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Sports

How to watch WWE Royal Rumble in US, UK and Australia — streams, times, and VPN tips

The 39th annual WWE Royal Rumble is in Saudi Arabia — the first Rumble held outside the US — and kicks off at 2pm ET / 11am PT / 7pm GMT (5am AEST on Sunday). Key matches include Drew McIntyre vs Sami Zayn for the Championship and Styles staking his career against Gunther as

Tech

Sims 4 mod WickedWhims remains widely used, creator says

Kotaku reports that WickedWhims, a fan-made mod for The Sims 4 led by modder Turbodriver, remains widely used. The mod, which adds fully animated and interactive sex along with expanded relationships, menstrual cycles and birth control, has over 16,000 paid supporters on Patreon, and Turbodriver told German site Taz

Tech

2026 Lucid Air Touring review: a more polished, practical luxury EV

After spending a week with the 2026 Lucid Air Touring, Ars Technica found the sedan to be markedly more polished and more of a finished product than earlier Air models. The Touring starts at $79,900 and is presented as a refined, easy-to-live-with luxury electric sedan. The Touring’s all-wheel-drive

Culture

Metropolitan Opera to cut jobs, reduce executive pay and scale back programming

New York’s Metropolitan Opera has announced a round of layoffs, pay cuts and reductions to its programming as it confronts financial strain left over from the Covid pandemic. The measures include salary reductions of between 4% and 15% for 35 executives earning more than $150,000, including the Met’

Culture

Metropolitan Opera to lay off staff, cut executive pay and trim season

The Metropolitan Opera announced on Tuesday that it will lay off workers, cut the salaries of top-paid executives and reduce its programming, marking a new round of retrenchment at the largest performing arts organization in the country. Peter Gelb, the Met’s general manager, said he was forced to take

Culture

Hilary Duff greeted by rapturous crowd at first live show in 18 years

Hilary Duff’s first live performance in 18 years was met with a sold-out crowd singing back every word of her songs. Fans had travelled from Brazil, Saudi Arabia and across Europe and were often so loud the woman on stage was sometimes hard to hear. Duff appeared overwhelmed by

Culture

Millie Bobby Brown debuts chin-length bob at Joy Awards

Pagesix reports Millie Bobby Brown, 21, showed one of her shortest haircuts yet — a chin‑grazing bob in a natural brown — on the Joy Awards 2026 red carpet in Saudi Arabia. She wore a Tamara Ralph Couture fall 2025 gown covered in sequins and floral appliqués, paired with Chopard diamond

Culture

Fans accuse Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves season 2 trailer of using AI

Pcgamer reports SNK released a trailer for season 2 of Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves, set to kick off on January 22, and fans immediately accused the promo of containing generative AI content. Comments on the trailer’s YouTube page, Reddit and the Fatal Fury Discord called out specific

World

Gulf Arab allies press U.S. to avoid strike on Iran

Powerful Gulf Arab allies of President Trump are urging his administration to pursue diplomacy rather than a military strike on Iran as Mr. Trump explores whether to attack the country amid nationwide protests and a violent government crackdown, the report said. Mr. Trump has also said he was "told

World

Chris Bowen to lobby Saudi Arabia and other petrostates ahead of Cop31

Chris Bowen, Australia’s climate change and energy minister and the appointed “president of negotiations” for Cop31, said he will use his role to lobby Saudi Arabia and other petrostates to stop resisting progress at UN climate summits, Guardian Australia reported. Bowen told Guardian Australia a pre-summit focus would be

Sports

Benzema tipped to extend at Al-Ittihad as June 2026 contract nears

Al-Ittihad sporting director Ramon Planes says Karim Benzema wants to extend his stay in Saudi Arabia, Goal reports. The 38-year-old's contract is set to expire in June 2026. Planes, speaking to Spanish newspaper ABC, said: "He wants to stay, he's keen to continue in Saudi

World

Southern Transitional Council delegation in Riyadh announces dissolution amid dispute

A delegation from the Southern Transitional Council in Riyadh announced on Friday that the separatist group was dissolving, but members abroad and other officials rejected the declaration and said the announcement may not have been voluntary. The Southern Transitional Council, which has sought an independent state in Yemen’s south

