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January 02, 2026
Venezuela detains several Americans as tensions with US rise
NEW YORK — Zohran Mamdani, the democratic socialist who campaigned on a promise to tackle the affordability crisis in one of America’s most expensive cities, gave a soaring inaugural address on Thursday in front of thousands of New Yorkers and political luminaries including Senator Bernie Sanders, who swore him in.Sworn in as New York City’s 112th mayor, Mamdani laid out what he called audacious plans to govern the city with a focus on working-class New Yorkers.Mamdani, a 34-year-old immigrant from Uganda, makes history as the city’s first Muslim mayor, first South Asian mayor and the youngest mayor to hold the high-profile office in more than a century.“My fellow New Yorkers, today begins a new era,” Mamdani said after his swearing-in.In his speech Thursday, Mamdani spoke...
January 02, 2026
Zohran Mamdani pledges ‘new era’ for New York
January 01, 2026
Zohran Mamdani is sworn in as mayor of New York City
January 01, 2026
Scores killed, 100 injured in blaze at Swiss ski resort
January 01, 2026
US military says at least eight killed in new strikes on alleged drug boats
January 01, 2026
Disney worker hurt stopping 180-kg fake boulder from hitting audience
January 01, 2026
Israel escalates West Bank demolitions amid illegal settlement expansion
WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump has said he is withdrawing National Guard troops from several US cities, including Chicago and Los Angeles, after a Supreme Court ruling last week undermined his authority to use troops for policing.However, he left the door open to sending federal forces “in a much different and stronger form.”“We are removing the National Guard from Chicago, Los Angeles, and Portland, despite the fact that crime has been greatly reduced by having these great Patriots in those cities,” Trump wrote on Truth Social on New Year's Eve. He suggested the possibility of future deployments, writing, “We will come back, perhaps in a much different and stronger form, when crime begins to soar again.”In blocking the guard deployment to Chicago, the Supreme...
January 01, 2026
Trump says he is withdrawing National Guard from several US cities
SOFIA — Bulgaria has become the 21st member of the eurozone, bypassing more obvious candidates like Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary.The lev has been the Bulgarian currency since 1881, but it has been pegged to other European currencies since 1997, first the Deutschmark, then the euro.Opinion polls put Bulgaria's 6.5 million population more or less equally divided on the new currency, and political turmoil is not making the transition easy.Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov's coalition government lost a confidence vote on 11 December, after mass protests against the 2026 budget. Bulgaria has held seven elections in the past four years - an eighth looks likely early next year."I don't want the euro, and I don't like the way it has been imposed on us," Todor, 50, a...
January 01, 2026
Bulgaria joins the euro after rocky path to new currency
January 01, 2026
Iran names new central bank governor after currency hits record low
