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Президент Беларуси Александр Лукашенко заявил, что еще в 2023 году предупреждал российского коллегу Владимира Путина о том, что ему грозит покушение на саммите БРИКС в Южно-Африканской Республике в 2023 году.

Van fiscale aanpassingen tot veranderingen in energie- en zorgkosten: het nieuwe jaar brengt zowel meevallers als mogelijke extra uitgaven met zich mee. Dit zijn de belangrijkste wijzigingen per 1 januari 2026, zodat je precies weet waar je in dit jaar aan toe bent.

Ежегодно 1 января имя Степана Бандеры снова становится раздражителем для российской власти и пропаганды. Российские телеканалы и чиновники десятилетиями используют его как универсальный символ "украинского нацизма", оправдывая этим собственную агрессию. В то же время именно эта кампания сделала Бандеру фигурой значительно большей, чем он был в реальной истории. Фокус разобрался, как Кремль сам создал миф, с которым продолжает воевать.

Пытаясь заглянуть в 2026 год, политический консультант Харлан Уллман в колонке для The Hill задается ироничным вопросом: а что еще может переименовать президент Трамп? Уллман обозначает основные сюжетные узлы следующих 12 месяцев, и среди них находится место для Украины…

Zohran Mamdani, the young upstart of the US left, was sworn in early on Thursday to take over as New York mayor for a four-year term sure to see him cross swords with US President Donald Trump. The 34-year-old Democrat took his oath of office at an abandoned subway stop under City Hall just after midnight to take the helm of the United States’ largest city. He will be New York’s first Muslim mayor. His office said the understated venue beneath City Hall reflected his commitment to working people, after the 34-year-old Democrat campaigned on promises to address the soaring cost of living. NBC News reported that Mamdani took the oath with his hands on two copies of the Holy Quran — one belonging to his grandfather and the other from the New York Public Library’s Schomburg Centre for Research in Black Culture. View this post on Instagram “Happy New Year to New Yorkers, both inside this tunnel and above,” said Mamdani, standing beneath a vaulted ceiling with the words City Hall over his head. “This is truly an ho...

Israel's political decision to block international aid groups from Gaza continues its cruel and amateurish treatment of Gaza's civilian population over the past two years

In his New Year’s message, Supreme Court Chief Justice Yahya Afridi has said that the judiciary will “pursue meaningful reforms” in 2026 in a bid to improve accessibility, reduce delay and strengthen transparency in the justice system. In a message posted on the Supreme Court’s website, Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Afridi conveyed his greetings to the people, members of the judiciary and the legal fraternity on the new year. “In the coming year, the judiciary will pursue meaningful reforms aimed at improving accessibility, reducing delay, strengthening transparency, and responsibly leveraging technology in the service of justice,” he said. He said that the efforts would be guided by “a clear focus on outcomes that matter most to the public — timely decisions, understandable processes, and courts that are approachable and humane”. CJP Afridi maintained that it was the judiciary’s responsibility to “ensure that justice is not only done, but is seen to be done — fairly, impartially, and without delay“. “This ...

Бывший чемпион мира по боксу по версии IBF, WBA, WBO, IBO в тяжёлом весе Энтони Джошуа накануне вечером покинул элитную больницу в нигерийском Лагосе, куда попал после автомобильной аварии, в которой погибли два его близких друга.

Intermittent rainfall continued in Islamabad and several parts of Punjab on Thursday, further intensifying cold weather conditions across the region.

Украинский добавят в перечень языков, которые используются в переписке с Санта-Клаусом.

Following the 2012 halving, Bitcoin surged to end the following year at a new high; and a similar pattern played out in 2016 and again in 2020. Bitcon ended 2025 lower than it began, marking the first time it’s fallen in a post-halving year. Bitcoin (BTC) halvings occur every four years, when mining rewards are cut in half and fewer new coins enter the market. Historically, this has resulted in a cycle of accumulation: a post-halving bull run that peaks, followed by a sharp correction and a multi-year bear market. After the 2012 halving, Bitcoin spiked to end the following year at a new high; a similar pattern played out in 2016 and again in 2020.  Read more

BlackRock further separated itself from competitors in the crypto ETF market in 2025, with its Bitcoin and Ether funds, IBIT and ETHA, accounting for the majority of net inflows. US investors poured over $31.77 billion into US crypto exchange-traded funds in 2025 despite the crypto markets stumbling towards the final months of the year.  US spot Bitcoin (BTC) ETFs took the lion’s share of investor interest, accumulating $21.4 billion in net inflows in 2025, according to Farside Investors data. However, it marks a fall from the $35.2 billion net inflows seen in 2024. Read more

After a phone call with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Wednesday that the two leaders envisioned an “exciting and promising future” for both countries. In a post on the social media platform X on Thursday morning, the premier echoed the statement released by the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) a day earlier. Calling it a “warm and most cordial telephone conversation”, PM Shehbaz said the two “reaffirmed our shared commitment to further strengthening the long-standing fraternal bonds between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, which have attained new heights in recent months”. “While expressing Pakistan’s complete solidarity with the kingdom, we also exchanged views on the regional situation, emphasising the need for unity within the Ummah and maintaining regional peace and stability through dialogue and diplomacy,” he said. PM Shehbaz said he was “grateful” to the Saudi crown prince, who reaffirmed the kingdom’s desire to expand cooperation with Pakistan in all areas of mut...

The US military said Wednesday that eight people were killed in multiple new strikes on alleged drug boats, bringing the death toll in Washington’s campaign against what it says are narcotics traffickers to at least 115. US Southern Command, which is responsible for American forces operating in Central and South America, announced two sets of strikes, which were carried out on Tuesday and Wednesday. On Tuesday, “three narco-trafficking vessels traveling as a convoy” were targeted in “international waters,” it said in a statement on X. “Three narco-terrorists aboard the first vessel were killed in the first engagement. The remaining narco-terrorists abandoned the other two vessels, jumping overboard and distancing themselves before follow-on engagements sank their respective vessels,” it said. Accompanying the statement, posted on X, was a video showing the vessels traveling together at sea and then hit by a series of explosions. The exact location of the strikes was not immediately made clear. Previous strike...

Following its successful rollout in Karachi East and Shaheed Benazirabad, the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) has extended its mobile-based union council registration facility to Larkana and Tando Muhammad Khan.

Mamdani, who is also the city's first Muslim mayor, used his grandfather's Quran and one that belonged to Arturo Schomburg, the Black writer and historian, for the swearing-in ceremony. He has faced backlash for his past statements on Israel and his vow to arrest Netanyahu

The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has approved Rs3.

В первую ночь 2026 года российские войска нанесли массированный удар дронами по Луцку и Одессе, в результате чего в обоих городах вспыхнули пожары.

From Ross Ulbricht’s pardon to Ripple’s SEC victory, here’s a list of crypto’s most celebrated turnarounds this year and what they mean for the year ahead.  Another eventful year for crypto is now behind us. Bitcoin notched a new all-time high but ended the year in the red, the regulatory climate in the US warmed, privacy coins stormed the market, institutional adoption surged and the US president even launched a memecoin. With 2026 now underway, Cointelegraph takes a look at some of the biggest comebacks in crypto last year and what it could mean for the next 12 months.  Read more

Even as ETH struggles below $3,000, developers surge as record contract deployments indicate organic growth driven by rollups, stablecoins, RWAs, and wallets.