作者： root

Canadian ex-Olympic snowboarder pleads not guilty to US drug charges

January 27, 2026 6:29 AM UTC / Reuters

SANTA ANA, California, Jan 26 (Reuters) – Ryan Wedding, a Canadian former Olympic snowboarder accused of turning to a life of crime as a murderous cocaine-trafficking kingpin, pleaded not guilty on Monday to all 17 felony charges against him in two U.S. grand jury indictments.

Wedding, 44, entered his plea during an arraignment in U.S. District Court in Santa Ana, California, several days after he was arrested in Mexico City and flown to the United States in FBI custody, following years on the run.

Jumpstart your morning with the latest legal news delivered straight to your inbox from The Daily Docket newsletter. Sign up here.

U.S. Magistrate Judge John Early ordered Wedding to remain held in federal custody without bond pending further proceedings. A status conference in the case was set for February 11, with a preliminary trial date set for March 24.

Wedding is accused of leading a transnational drug trafficking network in conjunction with Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel to transport hundreds of kilograms of cocaine from Colombia through Mexico to the United States and Canada.

节点运行失败

Ryan Wedding, a Canadian former Olympic snowboarder accused of becoming a cocaine smuggling kingpin linked to multiple drug-related murders, is escorted by FBI agents as he arrives handcuffed at Ontario International Airport, in California, U.S., January 23, 2026, in this screengrab taken from video. FBI/Handout via REUTERS Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab

He was on the FBI’s “Top 10 Most Wanted” list, with the U.S. government having offered a $15 million reward for information leading to his arrest or conviction.

Shortly after Wedding’s arrest, FBI Director Kash Patel described the former athlete as “the largest narco-trafficker in modern times,” comparing him with such notorious drug lords as Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman and Pablo Escobar.

Wedding, who competed for Canada at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, was charged with 17 counts of various felonies, including conspiracy to distribute cocaine, conspiracy to commit murder and conspiracy to tamper with a witness.

Prosecutors have accused him of ordering several drug-related killings, including that of a U.S. government witness slain in Colombia in January 2025 before he could testify against Wedding, the U.S. Justice Department said.

If convicted of the most serious charges against him, Wedding could face a sentence of life in prison.

Reporting by Sarah Mills and Arafat Barbakh in Santa Ana, California, and Ryan Patrick Jones in Toronto; Editing by Scott Malone, Rosalba O’Brien and Christopher Cushing

Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles., opens new tab

Trump says Iran wants deal amid US military buildup | Fox News

Any potential agreement would require Tehran to remove enriched uranium and change support for regional proxy forces, official sources said

By Emma Bussey
Fox News

Published January 26, 2026 7:55pm EST

President Donald Trump said Iran appears to be looking to negotiate with the U.S. amid a growing military buildup in the Middle East.

In a Monday interview with Axios, Trump suggested that Tehran had reached out on “numerous occasions” and “want[s] to [make a deal.”

“They want to make a deal. I know so. They called on numerous occasions. They want to talk,” the president told the outlet.

According to U.S. officials, also cited by Axios, any potential agreement would need Tehran to remove all enriched uranium, cap its long-range missile stockpile, a change in support for regional proxy forces, and cease independent uranium enrichment, terms Iranian leaders have not agreed to.

ISRAELI UN AMBASSADOR SENDS STARK WARNING TO IRAN AMID GROWING UNREST

The USS Abraham Lincoln has arrived in the Middle East amid tensions with Iran.(M. Jeremie Yoder/U.S. Navy via Getty Images)

Trump also described the situation with Iran as “in flux,” and pointed to the arrival of what he called “[a big armada next to Iran]. Bigger than Venezuela,” referencing the recent deployment of U.S. naval assets.

As previously reported by Fox News Digital, the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier entered CENTCOM waters in the Indian Ocean on Monday amid increasing threats from Iran, a senior U.S. official said.

“We have a big flotilla going in that direction, and we’ll see what happens,” Trump said of Iran.(Majid Saeedi/Getty Images; Yuri Gripas/Abaca/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Trump had told reporters Jan. 21, “We have a big flotilla going in that direction, and we’ll see what happens. We have a [big force going towards Iran]. I’d rather not see anything happen, but we’re watching them very closely.”

