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The Best Kids’ Movies of 2026, According to a Parenting Editor
Charlie the Wonderdog Viva Kids Release Date: January 16, 2026 After—what else?—an alien invasion, a pup named Charlie discovers he has super powers, including the ability to speak. He puts his newfound skills to work helping people, but then he realizes super powers alone may not be enough. Owen Wilson is the voice of Charlie. MPAA Rating: PG WATCH TRAILER…
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Deadly crackdown appears to have quashed Iran protests, residents say
Iran’s deadly crackdown appears to have broadly quelled protests for now, residents said on Friday, as state media reported more arrests in the shadow of repeated US threats to intervene if the killing continues. Meanwhile, a senior hard-line cleric called for the death penalty for detained demonstrators and directly threatened US President Donald Trump — evidence of the rage gripping…
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Trump signals tariffs on nations that oppose Greenland goal
Skip next section US delegation in Denmark seeks to ‘lower temperature’ 01/16/2026January 16, 2026 US delegation in Denmark seeks to ‘lower temperature’ Democrat Chirs Coons led a 11-member delegation to Denmark Image: Sebastian Elias Uth/REUTERS A bipartisan US congressional delegation arrived in Copenhagen on Friday in a bid to reassure the leaders of Denmark and Greenland amid threats from US…
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Authorities refute claim that hot air balloon malfunctioned in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Amid claims of a hot air balloon making an emergency landing at Ibrahim Bagh lake in Hyderabad due to an alleged malfunction on Saturday, January 17, authorities were quick to refute the news, saying that the landing was as per normal procedure. Speaking to The Hindu, Chief of Flight Safety of Sky Waltz, the company operating the balloons at…
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Ozempic regret: the side effects that people aren’t posting on Instagram
Emily was 33 at the time of her yearly check-up in 2018. Unlike most women her age, she was finding it hard to keep up with her students in the school she taught at in Toronto, Canada. Her knees and hips were aching, and her weight seemed like it was out of her control. At 280 pounds (20 stone), she…
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Researchers discover how Mycoplasma pneumoniae acquires cholesterol from human hosts
In an evolving health landscape, emerging research continues to highlight concerns that could impact everyday wellbeing. Here’s the key update you should know about: A multidisciplinary team has uncovered a key mechanism that allows the human bacterium Mycoplasma pneumoniae-responsible for atypical pneumonia and other respiratory infections-to obtain cholesterol and other essential lipids directly from the human body. The discovery, published…
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As fighting continues in Pokrovsk and Kupyansk, Russia bears down on Ukraine’s main remaining Donbas strongholds. Meduza analyses the latest from the front.
Like our earlier reports on the combat situation in Ukraine, this article reviews recent battlefield developments based on open-source information. Meduza has condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine from the outset, and our military analyses reflect our commitment to objective reporting on a war we firmly oppose. Our map is based exclusively on open-source photos and videos, most of them posted by eyewitnesses on social media. We collect available evidence and determine its geolocation markers,…
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Upcoming New Star Wars Movies and TV Shows: 2026 Release Dates and Beyond
There are a bunch of big Star Wars projects in the works, like the Jon Favreau-directed The Mandalorian & Grogu movie, the confirmation of Ahsoka: Season 2, and a new Star Wars movie starring Ryan Gosling called Starfighter which is being directed by Deadpool & Wolverine’s Shawn Levy. And yet amid all that, Kathleen Kennedy, president of Lucasfilm, is stepping…
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Congress takes swipe at Modi govt over US-Pak military exercise
New Delhi: The Congress on Saturday, January 17, took a swipe at the Modi government and said the joint training exercise by American and pakistani troops was “yet another blow to the self-proclaimed Vishwaguru’s self-boastful diplomacy”. US and Pakistani troops concluded a joint training at the National Counter-Terrorism Centre in Pabbi during the exercise, ‘Inspired Gambit 2026’. Reacting to the…
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China calls Trump battleship ‘easier target’ amid mixed US reception
U.S. President Donald Trump calls the vessel a new class of “battleship” graced by his own name, but China just calls the U.S. Navy’s latest concept a larger and “easier target” for its growing array of anti-ship drones and missiles. A day after Trump’s Dec. 22 announcement at Mar-a-Lago that he had ordered the construction of a “Trump class” of…
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