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LOS ANGELES — The 2026 Critics Choice Awards opened the global film awards season Sunday night with a decisive show of critical consensus. As One Battle After Another emerged as the evening’s most honored film, winning Best Picture and securing major victories for director Paul Thomas Anderson while Timothée Chalamet and Jessie Buckley claimed the … Read more
Millions of League of Legends players faced access issues on Jan. 4, 2026, when the popular multiplayer online battle arena game experienced a widespread League Client down error. Users reported that the desktop client failed to launch, froze at the loading screen, or disconnected during login attempts. Riot Games confirmed it was investigating the issue … Read more
On Jan. 4, millions of players worldwide encountered difficulties accessing League of Legends, the popular multiplayer online battle arena game from Riot Games. Reports surfaced of clients freezing during launch, login attempts failing, and matches failing to load across multiple regions. According to Downdetector, over 7,000 users reported issues at the peak of the outage, with … Read more
OPEC+ kept oil output unchanged Sunday after a brief online meeting, as the producer group moved to preserve market stability while avoiding discussion of mounting political turmoil among several of its members, including tensions in the Middle East and a sudden power shift in Venezuela. KEY POINTS The decision to hold production steady underscores OPEC+’s … Read more
Ripple’s XRP token reclaimed the closely watched $2 level this week after a sharp, high volume rally. Reopening debate across global crypto markets over whether the move marks the start of a sustained advance or another short lived breakout. The price surge, recorded during early January trading, comes as investors weigh technical signals against XRP’s … Read more
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea launched multiple ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters Sunday morning, South Korea’s military said. Extending a recent run of weapons tests as Pyongyang prepares for a rare ruling party congress and as regional diplomacy intensifies around the Korean Peninsula. KEY POINTS South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said it … Read more
Caribbean flight disruptions spread across the region over the weekend after a US military operation captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and prompted aviation authorities to restrict airspace. Forcing airlines to cancel hundreds of flights at the tail end of a peak holiday travel period. KEY POINTS The sudden halt to commercial air traffic over Venezuela … Read more
CARACAS/MIAMI — President Donald Trump said Saturday that a US military operation removed Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro from power with no American fatalities and only a handful of injuries. Adding that Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, are being transported to New York to face criminal charges. Speaking from his Mar-A-Lago club in Florida, Trump … Read more
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, are set to face a new federal indictment in Manhattan, US Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Saturday. The move expands a long running case targeting Maduro for alleged involvement in a transnational narcotics organization. Bondi said in a social media post that both Maduro and Flores … Read more
Key Points SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Major US airlines canceled dozens of Caribbean flights Saturday following FAA issued airspace restrictions after US military strikes in Venezuela Which led to the capture of President Nicolás Maduro. The disruption affected flights to Puerto Rico, Aruba, and surrounding Caribbean destinations. While routes to the Dominican Republic and … Read more
