

Affari e trattative del primo febbraio

Новак: страны ОПЕК+ отметили большую волатильность на рынке нефти

Russian drone attack on bus carrying mine workers in Ukraine kills at least 12

Employees of Ukraine’s largest private energy firm, DTEK, were travelling about 40 miles from frontline, says policeA Russian drone attack on a bus carrying mine workers in Ukraine’s central-eastern Dnipropetrovsk region has killed at least 12 people, officials said.The bus was driving about 40 miles (65km) from the frontline, according to police. Images published by Ukraine’s state emergency service showed what appeared to be an empty bus, its side windows shattered and windscreen hanging from the front. Continue reading...

Israel says it will ban MSF from operating in Gaza

Medical charity has been barred for not providing Israeli authorities with personal details of its staff in enclave.

Non solo Meloni con il volto d’angelo: a Cesena nel Duomo c’è Walter Schachner con un pallone

Nella cattedrale di San Giovanni Battista è raffigurato il volto dell’attaccate austriaco, che giocò con i bianconeri agli inizi degli anni Ottanta

NHS patients put at risk by ‘sham investigations’, says ex-CEO of hospital

Exclusive: Dr Susan Gilby, who won £1.4bn bullying payout, says whistleblower protections must be strengthenedPatients are being put at risk by NHS bosses launching “sham investigations” into whistleblowers to shut down concerns, a hospital’s former chief executive who won a £1.4m bullying claim has said.Dr Susan Gilby took over as chief executive at the Countess of Chester hospital in 2018 after it was rocked by the Lucy Letby case. She was awarded the payout – one of the biggest in NHS history – last month after a tribunal ruled she had been unfairly dismissed after raising concerns about al

‘It’s really sad’: US TikTok users rethink app over concerns about privacy and censorship

Some users are stepping away from the app after it made a deal to create a US entity and updated terms and conditionsMany TikTok users across the US say they’re rethinking their relationship with the platform since its ownership and terms and conditions have recently changed, with some citing censorship and lack of trust as reasons why they’re removing themselves from the app.Keara Sullivan, a 26-year-old comedian, says TikTok jumpstarted her career and provided a pathway to getting a manager and a literary agent. Continue reading...

Психологічний тест на характер спеціально для жінок: який замок ви оберете

Обраний замок розповість, що ви за особистість насправді.

Lack of direction for railways

Misplaced investments continue even as rail finances are in dire straits

How buyback taxation changes after Budget 2026

If the proposal in the Finance Bill, 2026 were to come into effect, buybacks will be taxed as capital gains itself

Man Utd strike late as Carrick extends perfect start in Fulham thriller

Manchester United produce stunning winner to beat Fulham 3-2 in Premier League thriller at Old Trafford.

Средства ПВО сбили 38 украинских дронов за 10 часов

Five-year-old Liam Ramos and his father released from Texas detention center

Boy and his father back in Minneapolis after being detained by ICE and held in immigration facility for more than a weekA five-year-old boy and his father were back in Minneapolis on Sunday after being released from a Texas immigration detention center where they were held for more than a week, according to US House representative Joaquin Castro.“Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack. Thank you to everyone who demanded freedom for Liam,” Castro, a San Antonio Democrat, said in a post on X. “We won’t stop until all children and families are home.” Continue reading...

UK hospitality firms demand more help with business rates amid questions over Heathrow discount

Airports identified as biggest winners of government’s £4.3bn support package with Heathrow alone taking £900m discountStruggling hotels, restaurants and nightclubs are calling for more financial help with business rates after it emerged that Heathrow is among the biggest beneficiaries of a multibillion-pound package of state support.The UK’s biggest airport is in line for a discount of nearly £900m on its rates bill over the next three years. That is a fifth of the total £4.3bn “transitional relief” fund announced by the chancellor in the budget for all businesses facing big bill increases. C

Driving mobility through infrastructure and green growth

Seeds of change take root for dairy sector

Get ready for exciting initiatives like a major boost in veterinary services and cool tech tools, including a multilingual AI platform called Vistaar to help farmers level up their game

Melania film earns $7m in US, strongest documentary debut in over a decade

Melania, however, fell substantially short of turning a profit because it cost $40m to make and $35m to promoteAmazon’s Melania Trump documentary has reportedly beaten box office expectations and recorded the strongest start of any documentary in over a decade, taking $7m at the US box office during its lavishly-promoted opening weekend. Simultaneously, though, Melania fell substantially short of turning a profit because it cost $40m to make and $35m to promote.And Amazon – which recently cut 16,000 corporate jobs – has been hit with criticism that making the documentary about the first lady,

Why Bharat Vistaar must be built as foundational layer

S. Sivakumar advocates for Bharat Vistaar to provide farmers actionable insights, empowering them to make smarter decisions and increase earnings.

Il Como sbaglia un rigore con Nico Paz al 98’, l’Atalanta resiste in dieci: 0-0

In superiorità numerica dall'8' (espulso Ahanor), i lariani dominano ma sprecano occasioni in serie, incluso un penalty a pochi secondi dalla fine. Per il talento argentino terzo errore di fila dagli 11 metri

Il Como sbaglia un rigore al 98’ e Nico Paz scoppia in lacrime, l’Atalanta resiste in dieci: 0-0

In superiorità numerica dall'8' (espulso Ahanor), i lariani dominano ma sprecano occasioni in serie, incluso un penalty a pochi secondi dalla fine. Per il talento argentino terzo errore di fila dagli 11 metri

Nico Paz sbaglia un rigore al 98’ e scoppia in lacrime, l’Atalanta in dieci resiste al Como: 0-0

In superiorità numerica dall'8' (espulso Ahanor), i lariani dominano ma sprecano occasioni in serie, incluso un penalty a pochi secondi dalla fine. Per il talento argentino terzo errore di fila dagli 11 metri

Venezuela rights activist freed from jail amid prisoner release

Javier Tarazona freed after four years in prison on 'terrorism' and conspiracy charges.

Venezuela rights activist Javier Tarazona freed amid prisoner release

Tarazona freed after four years in prison on 'terrorism' and conspiracy charges.

A Curate’s egg

Five-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father released from Texas detention

Boy and his father are back in Minneapolis after being held in detention facility for more than a weekA five-year-old boy and his father were back in Minneapolis on Sunday after being released from a Texas immigration detention center where they were held for more than a week, according to US House representative Joaquin Castro.“Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack. Thank you to everyone who demanded freedom for Liam,” Castro, a San Antonio Democrat, said in a post on X. “We won’t stop until all children and families are home.” Continue reading...