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Ralph Fiennes, star of stage and screen, makes opera debut in Paris directing `Eugene Onegin' 01/27/2026 01:08pm • PARIS (AP) ��� Ralph Fiennes ' vision of ���Eugene Onegin��� was cinematic. A three-time Academy Award nominee and a Tony Award winner, Fiennes made his opera directing debut Monday at the Paris Opera's ornate Palais Garnier. Using bright lighting near the proscenium as other characters receded to t Dutch court jails Eritrean man for 20 years over 'cruel' people smuggling 01/27/2026 01:01pm • THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) ��� A Dutch court convicted an Eritrean man on Tuesday of people smuggling and extortion and sentenced him to the maximum 20 years imprisonment, saying that he and his accomplices subjected migrants to ���cruel, violent, and degrading treatment.��� Tewelde Goitom, also kn Caitlin Clark joining NBC's 'Sunday Night Basketball' for Lakers-Knicks pregame at MSG 01/27/2026 01:00pm • Caitlin Clark is headed to the NBA, at least for a couple of nights. NBC announced Tuesday that Clark ��� the Indiana Fever star with an enormous following within the game ��� is joining the network's pregame coverage for its debut of ���Sunday Night Basketball��� this weekend when the Los Angeles L Liverpool's Slot has an 'unpopular opinion' about Champions League loss to PSG last season 01/27/2026 12:57pm • Liverpool manager Arne Slot said Champions League defeat to Paris Saint-Germain last year may have been the making of his team's Premier League title-winning season. The Merseyside club was dumped out by eventual winner PSG in the round of 16, despite topping the standings after the league phase. Li Frost quakes cause loud booms, light shaking when bitterly cold temperatures persist 01/27/2026 12:56pm • Meteorologists say that water rapidly freezing in the soil amid bitterly cold temperatures can make a startling noise and even cause small vibrations. These noises are known as frost quakes or cryoseisms, a cold-weather phenomenon that occurs when rain or melted snow in the ground quickly freezes, Brook and Root centuries lead England to 2-1 ODI series win over Sri Lanka 01/27/2026 12:47pm • COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) ��� Harry Brook and Joe Root hit contrasting centuries in a 53-run win over Sri Lanka to seal England's 2-1 one-day international series victory Tuesday. Brook smashed an unbeaten 136 off just 66 balls with nine sixes and 11 fours and Root followed his half-century in the sec US-Audiobooks-Top-10 01/27/2026 12:45pm • Audible best-sellers for the week ending January 23: Nonfiction 1. The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins, narrated by the author (Audible Studios) 2. Atomic Habitsby James Clear, narrated by the author (Penguin Audio) 3. The Invisible Coup by Peter Schweizer, narrated by Charles Constant (Harper) 4. M Apple Podcasts ��� Top New Shows 01/27/2026 12:45pm • Top New Shows (US) 1. The Traitors Official Podcast, USG Audio 2. The Parnas Perspective, MeidasTouch Network 3. The Pitt Podcast, HBO Max 4. Tell Me Lies: Official Podcast, Hulu 5. The History Bureau, BBC 6. The Watch Floor with Sarah Adams, Sarah Adams 7. The Red Weather, iHeartPodcasts 8. The Dia Apple TV app - Top Movies 01/27/2026 12:45pm • Top Movie Purchases and Rentals (US) 1. Nuremberg 2. Predator: Badlands 3. Now You See Me: Now You Don���t 4. Song Sung Blue (2025) 5. Bugonia 6. Wicked: For Good 7. Sentimental Value 8. One Battle After Another 9. The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants 10. If I Had Legs I���d Kick Yo US-Apple-Books-Top-10 01/27/2026 12:45pm • Top Paid Books (US Bestseller List) 1. Heated Rivalry by Rachel Reid (Carina Press) 2. Twelve Months by Jim Butcher (Penguin Publishing Group) 3. The Long Game by Rachel Reid (Carina Press) 4. My Husband���s Wife by Alice Feeney (Flatiron Books) 5. The Correspondent by Virginia Evans (Crown) 6. Theo Noem facing internal scrutiny but expected to keep job, sources say 01/27/2026 12:43pm • ▶ Watch Video: Noem faces internal backlash after Alex Pretti shooting in Minneapolis, sources say Washington — Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is facing internal scrutiny within the Trump administration in the aftermath of the fatal shooting TikTok settles social media addiction lawsuit ahead of landmark trial set to begin in Los Angeles 01/27/2026 12:43pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� TikTok settles social media addiction lawsuit ahead of landmark trial set to begin in Los Angeles. AP women's basketball player of the week is No. 1 UConn's Sarah Strong 01/27/2026 12:40pm • The Associated Press national player of the week in women���s basketball for Week 12 of the season: Sarah Strong, UConn The sophomore forward helped the top-ranked Huskies go 3-0 last week, averaging 20 points, 8.3 rebounds and 4.3 assists to go along with 3.3 steals. She had 18 points in a rout of IShowSpeed wraps up Africa tour highlighting the continent's cultural diversity 01/27/2026 12:19pm • DAKAR, Senegal (AP) ��� American streamer and YouTuber IShowSpeed is on the final leg of a 28-day tour of Africa aimed at showcasing the continent's cultural diversity, which is often overshadowed by images of poverty and violence. The 20-nation tour across southern, eastern and North Africa began i Pinterest will lay off 15% of its workforce as the platform pivots resources to AI 01/27/2026 12:11pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Pinterest plans to lay off under 15% of its workforce, as part of broader restructuring that arrives as the image-sharing platform pivots more of its money to artificial intelligence. In a Tuesday securities filing, San Francisco-based Pinterest said it was making these cuts to sup