Month: January 2026

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Azerbaijan sees growth in Middle Eastern tourist inflows

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Post date January 1, 2026

A total of 273,116 tourists from Middle Eastern countries visited Azerbaijan between January and November 2025, Azernews reports.

The post Azerbaijan sees growth in Middle Eastern tourist inflows first appeared on The South Caucasus News – SouthCaucasusNews.com.

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Round-Trip Transatlantic Cruises

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Post date January 1, 2026

Round-trip Transatlantic cruises are rare but popular. Cruise between the USA and Europe and without getting on a plane. Departures are from New York or Boston. See the full schedule below.

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Healthcare Subsides Expire, Trump and Minnesota, Mamdani Takes Office In NYC

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Post date January 1, 2026

Health insurance costs jump for millions after pandemic-era Affordable Care Act subsidies expired overnight. The Trump administration freezes child care funding nationwide after targeting Minnesota over unproven fraud claims tied to Somali-run day care centers. And New York City’s new mayor, Zohran Mamdani, is sworn in at midnight as he prepares to take office. Want more analysis of the most important news of the day, plus a little fun? Subscribe to the Up First newsletter. Today’s episode of Up First was edited by Carrie Feibel, Cheryl Corley, Andrea De Leon, Mohamad ElBardicy, and Alice Woelfle. It was produced by Ziad Buchh, Nia Dumas and Christopher Thomas. We get engineering support from Stacey Abbott. And our technical director is Carleigh Strange. Our deputy Executive Producer is Kelley Dickens. (0:00) Introduction (02:33) Healthcare Subsidies Expire (05:53) Trump and Minnesota (10:06) Mamdani Takes Office in NYC Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

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Live Updates: Dozens Believed Dead After Fire at New Year’s Party in Switzerland, Police Say

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Post date January 1, 2026

The fire broke out around 1:30 a.m. at a bar at the Crans-Montana ski resort. Roughly 100 people were injured in the overnight blaze, the Swiss police said.

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Nicole Guidotti-Hernández – Professor of English at … – LinkedIn

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Post date January 1, 2026

Experienced Professor and Executive level administrator with a demonstrated history of working in the higher education industry. DEI change-maker committed to social justice. Skilled in Nonprofit…

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Software Engineer – Data Infrastructure – Kafka at Canonical …

Post author By Mike Nova
Post date January 1, 2026

Location: This role can be filled in European, Middle East and African time zones. What your day will look like The data platform team is responsible for the automation of data platform operations, with the mission of managing and integrating Big Data platforms at scale.

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Ukraine Marked Record Year for Prisoner Exchanges Amid War With Russia

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Post date January 1, 2026

Ukraine returned a record 2,310 of its people from Russian captivity in 2025 through multiple prisoner exchanges, including major swaps under the Istanbul agreements.

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