The U.S. military buildup comes amid widespread unrest inside Iran following protests that began Dec. 28.

SECRET SERVICE AWARE AFTER IRANIAN STATE TV AIRS TRUMP THREAT FEATURING PHOTO OF BUTLER ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT

The confirmed death toll amid mass protests in Iran has reportedly reached 5,848, according to the Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA).(MAHSA / Middle East Images / AFP via Getty Images)

According to a recent report from Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), the confirmed death toll from the protests has reached 5,848, with an additional 17,091 deaths under investigation.

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been sheltering in a fortified underground facility, according to Iran International.

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP

Trump is expected to hold further consultations this week, Axios said, before adding that White House officials said an attack is still on the table.

Fox News Digital has reached out to the White House for comment.

Emma Bussey is a breaking news writer for Fox News Digital. Before joining Fox, she worked at The Telegraph with the U.S. overnight team, across desks including foreign, politics, news, sport and culture.

https://news-multimedia-1393112320.cos.ap-guangzhou.myqcloud.com/uss-lincoln-trains-at-sea.jpg
https://news-multimedia-1393112320.cos.ap-guangzhou.myqcloud.com/trump-leadership-iran-historic-opportunity-change-fox-news-001.jpg
https://news-multimedia-1393112320.cos.ap-guangzhou.myqcloud.com/iran-protests.jpg

Rift at influential Silicon Valley venture firm shows tech’s divide over ICE shooting

By Aditya Soni
January 26, 2026 10:30 PM UTC Updated 11 hours ago

Demonstrators gather outside the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building, a day after a man identified as Alex Pretti was fatally shot by federal immigration agents trying to detain him, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S., January 25, 2026. REUTERS/Tim Evans Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab

• Summary
• Companies

• Khosla Ventures partners disavow colleague’s defense of ICE
• Move is a rare criticism of Trump administration by tech CEOs
• More than 400 tech employees sign letter demanding CEOs act against ICE presence in US cities

Jan 26 (Reuters) – Heated political rhetoric over the fatal shooting of a U.S. citizen by immigration agents in Minneapolis on Saturday spilled into Silicon Valley as partners at an influential venture firm distanced themselves from a colleague who defended the killing.

The death of 37-year-old Alex Pretti was one of five shootings this month involving federal agents conducting immigration enforcement, including the fatal shooting of Minnesota woman Renee Good. At least six immigrants have died this month in federal immigration detention, an unusually rapid pace.

Jumpstart your morning with the latest legal news delivered straight to your inbox from The Daily Docket newsletter. Sign up here.

Advertisement · Scroll to continue

The Pretti shooting has drawn anger across the U.S. political spectrum as the administration of Republican President Donald Trump backed the agents even as video evidence contradicted its version of events.

The back-and-forth on social media highlights an ongoing political fracture at the heart of the U.S. tech industry where some executives have abandoned the sector’s longstanding reputation for progressive social values to publicly back Trump’s policies.

After Khosla Ventures partner Keith Rabois said, opens new tab on social media on Saturday that law enforcement had not shot an innocent person and that illegal immigrants commit crimes daily, the firm’s founder, Vinod Khosla, and partner Ethan Choi, opens new tab both disavowed the comments. The firm is notable for having backed companies including OpenAI, DoorDash (DASH.O), opens new tab and Instacart.

Advertisement · Scroll to continue

“ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) personnel must have ice water running thru their veins to treat other human beings this way,” Khosla said in a post on X, opens new tab. “There is politics but humanity should transcend that,” Khosla added.

Several other tech executives including Jeff Dean, opens new tab, chief scientist at Alphabet’s (GOOGL.O), opens new tab Google DeepMind AI lab, and Microsoft (MSFT.O), opens new tab Chief Scientific Officer Eric Horvitz, opens new tab praised Pretti, who was an intensive-care nurse at a Veterans Affairs hospital.

FRACTURE IN SILICON VALLEY

Billionaire Elon Musk has led the charge to the politically conservative right, with hundreds of millions of dollars in campaign donations to Trump’s 2024 campaign and support for his anti-immigration moves. This has led to public clashes with the likes of LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman, a major Democratic donor.

