Russia says it used Oreshnik missile in Ukraine attack

Russia says it used Oreshnik missile in Ukraine attack

Russia used its Oreshnik intermediate-range missile in its attack on western Ukraine, the TASS news agency reported on Friday, citing the Russian Defence Ministry, marking the second strike on Ukraine involving the weapon. According to the ministry, the attack was carried out in response to a “terrorist attack” by Kiev on the residence of Russian…

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Russia attacks Ukraine with drones and missiles, killing 3 in Kyiv

Russia attacks Ukraine with drones and missiles, killing 3 in Kyiv

Russia attacked Ukraine with drones and missiles, killing three and injuring at least 16 in the capital overnight into Friday, Ukrainian authorities said. Russia also struck critical infrastructure in the western city of Lviv using an unidentified ballistic missile, said Mayor Andriy Sadoviy. The Western Command of Ukraine’s Air Force later said the missile traveled…

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Béla Tarr’s Unbroken Visions

Béla Tarr’s Unbroken Visions

A titanic artist’s death is a terrible shock. In the case of the Hungarian filmmaker Béla Tarr, who has died after a long illness, at the age of seventy, I confess that I’d expected—without necessarily hoping for—a faint premonition, perhaps a grim tingle in our collective cinephile sixth sense. Tarr, unique among his European art-film…

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Katz says Palestinian trash burning nat’l security threat, okays rules for confiscating vehicles

Katz says Palestinian trash burning nat’l security threat, okays rules for confiscating vehicles

Reportedly, Palestinians lack sufficient local landfills, requiring them to transport their waste by truck to other sites. However, truckers often dump the waste earlier to save time and money, and i Defense Minister Israel Katz on Thursday announced the approval of new government regulations providing for the confiscation of vehicles and equipment used for mass…

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Barry Blitt’s “Guzzler”

Barry Blitt’s “Guzzler”

When President Trump announced the U.S. military’s capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, the cartoonist Barry Blitt decided that his image for the cover of the January 19, 2026, issue could hark back to Gilded Age political cartoons that skewered the oil barons and petty tyrants of the era. “After years of depicting Donald Trump,…

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Indonesian independence celebrations falsely shared as Christmas Day event at Jakarta mosque

Indonesian independence celebrations falsely shared as Christmas Day event at Jakarta mosque

Old footage of an event at the Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta to commemorate Indonesia’s independence has resurfaced in posts falsely claiming it shows Christians celebrating Christmas at the Muslim place of worship and an example of religious tolerance “going too far”. A senior mosque official refuted the claim, and the group that organised the event…

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