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Greenlanders say no to U.S. alignment after Trump threats, turn to Denmark

Greenlanders watching violence in Minneapolis and President Trump’s threats have soured on the United States and pushed the Arctic island closer to Denmark, residents and officials say, the New York Times reported on Jan. 29, 2026. Aviaja Sinkbaek, an office manager in Nuuk who once worked in the Boston

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Gunfire and blasts heard at Niamey airport; Asky planes reportedly damaged

Gunfire and loud blasts were heard at the main airport in Niger’s capital, Niamey, just after midnight, according to the Reuters news agency and an independent source. A witness told Reuters they heard explosions shortly after midnight. The airport is next to Base Aérienne 101, a military base that

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Keir Starmer visits China seeking cautious thaw with Xi in Beijing

Yesterday Keir Starmer became the first British prime minister to visit China since Theresa May in 2018, meeting Xi Jinping in Beijing and saying he wanted to bring "stability and clarity" to the UK’s approach to Beijing. Xi told Starmer the relationship had gone through "twists

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China executes 11 people linked to Myanmar scam gangs

China on Thursday executed 11 people linked to Myanmar criminal gangs, including “key members” involved in scam operations, state media Xinhua reported. Xinhua said the 11 had been sentenced to death in September by a court in the eastern city of Wenzhou, and that the court also carried out the

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Prosecutors in Shanxi decline to charge man who fathered children with woman with mental illness

Prosecutors in Heshun County in Shanxi Province decided not to charge a man identified by the surname Zhang with rape after he fathered children with a woman who had a mental illness, a decision that was reported by The New York Times on Jan. 29, 2026 and has touched off

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CSIS analysis: Russia's Ukraine advances average 15–70 meters a day — slower than WWI Somme

A new analysis from the Center for Strategic and International Studies says Russia's advance in Ukraine over the last two years has been among the slowest in modern war, with average rates of between 15 and 70 meters per day even during its fiercest offensives, researchers Seth G.

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Police ‘confident’ Lake Cargelligo suspect Julian Ingram is still alive

Police say they are “confident” Julian Ingram, 37, the suspect in a triple shooting in Lake Cargelligo, New South Wales, is still alive and may be receiving help from people he knows a week after the killings. The NSW assistant commissioner, Andrew Holland, told reporters that investigators believed Ingram may

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Macron’s Davos clash with Trump boosts his standing at home and abroad

When President Emmanuel Macron hosted the leaders of Denmark and Greenland for lunch in Paris on Wednesday, he was still wearing the blue‑tinted aviator sunglasses he first wore at the World Economic Forum in Davos, where he vowed that France would stand firm with its neighbours against an acquisitive

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Florida doctor charged with grand theft after allegedly stealing $2,716.61 from Target

Lindsey Jae Minshew, 40, a Florida doctor, was arrested on Jan. 23 and charged with grand theft after police say she allegedly stole $2,716.61 worth of merchandise from a Target on River City Drive in Jacksonville, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office (JSO). Online JSO records show

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Keir Starmer meets Xi Jinping in Beijing to promote business ties

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer met President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2026, seeking to promote business ties with China. Mr. Starmer, the first British leader to visit China since Theresa May in 2018, traveled with a large business delegation that included executives from banking, pharmaceutical and

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Chinese man who filmed Xinjiang detention footage granted US asylum

A US immigration judge granted asylum to a Chinese national, Guan Heng, on Wednesday in Napanoch, New York, saying he had a "well founded fear" of persecution if returned to China after exposing alleged human rights abuses against Uyghurs in Xinjiang. Guan applied for asylum after arriving in

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Canada pivots from the U.S. after Davos speech by Prime Minister Mark Carney

At Davos last week, Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada said “the old order is not coming back” and announced steps to pivot away from an increasingly volatile United States, including a new strategic partnership with China and 12 new trade and security deals, the article says. The speech came

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Plane carrying 15, including two politicians, crashes in Colombia's Catatumbo

On Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026, a SATENA aircraft carrying 15 people, including two local politicians, crashed in a restive region along Colombia’s border with Venezuela, and authorities said there were no survivors, the airline said. The aircraft was a Beechcraft 1900 turboprop traveling between Cúcuta and Ocaña. Ocaña is

