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Federal Officers Detain a 5-Year-Old Boy Who School Official Says Was Used as 'Bait'
A 5-year-old boy arriving home from preschool in Minnesota was taken by federal agents along with his father to a detention facility in Texas, school officials and the family's lawyer said, making him the latest child caught up in the immigration enforcement surge that has riled the Twin Cities in recent weeks.
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ICE Detains Four Children From Minnesota School District, School Officials Say
WASHINGTON, Jan 22 (Reuters) - U. S. immigration authorities detained at least four children including a 5-year-old from the same Minneapolis-area school district this month, school district officials said at a press conference.
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#USEconomy #ConsumerSpending #EconomicGrowth
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Consumer Spending Pushes US Economy up 4.4% in Third Quarter, Fastest in Two Years
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Powered by strong consumer spending, the U. S. economy grew at the fastest pace in two years from July through September, the government said Thursday in a slight upgrade of its first estimate.
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#HungerCrisis #Nigeria #HumanitarianAid
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UN Says 35 Million Nigerians Risk Hunger After Global Funding Collapse
ABUJA, Jan 22 (Reuters) - Nearly 35 million Nigerians are at risk of hunger this year, including 3 million children facing severe malnutrition, the United Nations said on Thursday, following the collapse of global aid budgets.
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#IllegalMining #AmazonRainforest #EnvironmentalCrime
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Interpol-Backed Police Make Nearly 200 Arrests in Amazon Region Gold Mining Sweep
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) -- Police and prosecutors from Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana and Suriname have arrested nearly 200 people in their first-ever joint cross-border operation targeting illegal gold mining in the Amazon region, authorities said Thursday.
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#HeartHealth #CardiovascularDisease #StrokePrevention
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Heart Disease, Stroke Are Top U.S. Killers, Report Says
By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterTHURSDAY, Jan. 22, 2026 (HealthDay News) -- Heart disease and stroke are America's top killers, a new American Heart Association (AHA) report says.
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#OpioidCrisis #PublicHealth #AddictionAwareness
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Pharma Companies Share Blame For Opioid OD Deaths, Majority Says
By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterTHURSDAY, Jan. 22, 2026 (HealthDay News) -- Americans might be severely divided these days, but a new study says there's one thing everyone agrees on.
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#TrumpInvestigation #JackSmith #CongressionalHearing
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Jack Smith Is Set to Testify at a Public Hearing About His Trump Investigations
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republican lawmakers are poised to grill former Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith on Thursday at a congressional hearing that's expected to focus fresh attention on two criminal investigations that shadowed Donald Trump during his 2024 presidential campaign.
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#Immigration #LawEnforcement #PoliticalPolarization
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Vance Heads to Minneapolis Amid Tension Over ICE Crackdown
By Heather Schlitz and Bo Erickson
MINNEAPOLIS, Jan 22 (Reuters) - Vice President JD Vance is expected to visit Minneapolis on Thursday to show support for a massive federal law enforcement operation underway in a city that has been on edge since an ICE officer shot dead a 37-year-old mother of three.
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#EUTies #TransatlanticRelations #TrumpPolicies
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EU Leaders to Reassess U.S. Ties Despite Trump U-Turn on Greenland
By Jan Strupczewski and Lili Bayer
BRUSSELS, Jan 22 (Reuters) - EU leaders will rethink their ties with the U. S. at an emergency summit on Thursday after Donald Trump's threat of tariffs and even military action to acquire Greenland badly shook confidence in the transatlantic relationship, diplomats said.
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#TrumpInvestigations #JusticeSystem #PublicTestimony
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Trump Prosecutor Smith to Condemn 'False' Narratives About Probe in House Testimony
WASHINGTON, Jan 22 (Reuters) - Former U. S. Special Counsel Jack Smith, who unsuccessfully prosecuted President Donald Trump, is set to condemn "false and misleading narratives" about his investigation as he appears before a House of Representatives panel on Thursday for his first public testimony.
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#CrimeReduction #HomicideRate #PublicSafety
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Homicide Rate Declines Sharply in Dozens of US Cities, a New Report Shows
Data collected from 35 American cities showed a 21% decrease in the homicide rate from 2024 to 2025, translating to about 922 fewer homicides last year, according to a new report from the independent Council on Criminal Justice.
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New Trade Map Takes Shape in Davos as World Adjusts to Trump Tariffs
DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan 22 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's use of tariffs as a foreign policy tool added fresh impetus in Davos this week to efforts to boost global trade beyond the U.
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#Ukraine #PeaceTalks #WorldEconomicForum
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Ukraine's Zelenskiy Arrives for Davos Talks With Trump
KYIV, Jan 22 (Reuters) - U. S. envoy Steve Witkoff on Thursday said "a lot of progress" had been made in Ukraine peace talks and that negotiations were down to one last issue, as Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskiy arrived in Switzerland for talks with U.
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Uganda Police Detain Opposition Lawmaker After at Least Seven Killed
KAMPALA, Jan 22 (Reuters) - Uganda police said on Thursday they had detained a legislator and senior official of the country's biggest opposition party for his alleged role in election-related violence in which at least seven people were killed.
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#Ukraine #PeaceTalks #WorldEconomicForum
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US Envoy Witkoff Says Ukraine Peace Talks Down to One Issue
DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan 22 (Reuters) - U. S. envoy Steve Witkoff on Thursday said "a lot of progress" had been made in Ukraine peace talks and that negotiations were down to one last issue.
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#NATO #ArcticSecurity #TransatlanticAlliance
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NATO's Rutte Says Arctic Talks With Trump Will Focus on Keeping Russia, China Out
DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan 22 (Reuters) - NATO Secretary Mark Rutte said on Thursday that he and U. S. President Trump had discussed in Davos how the transatlantic alliance should best defend the Arctic against Russia and China.