Musk has not commented on the Pretti shooting, while Hoffman echoed Khosla’s message that humanity should transcend politics.

Wary of government retaliation, tech executives have spent the past year largely silent on policies impacting their businesses including the chaos surrounding the H-1B visa program and U.S tariffs.

Executives have instead sought to improve ties with Trump, contributing millions to his inauguration a year ago and backing his manufacturing push with tens of billions in pledged spending, which some analysts have called empty posturing.

Urging tech CEOs to break their silence, more than 450 employees from firms such as Google, Meta Platforms (META.O), opens new tab, Salesforce (CRM.N), opens new tab and OpenAI signed a letter on Saturday, opens new tab urging their top executives to pressure the White House to withdraw ICE from U.S. cities, cancel all contracts with ICE and to speak out publicly against ICE’s violence.

“The wanton brutality … has removed any credibility that these actions are about immigration enforcement. Their goal is terror, cruelty, and suppression of dissent,” they said in the letter.

The workers noted that Trump had said he refrained from deploying federal agents to San Francisco after Nvidia (NVDA.O), opens new tab CEO Jensen Huang and Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff advised against the action.

Reporting by Aditya Soni in Bengaluru; Editing by Sayantani Ghosh and Matthew Lewis

Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles., opens new tab

US revamps FAA aiming to improve safety oversight

January 26, 2026 11:50 PM UTC / Reuters

By David Shepardson

节点运行失败

An American Airlines airplane takes off from New York’s Laguardia Airport after the FAA ordered flight cuts at 40 major airports amid the ongoing U.S. government shutdown in the Queens borough of New York City, U.S., November 7, 2025. REUTERS/Ryan Murphy Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab

WASHINGTON, Jan 26 (Reuters) – The Trump administration said on Monday it is restructuring the Federal Aviation Administration and will create a new safety oversight office to consolidate functions across five different units.

The move comes a day before the National Transportation Safety Board on Tuesday is set to criticize the FAA’s failure to act on near-miss incidents at a hearing to determine the probable cause of the January 2025 collision between an Army helicopter and American Airlines passenger jet that killed 67 people near Reagan Washington National Airport.

Make sense of the latest ESG trends affecting companies and governments with the Reuters Sustainable Switch newsletter. Sign up here.

Advertisement · Scroll to continue

The FAA said the new aviation safety office was part of a strategic plan to improve hiring and training and identify potential hazards. The overhaul will not result in reductions in force, it said.

Lawmakers from both parties have questioned why the FAA failed to act for years to address close calls involving helicopters near Reagan airport before the fatal collision.

The NTSB said last year that since 2021, there were more than 15,000 incidents near Reagan between commercial airplanes and helicopters with lateral separation distance of less than 1 nautical mile (1.85 km) and vertical separation of less than 400 feet (122 m), including 85 close-call incidents during that period.

Advertisement · Scroll to continue

NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy said in August the FAA had ignored warnings about serious safety issues.

As part of the restructuring, the FAA is creating a safety management system and implementing an FAA-wide safety risk management process.

FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford, who took office in July, is overseeing a $12.5 billion rehabilitation of U.S. air traffic control, and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy wants another $19 billion to complete the job.

The FAA in early May barred the Army from helicopter flights around the Pentagon after a May 1 close call that forced two civilian planes to abort landings.

The FAA is also in the process of moving its headquarters, opens new tab into the main Transportation Department office in Washington.

Reporting by David Shepardson in Washington; Editing by Sonali Paul

Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles., opens new tab

韩国财长寻求国会通过美国投资法案 | 联合早报

发布时间：2026年1月27日 08:44
来源：联合早报

在美国总统特朗普指责韩国国会“没有履行”与美国达成的贸易协议并宣布对韩国加征关税后，韩国财政部说，将就一项美国投资法案与国会积极磋商。

路透社报道，韩国财政部星期二（1月27日）在发给媒体的短信中说，韩国财政部长具润哲计划在当天下午向国会寻求合作。

特朗普26日在Truth Social贴文称，由于韩国国会仍未批准两国政府此前达成的贸易协议，美国对韩国汽车、木材、药品的进口关税以及其他‘对等关税’的税率将从15%提高至25%。

