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Quebec Premier François Legault to Resign After Seven Years in Office

Quebec Premier François Legault announced on Wednesday that he will resign after seven years in power, telling a news conference in Quebec City that "Quebecers want change." The announcement — only weeks after Mr. Legault’s pledge to run for a third term — said he will step down after

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Calls to halt Glenbog logging after citizen scientists identify 102 greater glider den trees

A former NSW Labor environment minister, Bob Debus, has urged the government to stop imminent logging at Glenbog state forest on the south coast after citizen scientists recorded 102 trees they say are home to endangered greater gliders. Wilderness Australia said its volunteers detected the 102 so-called “den trees” during

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Supreme Court allows Illinois congressman to challenge late mail‑ballot rules

The Supreme Court on Wednesday sided with a conservative Illinois congressman who sued over state rules that allow mail‑in ballots to be counted up to 14 days after an election. The case did not address the legality of the mail‑in ballot rule itself but whether a political candidate

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Reporters waited hours in Cartagena before Petro’s first phone call with Trump

New York Times reporters spent more than eight hours waiting on a balcony at a naval base in Cartagena to interview Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro before and after his first direct phone call with U.S. President Donald Trump. The wait stretched into the next morning after repeated delays

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François Legault resigns as Quebec premier, will stay until CAQ names successor

Quebec premier François Legault announced his resignation as leader of the province at a hastily arranged press conference in Quebec City on Wednesday. Legault said he was proud to have founded the Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) and to have won consecutive majority governments beginning in 2018, adding “Serving as premier

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Venezuela says it has begun mass releases of political prisoners amid ongoing repression

Venezuelan authorities say they have carried out a "mass process of releases" of political prisoners, a move the United States welcomed even as NGOs describe the process as slow and opaque and residents report continued repression across the country. Congressional president Jorge Rodríguez said the releases already amounted

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Trump tells CBS anchor Dokoupil he 'wouldn't have this job' under Harris

People reported that Tony Dokoupil interviewed President Donald Trump in Detroit on Jan. 13, 2026, and that during the CBS Evening News segment Trump said, “If she got in, you probably wouldn’t have a job right now… You wouldn’t have this job, certainly whatever the hell they’re

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U.S. considers enlisting private firms for offensive cyberoperations

The Trump administration is weighing a substantial shift in its cyberstrategy by enlisting private companies to assist with offensive cyberattacks, according to four former senior U.S. officials familiar with the administration’s thinking. The proposals have been included in drafts of the administration’s coming National Cybersecurity Strategy, which

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Ford Worker Who Heckled Trump Says He Has 'No Regrets' After Suspension

A Ford plant worker who called Donald Trump a "pedophile protector" said he has "no regrets" after being suspended from his job pending a company investigation, People reports. On Tuesday, Jan. 13, Trump was caught on camera raising his middle finger and yelling "F--k you&

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U.K. will accept multiple digital IDs for right-to-work checks, officials say

The British government said Wednesday it will not require a single, mandatory digital identity card for workers, rolling back an earlier plan for a so‑called BritCard to be the only proof of the right to work in Britain. Prime Minister Keir Starmer had proposed the BritCard in September, presenting

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Trump calls anything short of U.S. control of Greenland 'unacceptable'

According to Time, President Donald Trump on Wednesday morning doubled down on his insistence that the United States annex Greenland, saying anything less than U.S. control is "unacceptable." He again argued annexation was needed for "national security" and said NATO "should be leading the

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Jimmy Kimmel criticises Trump for calling Minneapolis ICE protests 'fake riots'

Jimmy Kimmel criticised former President Donald Trump after Trump reportedly described protests in Minneapolis as "fake riots" during a speech at the Detroit Economic Club this week, Kimmel said in his Tuesday night monologue. Kimmel quoted Trump as having "attempted to convince those in attendance that the

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Minneapolis ICE shooting raises questions about agents' legal authority

The fatal shooting of U.S. citizen Renee Nicole Good by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis has sparked anti-ICE protests and renewed questions about federal agents’ powers, Time reports. Good, a 37-year-old mother of three, was shot by Jonathan Ross, an Army veteran and Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer

