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On January 7, 2026, Renée Nicole Macklin Good, a 37-year-old US citizen, was fatally shot by a United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Good was in her car at the scene of an ongoing ICE operation when she was approached by agents who, according to an eyewitness, gave conflicting orders.
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. xxx is a sponsored top-level domain (sTLD) intended as a voluntary option for pornographic sites on the Internet. The sponsoring organization is the International Foundation for Online Responsibility (IFFOR). The registry is operated by ICM Registry LLC. The ICANN Board voted to approve the sTLD on 18 March 2011.
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The RajaSaab is a 2026 Indian Telugu-language fantasy horror comedy film written and directed by Maruthi, and produced by People Media Factory and IVY Entertainment. The film stars Prabhas, alongside Sanjay Dutt, Boman Irani, Nidhhi Agerwal, Malavika Mohanan (in her Telugu film debut), Riddhi Kumar and Zarina Wahab.
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Mario Manuel Cristobal (born September 24, 1970) is an American college football coach who is the head football coach for the University of Miami. He previously served as the head football coach at Florida International University (FIU) from 2007 to 2012 and the University of Oregon from 2017 to 2021.
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Dhurandhar (transl. Stalwart) is a 2025 Indian Hindi-language spy action thriller film written, co-produced, and directed by Aditya Dhar. Produced by Jyoti Deshpande, Aditya Dhar, and Lokesh Dhar under Jio Studios and B62 Studios, it stars Ranveer Singh, Akshaye Khanna, Sanjay Dutt, R. Madhavan, Arjun Rampal, and several other actors.
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Toxic: A Fairy Tale for Grown-Ups
Toxic: A Fairy Tale for Grown-Ups is an upcoming Indian period gangster action thriller film directed by Geetu Mohandas. It features an ensemble cast including Yash, Kiara Advani, Nayanthara, Huma Qureshi, and Tara Sutaria, with Rukmini Vasanth in an important role.
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Greenland is an autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark and is the largest of the kingdom's three constituent parts by land area, the others being Denmark proper and the Faroe Islands. It shares a small 1. 2 km border with Canada on Hans Island. Citizens of Greenland are full citizens of Denmark and of the European Union.
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The Traitors (American TV series) season 4
The fourth season of the American television series The Traitors was announced on August 14, 2024. The season premiered on January 8, 2026.
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The following notable deaths occurred in 2026. Names are reported under the date of death, in alphabetical order. A typical entry reports information in the following sequence: Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent nationality (if applicable), what subject was noted for, cause of death (if known), and a reference.
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Reza Pahlavi, Crown Prince of Iran
Reza Pahlavi (born 31 October 1960) is an Iranian politician and dissident. A member of the Pahlavi dynasty, he is the eldest son of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last shah of Iran, and Farah Diba. He is one of the mainstream figures of the Iranian opposition to the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
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Bruce Lee (born Lee Jun-fan; November 27, 1940 – July 20, 1973) was a Hong Kong and American martial artist, actor, and filmmaker. He was the founder of Jeet Kune Do, a hybrid martial arts philosophy, which was formed from his experiences in unarmed fighting and self-defense—as well as eclectic, Zen Buddhist, and Taoist philosophies—as a new school of martial arts thought.
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Jacob Lawrence Frey (born July 23, 1981) is an American politician and attorney who has served as the 48th mayor of Minneapolis since 2018. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party, he served on the Minneapolis City Council from 2014 to 2018 and was elected mayor of Minneapolis in 2017 and reelected in 2021 and 2025.
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Oreshnik (Russian: Орешник, lit. 'Hazel shrub'), is a Russian intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) characterized by its reported speed exceeding Mach 10 (12,300 km/h; 7,610 mph; 3. 40 km/s), according to the Ukrainian military. Oreshnik saw its first combat use on 21 November 2024, striking the Ukrainian city of Dnipro.
