January 2025

Mexico is lodging a complaint with Google after it changed “Gulf of Mexico” to “Gulf of America” for US users.

Israel says eight captives to be released Thursday under Gaza truce deal Benjamin Netanyahu’s office names Israeli captives to be released as Arbel Yehud, Agam Berger and Gadi Moses. Palestinian people who were displaced to the south at Israel’s order during the war, make their way back to their homes in the northern Gaza, amid…

Satellite images show the Star of David carved into Gaza reportedly by Israeli tanks.

Humiliation. Desperation. Anger. Hear from some of the undocumented Latin American immigrants deported from the US.

Bank of Canada cuts interest rates, warns trade conflict will ‘hurt’ Bank of Canada governor warned that a tariff war with the US would ‘badly hurt’ economic activity in Canada. This is the sixth interest rate cut in a row by the Bank of Canada [File: Chris Wattie/Reuters] Published On 29 Jan 202529 Jan 2025…

Lewis Hamilton crashes Ferrari at Barcelona F1 track test Hamilton, F1’s most successful driver of all-time, had the accident while testing a 2023-specification car in Spain. Lewis Hamilton of Great Britain driving the (44) Ferrari SF-23 locks a wheel under braking during his first official days as a Scuderia Ferrari F1 driver at Fiorano Circuit…

Canada’s foreign minister Joly to meet Rubio as US tariff threat looms Canada working to prevent steep tariffs that US President Donald Trump says could be imposed as early as February 1. ‘Our objective is to make sure that we prevent’ US tariffs on Canadian goods, Canada’s Foreign Minister Melanie Joly says [File: Blair Gable/Reuters]…

Women’s football match cancelled in Bangladesh after religious protests Students from local religious school vandalise venue set to host women’s match, a day after similar incident in another city. A women’s football match was called off after locals vandalised the venue in northwestern Bangladesh [Screengrab/Channel 24] Published On 29 Jan 202529 Jan 2025 A women’s…

Video shows an Israeli soldier wearing women’s lingerie during a raid in the occupied West Bank.

Rwanda-backed M23 strengthens its control over DRC’s Goma Kenya has announced a virtual crisis summit, but Congolese state media says President Felix Tshisekedi will not attend. Rebels from the March 23 Movement (M23) patrol the Gisenyi border point, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) [Brian Inganga/AP] Published On 29 Jan 202529 Jan 2025…