Culture

Writer recalls family visit to Jeddah while father worked in Saudi Arabia

A family photo taken in Jeddah during the 1980s captures the writer at six, when he caught mumps and suffered diarrhoea during a visit to see his father, who was working in Saudi Arabia. In the 1980s a recession in the British construction industry pushed many workers to Saudi Arabia,

World

Saudi Arabia accuses UAE of aiding escape of Yemeni separatist leader

Saudi Arabia accused the United Arab Emirates on Thursday of helping Aidarous al-Zubaidi, a separatist leader wanted on treason charges, to flee Yemen, a claim that deepens a growing rift between the two allies. Maj. Gen. Turki al-Maliki, spokesman for the Saudi-led military coalition in Yemen, said Saudi intelligence determined

Sports

Yorke says Lingard could view a move to Wrexham as 'one last rodeo'

Goal reports Yorke told PokerScout that Jesse Lingard could see a move to Wrexham as "one last rodeo" as he weighs his next steps. Yorke said he has kept an eye on Lingard because of the United connection and admitted, "I really don't know what

World

Aidarous al‑Zubaidi rejects Saudi ultimatum and vows to hold Aden

The leader of Yemen’s southern separatist movement, Aidarous al‑Zubaidi, has told supporters he will make a last stand in Aden after rejecting a Saudi ultimatum to travel to Riyadh for talks and, for now, a plan to flee the city, his supporters say. Al‑Zubaidi, president of the

World

Yemeni separatist leader declines Saudi call to travel to Riyadh for talks

Aidarous al-Zubaidi, leader of the Southern Transitional Council, refused a Saudi demand to fly to Riyadh for talks on Tuesday, deepening a standoff that the report says leaves Yemen’s sovereignty hanging in the balance. The Southern Transitional Council, which is backed by the United Arab Emirates and seeks an

World

About 600 tourists stranded on Socotra after Yemen flights halted

About 600 foreigners have been stranded on the Yemeni island of Socotra after flights were halted amid an escalating conflict on the mainland, turning the nature sanctuary into a geopolitical trap. The cancellations followed rising tensions between Yemen’s internationally recognized government and a separatist faction that seized control of

World

U.A.E. to Pull Troops After Saudi-Led Airstrike on Shipment in Yemen

The United Arab Emirates said it would withdraw its remaining troops from Yemen hours after a Saudi-led coalition carried out an airstrike on an Emirati shipment at the southern port of Al Mukalla. The coalition said it targeted an arms shipment bound for the Southern Transitional Council, or S.T.

World

Global South hubs are replacing traditional peacemakers in mediation

Time reports that peacemaking and mediation are shifting away from traditional Western actors toward hubs in the Global South — notably Doha, Ankara, Riyadh and Muscat — as the United States, the United Nations and European states have stepped back from sustained mediation roles. Qatar has emerged as a prominent mediator, embedding

World

Saudi-led strike on Emirati shipment in Yemen exposes Gulf rift

On Tuesday a Saudi-led airstrike targeted an Emirati shipment as it arrived in Yemen, bringing long-simmering tensions between Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates into the open. The two Gulf states were once close partners, teaming up in 2015 in a military intervention in Yemen and later coordinating against

World

Saudi Arabia accuses UAE of threatening its security as Yemen tensions reach boiling point

Tensions between Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates over the future of Yemen and an imminent declaration of an independent southern state have reached boiling point, with Riyadh effectively accusing Abu Dhabi of threatening its security. Observers warn the dispute could spark a civil war in southern Yemen and

World

Saudi-backed Yemeni forces retake Hadramout and move into al-Mahra

Yemeni government-allied forces, backed by Saudi Arabia, recaptured the oil-rich Hadramout region and "assumed positions" in al-Mahra this weekend, the Yemeni information minister, Moammar al-Eryani, told The New York Times. The advance reversed a swift offensive last month by the Southern Transitional Council, a separatist group supported by

World

Southern Yemeni separatists publish constitution and set out two-year path to referendum

The Southern Transitional Council (STC) has published a 30-article constitution and said it will hold a referendum on independence after a two-year period, the council's leader Aidarous al Zoubeidi said in a video statement. Zoubeidi said the constitution would be in effect for two years, after which a

Saudi Arabia

Southern Yemeni separatists publish constitution and plan independence referendum

Yemen's Southern Transitional Council (STC) has published a 30-article constitution and said it will hold a referendum on independence after a two-year transition period. The constitution calls for creation of "the State of South Arabia", covering the territory of the former People's Democratic Republic