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List of highest-grossing Indian films
This ranking lists the highest-grossing Indian films produced by Indian cinema, based on conservative global box office estimates as reported by organisations classified as green by Wikipedia. The figures are not adjusted for inflation. However, there is no official tracking of figures and sources publishing data are frequently pressured to increase their estimates.
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Heated Rivalry is a Canadian sports romance television series created, written, and directed by Jacob Tierney for Crave. Based on Rachel Reid's Game Changers novel series, it follows two rival professional hockey players, Canadian Shane Hollander (Hudson Williams) and Russian Ilya Rozanov (Connor Storrie), whose on-ice animosity conceals a passionate, secret romance.
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Kristi Lynn Arnold Noem ( NOHM; née Arnold; born November 30, 1971) is an American politician serving as the 8th United States secretary of homeland security since 2025. A member of the Republican Party, she served as the 33rd governor of South Dakota from 2019 to 2025 and represented South Dakota's at-large congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2011 to 2019.
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Gayatri Das (born 8 June 1981) known professionally as Geetu Mohandas is an Indian former actress and director known for her works in Malayalam cinema. In 2013, she directed the socio political film Liar's Dice which has received two National Film Awards, was premiered at Sundance Film Festival, and was India's official entry at the 87th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film.
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Stranger Things is an American television series created by the Duffer Brothers for Netflix. Produced by Monkey Massacre Productions and 21 Laps Entertainment, the first season was released on Netflix on July 15, 2016. The second and third seasons followed in October 2017 and July 2019, respectively, and the fourth season was released in two parts in May and July 2022.
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The Pitt is an American medical procedural drama television series created by R. Scott Gemmill, and executive produced by John Wells and Noah Wyle. It is Gemmill, Wells and Wyle's second collaboration, having previously worked together on ER. It stars Wyle, Tracy Ifeachor, Patrick Ball, Katherine LaNasa, Supriya Ganesh, Fiona Dourif, Taylor Dearden, Isa Briones, Gerran Howell, and Shabana Azeez.
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Template:Us dates Primate is a 2025 American natural horror film directed by Johannes Roberts, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Ernest Riera. It stars Johnny Sequoyah, Jessica Alexander, and Troy Kotsur. In the film, a tropical vacation goes awry when Ben, a family's adopted chimpanzee, is bitten by a rabid animal and suddenly becomes violent.
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Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who is the 47th president of the United States. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 45th president from 2017 to 2021. Born into a wealthy New York City family, Trump graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1968 with a bachelor's degree in economics.
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Bigg Boss (Tamil TV series) season 9
Bigg Boss 9 is the ninth season of the Indian Tamil-language reality television series Bigg Boss, produced by Banijay. Vijay Sethupathi is returning as a host for the second time in a row. The season premiered on 5 October 2025 on Star Vijay and JioHotstar.
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Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (Persian: محمدرضا پهلوی [mohæmˈmæd ɾeˈzɒː pʰæhlæˈviː]; 26 October 1919 – 27 July 1980) was the Shah of Iran from 1941 to 1979. He succeeded his father Reza Shah and ruled the Imperial State of Iran until he was overthrown by the 1979 Islamic Revolution led by Ruhollah Khomeini, which abolished the Iranian monarchy to establish the Islamic Republic of Iran.
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United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement
The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is a federal law enforcement agency under the United States Department of Homeland Security. Its stated mission is to conduct criminal investigations, enforce immigration laws, preserve national security, and protect public safety. ICE was created as part of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 following the September 11 attacks.
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Nicolás Maduro Moros (born 23 November 1962) is a Venezuelan politician and former union leader who has served as the president of Venezuela since 2013. While nominally the president, he was de facto removed from power by the United States in 2026, following his capture and extraction from the country.
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David Robert Jones (8 January 1947 – 10 January 2016), known as David Bowie, was an English singer, songwriter and actor. Regarded as among the most influential musicians of the 20th century, Bowie received particular acclaim for his work in the 1970s. His career was marked by reinvention and visual presentation, and his music and stagecraft have had a great impact on popular music.