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Blunkett criticises Starmer over U-turn on mandatory digital ID

Independent.co reports Sir Keir Starmer’s U-turn on plans for mandatory digital ID has been criticised by former Labour home secretary David Blunkett, who made his remarks on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme. Lord Blunkett said the government had failed to explain why the policy mattered, arguing “Very

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Colbert criticises federal immigration deployment to Minnesota on Late Show

On The Late Show Tuesday night, host Stephen Colbert criticised the Trump administration's deployment of more than 2,000 federal immigration agents to Minnesota, saying the Department of Homeland Security plans to deploy 1,000 more despite Minneapolis officials urging them to leave. Colbert opened with a quip

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Venezuelan government says it will free political prisoners as families wait

The Venezuelan government announced last week that it would begin freeing "an important number" of political prisoners, but hundreds of families across the country remain uncertain about who will be released or when. Relatives have kept vigils outside detention centers such as Rodeo I and El Helicoide. Nélida

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Trump praises tariffs at Detroit factory visit; economists point to A.I. for growth

President Trump toured a Ford Motor factory in Dearborn, Mich., on Tuesday and used an economic speech to praise tariffs, mentioning them more than two dozen times and saying the levies had generated trillions of dollars of investment. He also credited tariffs on social media for the strong markets, writing,

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Kamar Samuels takes over as New York City schools chancellor

Last week Kamar Samuels took over as New York City’s schools chancellor, the choice of Mayor Zohran Mamdani to lead the country’s largest public school system. Samuels had been a superintendent on Manhattan’s West Side, overseeing more than two dozen schools, and previously served as a superintendent

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Schumer outlines four-state path to retake Senate in 2026

Senator Chuck Schumer told The New York Times that Democrats have a “strong and clear path to winning the Senate in 2026,” naming Alaska, Maine, North Carolina and Ohio as states his party can flip after recruiting strong candidates in several top-tier races. Schumer cited a series of recruitment wins,

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Trump makes bold moves from Venezuela to Iran and presses claim on Greenland

President Trump has placed a series of high-stakes bets abroad, from moves to exploit Venezuela’s oil resources and choke off Cuba’s lifeline to urging protesters in Iran to “take over your institutions,” and pressing a claim on Greenland. He has written on social media that “help is on

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Brexit vote upended German teacher's life in Devon

In the early hours of 24 June 2016 the referendum result glowed on her phone: "52%". Lying in a rented bedroom in Devon, she saw the headline "UK votes to leave EU" and her first thought was not political but: "What does this mean for

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Prosecutors seek death penalty for ex‑president Yoon over short-lived martial law

South Korea’s prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for former President Yoon Suk-yeol at the Seoul Central District Court over his short-lived declaration of martial law, Time reported. The special prosecutor made the request during the final hearing, which began Tuesday morning and stretched after midnight into Wednesday. Prosecutors

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Wes Streeting invites Jonathan Haidt to brief officials on under-16 social media ban

Health secretary Wes Streeting has invited Jonathan Haidt, a bestselling author and advocate of banning social media for under-16s, to address an event with staff, charities and MPs as he pushes for the UK to consider following Australia’s landmark ban. Haidt rose to prominence after writing Anxious Generation, in

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Trump nominates WeatherTech founder David MacNeil to the F.T.C.

President Trump on Tuesday nominated David MacNeil, a Republican political donor who founded and leads WeatherTech, to an open seat on the Federal Trade Commission. Mr. MacNeil is chief executive of WeatherTech, an Illinois company that manufactures floor mats for cars and homes and other products like bowls for dogs

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Senior Liberals urge colleagues to oppose Labor’s fast-tracked hate speech and gun bill

Senior Liberals are urging colleagues to vote against Labor’s fast-tracked legislation in the wake of the Bondi terror attack, even as opposition leader Sussan Ley had for weeks called for urgent legislative action. Labor would need support from the Greens if the Coalition does not back the bill next