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#VeteransTheatre #HealingThroughArt #UkraineResilience
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Wounded Ukrainian Veterans Find Healing on Stage
Olha Semoshkina (top right), chief choreographer of the Veterans' Theatre group, talks to the actors before the premiere of an 18th‑century Ukrainian parody of Virgil's "Aeneid", amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, December 4, 2025.
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#BangladeshElections #PoliticalReforms #InterimGovernment
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Campaigning Starts for Bangladesh's First National Election After Hasina's Ouster
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) -- Campaigning began Thursday for Bangladesh's first national elections since the 2024 uprising that ousted longtime Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
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Nuclear Reactor Owned by Fukushima Plant Operator TEPCO Suspends Hours-Old Restart
TOKYO (AP) -- The restart of the world's largest nuclear power plant was suspended Thursday only hours after it resumed for the first time since the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster.
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Vaccine Makers Feel a Chill as US Health Secretary Kennedy's Rhetoric Becomes Reality
LONDON, Jan 22 (Reuters) - Sweeping U. S. policy changes under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are having a chilling effect on vaccine makers as anti-vaccine rhetoric has turned into concrete changes to inoculation schedules and recommendations, investors and executives said.
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#FederalReserve #SupremeCourt #MonetaryPolicy
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US Supreme Court Sees Risk in Trump Running Roughshod Over Fed
By Howard Schneider and Ann Saphir
WASHINGTON, Jan 22 (Reuters) - U. S. Supreme Court justices during arguments over President Donald Trump's bid to fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook seemed to embrace the idea that the central bank's independence to set monetary policy must be preserved and that eroding it would present real-world economic risks.
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#Vaccination #PublicHealth #ChildHealth
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Factbox-How Four US Childhood Vaccine Recommendations Have Changed
By Puyaan Singh and Sneha S K
Jan 22 (Reuters) - The Trump administration has rolled back decades-old guidance recommending routine childhood vaccination against influenza and three other infectious diseases, saying their use should instead be decided between parents and healthcare providers.
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#Haiti #PoliticalCrisis #GangViolence
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US Government Warns It Will Take Action if Haitian Politicians Destabilize Country
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) -- The U. S. warned the transitional council in charge of Haiti against making changes to the troubled country's government on Wednesday, as pressure mounts for the unelected body to move toward elections for the first time in a decade.
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Millions of Americans Brace for Potentially Catastrophic Ice Storm. What to Know, by the Numbers
ATLANTA (AP) -- Millions of Americans from New Mexico to the Carolinas are bracing for a potentially catastrophic ice storm that could crush trees and power lines and knock out power for days, while many northern states all the way to New England could see enough snow to make travel nearly impossible, forecasters say.
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Crews Spread Salt on Roads and People Stock up on Batteries as a Winter Storm Threatens the US
ATLANTA (AP) -- Bags of ice-thwarting salt aren't usually a hot item at Bates Ace Hardware in Atlanta, but store manager Lewis Pane sold all 275 he had in stock in one morning as residents braced for a major storm to deliver heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain on a broad section of the U.
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#USForeignPolicy #TransatlanticAlliance #GlobalDiplomacy
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Trump's European Threats Could Make It Harder for Future US Leaders to Repair Ties
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Barely a month into his presidency, Joe Biden had a message for Europe.
"America is back," Biden told the Munich Security Conference in 2021.
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#AAPI #CostofLiving #Healthcare
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Inflation Fears Are High for Most Americans. but a New Poll Shows One Group Is Particularly Worried
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Anxiety about costs and affordability is particularly high among Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders and Native Hawaiians, even at a moment when economic stress is widespread, according to a new poll.
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#USArmy #MinneapolisProtests #ImmigrationPolicy
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Army Orders Military Police to Get Ready for a Possible Minneapolis Deployment, AP Source Says
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U. S. Army has ordered several dozen additional active-duty soldiers to prepare for a possible deployment to Minneapolis if needed, a defense official said Wednesday, amid protests over the Trump administration's immigration enforcement crackdown.
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#Davos2023 #GlobalEconomy #NATO
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Stock Market Cuts Through to Trump on Greenland in a Way Allies' Messages Failed to Resonate
DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) -- Investors appeared to have gotten through to President Donald Trump about the risk posed by his designs for Greenland with a message he wasn't hearing from European leaders: Threatening allies with tariffs and land seizure isn't exactly the type of policy that generates confidence in the global economy.
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#Immigration #Homicide #CustodyDeath
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Texas Medical Examiner Rules Death of Cuban in ICE Custody as Homicide, Media Reports Say
Jan 21 (Reuters) - The El Paso County Office of the Medical Examiner on Wednesday ruled that the recent death of a Cuban detainee at an immigration facility in Texas was a homicide, according to multiple media reports.
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#Putin #UkraineWar #InternationalRelations
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Putin Says He Will Meet US Envoys Witkoff, Kushner on Thursday
Jan 21 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday he would meet on Thursday with U. S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, who have been tasked with finding a solution to Russia's nearly four-year-old war with Ukraine.
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#Redistricting #VotingRights #PoliticalNews
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New York City's Only Republican-Held Congressional District Must Be Redrawn, Judge Orders
WASHINGTON, Jan 21 (Reuters) - A New York judge ruled on Wednesday that Republican U. S. Representative Nicole Malliotakis' district - New York City's only Republican-held congressional district - violates the state's constitution and should be redrawn by February 6.
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#immigration #humanrights #detention
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Autopsy Finds Cuban Immigrant in ICE Custody Died of Homicide Due to Asphyxia
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A Cuban migrant held in solitary confinement at an immigration detention facility in Texas died after guards held him down and he stopped breathing, according to an autopsy report released Wednesday that ruled the death a homicide.
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#Australia #Terrorism #Antisemitism
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Australia Begins Day of Mourning for Victims of Bondi Beach Attack
SYDNEY, Jan 22 (Reuters) - Australia began a national day of mourning on Thursday for the victims of the Bondi Beach mass shooting, with flags across the country flown at half mast ahead of a commemoration event at Sydney's iconic Opera House.
