Category: Feeds
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Everyone Wants the Arctic
President Trump wants to annex Greenland. We look at the fight over a different Arctic territory for insights.
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Spanish Singer Julio Iglesias Accused of Sexual Assault
Prosecutors said two former employees of Mr. Iglesias, a renowned Spanish singer, had accused him of abuse. His representatives did not respond to requests for comment.
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Arrest Made in Toronto Airport Gold Heist as Police Seek 2 Others
The Canadian authorities have identified 10 people in connection with the theft of about $14.4 million in gold bars from Toronto Pearson International Airport in 2023.
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Uganda Cuts Internet Days Before Presidential Election
The authorities say the decision was made to prevent the spread of misinformation as President Yoweri Museveni seeks his seventh term in office.
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Republicans vow to hold Bill Clinton in contempt as he skips Epstein testimony
The former president didn’t show up on Tuesday to testify before a committee investigating Epstein, saying its subpoena wasn’t enforceable
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Trump Says London is Unsafe. Its Murder Rate Just Hit a Historic Low.
The city’s homicide rate is lower than that of New York, Paris or Toronto, contradicting a narrative promoted by President Trump and others on the populist right.
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Prosecutors seek death penalty for ex-South Korean president Yoon
Yoon is accused of leading an insurrection when he tried to impose martial law in 2024.
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A Scientific Expedition to Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier Deals With Weather Hiccups
The clock is ticking. But low clouds have prevented helicopters from moving scientists and gear onto the continent’s fastest-melting glacier.
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Books: A Peep Into Claude McKay’s “Letters in Exile”
Nomadic Jamaican-American writer Claude McKay probably never dreamed that 21st-century readers would be delving into his private correspondence some 77 years after his death. But that’s probably part of the professional hazard (luck?) of being a literary luminary, or, as Yale University Press describes him, “one of the Harlem Renaissance’s brightest and most radical voices”.…
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Trump Urges Iranians to Keep Up Antigovernment Protests
“HELP IS ON ITS WAY,” President Trump said on social media. He has threatened to intervene militarily on behalf of the protesters if Iran uses lethal force.
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Is the US Moving Towards the UN’s Exit Door?
UNITED NATIONS, January 13 (IPS) – Judging by the mass US withdrawal from 66 UN entities, including UN conventions and international treaties*, is it remotely possible that the unpredictable Trump administration may one day decide to pull out of the UN, and force the Secretariat out of New York– despite the 1947 UN-US headquarters agreement?…
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Richest 1% have Blown Through their Fair Share of Carbon Emissions for 2026 –in just 10 Days
LONDON, January 13 (IPS) – The richest 1% have exhausted their annual carbon budget – the amount of CO2 that can be emitted while staying within 1.5 degrees of warming – only ten days into the year, according to new analysis from Oxfam. The richest 0.1% already used up their carbon limit on the 3rd…
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Roots of Evil: Ethnic cleansing in Europe and the U.S.
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, January 13 (IPS) – At the moment, ICE’s advancement in the U.S. is apparently dividing the nation’s population into desired and undesirable elements. The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) was born after the September 11, 2001 attacks on the Twin Towers and intended to be a response to terrorism. However, with Donald Trump’s…
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Iran since 1979: A timeline of crises
From a hostage crisis, a years-long war, and a nuclear dispute, Iran’s struggles remain pivotal to its identity.
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Minnesota sues Trump administration over immigration crackdown
Lawsuit seeks to halt operation that officials have called a ‘federal invasion’ and that left a mother of three dead.
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Syrian army sends troops to rural Aleppo to stop any SDF attempt to regroup
The SDF denies accusations that it deployed military forces to the Deir Hafer front in the eastern Aleppo countryside.
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Court says Trump illegally blocked clean energy grants to Democratic states
A US district judge ruled that Trump’s decision singled out states that voted for Democrats in the 2024 elections.
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‘A nightmare’: Fear grips Indian students in Bangladesh amid unrest
As anti-India sentiments soar in Bangladesh, Indian medical students in the country fear for their safety and degrees.
