Month: November 2026
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The Privy Council has ruled. The T&T government still owes us answers.
By Ricardo Tito Baron Pedestrians and street vendors on Frederick Street, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, January 2012. File photo. Photo: Anneli Salo / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 In 2018, when we celebrated the first victory in the Trinidad and Tobago courts, I spent the evening with several people, including Jason Jones. We…
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Privy Council hands Jason Jones victory over T&T same-sex intimacy laws
The Privy Council unanimously rules against criminalising private consensual same-sex intimacy in Trinidad and Tobago, allowing Jason Jones’s appeal. Final remedial wording remains to be settled.
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Hegseth rejects Massie’s impeachment push as Trump pledges support
Rep. Thomas Massie’s eight articles challenge Hegseth’s use of military power. Hegseth defends the operations as lawful, and Trump promises to stand by him.
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Warhammer Survivors launches with heroes from two Warhammer universes
Early Warhammer Survivors screenshot from Auroch Digital’s console-announcement press kit. Alpha development image; the final game may differ. © Games Workshop Limited. Supplied by Auroch Digital. By Tito Baron Media News Desk Warhammer Survivors has arrived, according to developer Auroch Digital’s current game page, bringing characters from Warhammer 40,000 and Warhammer Age of Sigmar into…
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Ukraine and Russia resume U.S.-mediated talks as security guarantees take center stage
Archive photo: Jared Kushner, left, and Steve Witkoff, foreground right, at the Kremlin in Moscow on December 2, 2025. Kremlin.ru / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0. Unaltered photograph, resized for display. This image does not show the November 2026 Abu Dhabi talks. ABU DHABI, November 10, 2026. Ukrainian and Russian officials completed the first day…
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U.S. consumer prices rise 0.4% in October as food and shelter costs climb
Photo: Produce at a Fresh Market supermarket in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, October 14, 2023. Archive image for context, not evidence of October 2026 prices. Harrison Keely / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0. Resized for display. WASHINGTON, November 10, 2026. U.S. consumer prices rose 0.4% in October, a slower monthly increase than September’s 0.6% but still…
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V&A traces Constantinople and Istanbul through two empires
File photograph: the surviving bronze head fragment from the Serpent Column, photographed in Istanbul in May 2013, not at the V&A exhibition. Photo: Eric Gaba (Wikimedia Commons user Sting), CC BY-SA 3.0. Resized for display. A bronze serpent’s head, religious manuscripts and an Ottoman procession scroll offer different ways into the history of a city…
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Dubai challenge sets out to rethink familiar foods
Illustrative photograph: luqaimat, one of the foods named by the organisers. This is not a competition entry. Photo: Pshahma / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. Original image, resized for display. Can familiar foods keep their appeal with less salt, sugar or fat? A Dubai competition is putting that question to chefs, food creators and scientists,…
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LACMA honors Vija Celmins and Denis Villeneuve at Art+Film Gala
File photo: Denis Villeneuve, left, at a Dune trailer launch in Los Angeles on March 16, 2026. This is not a photograph of the gala. Photo: SkywalkerEccleston / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. By Tito Baron Media News Desk The Los Angeles County Museum of Art honored artist Vija Celmins and filmmaker Denis Villeneuve at…
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West Indies win Bangladesh Test series after draw in Sylhet
By Tito Baron Media | Source-based reporting Archive photo: Sylhet International Cricket Stadium during Bangladesh’s Test against New Zealand on November 30, 2023. This shows the venue, not the November 2026 West Indies match. Photo: Masum-al-Hasan Rocky / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized for display. West Indies secured a 1–0 Test series win over…