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The Housemaid is a 2025 American erotic psychological thriller film produced and directed by Paul Feig from a screenplay by Rebecca Sonnenshine, who adapted the 2022 novel by Freida McFadden. The film stars Sydney Sweeney as a young woman with a troubled past who becomes the live-in housekeeper for a wealthy couple (Amanda Seyfried and Brandon Sklenar) whose household hides dark secrets.
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Millie Bonnie Bongiovi (née Brown; born 19 February 2004), known professionally as Millie Bobby Brown, is a British actress and film producer. She gained international recognition for playing Eleven in the Netflix science fiction series Stranger Things (2016–2025), for which she received nominations for two Primetime Emmy Awards.
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Willie Junior Maxwell II (born June 7, 1991), better known by his stage name Fetty Wap, is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter. He quickly rose to mainstream prominence after his 2014 song "Trap Queen" peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 and led him to sign with 300 Entertainment, an imprint of Atlantic Records.
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Edward Henrik Larsson (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈhɛnːrɪk ˈlɑːʂɔn]; born 20 September 1971) is a Swedish professional football coach and former player who played 106 times for the Swedish national team. A striker, Larsson began his career with Högaborgs BK. In 1992, he moved to Helsingborg IF where in his first campaign he helped the club win promotion to Allsvenskan after 24 seasons.
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Hanna Cavinder (born January 13, 2001) is an American social media influencer and college basketball player who plays for the Miami Hurricanes of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). She began her college career at Fresno State, where she was a two-time All-Mountain West Conference (MWC) selection and a MWC All-Freshman Team selection.
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The 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, known in short as the 2025 AFCON or CAN 2025 and for sponsorship purposes as the TotalEnergies 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, is the 35th edition of the biennial Africa Cup of Nations tournament organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). It is the second edition hosted by Morocco after 1988.
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Wade Steven Wilson (born May 20, 1994) is an American criminal convicted of the 2019 murders of Kristine Melton and Diane Ruiz in Cape Coral, Florida. Due to sharing the name of the Marvel character Wade "Deadpool" Wilson, Wilson has been referred to in the media as the "Deadpool Killer". Wilson was sentenced to death in 2024 after being found guilty of first-degree murder, among other charges.
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Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the northeast, Afghanistan to the east, Pakistan to the southeast, and the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf to the south.
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Ali Hosseini Khamenei (born 19 April 1939) is an Iranian cleric and politician who has served as the second supreme leader of Iran since 1989, and the third president of Iran from 1981 to 1989. His tenure as supreme leader, spanning 36 years, makes him the longest-serving head of state in the Middle East and the longest-serving Iranian leader since Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.
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Michael Lee McDaniel (born March 6, 1983) is an American professional football coach. He was most recently the head coach of the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League (NFL). A former long-time assistant and descendant of the Shanahan coaching tree, McDaniel began his NFL coaching career as an intern for the Denver Broncos in 2005.
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Peter Gene Hernandez (born October 8, 1985), known professionally as Bruno Mars, is an American singer-songwriter, record producer and dancer. Regarded as a pop icon, he is known for his three-octave tenor vocal range, live performances, retro showmanship, and musical versatility. He is accompanied by his band, the Hooligans.
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Limonene () is a colorless liquid aliphatic hydrocarbon classified as a cyclic monoterpene, and is the major component in the fragrance and essential oil of citrus fruit peels, taking its name from Italian limone ("lemon"). Limonene is a chiral molecule, and most biological sources produce just one enantiomer (isomer).
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Naseem Hamed (Arabic: نسيم حميد; born 12 February 1974), nicknamed Prince Naseem and Naz, is a British former professional boxer who competed from 1992 to 2002. He held multiple featherweight world championships between 1995 and 2000, and reigned as lineal champion from 1998 to 2001. In 2015, he was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame.
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One Battle After Another is a 2025 American black comedy action thriller film written, co-produced, and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. It is loosely based and inspired by the 1990 novel Vineland by Thomas Pynchon. The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, Benicio del Toro, Regina Hall, Teyana Taylor, and Chase Infiniti (in her film debut).