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#HongKong #TiananmenSquare #ProDemocracy
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Hong Kong's Squeeze on Tiananmen Crackdown Commemorations
By Jessie Pang and James Pomfret
HONG KONG, Jan 22 (Reuters) - Hong Kong's High Court will begin on Thursday a landmark subversion trial of the leaders of a group that once organised annual commemorations of Beijing's Tiananmen Square crackdown on student-led pro-democracy protests in 1989.
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#HongKong #NationalSecurity #HumanRights
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Hong Kong Begins National Security Trial of Tiananmen Vigil Group
By Jessie Pang and James Pomfret
HONG KONG, Jan 22 (Reuters) - Hong Kong's High Court is set to start on Thursday the landmark national security trial of three former leaders of a now disbanded group that organised annual vigils marking Beijing's 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown on pro-democracy protesters.
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#MassShooting #GunViolence #Justice
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Teen Pleads Guilty to North Carolina Mass Shooting That Killed 5
RALEIGH, N. C. (AP) -- An 18-year-old pleaded guilty Wednesday to murder and other charges for a mass shooting in North Carolina, acknowledging that he carried out a 2022 killing rampage that left five people dead, including his older brother and a police officer.
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#WinterWeather #SafetyTips #ColdPreparedness
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Take These Steps to Protect Yourself From Winter Weather Dangers
HOUSTON (AP) -- Winter weather brings various hazards that people have to contend with to keep warm and safe.
These dangers can include carbon monoxide poisoning, hypothermia and frozen pipes that can burst and make homes unlivable.
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Oregon Town to Test River Where Wood Treater Sent Polluted Stormwater
A northwest Oregon town is stepping up testing of the river that supplies some of its drinking water, prompted by InvestigateWest's reporting that a local wood treater released stormwater tainted with toxic preservatives into the waterway while regulators kept it quiet.
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#TaylorSwift #SongwritersHallOfFame #MusicIndustry
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Taylor Swift Named to Songwriters Hall of Fame, Second-Youngest Ever
LOS ANGELES, Jan 21 - Taylor Swift, 36, will become the second-youngest songwriter ever inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, joining the ranks of Stevie Wonder, who was 33 when he was inducted in 1983, the organization announced on Wednesday.
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#Trump #InternationalRelations #PeaceInitiative
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'Who Can Say No?' Trump's Board of Peace Tests Doubters Resolve in Davos
DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan 21 (Reuters) - Donald Trump's Board of Peace, seen by some as a rival to the United Nations, has caught officials at some of the countries invited off guard, with several saying they felt compelled to sign up rather than risk the U.
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#Transparency #Bribery #PoliticalAccountability
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Hawaii Attorney General to Investigate $35K Bribery Case After All
The Hawaiʻi attorney general reversed course on Tuesday, announcing she will take up the case of a Hawaiʻi lawmaker who was recorded accepting $35,000 in a paper bag from the subject of a bribery investigation in 2022.
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#Greenland #USRussiaRelations #NATO
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Russia Watches US-European Tensions Over Greenland With Some Glee, Gloating and Wariness
As tensions simmered between the United States and Europe this week over President Donald Trump's push to acquire Greenland, Russian officials, state-backed media and pro-Kremlin bloggers responded with a mixture of glee, gloating and wariness.
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#Immigration #ProtestRights #UseOfForce
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US Appeals Court Pauses Lower Court Order Restraining Immigration Agents' Use of Force Against Minnesota Protesters
U. S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents stand guard during a protest outside the Whipple Federal Building, more than a week after a U.
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#EnvironmentalPolicy #ClimateChange #PublicHealth
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The EPA Is Easing Pollution Rules Under Trump. Here's How It's Affecting Texas
The first year of President Trump's second term has seen an aggressive rollback of federal environmental protections, which advocacy groups fear will bring more pollution, higher health risks, and less information and power for Texas communities, especially in heavily industrial and urban areas.
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Planned Parenthood Offers Vasectomies in Michigan as Abortion Access Drops
Citing an increased demand for "permanent birth control" since the US Supreme Court overturned abortion access across the country, Planned Parenthood of Michigan will now offer vasectomy services to its patients.
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#KarachiFire #Tragedy #SafetyConcerns
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Death Toll in Karachi Mall Fire Climbs to Around 50, Official Says
By Ariba Shahid and Mohammed Waseem
KARACHI, Pakistan, Jan 21 (Reuters) - Pakistani firefighters on Wednesday retrieved the bodies of up to 25 people from the debris of a shopping mall fire in Karachi, taking the death toll to around 50.
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#Sleep #Cognition #Neuroscience
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Why Your Brain Drifts After a Bad Night's Sleep, Scientists Explain
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 21, 2026 (HealthDay News) -- Ever notice how hard it is to stay sharp after a rough night of sleep.
A recent study published in the journal Nature Neuroscience points to a surprising reason why: The brain may briefly shift into a sleep-like cleaning mode, even while you're awake.
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#Syria #KurdishForces #USForeignPolicy
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How Syria's Sharaa Captured Kurdish-Held Areas While Keeping the US Onside
By Feras Dalatey , Maya Gebeily and Humeyra Pamuk
DAMASCUS, Syria Jan 21 (Reuters) - The Syrian government's rapid takeover of territory long held by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces took shape in a string of high-stakes meetings in Damascus, Paris and Iraq earlier this month, nine sources briefed on the closed-door summits told Reuters.
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#FederalReserve #Trump #SupremeCourt
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Supreme Court Seems Inclined to Keep Lisa Cook on Fed Board Despite Trump Attempt to Fire Her
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday seemed inclined to keep Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook in her job, casting doubt on President Donald Trump's bid to wrest control of the nation's central bank.
