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Trump launches Gaza Board of Peace at Davos

President Donald Trump returned to the stage at Davos to officially launch his Gaza Board of Peace, joined by the board’s newly announced members from the Middle East and South America; he said he was honored to be the chairman of what could be "one of the most

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Queen’s University Belfast leads global peacebuilding from a city shaped by conflict

Queen’s University Belfast, a Russell Group institution based in Belfast, has become a world leader in research on peacebuilding and reconciliation, drawing directly on the city’s experience of sectarian violence. Staff at Queen’s say the university’s location gives them a practical, experience-based approach to studying how

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1,500 gather at Sydney Opera House for national mourning after Bondi attack

About 1,500 mourners packed the Sydney Opera House at 7.01pm on Thursday and fell silent for a minute during a national day of mourning for the 15 people who were gunned down six weeks earlier while celebrating the first night of Hanukah in Bondi, in what has been

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Denmark urges constructive Greenland talks that protect sovereignty

Denmark’s prime minister, Mette Frederiksen, called for “constructive” talks over Greenland that respect its territorial integrity after US president Donald Trump said a deal was in sight to end the dispute. Frederiksen said on Thursday: “We can negotiate all political aspects – security, investment, the economy – but we cannot negotiate

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Trump envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to meet Putin in Moscow on Ukraine talks

Steve Witkoff, President Trump’s special envoy, will meet President Vladimir V. Putin in Moscow on Thursday to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine, and will travel with Jared Kushner, Mr. Trump’s son-in-law, officials said. Speaking on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Mr.

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Greenlanders push back after Trump calls island a 'piece of ice' at Davos

Businessinsider reports that three Greenland residents told the outlet on Wednesday they objected to President Donald Trump's repeated description of Greenland as a "piece of ice" and his repeated misnaming of it as "Iceland" during a speech to World Economic Forum attendees at Davos.

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Three killed in shooting in Lake Cargelligo, New South Wales

Three people were killed following a shooting on Thursday in the rural New South Wales town of Lake Cargelligo, police said. Emergency services were called to the town, about 379 miles west of Sydney, at 4:40 p.m. after reports of a shooting. "Three people — two women and

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Philippine court sentences journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio to up to 18 years

A Regional Trial Court in Tacloban City on Thursday convicted journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio and her former roommate Marielle Dumaquil (reported as Domequil in a photo caption) of financing terrorism and sentenced them to 12 to 18 years in prison, the maximum allowed. The court acquitted the women of charges

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Ukraine's defense minister sets goal to kill 50,000 Russian troops per month

Businessinsider: Mykhailo Fedorov, Ukraine's new defense minister, said in a meeting with reporters on Tuesday that he has set a goal for Ukrainian forces to kill 50,000 Russian troops every month. Fedorov called the figure a core "strategic objective" aimed at "impos[ing] costs

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Three people killed and gunman at large after Lake Cargelligo shooting

Three people have been fatally shot and a gunman is on the run after a shooting in Lake Cargelligo, a country town in central western New South Wales, police said. Emergency services were called at about 4.40pm after reports of a shooting. NSW police said an operation was under

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EU-funded GeoKarst geopark launched across Karst plateau in Italy and Slovenia

A new EU-funded cross-border geopark called GeoKarst has been established across the Karst plateau spanning western Slovenia and eastern Italy. The Karst is noted for porous, soluble limestone that produces lined rock, surface hollows called dolines, and thousands of caves, sinkholes and subterranean rivers beneath the surface. Visitor highlights mentioned

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Victoria faces heatwave as some areas may near all‑time temperature records

Victorians have been warned to brace for another heatwave, with temperatures expected to soar towards record levels in parts of the state and authorities on alert in fire-affected areas. The Bureau of Meteorology’s senior meteorologist Kevin Parkyn described a “dome of heat” moving east that will bring at least

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National day of mourning for 15 victims of Bondi beach attack

Australia held a national day of mourning for the 15 victims of the 14 December Bondi beach terror attack, with fresh wreaths laid at Bondi, children cooking meals for those in need and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese saying it was an opportunity to “wrap our arms around” the Jewish community.