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Ahn Sung-ki (Korean: 안성기; January 1, 1952 – January 5, 2026) was a South Korean actor. Known as one of the country's most respected actors, he is the recipient of numerous accolades in a career on screen spanning six decades. Born in Daegu to a father working in the film industry, Ahn made his acting debut in 1957 as a child actor in the film Twilight Train (1957).
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2026 United States strikes in Venezuela
On 3 January 2026, the United States launched military strikes on Venezuela and captured President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores. The operation, codenamed Operation Absolute Resolve, began around 2 a. m. local time, when explosions were observed.
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De De Pyaar De 2 (transl. Give Me Love 2) is a 2025 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film directed by Anshul Sharma, written by Luv Ranjan and Tarun Jain and produced by T-Series Films and Luv Films. It is a sequel to De De Pyaar De (2019). The film stars Ajay Devgn, R. Madhavan and Rakul Preet Singh.
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Liam James Rosenior (born 9 July 1984) is an English professional football manager and former player who is the head coach of Premier League club Chelsea. As a player, he played either as a full-back or winger. He played for Bristol City, Fulham, Torquay United, Reading, Ipswich Town, Hull City and Brighton & Hove Albion.
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The London to Calcutta bus service was a long-distance international bus route that operated between London, England, and Calcutta, India. Launched in 1957, it was widely regarded as the longest bus route in the world at the time. The journey spanned approximately 10,000 miles (16,000 km) one way, and over 20,000 miles (32,700 km) round trip, taking about 50 days to complete each leg.
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Instagram is an American photo and short-form video sharing social networking service owned by Meta Platforms. It allows users to upload media that can be edited with filters, be organized by hashtags, and be associated with a location via geographical tagging. Posts can be shared publicly or with preapproved followers.
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Ethan Green Hawke (born November 6, 1970) is an American actor, author, and filmmaker whose career on both stage and screen has spanned four decades. Known for his versatility across a wide range of roles—often in art films—and acclaimed collaborations with director Richard Linklater, he has received numerous accolades, including a Daytime Emmy Award.
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Song Sung Blue is a 2025 American biographical musical drama film written, co-produced, and directed by Craig Brewer. It is based on the 2008 documentary film of the same name by Greg Kohs. The film stars Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson as Mike and Claire Sardina, who performed as the Neil Diamond tribute band Lightning & Thunder.
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Stephen Miller (born August 23, 1985) is an American political advisor serving as White House deputy chief of staff for policy and homeland security advisor since 2025. He previously served as senior advisor to the president and director of speechwriting from 2017 to 2021 during the first Trump administration.
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The fifth and final season of the American science fiction horror drama television series Stranger Things, marketed as Stranger Things 5, was released on the streaming service Netflix in two volumes and the finale. The first set of four episodes was released on November 26, 2025, the second set of three episodes was released on December 25, while the finale was released on December 31.
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The Traitors (American TV series)
The Traitors (also known as The Traitors US outside of the United States) is an American reality competition series based on the Dutch series De Verraders. Following the premise of De Verraders, the show features a group of contestants participating in a social deduction game similar to Mafia or Werewolf, set in and among the grounds of Ardross Castle in Scotland.
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Michael David Rapaport (born March 20, 1970) is an American actor, comedian, and podcast host. His film roles include Zebrahead (1992), True Romance (1993), Higher Learning (1995), Metro (1997), Cop Land (1997), Deep Blue Sea (1999), The 6th Day (2000), Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001), Big Fan (2009), and The Heat (2013).
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People We Meet on Vacation (film)
People We Meet on Vacation is a 2026 American romantic comedy film directed by Brett Haley from a screenplay by Yulin Kuang and Amos Vernon & Nunzio Randazzo, based on the 2021 novel of the same name by Emily Henry. It stars Emily Bader, Tom Blyth, Lukas Gage, Jameela Jamil, Alan Ruck, and Molly Shannon.