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#Vatican #PopeLeo #PeaceInitiative
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Pope Leo Invited to Join Trump's 'Board of Peace', Cardinal Says
VATICAN CITY, Jan 21 (Reuters) - Pope Leo is among world leaders invited to join U. S. President Donald Trump's "Board of Peace", Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican's top diplomatic official, said on Wednesday.
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#BoardOfPeace #InternationalDiplomacy #GlobalConflictResolution
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Explainer-What Is Trump's 'Board of Peace' and Who Has Joined So Far?
By Menna AlaaElDin and Alexander Cornwell
Jan 21 (Reuters) - U. S. President Donald Trump has invited dozens of world leaders to join his Board of Peace initiative aimed at resolving global conflicts but diplomats say it could harm the work of the United Nations.
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#Autism #WildfireSmoke #PregnancyHealth
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Wildfire Smoke During Pregnancy May Raise Autism Risk, Study Finds
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 21, 2026 (HealthDay News) -- Women who breathe wildfire smoke during pregnancy, especially in late stages, may put their offspring at greater risk of autism, a new study of California births suggests.
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#MeaslesOutbreak #PublicHealth #VaccinationAwareness
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Measles Outbreak Reaches Clemson Campus as South Carolina Cases Surge
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 21, 2026 (HealthDay News) -- South Carolina's fast-growing measles outbreak has now reached a major college campus, after health officials confirmed a case linked to Clemson University.
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#Davos2023 #Ukraine #PeaceNegotiations
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Trump Says He Will Meet With Ukraine's Zelenskiy, Deal 'Reasonably Close'
DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan 21 (Reuters) - U. S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Switzerland, adding that he felt Zelenskiy and Russian President Vladimir Putin were now at a point where they could reach a deal to end the war.
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Explainer-How Syria's Government Has Redrawn Map With Advances Against the Kurds
Jan 21 (Reuters) - The Syrian government has seized swathes of northern and eastern Syria from Kurdish forces, consolidating President Ahmed al-Sharaa's rule nearly 14 months after Bashar al-Assad was toppled.
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#Gaza #IsraelPalestine #PeaceProcess
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Israeli Fire Kills Five Palestinians as Trump Seeks to Advance Gaza Peace Deal
CAIRO, Jan 21 (Reuters) - Israeli fire killed five Palestinians, including two boys, in central and southern Gaza, local health authorities said, and the Israeli military said it had "eliminated" a Palestinian militant who posed a threat to soldiers.
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Intel Results to Spotlight Turnaround Efforts as AI Data Centers Boost Chip Demand
Jan 21 (Reuters) - Intel shareholders are optimistic about the company's results like they have not been for many quarters, betting the turnaround CEO Lip-Bu Tan promised was taking root and that rapid data center build outs were fueling strong demand for its traditional server chips.
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#ContemptOfCongress #ClintonInvestigation #EpsteinCase
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House Republicans Begin Push to Hold the Clintons in Contempt of Congress Over the Epstein Probe
WASHINGTON (AP) -- House Republicans are starting a push Wednesday to hold former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in contempt of Congress over the Jeffrey Epstein investigation, opening the prospect of the House using one of its most powerful punishments against a former president for the first time.
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#Terrorismus #IslamicState #Bezpečnost
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Syrian-Swede Found Guilty of Preparing Suicide Attack on Stockholm Festival
STOCKHOLM, Jan 21 (Reuters) - A Swedish court on Wednesday sentenced a 19-year-old man to seven years and 10 months in prison for planning an attack on a cultural festival in Stockholm on behalf of the Islamic State militant group.
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#NursingHomes #HealthCare #Medicaid
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More Staff Means Better Health Among Nursing Home Residents, Study Says
By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterWEDNESDAY, Jan. 21, 2026 (HealthDay News) -- Boosting staffing levels at nursing homes could improve the health of residents, a new study says.
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#SpainTrainDisaster #RailSafety #NationalStrike
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Spanish Train Drivers Call for Strike After Deadly Derailments
MADRID, Jan 21 (Reuters) - Spain's biggest train drivers' union on Wednesday called for a nationwide strike to demand assurances for the profession's safety after one of Europe's biggest train crashes left at least 42 dead and a second derailment killed a driver.
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#SupremeCourt #FederalReserve #PresidentialPowers
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US Supreme Court Considers Trump's Bid to Fire Fed's Lisa Cook
By Andrew Chung and John Kruzel
WASHINGTON, Jan 21 (Reuters) - The U. S. Supreme Court is set on Wednesday to consider President Donald Trump's unprecedented attempt to fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook in a case that tests how far the justices may be willing to go to preserve the central bank's independence.
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#Homeownership #HomeInsurance #FinancialStress
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The State of the New Homebuyer in 2026
Owning a house can be a major source of anxiety. Homeownership in today's economy means facing the pressures of skyrocketing home insurance costs, unexpected repair bills and rising natural disaster risks.
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#TransatlanticRelations #EU #SecurityPolicy
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EU Chief Says Trump's Threats Challenge Europe's Security and Prosperity, Ahead of Emergency Summit
BRUSSELS (AP) -- U. S. President Donald Trump's threats to annex Greenland and slap tariffs on its backers pose a challenge to Europe's security, principles and prosperity, a top EU official said on Wednesday.
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#UkraineWar #EnergyCrisis #Survival
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Ukraine Endures Its Bitterest Winter as Russia Targets Heating and Power
The military chaplain Anton Rybikov, 39, hugs his two-year-old son Matvii as he heats a metal churn with water, trying to warm his apartment during a power blackout after critical civil infrastructure was hit by recent Russian missile and drone attacks, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine January 18, 2026.
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#SouthKorea #MartialLaw #Rebellion
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Top Ally of South Korea's Yoon Given 23 Years in Prison for Rebellion Over Martial Law Crisis
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- A South Korean court ruled Wednesday that the 2024 imposition of martial law by then President Yoon Suk Yeol constituted an act of rebellion as it sentenced his prime minister to 23 years in prison for his involvement.