27日开盘后，现代汽车股价下跌4%，现代汽车姊妹公司起亚汽车（Kia Corp）和现代汽车核心汽车零部件供应商现代摩比斯（Hyundai Mobis）的股价也分别下跌约3.4%和5%。

特朗普和韩国总统李在明去年10月会晤后才敲定最终协议，其中包括韩国的投资承诺和美国削减关税。

汽车行业占韩国对美国出口总额的27%，美国几乎占了韩国汽车出口总额的一半。

https://news-multimedia-1393112320.cos.ap-guangzhou.myqcloud.com/image.jpg

加拿大将派北极巡逻舰前往格陵兰岛

2026年1月27日 09:17 联合早报

格陵兰岛是丹麦自治领地，有高度自治权，国防和外交事务由丹麦政府掌管。美国目前在格陵兰岛设有一处军事基地。 （法新社）

加拿大外交部长阿南德说，加拿大下周在格陵兰岛开设新领事馆时，一艘加拿大海军北极巡逻舰将抵达现场。

新华社报道，阿南德星期一（1月26日）在启程前往丹麦自治领地格陵兰岛首府努克前，向加拿大通讯社透露这一消息。她将在努克为加拿大新领事馆揭牌。

阿南德说，北极巡逻舰的到场象征着加拿大与其他北极地区国家之间日益加强合作。

加拿大在格陵兰岛设立领事馆的计划此前因恶劣天气而推迟，加拿大总督西蒙将出席开馆仪式。

加拿大方面多次重申，加拿大支持丹麦的主权和领土完整，格陵兰岛的未来应由格陵兰岛和丹麦共同决定。

此前，一直坚持美国必须取得丹麦自治领地格陵兰岛的美国总统特朗普，宣布对丹麦、挪威、瑞典、法国、德国、英国、荷兰、芬兰的输美商品加征10%关税。这八国近期宣布向格陵兰岛派兵，参加由丹麦在该岛发起的“北极耐力”军事演习。

1月21日，特朗普到瑞士达沃斯出席世界经济论坛期间与北约秘书长吕特会晤后宣布，与吕特就格陵兰岛协议框架达成共识，称美国将得到“所有想要的”，并撤销了对欧洲八国加征关税的计划。丹麦首相弗雷德里克森22日强调，吕特无权代表丹麦和格陵兰岛与特朗普进行谈判。

https://news-multimedia-1393112320.cos.ap-guangzhou.myqcloud.com/059ef92d703f063e8feae85b54c0342336b8ca3af943ff2dec2ecabee29ba28d

加拿大将派北极巡逻舰前往格陵兰岛 | 联合早报

发布/2026年1月27日 09:17

加拿大将派北极巡逻舰前往格陵兰岛

https://news-multimedia-1393112320.cos.ap-guangzhou.myqcloud.com/059ef92d703f063e8feae85b54c0342336b8ca3af943ff2dec2ecabee29ba28d

格陵兰岛是丹麦自治领地，有高度自治权，国防和外交事务由丹麦政府掌管。美国目前在格陵兰岛设有一处军事基地。 （法新社）

加拿大外交部长阿南德说，加拿大下周在格陵兰岛开设新领事馆时，一艘加拿大海军北极巡逻舰将抵达现场。

新华社报道，阿南德星期一（1月26日）在启程前往丹麦自治领地格陵兰岛首府努克前，向加拿大通讯社透露这一消息。她将在努克为加拿大新领事馆揭牌。

阿南德说，北极巡逻舰的到场象征着加拿大与其他北极地区国家之间日益加强合作。

加拿大在格陵兰岛设立领事馆的计划此前因恶劣天气而推迟，加拿大总督西蒙将出席开馆仪式。

加拿大方面多次重申，加拿大支持丹麦的主权和领土完整，格陵兰岛的未来应由格陵兰岛和丹麦共同决定。

此前，一直坚持美国必须取得丹麦自治领地格陵兰岛的美国总统特朗普，宣布对丹麦、挪威、瑞典、法国、德国、英国、荷兰、芬兰的输美商品加征10%关税。这八国近期宣布向格陵兰岛派兵，参加由丹麦在该岛发起的“北极耐力”军事演习。

