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Haiti has lacked elected national officials for three years, with a Transitional Presidential Council nominally in charge. Despite this, armed gangs control large parts of the country, including areas of the capital, Port-au-Prince. The council’s mandate ends today, yet there is no clear plan for succession and no leader ready to take over. Editor in Chief at AyiboPost, Wildlore Merancourt, shares his insights.

Switzerland's Franjo von Allmen wins the first gold medal of the 2026 Winter Olympics in the men's downhill skiing.

Continuing revelations from the Epstein Files create challenges for both the Royal Family and the government.

The US president and Israel's prime minister will meet on Wednesday in Washington to discuss negotiations with Iran, according to Benjamin Netanyahu's office.

India recover from 77-6 as captain Suryakumar Yadav hits an unbeaten 84 in 29-run World Cup win against United States.

The messages appear to contradict previous comments made by Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor about a 2010 dinner he had with Jeffrey Epstein.

Amazon has booked 10 more launches with SpaceX, citing a "near-term shortage in launch capacity."

In the early hours of Saturday, Russia carried out another series of crippling aerial attacks on Ukrainian energy facilities. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the assault involved more than 400 drones and around 40 missiles. The strikes hit two thermal power stations as well as crucial parts of the country’s electricity distribution system, as Ukrainians continue to endure a particularly bitter winter. Charlotte Lam reports.

The US president says he "didn't make a mistake", adding he had only seen the beginning of the video before it was posted.

Where's the Trump phone? We're going to keep talking about it every week. We've reached out, as usual, to ask about the Trump phone's whereabouts. This time, surprisingly, we received a response - and an interview. The Trump phone is real - maybe, sort of, soon? - and I've seen it. Not in the flesh, […]

GOG recently posted a job listing for a senior software engineer focused on porting its Galaxy desktop client to Linux. Now, in reply to a Reddit AMA, the GOG team has revealed that work on native Linux support is already underway. It's still too early to give an ETA, according to the Reddit thread. But […]

The Environmental Protection Agency has drastically pulled back on holding polluters accountable.

Authorities in Portugal are deploying more than 26,500 rescuers as Storm Marta approaches.

Some film professors are bemoaning the shortcuts students take to avoid watching assigned movies: some don't know what happens at the end. NPR's Scott Simon offers his own synopses.

A new job posting suggests the debate may be swinging back toward reusing GS2.

In the run-up to WWII, a young couple's relationship falls foul of class prejudice.

Foster carer Louise Allen says the problem isn’t the children, it’s the system.

The first season of The Pitt was about acute problems. The second is about chronic ones.

Former Labour Party peer tells sex offender he found "a great place to stay" with "privacy", a document suggests.

Journalist Chris Hedges speaks to Marc Lamont Hill on Trump’s first year and the future of US democracy.

Saudi Arabia on Saturday agreed to make major investments in war-torn Syria, including a jointly owned low-cost airline and a new $1 billion telecommunications project. 

Production source says it takes "weeks" to produce just minutes of usable video.

An ACL tear would keep almost any other athlete from competing -- but not Lindsey Vonn, the 41-year-old superstar skier who is determined to cap off an incredible comeback from retirement with one last shot at an Olympic medal.

CarPlay users could soon be able to use their chatbot of choice instead of Siri. As Bloomberg reports, Apple is working to add support for CarPlay voice control apps from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and others. Previously, users who wanted to access third-party chatbots in the car would need to go through their iPhone, but soon […]

The Ukrainian leader says difficult issues remain, as Russia carries out further strikes on energy facilities.