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#Tariffs #USTradePolicy #EUTrade
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Explainer-Trump Tariffs on Six EU Nations Could Create US Customs Headache
BRUSSELS, Jan 21 (Reuters) - U. S. customs authorities will face a real challenge if President Donald Trump goes through with his threat to place tariffs on six EU countries - rather than the whole European Union - given the ease of movement of goods between EU members.
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Trump Is on His Way to Davos, Where His Quest to Own Greenland Could Overshadow His Other Goals
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (AP) -- President Donald Trump heads to the World Economic Forum in the Swiss Alps on Wednesday where his ambitions to wrest control of Greenland from NATO ally Denmark could tear relations with European allies and overshadow his original plan to use his appearance at the gathering of global elites to address affordability issues back home.
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#Immigration #LegalIssues #CommunityResponse
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Legal Battles Over Immigration Enforcement Operation in Minnesota Intensify
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- As confrontations with federal officers over their massive immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota showed no signs of stopping Wednesday, legal battles over the surge and the local response were also intensifying.
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#ShinzoAbe #Japan #Assassination
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Japanese Court Set to Sentence Man Who Admitted Killing Former Leader Abe
TOKYO (AP) -- A Japanese court on Wednesday will sentence a man who's admitted assassinating former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, a case that revealed decades of cozy ties between Japan's governing party and a controversial South Korean church.
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#Immigration #Healthcare #Midterms
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After Minneapolis, Democrats Confront Political Vulnerabilities to Battle Trump on Immigration
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Democrats had planned to campaign in the midterm elections on affordability and health care, two issues where Americans are particularly unhappy with President Donald Trump.
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#ChileFires #AnimalRescue #WildfireRelief
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As Fires in Chile Burn, a Mobile Clinic Fights to Save Furry Survivors
LIRQUÉN, Chile (AP) -- Some are frightened, others are dehydrated, most are burned. In order to provide aid to the furry friends and other animals affected by the raging fires in Chile, the national police's canine brigade and teams of volunteers are working against the clock to provide first aid to the pets caught by flames.
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#UvaldeShooting #PoliceAccountability #ActiveShooterResponse
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Closing Arguments Set in Former Uvalde Officer's Trial Over Actions During 2022 School Attack
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) -- The trial of a former Uvalde, Texas, school police officer accused of failing in his duty to stop a gunman in the critical first minutes of the 2022 Robb Elementary School attack was expected to go to the jury on Wednesday.
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#Bangladesh #JamaatEIslami #Elections2024
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How an Islamist Party Is Gaining Ground in Bangladesh, Worrying Moderates
By Tora Agarwala and Ruma Paul
DHAKA, Jan 21 (Reuters) - Long vilified for opposing independence and barred from electoral politics for over a decade, Bangladesh's biggest Islamist party is reinventing itself and attracting new support ahead of parliamentary polls next month, unsettling moderates and minority communities.
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#TrumpAdministration #PoliticalRetribution #JusticeDepartment
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Trump's List of Targeted Opponents Grows Longer With Action Against Minnesota's Governor
ATLANTA (AP) -- Donald Trump promised in his second inaugural address to fairly apply the law, unlike how he said he'd been treated by federal authorities.
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#ProductLiability #TalcLawsuits #OvarianCancer
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U.S. Judge Allows Experts to Testify That Talc Products Cause Cancer in J&J Cases
Jan 20(Reuters) - In a victory for thousands of women suing Johnson & Johnson over claims that the company's baby powder and other talc products caused their ovarian cancer, a federal judge on Tuesday ruled that they will be allowed to present testimony at trial from experts who support that link.
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#NativeAmerican #Justice #SexualAssault
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Opening Statements Begin in Sex Assault Trial of 'Dances With Wolves' Actor Nathan Chasing Horse
LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Prosecutors say Nathan Chasing Horse used his reputation as a Lakota medicine man to prey on Indigenous women and girls and sexually assault them, while his defense attorney said during opening statements at his trial Tuesday that the former actor is being falsely accused.
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#MilitaryEthics #Conscience #Morality
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US Troops Could Disobey Questionable Orders, Catholic Archbishop Says
WASHINGTON, Jan 20 (Reuters) - The Catholic archbishop overseeing the church's work with members of the U. S. military said it would be "morally acceptable" for troops to disobey orders that went against their consciences.
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#Redistricting #Gerrymandering #USPolitics
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Republicans Ask US Supreme Court to Block California Voting Map
WASHINGTON, Jan 20 (Reuters) - California Republicans asked the U. S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to intervene in a bid to prevent the state from using a new congressional map designed to give the Democrats five more seats in the U.
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#Trump #Immigration #PressConference
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Mugshots, Binder Clip and Hells Angels Feature in Trump's One-Year Anniversary Remarks
Members of the media operate cameras as U. S. President Donald Trump speaks and holds a poster of an alleged criminal taken off of Minnesota streets by ICE during a press briefing at the White House, on the one-year mark into his second term in office, in Washington, D.
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#TrumpBriefing #FactCheck #PoliticalClaims
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FACT FOCUS: Trump Highlights Familiar False Claims as He Reviews His First Year Back in Office
President Donald Trump marked his first year back in office by presiding over a meandering, nearly two-hour-long press briefing to recount his accomplishments, repeating many false claims he made throughout 2025.
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#IranNuclearDeal #IAEA #NonProliferation
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Standoff With Iran Over Inspections Cannot Go on Forever, IAEA Chief Says
By Dave Graham and Francois Murphy
DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan 20 (Reuters) - The standoff with Iran over accounting for its stock of highly enriched uranium and inspecting nuclear facilities bombed by the United States and Israel cannot go on forever, U.
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#Immigration #LawEnforcement #PoliticalProtests
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US Subpoenas Minnesota Leaders in Criminal Grand Jury Probe Over Opposition to Immigration Crackdown
Members of U. S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and other law enforcement officials stand guard, in front of the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building, during a protest more than a week after an ICE agent fatally shot Renee Nicole Good, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.