1月21日，特朗普到瑞士达沃斯出席世界经济论坛期间与北约秘书长吕特会晤后宣布，与吕特就格陵兰岛协议框架达成共识，称美国将得到“所有想要的”，并撤销了对欧洲八国加征关税的计划。丹麦首相弗雷德里克森22日强调，吕特无权代表丹麦和格陵兰岛与特朗普进行谈判。

Katy Perry, other celebrities urge citizen action after Minnesota shootings

By Kanishka Singh
January 27, 2026 8:01 AM UTC Updated 2 hours ago

节点运行失败
Item 1 of 2 Katy Perry performs during the FireAid benefit concert for Los Angeles wildfire relief efforts in Inglewood, California, U.S., January 30, 2025. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni

[1/2]Katy Perry performs during the FireAid benefit concert for Los Angeles wildfire relief efforts in Inglewood, California, U.S., January 30, 2025. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab

WASHINGTON, Jan 26 (Reuters) – Singer Katy Perry and other U.S. celebrities have called for citizens to contact lawmakers and speak out against federal immigration officials’ killing of two U.S. citizens during the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in Minnesota.

Perry asked her Instagram followers on Monday to write to their U.S. senators and urge them to oppose funding for the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, which is a part of the Department of Homeland Security.

The Reuters Inside Track newsletter is your essential guide to the biggest events in global sport. Sign up here.

Advertisement · Scroll to continue

The killings this month of Renee Good, a mother of three, and intensive care nurse Alex Pretti have sparked demonstrations against President Donald Trump’s surge of agents in Minnesota.

“The Last of Us” star Pedro Pascal posted drawings of Good and Pretti on Instagram with the message: “Pretti Good reason for a national strike.”

Singer Billie Eilish, also posting on Instagram, called Pretti “a real American hero” and urged others to raise their voices: “hey my fellow celebrities u gonna speak up? or”.

The National Basketball Players Association, the union for NBA players, issued a statement on Sunday that players “can no longer remain silent.”

Advertisement · Scroll to continue

“Now more than ever, we must defend the right to freedom of speech and stand in solidarity with the people in Minnesota protesting and risking their lives to demand justice,” it said.

Trump administration officials said the recent killings were acts of self-defense by officers, although video evidence from the scenes contradicted that characterization.

U.S. celebrities have often spoken out on behalf of social and political causes. Many criticized police brutality after the killing of George Floyd and U.S. ally Israel’s assault on Gaza.

Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Washington; Editing by Edmund Klamann

Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles., opens new tab

美匿名官员：林肯号打击群一两天内就能对伊朗动武 | 联合早报

发布/2026年1月27日 09:37

美国《纽约时报》星期一（1月26日）引述一名不愿公开姓名的美国官员称，如果白宫下令打击伊朗，理论上，已抵达中东的美国海军“亚伯拉罕·林肯”号航空母舰打击群，在“一两天内”就能发起军事行动。

美国中央司令部26日在X贴文说，林肯号打击群“目前部署在中东，旨在促进地区安全与稳定”。

美国总统特朗普当天接受美国新闻网Axios访问时说，美国在伊朗附近拥有一支“庞大的舰队”，并指德黑兰渴望与美国对话。

特朗普说：“他们希望达成协议。我知道，（因为）他们打了无数次电话。”

美匿名官员：林肯号打击群一两天内就能对伊朗动武 | 联合早报

发布/2026年1月27日 09:37

1月18日，美国伊朗侨民与活动人士在加州洛杉矶市中心市政厅前举行“声援伊朗人民”集会。 （法新社）

美国《纽约时报》星期一（1月26日）引述一名不愿公开姓名的美国官员称，如果白宫下令打击伊朗，理论上，已抵达中东的美国海军“亚伯拉罕·林肯”号航空母舰打击群，在“一两天内”就能发起军事行动。

美国中央司令部26日在X贴文说，林肯号打击群“目前部署在中东，旨在促进地区安全与稳定”。

美国总统特朗普当天接受美国新闻网Axios访问时说，美国在伊朗附近拥有一支“庞大的舰队”，并指德黑兰渴望与美国对话。

特朗普说：“他们希望达成协议。我知道，（因为）他们打了无数次电话。”