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• The West Eats Itself

  05-05-2025 19:35 via article.wn.com
  The same Western leaders who speak endlessly about “protecting Democracy” continue to rig elections, outlaw political parties, and prosecute candidates. Germany has declared Alternative for Germany — now the country’s most popular party — an “extremist group” on par with domestic terror organizations. The European Union helped Marxist globalists in Romania invalidate a presidential election and ban the winner from office. France and Brazil have followed
  
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• Medical examiner set to rule ICE detention death a homicide - despite DHS initial claims: report

  16-01-2026 15:46 via independent.co.uk
  
  Geraldo Lunas Campos, a 55-year-old Cuban immigrant, died at the makeshift Texas detention facility Camp East Montana
  
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• West Midlands police chief to retire after Maccabi Tel Aviv fans ban row

  16-01-2026 15:40 via article.wn.com
  Craig Guildford’s exit comes after inquiry found force used ‘exaggerated and untrue’ intelligence to justify ban...
  
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• U.S. Forces Seize Another Sanctioned Oil Tanker In The Caribbean

  16-01-2026 15:40 via article.wn.com
  It is the sixth tanker that has been seized by the U.S. as part of the effort by Trump’s administration to control the production, refining and global distribution of Venezuela’s oil products. ......
  
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• Trump administration says detaining college student trying to surprise family was a ‘mistake’

  16-01-2026 15:40 via article.wn.com
  Any Lucía López Belloza was detained at Boston’s airport in November and flown to Honduras two days later...
  
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• Suit-Tampering Scandal Haunts Norway Ahead Of Olympics

  16-01-2026 15:40 via article.wn.com
  Officials were hit with lengthy bans just as Olympic pressure ramps up. ......
  
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• South Korean Court Sentences Ex-President Yoon Suk Yeol To 5 Years In Prison Over Martial Law

  16-01-2026 15:40 via article.wn.com
  An independent counsel has requested the death sentence for Yoon on rebellion charges. ......
  
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• Husband who killed his wife and duped child in ‘wicked ‘plot jailed for life in London

  16-01-2026 15:40 via article.wn.com
  Robert Rhodes was cleared previously but convicted after retrial during which child came forward with new evidence...
  
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• Giving Trump the Nobel peace prize medal is ‘absurd’, say Norwegian politicians

  16-01-2026 15:40 via article.wn.com
  US president criticised for accepting medal awarded to Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado...
  
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• ‘Garden of Eden’: the Spanish farm growing citrus you’ve never heard of

  16-01-2026 15:40 via article.wn.com
  Todolí foundation produces varieties from Buddha’s hands to sudachi and hopes to help citrus survive climate change...
  
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• Brazil’s Bolsonaro finds novel way to reduce 27-year sentence: reading books

  16-01-2026 15:40 via article.wn.com
  Former president convicted for coup plot to take advantage of law that knocks four days off jail term for each book read...
  
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• As Adelaide rolls out the welcome mat to cycling world for Tour Down Under, I ...

  16-01-2026 15:40 via article.wn.com
  Australia’s WorldTour race on my local roads fills me with pride, but as the years go on it feels like hosting international friends in a house that is visibly on fire...
  
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• A floating football pitch and a train evacuation: photos of the day – Friday

  16-01-2026 15:40 via article.wn.com
  The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world ......
  
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• Venezuela’s Machado presents Nobel Peace Prize to Trump

  16-01-2026 15:37 via article.wn.com
  Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina...
  
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• Photos show Ukraine’s historic center in ruins but children, athletes still train ahead of Olympics

  16-01-2026 15:37 via article.wn.com
  CHERNIHIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s historic Chernihiv biathlon...
  
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• Nurses take on Trump for downgrading training as not ‘professional’ and costing them thousands in student loans

  16-01-2026 15:37 via independent.co.uk
  
  As a strike rages in NYC, nurses on opposite sides of the country tell Rhian Lubin how the Education Department’s plan to cap federal loans for graduate nursing degrees poses a grave threat to the future of healthcare
  
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• Map shows USS Abraham Lincoln

  16-01-2026 15:37 via article.wn.com
  A Newsweek map shows the likely route of the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln as it steams toward the Middle East. The vessel had been operating in the South China Sea...
  