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#NATO #USMilitary #TrumpAdministration
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US to Cut Roughly 200 NATO Positions, Sources Say
By Gram Slattery, Jonathan Landay and Humeyra Pamuk
WASHINGTON, Jan 20 (Reuters) - The United States plans to reduce the number of personnel it has stationed within several key NATO command centers, a move that could intensify concerns in Europe about Washington's commitment to the alliance, three sources familiar with the matter said this week.
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#Netflix #Streaming #WarnerBros
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Netflix Delivers Solid 4th Quarter, but Stock Sinks Amid Worries About Slowing Subscriber Growth
Netflix capped last year with another solid financial performance despite slowing subscriber growth that underscored the importance of its contested $72 billion bid to take over Warner Bros.
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#TrumpAdministration #LegalSystem #JudicialIndependence
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Federal Judge Says Trump-Appointed Federal Prosecutor in Virginia Is 'Masquerading' in the Job
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Two judges in Virginia are rejecting Trump administration arguments that a White House loyalist can continue serving as a top federal prosecutor in the state, with one on Tuesday soliciting applications for a replacement and the other prohibiting Lindsey Halligan from continuing to represent herself in his court as a United States attorney.
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#ShinzoAbe #JapanPolitics #UnificationChurch
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Japan Court to Rule in Trial of Man Charged With Killing Ex-PM Abe
TOKYO, Jan 21 (Reuters) - A Japanese court will on Wednesday deliver its verdict on a man accused of fatally shooting former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, three and a half years after the assassination of the country's longest-serving premier stunned the nation.
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#measles #publichealth #vaccination
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South Carolina Measles Cases Rise to 646, Clemson Exposure Widens Outbreak Risk
By Mariam Sunny, Siddhi Mahatole and Julie Steenhuysen
Jan 20 (Reuters) - South Carolina's health department on Tuesday reported 646 measles cases tied to the state's ongoing outbreak, an increase of 88 since Friday, with new public exposures at Clemson and Anderson universities raising the risk of a wider spread.
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#Haiti #GangViolence #Journalism
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Under Fire in Haiti: Veteran AP Cameraman Tells the Story
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- Veteran Associated Press videographer Pierre-Richard Luxama was filming a tactical police unit patrolling Haiti's capital Monday when some of the gang members who control almost the entire city attacked.
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#UkraineWar #PeaceTalks #DavosMeeting
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Trump and Putin Envoys Say Davos Meting on Ukraine Was 'Very Positive' and 'Constructive'
DAVOS, Jan 20 - Envoys for U. S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that their meeting in Davos on a possible future peace deal to end the Ukraine war had been "very positive" and "constructive".
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#FederalReserve #SupremeCourt #DonaldTrump
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Supreme Court Takes up Politically Charged Case With Independence of the Federal Reserve at Stake
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump's unprecedented bid to reshape the Federal Reserve board is putting the Supreme Court in a familiar position, weighing an emergency appeal from the president's lawyers in a politically charged case.
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#NursesStrike #Healthcare #UnionLeadership
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NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani and US Sen. Bernie Sanders Rally With Nurses on Ninth Day of Strike
NEW YORK (AP) -- New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and U. S. Sen. Bernie Sanders rallied with nurses Tuesday in Manhattan during the ninth day of the largest strike of its kind that the city has seen in decades.
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#UvaldeTrial #SchoolShooting #PoliceAccountability
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Prosecutors Rests in Uvalde Officer's Trial Over Response to 2022 School Shooting
Prosecutors on Tuesday rested in the trial of a former Uvalde, Texas, school police officer after more than a week of presenting a case to jurors that he failed in his duty to stop a gunman in the critical first minutes of the 2022 Robb Elementary School attack.
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#TrainCrash #SurvivalStory #NationalMourning
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Six-Year-Old Girl Who Went to See Lion King Is Family's Sole Survivor of Spanish Train Crash
MADRID, Jan 20 (Reuters) - A six-year-old girl was found walking alone along the tracks on Sunday night after her parents, brother and cousin all died in the high-speed crash between two trains in southern Spain.
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#Immigration #ICE #Midterms2024
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ICE Crackdown Creates Double-Edged Campaign Issue for Republicans and Democrats
WASHINGTON, Jan 20 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown is fast becoming a double-edged campaign issue in November's hotly contested midterm congressional elections because of mounting public unease over aggressive tactics by federal immigration officers.
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#safety #fireprevention #SkiResorts
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Italian Ski Resort Courmayeur Bans Indoor Sparklers After Deadly Swiss Fire
MILAN, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Courmayeur, an exclusive Italian ski resort at the foot of Mont Blanc, has banned the use of sparklers and other naked flame items in closed spaces following the deadly blaze in a bar in Switzerland's Crans-Montana.
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#Ukraine #ArtificialIntelligence #DefenseTechnology
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Ukraine to Share Wartime Combat Data With Allies to Help Train AI
KYIV, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Ukraine will establish a system allowing its allies to train their artificial intelligence models on Kyiv's valuable combat data collected throughout the nearly four-year war with Russia, newly appointed Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov has said.
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#Ukraine #ArtificialIntelligence #DefenseTechnology
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Ukraine to Share Wartime Combat Data With Allies to Help Train AI
KYIV, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Ukraine will establish a system allowing its allies to train their artificial intelligence models on Kyiv's valuable combat data collected throughout the nearly four-year war with Russia, newly appointed Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov has said.
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#Ukraine #ArtificialIntelligence #DefenseTechnology
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Ukraine to Share Wartime Combat Data With Allies to Help Train AI
KYIV, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Ukraine will establish a system allowing its allies to train their artificial intelligence models on Kyiv's valuable combat data collected throughout the nearly four-year war with Russia, newly appointed Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov has said.
