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Formerly bustling businesses and markets are struggling to stay afloat amid ICE raids that have generated fear among workers and customers, Sahan Journal reports. “With the influx of federal agents flooding the Twin Cities’ streets, immigrant-owned and operated businesses across the metro are facing dire circumstances. … In many places across the Twin Cities, including in Minneapolis’ Cedar-Riverside neighborhood, businesses aren’t covering operating costs, even if they take the risk and stay open. The once-bustling sidewalks of the Somali and East African cultural hub now sit unnervingly calm.” Via MinnPost
https://sahanjournal.com/business-work/ice-surge-impacts-minnesota-businesses-restaurants/
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison’s office has launched a webpage that asks residents “to share the impact that escalating federal immigration enforcement across the state has had on their lives,” according to Bring Me The News. On the page, “Minnesotans can report impacts to themselves or someone close to them, as well as incidents that they have personally witnessed, with the option of adding photos and videos. … Residents are asked not to report rumors, secondhand information that’s unverifiable, or social media posts of events they did not witness or experience.” Via MinnPost
https://www.ag.state.mn.us/Federal-Action/
https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-news/minnesota-encourages-residents-to-report-impacts-of-ice-surge
It took years to rebuild trust in Minneapolis after George Floyd. Then ICE came.
Community organizers fear that ICE’s shooting of Renee Good could erode fragile gains made between residents and law enforcement.
by Josiah Bates, for The Trace
https://www.minnpost.com/metro/2026/01/it-took-years-to-rebuild-trust-in-minneapolis-after-george-floyd-then-ice-came/
ACLU sues Trump administration over ‘racial profiling and unlawful arrests’ in Minnesota ICE surge
Civil rights organization says federal immigration agents are violating US citizens’ constitutional rights
Maya Yang
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/15/aclu-lawsuit-ice-minnesota-trump
Giving Trump the Nobel peace prize medal is ‘absurd’, say Norwegian politicians
US president criticised for accepting medal awarded to Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado
Miranda Bryant Nordic correspondent
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/16/maria-corina-machado-giving-trump-nobel-peace-prize-medal-absurd-say-norwegian-politicians
At the root of all our problems stands one travesty: politicians’ surrender to the super-rich
George Monbiot
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/16/super-rich-inequality-politicians-extreme-wealth
Fatberg the size of four buses likely birthed poo balls that closed Sydney beaches – and it can’t be cleared
Exclusive: Secret report suggests fats, oils and grease accumulate in ‘inaccessible dead zone’ at Malabar plant, then dislodge when pumping pressure ‘rapidly increases’
Anne Davies NSW state correspondent
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jan/17/fatberg-poo-balls-sydney-beaches-malabar-outfall-secret-report
‘Garden of Eden’: the Spanish farm growing citrus you’ve never heard of
Todolí foundation produces varieties from Buddha’s hands to sudachi and hopes to help citrus survive climate change
Helena Horton Environment reporter
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/16/garden-of-eden-the-spanish-farm-growing-citrus-youve-never-heard-of
Extreme rainfall inundates South Africa and Mozambique
Ishani Mistry and Ollie Lewis
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/16/weather-tracer-extreme-rainfall-inundates-south-africa-mozambique-flood-warning
What’s the easiest way to get healthy? I tried biohacking my life to live longer
Small changes to sleep, diet, and exercise can have significant benefits – and I’m all for barely perceptible adjustments
Tim Dowling
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/jan/16/whats-the-easiest-way-to-get-healthy-i-tried-biohacking-my-life-to-live-longer
Heated socks and puffy booties: what people in the coldest cities on Earth are wearing
Whether dog-sledding in Mongolia or braving grocery store trips in Alaska’s 40mph winds, these writers recommend the gear they swear by
Lauren Gould
https://www.theguardian.com/thefilter-us/2026/jan/15/cold-weather-clothing-around-the-world
Vevcani carnival – in pictures
The North Macedonian town celebrated the 1,400-year-old festival over two days. The part-pagan, part-satire carnival is believed to scare away evil spirits, and marks the beginning of the Julian calendar’s New Year.