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The Traitors (British TV series) series 4
The fourth series of The Traitors was first broadcast on BBC One on 1 January 2026. Claudia Winkleman returned to present the series, accompanied by the spin-off show The Traitors: Uncloaked, presented by Ed Gamble.
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Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and various islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea. It comprises an area of 912,050 km2 (352,140 sq mi), with a population estimated at 31. 8 million in 2025. The capital and largest urban agglomeration is Caracas.
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Skye Newman (born 9 November 2003) is an English singer-songwriter from South East London. Her debut single, "Hairdresser", entered the UK Singles Chart upon its release in March 2025, peaking at number 15 in April. Her second single, "Family Matters" became her first UK top 10 hit, reaching number five in June 2025.
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YouTube is an American social media and online video sharing platform owned by Google. YouTube was founded on February 14, 2005, by Chad Hurley, Jawed Karim, and Steve Chen, who were former employees of PayPal. Headquartered in San Bruno, California, it is the second-most-visited website in the world, after Google.
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Mohd. Ahmed Khan v. Shah Bano Begum
Mohd. Ahmad Khan v. Shah Bano Begum (1985), commonly referred to as the Shah Bano case, was a maintenance lawsuit in India, in which the Supreme Court delivered a judgment in favour of providing maintenance to an aggrieved divorced Muslim woman.
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Jessie Buckley (born December 1989) is an Irish actress and singer. Her accolades include a Laurence Olivier Award and a BAFTA Award, in addition to nominations for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award. Buckley began her career in 2008 as a contestant on the BBC TV talent show I'd Do Anything, in which she came second.
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Jeffrey Preston Bezos ( BAY-zohss; né Jorgensen; born January 12, 1964) is an American businessman best known as the founder, executive chairman, and former president and CEO of Amazon, the world's largest e-commerce and cloud computing company. According to Forbes, as of December 2025, Bezos's estimated net worth is US$239. 4 billion, making him the fourth richest person in the world.
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Hamnet is a 2025 historical drama film directed by Chloé Zhao, based on the 2020 novel by Maggie O'Farrell. Zhao and O'Farrell co-wrote the film's screenplay. The film's largely fictional story dramatises the marriage between Agnes Hathaway and William Shakespeare, and the impact of the tragic death of their 11-year-old son Hamnet on their relationship, which inspired Shakespeare's play Hamlet.
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Curt Cignetti ( born June 2, 1961) is an American college football coach who is the head football coach at Indiana University Bloomington. He previously served as the head coach at Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) from 2011 to 2016, Elon University from 2017 to 2018, and James Madison University from 2019 to 2023.
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Eko (stylised as ekō) is a 2025 Indian Malayalam-language mystery thriller film directed by Dinjith Ayyathan and written and shot by Bahul Ramesh. The film is produced by MRK Jhayaram under the banner Aaradyaa Studios, marking the studio's debut production. It features Sandeep Pradeep, Vineeth, Narain, Binu Pappu and Biana Momin in prominent roles.
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Parasakthi (transl. The Supreme Power) is a 2026 Indian Tamil-language historical political action drama film directed by Sudha Kongara and produced by Aakash Bhaskaran of Dawn Pictures. The film, set in the 1960s, stars Sivakarthikeyan, Ravi Mohan, Atharvaa and Sreeleela (in her Tamil debut), alongside Dev Ramnath, Prithvi Rajan, Guru Somasundaram, Basil Joseph, Papri Ghosh, and Rana Daggubati.
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Ľubomír Moravčík (born 22 June 1965) is a Slovak football manager and former player. A creative midfielder renowned for his technical ability, he was capable of unleashing powerful, accurate shots, and pinpoint crosses with both feet. He played for teams in Czechoslovakia and Slovakia, France, Germany, Japan, and Scotland.
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Bugonia is a 2025 black comedy film directed by Yorgos Lanthimos and written by Will Tracy. An English-language remake of the 2003 South Korean film Save the Green Planet! by Jang Joon-hwan, Bugonia follows two young men who kidnap a powerful CEO, suspecting that she is secretly an alien who wants to destroy Earth.