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#NATO #Geopolitics #InternationalRelations
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Russia's Top Diplomat Says NATO Faces a Deep Crisis Over Greenland
MOSCOW (AP) -- The bid by U. S. President Donald Trump to take over Greenland heralds a "deep crisis" for NATO and raises questions about the alliance's preservation as a single military-political bloc, Russia's top diplomat said Tuesday.
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#TradeRelations #EUUS #TrumpPolicy
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The Latest: Top EU Official Questions Trump's Trustworthiness Over Greenland Tariff Threat
The European Union's top official says President Donald Trump's threats of new tariffs over Greenland are "a mistake especially between long-standing allies," and she's calling into question Trump's trustworthiness after he agreed last year not to impose more tariffs on EU countries.
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#ADHD #ClinicalTrials #MentalHealth
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FDA-Approved Nerve Stimulation Device For ADHD Is Ineffective, Clinical Trial Concludes
By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterTUESDAY, Jan. 20, 2026 (HealthDay News) -- A U. S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved device for treating ADHD in kids simply doesn't work, a new clinical trial says.
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#ChinaEmbassy #UKChinaRelations #DiplomaticInvestments
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How China's Plan to Build a New Embassy in London Became a Seven-Year Diplomatic Struggle
LONDON, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Britain has approved construction of a new Chinese embassy in London after stalling the decision for seven years over planning disputes and a diplomatic standoff that has complicated efforts to repair damaged relations between the two nations.
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#IranProtests #InternetShutdown #EconomicImpact
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Internet Shutdown Squeezes Iran's Ailing Businesses Already Hurt by Crashing Currency
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- Iranians have been struggling for nearly two weeks with the longest, most comprehensive internet shutdown in the history of the Islamic Republic -- one that has not only restricted their access to information and the outside world, but is also throttling many businesses that rely on online advertising.
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#SocialMediaSafety #OnlineProtection #ChildWellbeing
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UK Considers Australia-Style Social Media Ban for Children
By Muvija M and Sam Tabahriti
LONDON, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Britain is considering an Australian-style ban on social media to better protect children online, with Prime Minister Keir Starmer warning on Tuesday they risk being pulled into "a world of endless scrolling, anxiety and comparison".
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#SocialMediaSafety #OnlineProtection #ChildWellbeing
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UK Considers Australia-Style Social Media Ban for Children
By Muvija M and Sam Tabahriti
LONDON, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Britain is considering an Australian-style ban on social media to better protect children online, with Prime Minister Keir Starmer warning on Tuesday they risk being pulled into "a world of endless scrolling, anxiety and comparison".
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#Syria #IslamicState #KurdishForces
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Syrian Interior Ministry: 120 Islamic State Group Members Escape From Prison Amid Clashes
RAQQA, Syria (AP) -- Syria's ministry of interior said Tuesday that 120 Islamic State members escaped from a prison in northeast Syria a day earlier, amid clashes between government forces and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, which guards the prison.
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#GunLaws #AntiHateSpeech #AustraliaPolitics
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Australia's Parliament Passes Gun Laws, and Debates Anti-Hate Speech Bill After Sydney Attack
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) -- Australia's Parliament on Tuesday passed new gun restrictions and began debating draft anti-hate speech laws proposed after two shooters killed 15 people at a Jewish festival in Sydney last month in an attack that authorities say was inspired by the Islamic State group.
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#NuclearArms #InternationalRelations #NewSTART
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Russia Says It Has No Specific Contacts With US on Expiring Nuclear Treaty
MOSCOW, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Russia and the United States currently have no specific contacts regarding the imminent expiry of the New START nuclear arms control treaty, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday.
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#China #UKRelations #Diplomacy
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UK Approves China Plan for Its Largest Embassy in Europe Despite Espionage Fears
By Andrew MacAskill and Michael Holden
LONDON, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Britain's government gave approval on Tuesday for China to build its largest embassy in Europe in London, hoping to improve ties with Beijing despite British and U.
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#GunRights #SecondAmendment #SupremeCourt
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US Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to Hawaii Handgun Limits
WASHINGTON, Jan 20 (Reuters) - The U. S. Supreme Court was set on Tuesday to weigh a challenge to a Hawaii law restricting the carry of handguns on private property that is open to the public, such as most businesses, without the owner's permission.
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#Jerusalem #UNRWA #HumanitarianAid
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Israeli Crews Begin Bulldozing UNRWA Headquarters in East Jerusalem
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israeli crews have begun bulldozing a United Nations headquarters in east Jerusalem as Israel's government tightens restrictions on humanitarian groups that provide aid to Palestinians.
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Bessent Says US-Europe Relations Have 'Never Been Closer' Despite Greenland Crisis
DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) -- U. S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Tuesday said America's relations with Europe remain strong and urged trading partners to "take a deep breath" and let tensions driven by the Trump administration's new tariff threats over Greenland "play out.
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#Immigration #CivilRights #FederalEnforcement
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US Citizen Says ICE Removed Him From His Minnesota Home in His Underwear After Warrantless Search
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- Federal immigration agents forced open a door and detained a U. S. citizen in his Minnesota home at gunpoint without a warrant, then led him out onto the streets in his underwear in subfreezing conditions, according to his family and videos reviewed by The Associated Press.
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#Tariffs #InternationalRelations #PeaceInitiative
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Trump Threatens Tariffs on French Wines to Get Macron to Join Board of Peace
By Nandita Bose and Bo Erickson
WASHINGTON, Jan 19 (Reuters) - U. S. President Donald Trump said he will impose a 200% tariff on French wines and champagnes, a move he claimed would push French President Emmanuel Macron to join Trump's Board of Peace initiative aimed at resolving global conflicts.
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#AffordableHousing #Economy #WealthInequality
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Surrounded by Billionaires in Davos, Trump Plans to Lay Out How He'll Make Housing More Affordable
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump plans to use a key address Wednesday to try to convince Americans he can make housing more affordable, but he's picked a strange backdrop for the speech: a Swiss mountain town where ski chalets for vacations cost a cool $4.