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/gallery/2026/jan/16/vevcani-carnival-in-pictures
Formerly bustling businesses and markets are struggling to stay afloat amid ICE raids that have generated fear among workers and customers, Sahan Journal reports. “With the influx of federal agents flooding the Twin Cities’ streets, immigrant-owned and operated businesses across the metro are facing dire circumstances. … In many places across the Twin Cities, including in Minneapolis’ Cedar-Riverside neighborhood, businesses aren’t covering operating costs, even if they take the risk and stay open. The once-bustling sidewalks of the Somali and East African cultural hub now sit unnervingly calm.” Via MinnPost
https://sahanjournal.com/business-work/ice-surge-impacts-minnesota-businesses-restaurants/
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison’s office has launched a webpage that asks residents “to share the impact that escalating federal immigration enforcement across the state has had on their lives,” according to Bring Me The News. On the page, “Minnesotans can report impacts to themselves or someone close to them, as well as incidents that they have personally witnessed, with the option of adding photos and videos. … Residents are asked not to report rumors, secondhand information that’s unverifiable, or social media posts of events they did not witness or experience.” Via MinnPost
https://www.ag.state.mn.us/Federal-Action/
https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-news/minnesota-encourages-residents-to-report-impacts-of-ice-surge
It took years to rebuild trust in Minneapolis after George Floyd. Then ICE came.
Community organizers fear that ICE’s shooting of Renee Good could erode fragile gains made between residents and law enforcement.
by Josiah Bates, for The Trace
https://www.minnpost.com/metro/2026/01/it-took-years-to-rebuild-trust-in-minneapolis-after-george-floyd-then-ice-came/
ACLU sues Trump administration over ‘racial profiling and unlawful arrests’ in Minnesota ICE surge
Civil rights organization says federal immigration agents are violating US citizens’ constitutional rights
Maya Yang
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/15/aclu-lawsuit-ice-minnesota-trump
Giving Trump the Nobel peace prize medal is ‘absurd’, say Norwegian politicians
US president criticised for accepting medal awarded to Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado
Miranda Bryant Nordic correspondent
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/16/maria-corina-machado-giving-trump-nobel-peace-prize-medal-absurd-say-norwegian-politicians
At the root of all our problems stands one travesty: politicians’ surrender to the super-rich
George Monbiot
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/16/super-rich-inequality-politicians-extreme-wealth
Fatberg the size of four buses likely birthed poo balls that closed Sydney beaches – and it can’t be cleared
Exclusive: Secret report suggests fats, oils and grease accumulate in ‘inaccessible dead zone’ at Malabar plant, then dislodge when pumping pressure ‘rapidly increases’
Anne Davies NSW state correspondent
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jan/17/fatberg-poo-balls-sydney-beaches-malabar-outfall-secret-report
‘Garden of Eden’: the Spanish farm growing citrus you’ve never heard of
Todolí foundation produces varieties from Buddha’s hands to sudachi and hopes to help citrus survive climate change
Helena Horton Environment reporter
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/16/garden-of-eden-the-spanish-farm-growing-citrus-youve-never-heard-of
Extreme rainfall inundates South Africa and Mozambique
Ishani Mistry and Ollie Lewis
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/16/weather-tracer-extreme-rainfall-inundates-south-africa-mozambique-flood-warning
What’s the easiest way to get healthy? I tried biohacking my life to live longer
Small changes to sleep, diet, and exercise can have significant benefits – and I’m all for barely perceptible adjustments
Tim Dowling
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/jan/16/whats-the-easiest-way-to-get-healthy-i-tried-biohacking-my-life-to-live-longer
Heated socks and puffy booties: what people in the coldest cities on Earth are wearing
Whether dog-sledding in Mongolia or braving grocery store trips in Alaska’s 40mph winds, these writers recommend the gear they swear by
Lauren Gould
https://www.theguardian.com/thefilter-us/2026/jan/15/cold-weather-clothing-around-the-world
Vevcani carnival – in pictures
The North Macedonian town celebrated the 1,400-year-old festival over two days. The part-pagan, part-satire carnival is believed to scare away evil spirits, and marks the beginning of the Julian calendar’s New Year.
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/gallery/2026/jan/16/vevcani-carnival-in-pictures
