Dozens of immigrant families protested Saturday behind the fences of a Texas detention facility where a 5-year-old Ecuadorian boy and his father were sent this week after being detained in Minnesota.
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Valerie Gonzalez,
Twin Cities,
25 Jan. 2026
Syrian government forces moved in to secure the camp a day later but, in the meantime, fences had been pulled down and dozens of prisoners had escaped.
Because of Venezuelans’ eroded spending power, markets are less busy than even a few months ago, according to merchants and customers.
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Mery Mogollon,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Jan. 2026
Otherwise disparate segments of Iranian society, such as the conservative Bazaari merchants hitherto largely loyal to the clerics and more liberal and secular Iranian youth, shared this overarching goal.
By turning a blind eye to scalpers, even giving them the tools to bypass limits and harvest tickets, Live Nation has acted as the promoter, the primary ticket seller, the artists’ manager, and the scalper.
Heightened security at Europe’s largest ports is forcing drug traffickers to employ new technologies to chemically bond cocaine with legitimate carrier materials such as food, plastics, textiles, charcoal and cardboard, according to Europol.
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Suzanne Lynch,
Bloomberg,
27 Jan. 2026
The lawsuit contends the victims were civilian fishermen, not drug traffickers, killed without legal justification, congressional authorization, or legitimate armed conflict to justify lethal force.
For now, data on Monday showed no clear sign that authorities stepped into the market in Tokyo last Friday, though traders still cannot rule out a small-scale intervention.
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Erica Yokoyama,
Bloomberg,
28 Jan. 2026
Crowded bearish positions now carry greater risk in an era where retail traders can quickly mobilize capital and amplify moves.
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