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world

Milano-Cortina 2026 Faces a Warmer Alps, Raising Stakes for Snowmaking—and the Winter Games

As temperatures climb in the Italian Alps, Milano-Cortina 2026 leans on massive snowmaking, testing “green” Olympics claims and the Games’ future. ...Read more

#winterolympics, #climatechange, #italy, #snowmaking, #alps

technology

When AI Pitches the News: A Politics Desk Spikes Six Plausible Stories That Never Happened

Editors killed six AI-assisted politics leads after basic checks found no documents or corroboration—highlighting the newsroom’s verification line. ...Read more

#ai, #journalism, #factchecking, #disinformation, #unitednations

humor

My Agents Have Agents

Contributed by [RK](https://mvark.blogspot.com/2026/01/my-agents-have-agents.html) ...Read more

#comics

us

NTSB Blames System Failures in Reagan National Midair Crash That Killed 67

Nearly a year after the Potomac collision, the NTSB cites compounding airspace and procedure failures and pushes tighter helicopter rules. ...Read more

#aviation, #ntsb, #reagannational, #helicopters, #faa

markets

UnitedHealth Sinks as Medicare Advantage Rate Proposal Signals Tighter Era

Insurers’ shares plunge after CMS proposes near-flat 2027 Medicare Advantage payments, alongside UnitedHealth guidance warning of higher costs and pullbacks. ...Read more

#medicareadvantage, #unitedhealth, #cms, #healthinsurance, #wallstreet

technology

Intel Ships First U.S.-Made 18A Laptop Chips as ‘AI PC’ Push Hits Stores

Intel’s Panther Lake Core Ultra Series 3 debuts Jan. 27, bringing 18A chips made in Arizona—and Copilot+ ready AI—to premium laptops. ...Read more

#intel, #aipc, #chipsact, #semiconductors, #laptops

weather

Storm Chandra floods Dublin’s M50, knocks out power and shuts hundreds of schools across Ireland

Heavy rain and strong winds from Storm Chandra flooded key roads including Dublin’s M50, cut power to 30,000+ properties and closed 500+ schools. ...Read more

#stormchandra, #ireland, #flooding, #dublin, #poweroutages

health

Ethiopia Declares First Marburg Outbreak Over After Rapid Response and Vaccine Trial

Ethiopia ends its first Marburg outbreak after 14 confirmed cases. Contact tracing, safe burials and trials of experimental vaccine and therapies aided control. ...Read more

#ethiopia, #marburg, #outbreak, #who, #vaccines

economy

ECB Quietly Rewrites Rules for Crisis Liquidity, Collateral and Climate Risk

New ECB guidelines reshape who can borrow in a resolution, tighten post-pandemic collateral rules, add climate haircuts and admit DLT-linked securities. ...Read more

#ecb, #eurozone, #banking, #collateral, #climaterisk

industry

Telenor to Exit Thailand After 25 Years in NOK 39 Billion Sale of True Stake

Norway’s Telenor will sell its entire 30.3% holding in True Corp to Thai billionaire Suphachai Chearavanont’s firm, deepening telecom localization. ...Read more

#telenor, #thailand, #telecom, #truecorp, #mna

markets

ECB revamps collateral rules, setting terms for rescued banks and bringing climate and tokenized assets into its framework

New ECB guidelines tighten collateral, set a path for resolved banks to regain liquidity access, add climate haircuts and admit some DLT securities. ...Read more

#ecb, #eurozone, #bankresolution, #collateral, #climaterisk

weather

Storm Chandra floods roads and closes hundreds of schools across Ireland

Heavy rain on saturated ground left parts of Dublin and the southeast flooded, cutting power to thousands and closing 500+ schools across Ireland. ...Read more

#ireland, #stormchandra, #flooding, #meteireann, #poweroutages

world

Landslide on Mount Burangrang Buries West Java Village and Marine Training Camp, Leaving Dozens Dead

A pre-dawn landslide after days of heavy rain swept through Pasirlangu in West Bandung, burying homes and a marine camp as rescuers search for the missing. ...Read more

#indonesia, #landslide, #westjava, #disaster

arts

Pace Berlin to Open Posthumous David Lynch Survey at ‘Die Tankstelle’

A new Berlin show at Pace’s Die Tankstelle reframes David Lynch as a visual artist, assembling paintings, lamps, photos and early films after his death. ...Read more

#davidlynch, #berlin, #contemporaryart, #exhibition, #pacegallery

science

‘Cotton-candy’ planets around young star offer rare glimpse of how worlds shrink with age

Four ultra-puffy planets orbiting 20-million-year-old V1298 Tau reveal how newborn worlds lose atmospheres and contract into common super-Earths. ...Read more

#exoplanets, #astronomy, #nasa, #planetformation, #jwst