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Weight-loss drugs like Wegovy require a lifetime commitment. Stop taking them, and you’ll almost always gain back the weight you lost.

Why quitting the fat jab means gaining weight

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Weight-loss drugs like Wegovy require a lifetime commitment. Stop taking them, and you’ll almost always gain back the weight you lost.

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Protesters gather near the site in Minneapolis where Alex Pretti was shot and killed by federal immigration agents, on Saturday, January 24, 2026.

Here’s why Alex Pretti shooting was flawed from the start

THE NEW YORK TIMES: For experts in police training and use of force, the trouble began well before the first shot was fired.

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Getting in shape can be easier, and faster, than you might expect.

How little exercise can you get away with?

THE NEW YORK TIMES: If you’re resolving to make 2026 the year you finally get fit, aiming for the bare minimum is a simple way to ensure you meet your goal.

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Fans don't care that AI is filling in the blanks of the Beckham family feud.

AI fills in blanks of Beckham family feud as fans crave more

With no real footage to settle the Beckham–Peltz drama, AI-generated clips are stepping in — and fans can’t get enough.

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There’s no doubt that the carefully crafted defence of Denmark’s Prime Minister, Mette Frederiksen, helped block the US President from getting something he really wanted.

The woman who stands between Donald Trump and Greenland

THE NEW YORK TIMES: There’s no doubt that the carefully crafted defence of Denmark’s Prime Minister, Mette Frederiksen, helped block the US President from getting something he really wanted.

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Kim Kardashian, Doja Cat, Olandria Carthen and a model in Schiaparelli’s Spring collection all show off a severe, corset-heavy fashion aesthetic.

You won’t be seeing much body positivity in 2026

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Fashion has begun exaggerating, or distorting, the female form like never before. What exactly is going on?

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Alex Jeffrey Pretti, 37, was shot by federal agents in Minneapolis.

Video shows moment federal agents killed nurse Alex Pretti

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Videos on social media appear to contradict the Department of Homeland Security’s account of the fatal shooting by federal agents in Minneapolis. WARNING: Graphic

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Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence chatbot, Grok, created and then publicly shared at least 1.8 million sexualised images of women, according to separate estimates of X data by The New York Times and the Centre for Countering Digital Hate.

Disturbing data shows millions of explicit AI images on X

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Disturbing new data reveals that Elon Musk’s AI chatbot, Grok, has created and publicly shared at least 1.8 million sexualised images of women in recent days.

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Billions of dollars are trading hands on prediction market sites like Polymarket and Kalshi, where people bet on everything from Taylor Swift’s wedding date to election outcomes.

All bets are on: The rapid rise of prediction markets

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Billions of dollars are trading hands on sites like Polymarket and Kalshi, where people bet on everything from Taylor Swift’s wedding date to election outcomes.

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Concept art for ’New Gaza’ shown by Jared Kushner at a signing ceremony for the proposed Board of Peace, during the World Economic Forum in Davos, on Thursday, January 22, 2026.

‘Catastrophic success’: Skyscraper-studded Gaza bid revealed

The plan would require investment of at least $US25 billion in the devastated Palestinian enclave, according to the proposal.

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World leaders desperately need to stand up to Trump and push back on his tariffs.

Please world leaders, don’t appease Donald Trump

THE NEW YORK TIMES: President Donald Trump pounces on weakness, but retreats from strength. That’s why world leaders desperately need to stand up to Trump and push back on his tariffs.

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President Donald Trump is visible on a video monitor as he addresses the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)

Trump’s Greenland deal said to involve small tracts of land

US President Trump said on social media that he had reached a framework agreement over the future of the Danish territory.

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David, Victoria and Brooklyn Beckham

What exactly is Brooklyn accusing his parents of?

Brooklyn Beckham has gone public, accusing his parents David and Victoria of trying to wreck his marriage and control his image, turning the picture-perfect Beckham brand on its head.

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President Donald Trump speaks to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

Everything (and everyone) Trump assailed in Davos

President Donald Trump took aim at many familiar targets, and some new ones, in a lengthy speech at the World Economic Forum, praising and threatening European allies while repeating demands for Greenland.

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 It’s possible to achieve positive ends through Trumpian means, but the mechanism of that achievement requires constraints, and the ones we have now seem too weak for the purpose

Without restraints and internal checks, Trumpism is doomed

THE NEW YORK TIMES: It’s possible to achieve positive ends through Trumpian means, but the mechanism of that achievement requires constraints, and the ones we have now seem too weak for the purpose.

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