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Costa Rica builds new mega-prison modelled on El Salvador jail

El Salvador's gang-busting President Nayib Bukele on Wednesday laid the foundation stone for a prison in Costa Rica modeled on his own CECOT mega-jail that rights groups say is the setting for serious...

Jan 16France 24PoliticsImpact

Iran offers first government-issued death toll from security crackdown on protesters

State television carried statements by the Interior Ministry and the Foundation of Martyrs and Veterans Affairs, an official body providing services to families of those killed in wars, saying 3,117 p...

2dEuronewsPoliticsImpact

Wikipedia turns 25 and shares a glimpse into the lives of its volunteer editors

It's been 25 years since the launch of Wikipedia on January 15th, 2001, and it's come a long way from housing just 100 pages to becoming a behemoth of online knowledge with more than 65 million articl...

Jan 15The VergeTechnologyImpact

Capitalism as we know it is having an identity crisis — and you're caught in the middle

Getty Images; Tyler Le/BI From Davos to Washington to America's high school classrooms, people are questioning the foundations of our economic system — and we at Business Insider are tracking wh...

2dBusiness InsidereconomicsImpact

Free Starlink access for Iran seen as game changer for demonstrators

SpaceX's Starlink has dropped fees to help Iranian demonstrators share protest details globally, activists say...

Jan 14ABC NewsPolitics

'Little appetite for regime change’: Trump offers 'help' for Iran's protesters, but what can he do?

US President Donald Trump told Iranian protesters on Tuesday that “help is on its way” as he weighed options to punish Tehran for its brutal crackdown. As the threat of military action looms, analysts...

Jan 13France 24PoliticsImpact

WATCH: Woman who was arrested, shackled and detained at ICE center shares her experience

Patty O'Keefe, who is a U.S. Citizen, said she was held in a detention center in Minneapolis for over nine hours without a phone call, food, water or a bathroom break....

4dABC NewsPolitics

Minneapolis software engineers mistaken for ICE agents

Article URL: https://www.foxnews.com/us/minneapolis-software-engineers-mistaken-ice-agents-eating-lunch-harassed-anti-ice-crowd Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46692087 Points: 5 # ...

4dHacker NewsPoliticsImpact

China’s population shrinks for fourth straight year

A decade after ending China's longtime one-child policy, authorities are pushing a range of ideas and policies to try to encourage more births – tactics that range from cash subsidies to taxing condom...

5dFrance 24world_newsImpact

Banning Things for Other People Is Easy

Article URL: https://dogdogfish.com/blog/2026/01/14/banning-things-for-other-people/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46631192 Points: 4 # Comments: 0...

Jan 15Hacker NewsPoliticsImpact

The Housing Market Isn't for Single People

Article URL: https://thewalrus.ca/the-housing-market-isnt-for-single-people/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46606038 Points: 3 # Comments: 1...

Jan 13Hacker Newsreal_estateImpact

Minnesota gears up for mass anti-ICE protest

Labor unions and civil society groups say they are ready to brave a dangerous winter storm to protest immigration enforcement across the state....

20hDeutsche WellePoliticsImpact

US visa freeze begins for 26 African countries

In tonight's edition, the US puts a pause on the processing of permanent residency visas for applicants from 75 countries, including 26 African ones. Also, Nigerian police walk back on earlier denials...

2dFrance 24PoliticsImpact

Indonesia hails ‘99.9% successful’ free meals scheme amid food safety, oversight concerns

Indonesia’s ambitious free nutritious meals programme has fed more than 55 million people in its first year, a scale-up President Prabowo Subianto has hailed as a major step in tackling childhood maln...

Jan 13South China Morning PostPoliticsImpact

I was celibate for a year, and then I met someone 10 years younger. Our 3-month fling changed everything for me.

The author had a fling with a younger man. Jackyenjoyphotography/Getty Images After a difficult breakup, I was celibate for a year — until I met someone 10 years younger. I felt safe with this y...

1dBusiness InsiderlifestyleImpact

Kurds in the Middle East: Struggle for a homeland

The Kurdish people are one of the largest ethnic groups in the world without their own country. Many are native to the region where four countries — Iran, Iraq, Syria and Turkey — meet and share langu...

1dDeutsche WellePoliticsImpact

China: Population sinks for fourth year in a row

Financial incentives for future parents have failed to have the desired effect. At the current rate, China's population could drop as low as 800 million by the year 2100, according to the United Natio...

5dDeutsche Welleworld_newsImpact

Around 1,500 soldiers on standby for deployment to Minneapolis

Article URL: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c74v0pxg2nvo Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46671086 Points: 12 # Comments: 4...

5dHacker NewsPoliticsImpact

Slop Is Everywhere for Those with Eyes to See

Article URL: https://www.fromjason.xyz/p/notebook/slop-is-everywhere-for-those-with-eyes-to-see/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46651443 Points: 12 # Comments: 2...

Jan 16Hacker NewsTechnologyImpact

Why millennials are yearning for 2016 all over Instagram

People are taking to Instagram to reminisce 2016 in all its fishnet-stocking glory. Melodie Jeng/Getty Images 2016 is so back — at least on Instagram. Millennials are putting up pictures of them...

Jan 16Business InsiderlifestyleImpact
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