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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Adrenaline was running high for Austrian snowboarder Benjamin Karl after winning a second straight Olympic gold medal in the men’s parallel giant slalom on Sunday.And that adrenaline had him not feeling the cold temperatures, as he ripped off his jacket and clothes in celebration.Karl, 40, was flexing his arms and screaming, ripping off his jacket and four layers of clothes during his celebration. He was even seen face down on the snow, which was surely cold, but he didn’t care. Gold medalist Benjamin Karl of Team Austria reacts after winning the Men’s…

Palestinian Australians and their supporters are preparing to challenge laws that ban a phrase widely understood to mean different things to different people.

MANILA: Members of the Philippine clergy filed an impeachment complaint on Monday (Feb 9) against Sara Duterte, the third to hit the country’s vice president in just over a week.The daughter of former President Rodrigo Duterte was impeached by the House of Representatives last year only to see the country’s Supreme Court throw the case out over procedural issues.Under the Philippine constitution, an impeachment triggers a Senate trial. A guilty verdict would see Duterte barred from politics and sidelined from a potential 2028 presidential run.Monday’s filing – brought by some of those behind the tossed complaint – accuses the vice…

Khan Younis, Gaza Strip – Under international humanitarian law, freedom of movement is a fundamental right, inseparable from other core protections such as the right to life, food and education.In Gaza, however, freedom of movement has become a tool of control and collective punishment, administered through a complex system of road closures, permits and guarded land crossings.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listDuring Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza, which began in October 2023, this system became fully entrenched through the control of gateways: who is allowed in and out, when, in what numbers, and what goods may enter or…

Author Arthur C. Brooks joins The Takeout podcast to discuss happiness and his behavioral science research on finding happiness, purpose in life and human emotions. Brooks and Major Garrett also discuss the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on human behavior and the one group which emerged better from lockdown.

Aussie Michael Dixon will rightly get plenty of headlines, and Kenneth Walker was voted the game’s best player, but who was the REAL Super Bowl MVP? Ben O’Shea wraps up the big game.

HONG KONG: Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai was sentenced on Monday (Feb 9) to a total of 20 years in jail on national security charges comprising two counts of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces and one of publishing seditious materials.The sentence ends a legal saga spanning almost five years, and Hong Kong’s most high-profile national security hearing. Lai, founder of the now-shuttered Apple Daily newspaper, was first arrested in August 2020 and convicted last year.Lai’s sentence of 20 years was within the most severe penalty “band” of 10 years to life imprisonment for offences of a “grave nature”.The…

These are the key developments from day 1,446 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.Listen to this article | 3 minsinfoPublished On 9 Feb 20269 Feb 2026Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareHere is where things stand on Monday, February 9:Fighting At least one person was killed after Russian forces launched “massive” air raids on the Ukrainian port city of Odesa, according to officials. Russian forces also attacked facilities of Ukraine’s major oil and gas company Naftogaz in the eastern Poltava region overnight, causing damage. It was the 19th attack launched by Moscow on the facility, the company said in a statement, without specifying…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump is defending federal law enforcement efforts in Minneapolis, saying crime has fallen sharply after what he described as the removal of “thousands of criminals” from the city.In an interview with NBC News’ Tom Llamas that aired Sunday, Trump said crime in Minneapolis is down as much as 30%, attributing the decline to tougher enforcement.”The crime numbers in Minnesota, in Minneapolis in particular, are down 25, 30% because we’ve removed thousands of criminals from the area,” Trump said. “These are hardened criminals… Most of them came in through an open…

Nick Jonas runs off stage in Prague While performing in Prague, Czech Republic with his brothers, Nick Jonas abruptly runs off stage after a laser is pointed directly at him. (CREDIT: Jolanda Hofmann and Nicole Berousek/TMX) NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Nick Jonas opened up about how his faith was tested after being “betrayed” by his longtime church and losing his family’s home during his early rise to fame.When Nick, 33, and his brothers Kevin, 38, and Joe, 36, first began pursuing music careers in the early 2000s, their father, Kevin Jonas Sr., was the senior pastor…