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Chinese investigators to visit Brisbane to help probe coffee attack on baby

Chinese investigators will travel to Brisbane to help search for a man who allegedly attacked a baby with hot coffee before fleeing the country, the Chinese ambassador to Australia, Xiao Qian, announced on Wednesday. The stranger allegedly dumped a Thermos of coffee on nine-month-old boy Luka at a Brisbane park

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U.S. says it is not scrapping NORAD after ambassador’s F-35 remarks

The State Department said on Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026, that the United States is not scrapping the Cold War–era North American Aerospace Defense Command, or NORAD, after U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra suggested the pact could be “altered” if Canada did not buy American F-35 jets. Mr.

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Hillary Clinton and Tucker Carlson Speak at Saudi Real Estate Forum in Riyadh

Hillary Clinton and Tucker Carlson spoke separately at a real estate conference held in a hotel ballroom in Riyadh on Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026, according to The New York Times. Neither focused heavily on real estate. Mrs. Clinton said, "It is exhilarating to see the development," and Mr.

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Tens of Thousands Without Power in Tennessee, Mississippi and Louisiana After Storm

Tens of thousands of residents across Tennessee, Mississippi and Louisiana were without power or heat on Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026, after a winter storm over the weekend coated large parts of the region in ice and damaged hundreds of power lines and poles. Nearly an inch of accumulated freezing rain

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Davon Holloman charged after father Jimmy Chase allegedly stabbed while teaching 3 sons

A New Jersey father, 40-year-old Jimmy Chase, was allegedly stabbed to death on Jan. 8 while teaching his three young sons to ride bikes, the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office said. Authorities announced charges Wednesday against 35-year-old Davon Holloman in connection with the incident. Prosecutors said Holloman has been charged

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Landslide Leaves Historic Sicilian Town Perched on Cliff’s Edge

Part of the town of Niscemi in Sicily teetered on a cliffs edge on Wednesday after a landslide on Sunday, triggered in part by intense rain from Cyclone Harry, officials and residents said; more than 1,500 people have been evacuated. The chasm stretched for about 2.5 miles,

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Authorities warn Otways bushfire could ‘run again’ as Victoria north heats up

Authorities are warning dry conditions could cause the bushfire that ravaged Victoria’s Otways to “run again” over the coming weeks. The threat has been downgraded for now after the blaze destroyed three homes and 16 other structures when a wind change occurred during severe heatwave conditions. Officials say milder

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Dutch court orders Netherlands to protect Bonaire from climate change

On Jan. 28, 2026, the District Court of The Hague ruled that the Netherlands violated the human rights of residents of Bonaire, a Dutch Caribbean territory, by failing to protect them from the effects of climate change and ordered the government to set binding greenhouse gas reduction targets within 18

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Marco Rubio says Nato must be 'reimagined' as Europe boosts defence capabilities

US state secretary Marco Rubio told the US Senate that Nato “needs to be reimagined,” saying European allies must rapidly increase defence capabilities to offer meaningful security guarantees, and said he was confident of a “positive resolution” on Greenland as technical talks begin. Rubio argued that current security guarantees ultimately

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US agencies disagree with Trump’s opposition to Chagos deal, Starmer says

US intelligence agencies disagree with Donald Trump’s newly found opposition to the Chagos deal, Keir Starmer said on the flight to Beijing, underlining that the US administration had supported the agreement because it bolstered their defences. Downing Street sources told the Guardian the agreement, which was formally approved by

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Dutch government discriminated against Bonaire over climate adaptation, court rules

A court in The Hague ruled on Wednesday that the Dutch government discriminated against people on the Caribbean island of Bonaire by failing to help them adapt to climate change, and ordered the state to produce a formal adaptation plan and set tougher greenhouse gas targets. The judgment chastised the

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Doomsday Clock set to 85 seconds to midnight, closest yet

On Jan. 28, 2026, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moved its Doomsday Clock to 85 seconds to midnight — the closest setting in the clock’s history — and displayed the clock during a news conference at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington. The Bulletin’s experts said wars,