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Death toll in Philippines landfill collapse rises to 11
The landslide occurred at the Binaliw landfill while more than 100 workers were on site.
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US slams Russia’s ‘dangerous escalation’ in Ukraine amid new deadly strikes
The Trump administration denounces Russia’s use of a nuclear-capable Oreshnik missile in a UN Security Council meeting.
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How will investigators determine if Minneapolis ICE shooting was justified?
Officials will examine video footage and policy guidelines as part of the investigation, experts told the BBC.
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Pioneering gay footballer Josh Cavallo accuses former club of homophobia
Adelaide United says it “categorically rejects” Cavallo’s claims he was sidelined because of his sexuality.
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How Australian festival imploded after axing Palestinian author
Some 180 writers, including former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, have withdrawn from the event.
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Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,419
These are the key developments from day 1,419 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.
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US revokes more than 100,000 visas since Trump’s return to office
The US State Department says visa revocations have more than doubled as Trump continues his immigration crackdown.
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Thousands of nurses go on strike in New York City
Nurses were joined by elected leaders, including the city’s new mayor, Zohran Mamdani, as contract negotiations failed.
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Trump says any country doing business with Iran will face 25 percent tariff
The US president has threatened Iran with military strikes amid widespread antigovernment protests there.
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U.S. Attacked Boat With Aircraft That Looked Like a Civilian Plane
Even accepting the Trump administration’s claim that there is an armed conflict with suspected drug runners, the laws of war bar “perfidy.”
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Trump Explores Diplomacy With Iran While Weighing Strikes, Officials Say
Abbas Araghchi, the foreign minister of Iran, said his government was ready to negotiate with the United States. Iranian security forces are cracking down on protests.
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Elon Musk’s X Under UK Investigation Over Grok’s Sexualized A.I. Images
A British regulator said it had started a formal investigation into Mr. Musk’s chatbot over the spread of illegal images.
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Mamdani backs striking NYC nurses, denounces hospital bosses’ pay
Nearly 15,000 nurses walked off their jobs at major New York City hospitals in a health care strike.
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World Court Hears Groundbreaking Genocide Case Against Myanmar
The case was brought to the World Court by a country not directly affected by the alleged genocide of the Rohingya, a precedent for similar claims against other countries, including Israel.
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The Global Cost of Futzing With the Fed
If President Trump succeeds in gaining control of the Federal Reserve, it could have ripple effects beyond U.S. borders.
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Republican lawmakers break from US president on Fed chair indictment
Former fed chairs called the indictment an ‘unprecedented attempt’ to undermine the independence of the US central bank.
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Could the US really take over Greenland?
Donald Trump’s seizure threats unnerve islanders, Denmark, European Union and NATO.
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Alonso sacked by Real Madrid; replaced by Arbeloa as head coach
Xabi Alonso splits from the club a day after their Super Cup loss to Barcelona, with Alvaro Arbeloa named in his place.
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Iran Says It Is Prepared for War but Ready to Negotiate After Trump’s Warnings
The comments came after President Trump said he was “ looking at some very strong options” to curb the Iranian authorities’ harsh repression of anti-government protests.
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Portuguese Empire: Ports and Profits
Portugal’s global trading empire – from fortified ports to faith-fuelled profits – across Africa, Brazil, and Asia.
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Former Fed chairs condemn criminal investigation into Jerome Powell
Three former heads of the central bank say the probe seeks to undermine the Fed’s independence and “has no place” in the US.
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Experts Urge Rapid Adaptation as India Braces for ‘Stronger’ Cyclones, Quakes
CHENNAI, India, January 12 (IPS) – Despite early warnings reportedly reaching communities before the cyclones (Ditwah and Senyar) struck coastal regions in Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia late in November 2025, over 1,500 people lost their lives and hundreds went missing even as millions were impacted by these disasters, which caused massive destruction. Scientists say…