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Greenland urges households to stock five days of supplies after power cuts

Greenland’s government advised households on Wednesday to have enough supplies for five days in case of a crisis, the semiautonomous Danish territory said, and said the guidance was prompted by repeated power outages. The advisory was issued as President Trump told European leaders he would not use military force

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ActionAid UK to rethink child sponsorship as part of decolonisation plan

ActionAid UK’s newly appointed co-chief executives, Taahra Ghazi and Hannah Bond, said they will rethink the charity’s child sponsorship model as part of a broader effort to “decolonise” its work. They launched their co-leadership this month with the stated aim of shifting narratives around aid “from sympathy towards

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Former Uvalde officer Adrian Gonzales acquitted of all charges

According to People, former Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District Police Officer Adrian Gonzales was acquitted on all charges related to his response to the May 2022 shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, on Wednesday, Jan. 21. Gonzales faced 29 counts of child abandonment or endangerment; NBC News reported

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Trump declares end of U.S. stewardship of postwar economic order at Davos

President Trump used a keynote speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, to pronounce last rites on American leadership of the liberal democratic order forged after World War II, delivering a long address described as bombastic, aggrieved and self-congratulatory. He said the United States was done offering its

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Man killed after reportedly intervening when someone cut a gas-station bathroom line

People reports that Danny Lyn Kaster, 52, was found shot near 4400 East Oak Street in Phoenix after officers responded around 7:45 a.m. local time on Jan. 16, the Phoenix Police Department said. Kaster had been waiting to use the bathroom at a QuikTrip when 25-year-old Deondre Franklin

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Filipino journalist Frenchie Cumpio convicted of terror financing, jailed 12–18 years

A young Filipino journalist, Frenchie Cumpio, was found guilty of terror financing on Thursday and sentenced to 12–18 years in prison by Judge Georgina Uy Perez of the Tacloban regional court. Cumpio, 26, had spent nearly six years in a crowded provincial prison. Cumpio and her former roommate Marielle

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European leaders to meet in Brussels after Trump’s Davos remarks

After President Trump aired his disdain for Europe during remarks in Davos, leaders from the 27-nation European Union will gather in Brussels on Thursday to take stock of the trans-Atlantic relationship. Mr. Trump criticized Europe’s immigration policies, its regulations and what the article described as a “strident unwillingness to

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Trump seeks Greenland talks at Davos and U.S. moves ISIS detainees from Syria

At the World Economic Forum in Davos, President Donald Trump said he was seeking "immediate negotiations" to take over Greenland, asking the packed auditorium if they wanted him to say a few words about "a place called Greenland" and warning allies of economic consequences if they

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Trump says NATO has formed framework on Greenland; some Greenlanders say they were excluded

President Donald Trump on Wednesday night signaled that a solution had been reached with NATO that would avoid a confrontation over Greenland, saying in a social media post that he had "a very productive meeting" with the head of NATO and had "formed the framework of a

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Rifaat al-Assad, Paramilitary Commander Linked to 1982 Hama Massacre, Dies at 88

Rifaat al-Assad, the Syrian paramilitary leader long accused of directing the 1982 massacre in Hama, has died at 88, his son Siwar al-Assad announced on social media. The Dubai news site Voice of Emirates reported that Mr. Assad died in Dubai, where he had been living in exile. Mr. Assad

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Trump says Canada should be 'grateful' for US 'freebies' at World Economic Forum

Speaking at the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Switzerland, US president Donald Trump said Canada should be “grateful” for the “freebies” it gets from the United States, a day after what the article described as its prime minister, Mark Carney, warned of a geopolitical “rupture”. Trump singled out Carney’

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Sheinbaum defends transfer of 37 cartel operatives to US as a ‘sovereign decision’

Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum has defended the transfer of 37 Mexican cartel operatives to the United States as a “sovereign decision”, saying her government is trying to alleviate pressure from the Trump administration. It was the third such flight this year since Donald Trump returned to the White House.