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• Iconic Kansas City brewery expands outdoor patio before 2026 FIFA World Cup

  16-01-2026 15:37 via article.wn.com
  The construction of a new, second-story outdoor bar and patio space at the Boulevard Tours & Rec Center. Construction is already underway. ......
  
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• South Korea’s ex-president sentenced to five years in prison

  16-01-2026 15:36 via article.wn.com
  South Korea’s former president Yoon Suk Yeol has been sentenced to five years in prison....
  
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• US futures gain as 1st week of earnings season ends with markets near near records

  16-01-2026 15:33 via article.wn.com
  U.S. futures are edging higher as the first week of earnings season closes out with markets trading near record levels. Futures for the S&P 500 added 0.2% before the bell Friday, while futures for the Dow were effectively flat. Nasdaq ......
  
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• Ukraine’s young skiers practice in a bombed-out Olympic training base

  16-01-2026 15:33 via article.wn.com
  CHERNIHIV, Ukraine (AP) — Young athletes in northern Ukraine spend their days cross-country skiing through a scorched forest, focused on their form — until a siren inevitably shatters the silence. ......
  
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• Julio Iglesias calls sexual abuse allegations against him 'absolutely untrue'

  16-01-2026 15:33 via article.wn.com
  Julio Iglesias has denied allegations...
  
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• Roundup: Americans' economic pessimism surges, California leads downturn

  16-01-2026 15:29 via article.wn.com
  LOS ANGELES, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- U.S. workers face growing economic insecurity, while California sees sharp declines in financial confidence and job security. This message came from a public policy seminar here. In a virtual event held Thursday by the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC), CEOs and experts highlighted sharp rises in pessimism, job fears and financial stress among workers from 2024 to 2026. Sarah Bohn, vice president and center director of the PPIC, said at the meeting tha
  
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• Israel launches 184 strikes in Lebanon in January, kills 8: sources

  16-01-2026 15:29 via article.wn.com
  BEIRUT, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- Eight people were killed and nine others injured in 184 Israeli airstrikes across areas north of the Litani River in Lebanon during the first half of January, Lebanese sources said Friday. The sources...
  
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• Expansion project approved to boost Israel's Leviathan gas field output

  16-01-2026 15:29 via article.wn.com
  JERUSALEM, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- Partners in Israel's Leviathan natural gas field have approved a major expansion project, which is expected to nearly double the field's annual output in its initial phase, according to a joint announcement on...
  
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• Renee Good shooting galvanizes protests across the country | The Excerpt

  16-01-2026 15:28 via article.wn.com
  On the Friday, January 16, 2026, episode of The Excerpt podcast: When 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good was shot and killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis on January 7th, Americans across the country took notice. Has the tide turned for how Americans feel about immigration enforcement? USA TODAY Breaking News Reporter Christopher Cann joins The Excerpt to dig into all of it. Hit play on the player below to hear the podcast and follow along with the transcript beneath it. This transcript was automati
  
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• Trump receives Nobel medal from Venezuelan opposition leader Machado

  16-01-2026 15:27 via article.wn.com
  Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado presented her Nobel Peace Prize medal to U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday during a White House meeting, aiming to bolster h ......
  
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• Under-19 World Cup: Amid off-field drama and political tensions, India and Bangladesh ready for a feisty fixture

  16-01-2026 15:22 via article.wn.com
  Matches involving the...
  
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• China and Canada Forge Landmark Trade Deal: Tariffs and Visas Overhauled

  16-01-2026 15:22 via article.wn.com
  Beijing: Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed on a raft of measures from trade to tourism on Friday at the first meeting between the countries’ leaders in Beijing in eight years. The Canadian premier hailed a “landmark deal” under a “new strategic partnership” with China, turning the page on years of diplomatic spats, retaliatory arrests of each other’s citizens and tariff disputes. Carney has sought to reduce his c
  
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• Artemis II: NASA Moon launch could be just weeks away

  16-01-2026 15:22 via article.wn.com
  The space agency says the mission is planned to launch no earlier than February 6, 2026 ......
  
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