Day: January 30, 2026

Wait…You Can Just Give Away Your Nobel Peace Prize?

On Jan. 15, 2026, opposition leader of Venezuela, María Corina Machado, met with President Donald Trump at the White House with the purpose of discussing the future of Venezuela.  Following the recent removal of Nicolás Maduro, the deposed leader of Venezuela by the United States military, current opposition leader, María Corina Machado intends to remain […]

UN Announces Global Water Bankruptcy

UN Announces Global Water Bankruptcy

The UN has released a new report, Global Water Bankruptcy: Living Beyond Our Hydrological Means in the Post-Crisis Era, which argues that many of Earth’s natural water systems have been so badly destroyed that they can no longer “return to their historical conditions”. The report explains how ”societies have withdrawn more water than climate and […]

A New Englander’s Dream: Patriots in the Super Bowl

A New Englander’s Dream: Patriots in the Super Bowl

In 2000, the New England Patriots met two individuals who together would change the team as a whole–Tom Brady and Bill Belichick. Together, the duo went on to appear in eleven Super Bowls in less than two decades, and took home the Lombardi trophy in six of these appearances. New England was the home of […]

Car Crash at Chabad World Headquarters

Car Crash at Chabad World Headquarters

On Wednesday, January 29, a New Jersey man, Dan Sohail, crashed his car into the Chabad Lubavitch headquarters in New York City. The building is located in Brooklyn, and serves as a synagogue, the worldwide headquarters of Chabot.org, and a major symbol of Judaism around the globe.  The incident occurred around 9pm Wednesday evening, when […]

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