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Monday February 2nd, 2026 night edition

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'Going home': Liam Conejo Ramos, 5, and father arrive in Minneapolis after release from detention center.

Liam Conejo Ramos, 5, and his father, Adrian Conejo Arias, board a flight, Feb. 1, 2026, from San Antonio back to their home in Minneapolis after a federal judge ordered that they be released from a Texas immigration detention facility.

Five-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father, Adrian Conejo Arias, asylum seekers who were detained by federal agents last week and sent to a Texas detention facility, arrived back in Minneapolis on Sunday after a judge ordered the government to release them.

Liam Conejo Ramos, 5, gets a tour of the cockpit as he and his father, Adrian Conejo Arias, head home, Feb. 1, 2026, to Minneapolis after being released from a Texas detention facility.

Liam Conejo Ramos, 5, and his father, Adrian Conejo Arias, have breakfast as they fly home to Minneapolis, Feb. 1, 2026, after being released from a Texas immigration detention facility. »

China is on a ‘strong currency’ mission to make the yuan a global reserve: Xi

Authored by amp.scmp.com
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China needs to build a “strong currency” that can become widely used in international trade, investment and foreign exchange markets, and reach the status of a global reserve.

The mission for the yuan was from excerpts of a speech by President Xi Jinping and published online on Saturday by Qiushi, the ruling Communist Party’s leading theoretical journal.

Xi made the speech in 2024 to provincial and ministerial officials about building the country into a global financial powerhouse. »

„They treat us like children.” Ubisoft employees declare open war on management

Authored by gamepressure.com

"Like children under the supervision" of irresponsible management is how Ubisoft employees describe their experiences with the French game publisher ahead of the upcoming strike.

Basically, the idea behind the restructuring at Ubisoft is to help them make games and manage projects more efficiently.

Nevertheless, the actual "international" nature of the strike remains an open question, given the different situations of unions outside France. »

Handling of Epstein files is ‘outrageous’, say attorneys of his sex trafficking survivors

Authored by theguardian.com
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That practice, McCawley said, gave Epstein and Maxwell “control and power over individuals who were implicated in the sex trafficking”.

The comments came after the US justice department on Friday released about 3m files related to the late financier and convicted sex offender.

Victims attorney Jennifer Freeman said the justice department’s “handling of the Epstein files has been a mess from the start, filled with … ham-fisted redactions, while exposing the identities of survivors”. »

Man arrested on federal charges linked to stolen Auburn plane was flying high on meth

Authored by komonews.com

Estoque is not a registered pilot and was not listed on the registration for the planes he was caught flying, according to investigators.

The FBI's investigation began when a single-engine aircraft was reported stolen on Jan. 3 at Auburn Municipal Airport in Washington state.

Estoque made an initial appearance before a federal magistrate on Thursday, Jan. 29, and was released on bond. »