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Corsican separatist's assassination sparks shock on French island

PRESS REVIEW – Tuesday, January 13: A Corsican separatist leader is gunned down while attending his mother's funeral. Also, a famous Italian anti-mafia writer pens an opinion piece, questioning the Co...

6dFrance 24PoliticsImpact

Corsica: Former nationalist leader shot dead at his mother’s funeral

Alain Orsoni, who led the separatist Corsican Movement for Self-Determination before becoming the president of Corsican football club ‍AC Ajaccio, was killed by a long-range shot at his mother's funer...

6dFrance 24crimeImpact

Ex-Corsican nationalist leader Alain Orsoni shot dead at mother's funeral

Former Corsican nationalist leader Alain Orsoni, who also served as the president of soccer club AC Ajaccio, was shot dead in Corsica on January 11 during his mother’s funeral. He was 71. Alain Orsoni...

5dFrance 24crimeImpact

Tricolor executives plead not guilty to charges stemming from collapse

CEO and chief operating officer of subprime auto lender and retailer stand accused of misleading creditors on collateral...

5dFinancial Timeseconomics

Indonesian comic hit with blasphemy complaints over Netflix jokes

A police complaint against one of Indonesia’s best-known comedians has reignited debate over satire, blasphemy and free expression in the world’s third-largest democracy. The case involves 46-year-old...

5dSouth China Morning PostPoliticsImpact

Inside the failed 2020 coup in Venezuela that resulted in the capture of ex-US Special Forces

The recent capture of Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro by American forces recalls a botched 2020 coup attempt that resulted in the imprisonment of two former US Army Green Berets. Since then, there...

2dBusiness InsiderPoliticsImpact

Inside the US justice department’s probe of Jay Powell

Investigation into Federal Reserve chair’s testimony raises questions around the independence of the country’s judicial arm...

5dFinancial TimesPoliticsImpact

The Alexander brothers head to trial this week on sex-trafficking charges. Here's what's at stake.

Brothers Oren Alexander, Tal Alexander and Alon Alexander were arrested on sex trafficking charges in 2024. J Grassi/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images The Alexander brothers will stand trial on federa...

1dBusiness InsidercrimeImpact

Nigeria reopens some schools in the north despite kidnap threats

Schools across parts ​of northern Nigeria started reopening on January 12, after months of closure triggered ⁠by the abduction of hundreds of students in November 2025. The move follows a circular fro...

6dFrance 24education

Uvalde gunman fired 117 shots before officer entered the school: Official

Prosecutors are wrapping up their case against former Uvalde, Texas, school police officer Adrian Gonzales....

2dABC Newscrime

'Elite': The Palantir App ICE Uses to Find Neighborhoods to Raid

Article URL: https://werd.io/elite-the-palantir-app-ice-uses-to-find-neighborhoods-to-raid/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46637127 Points: 35 # Comments: 6...

3dHacker NewsPoliticsImpact

DHS: ICE officers in Minneapolis shoot Venezuelan man in the leg

The Department of Homeland Security says the shooting happened after the agent came under attack. Protestors have taken to the streets in Minneapolis, clashing with federal agents, after Renee Macklin...

4dNPR NewscrimeImpact

U.S. Court Order Against Anna's Archive Spells More Trouble for the Site

Article URL: https://torrentfreak.com/u-s-court-order-against-annas-archive-spells-more-trouble-for-the-site/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46664646 Points: 11 # Comments: 1...

1dHacker NewsTechnologyImpact

Can South Korea turn the page with Yoon Suk Yeol in prison?

Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has been sentenced to five years in the first criminal case linked to his shock declaration of martial law. Many Koreans seem eager to put the crisis behind...

2dDeutsche WellePolitics

The Atlantic, Penske, and Vox Media have all sued Google for antitrust violations

Lawsuits seeking damages from Google's illegal ad tech monopoly are piling up following the Justice Department's successful antitrust case . Vox Media, The Verge's parent company, is the latest in a w...

4dThe VergeeconomicsImpact

WATCH: Suspect in Mississippi synagogue fire allegedly laughed about the attack, FBI says

Federal officials have charged a man with setting fire to the only synagogue in Jackson, Mississippi, claiming that the suspect did so because of the building's "Jewish ties."...

5dABC NewscrimeImpact

WATCH: What to know about the DOJ's criminal probe into Fed Chair Powell

The Justice Department investigation into Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is sparking backlash and spotlighting the clash between the White House and the Federal Reserve Chair....

6dABC NewseconomicsImpact

Grok undressed the mother of one of Elon Musk’s kids — and now she’s suing

Ashley St. Clair, the mother of one of X owner Elon Musk's children, is suing his company for enabling its AI to virtually strip her down into a bikini without her consent. St. Clair is one of the man...

3dThe VergeTechnologyImpact

X hasn’t really stopped Grok AI from undressing women in the UK

Elon Musk's X is trying to stop people using its AI chatbot Grok to undress women amid intensifying outrage and legal scrutiny over the deluge of nonconsensual sexual deepfakes flooding the site. It's...

4dThe VergeTechnologyImpact

France's far-right Le Pen appeals graft conviction with 2027 presidential bid on the line

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen is set to return to court on Tuesday to appeal a graft conviction, with her 2027 presidential ambitions hanging in the balance. Le Pen was banned from standing fo...

6dFrance 24PoliticsImpact
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