I was walking down a street in Dnipro when a Ukrainian military policeman appeared out from between two parked cars.He said something in Ukrainian as he sauntered over, motioning for identification. I didn’t know what the soldier said, but I…
Category: 4. World
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Ukraine tightens conscription as manpower crisis deepens
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Trump says rare earths are part of his Greenland deal. It’s ‘completely bonkers’
President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he reached a framework for a deal with NATO over the future of Greenland that will include rights to rare-earth minerals.
“They’re going to be…
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The Folly of Fatalism in Gaza
The United States is once again at the forefront of efforts to establish a lasting peace between Israelis and Palestinians. President Donald Trump’s October 2025 cease-fire agreement produced an uneasy truce between the two sides in Gaza, and a…
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Trump news at a glance: at Davos, president rambles, backs down and touts ‘future deal’ on Greenland | Trump administration
It was quite a day in Davos.
Donald Trump began his time at the World Economic Forum Wednesday with a rambling, racism-drenched speech in which he attacked European leaders and reasserted his demand to acquire Greenland. But hours later, the US…
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Live: Trump pushes to expand 'Board of Peace', challenging UN Security Council – France 24
- Live: Trump pushes to expand ‘Board of Peace’, challenging UN Security Council France 24
- Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ Would Have Global Scope but One Man in Charge The New York Times
- ‘I have some controversial people on it’: Trump reveals…
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Trump declaration of Greenland framework deal met with scepticism as doubts persist | Greenland
Donald Trump’s announcement of a “framework of a future deal” that would settle the issue of Greenland after weeks of escalating threats has been met with profound scepticism from people in the Arctic territory, even as financial markets…
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How Syria's Sharaa captured Kurdish-held areas while keeping the US onside – Reuters
- How Syria’s Sharaa captured Kurdish-held areas while keeping the US onside Reuters
- U.S. Pivot in Syria Leaves an Old Ally in the Lurch The New York Times
- Damascus Is Killing Syria’s Most Capable Anti-ISIS Kurdish-Led Force Forbes
- PKK’s…
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Australia Bondi Beach shooting: Three tons of mourners’ flowers to be transformed into art memorializing attack
In the days following the antisemitic attack at Australia’s Bondi Beach that left 15 people dead, a memorial site quickly filled with candles, stuffed toys, handwritten notes and thousands, perhaps even…
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Vladimir Putin says he will meet US envoys Steve Witkoff, Jared Kushner
Putin, quoted by Russian news agencies, said during a meeting of Russia’s Security Council that he would discuss the possible use of frozen Russian assets with the US envoys in connection with recovery work in regions affected by the war.”This…
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A ‘concept’ of a plan on Greenland and no more European tariffs: Trump
U.S. President Donald Trump reacts as he leaves the congress centre during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on Jan. 21, 2026.
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The tariff clock stopped just in time.
U.S. President Donald...
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