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#ClimateChange #PenguinConservation #AntarcticEcosystem
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Researchers Find Antarctic Penguin Breeding Is Heating up Sooner, and That's a Problem
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Warming temperatures are forcing Antarctic penguins to breed earlier and that's a big problem for two of the cute tuxedoed species that face extinction by the end of the century, a study said.
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#ClimateChange #PenguinConservation #AntarcticEcosystem
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Researchers Find Antarctic Penguin Breeding Is Heating up Sooner, and That's a Problem
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Warming temperatures are forcing Antarctic penguins to breed earlier and that's a big problem for two of the cute tuxedoed species that face extinction by the end of the century, a study said.
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#LatinAmerica #OrganizedCrime #PoliticalPressure
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Trump Threats and Bukele Model on Crime Back Latin American Progressives Into Corner
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Latin American progressive leaders are increasingly being backed into a corner on organized crime by pressure from the Trump administration and from their own voters, who point to the results from El Salvador president's war on gangs.
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#LatinAmerica #OrganizedCrime #PoliticalPressure
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Trump Threats and Bukele Model on Crime Back Latin American Progressives Into Corner
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Latin American progressive leaders are increasingly being backed into a corner on organized crime by pressure from the Trump administration and from their own voters, who point to the results from El Salvador president's war on gangs.
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#GunControl #Australia #PublicSafety
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Australia's Lower House Passes Tougher Gun Control Laws in Response to Bondi Mass Shooting
SYDNEY, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Australia's lower house of Parliament on Tuesday passed laws to enable a national gun buyback and tighten background checks for gun licences in response to the country's worst mass shooting in decades at a Jewish festival last month.
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#Immigration #CivilRights #Oversight
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Editorial Roundup: United States
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad:
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The Washington Post says Congress has dropped the ball regarding oversight of ICE, DHS
Geraldo Lunas Campos died at a Texas detention center on Jan.
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#Immigration #ICE #HumanRights
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ICE Broke Into Minnesota Home, Dragged Barely Clothed Man Into Snow
A man, whose family requested a Hmong interpreter, is detained after ICE agents and other law enforcement officers conducted an immigration raid at his home, days after an ICE agent fatally shot Renee Nicole Good, in St.
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#Afghanistan #Refugees #Hunger
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'Content to Die': Afghanistan's Hunger Crisis Worsened by Winter, Aid Cuts
KABUL, Jan 20 (Reuters) - In the dull glow of a single bulb lighting their tent on the outskirts of Kabul, Samiullah and his wife Bibi Rehana sit down to dry bread and tea, their only meal of the day, accompanied by their five children and three-month-old grandchild.
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#Immigration #Congress #Oversight
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Judge Refuses to Block New DHS Policy Limiting Congress Members' Access to ICE Facilities
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A federal judge refused Monday to temporarily block the Trump administration from enforcing a new policy requiring a week's notice before members of Congress can visit immigration detention facilities.
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#ArtificialIntelligence #WorkplaceTrends #JobMarket
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Young Workers Most Worried About AI Affecting Jobs, Randstad Survey Shows
Jan 20 (Reuters) - Four in five workers believe artificial intelligence is going to impact their daily tasks at the workplace, with Gen Z among those most concerned as companies increasingly rely on AI chatbots and automation, a survey conducted by Randstad showed on Tuesday.
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#ArtificialIntelligence #WorkplaceTrends #JobMarket
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Young Workers Most Worried About AI Affecting Jobs, Randstad Survey Shows
Jan 20 (Reuters) - Four in five workers believe artificial intelligence is going to impact their daily tasks at the workplace, with Gen Z among those most concerned as companies increasingly rely on AI chatbots and automation, a survey conducted by Randstad showed on Tuesday.
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#ReligiousFreedom #Immigration #Protests
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Christian Leaders Urge the Protection of Worshippers' Rights After Protesters Interrupt Service
Several faith leaders called urgently for protecting the rights of worshippers while also expressing compassion for migrants after anti-immigration enforcement protesters disrupted a service at a Southern Baptist church in Minnesota.
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#ReligiousFreedom #Immigration #Protests
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Christian Leaders Urge the Protection of Worshippers' Rights After Protesters Interrupt Service
Several faith leaders called urgently for protecting the rights of worshippers while also expressing compassion for migrants after anti-immigration enforcement protesters disrupted a service at a Southern Baptist church in Minnesota.
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#ReligiousFreedom #Immigration #Protests
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Christian Leaders Urge the Protection of Worshippers' Rights After Protesters Interrupt Service
Several faith leaders called urgently for protecting the rights of worshippers while also expressing compassion for migrants after anti-immigration enforcement protesters disrupted a service at a Southern Baptist church in Minnesota.
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#Chile #Wildfires #NaturalDisasters
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Chile Fights Wildfires That Killed 19 and Left 1,500 Homeless
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) -- Firefighters in Chile are battling forest fires that started on Sunday and have killed at least 19 people and left around 1,500 homeless as they swept through thousands of acres in the center and south of the country, officials said.
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#WorldEconomicForum #Davos2023 #GlobalCooperation
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What to Know About the Annual World Economic Forum Meeting in Davos
DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) -- Nearly 3,000 high-level participants from business, government and beyond plus untold numbers of activists, journalists and outside observers are converging in the Swiss town of Davos for the World Economic Forum's annual meeting.
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#WorldEconomicForum #Davos2023 #GlobalCooperation
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What to Know About the Annual World Economic Forum Meeting in Davos
DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) -- Nearly 3,000 high-level participants from business, government and beyond plus untold numbers of activists, journalists and outside observers are converging in the Swiss town of Davos for the World Economic Forum's annual meeting.
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#WorldEconomicForum #Davos2023 #GlobalCooperation
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What to Know About the Annual World Economic Forum Meeting in Davos
DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) -- Nearly 3,000 high-level participants from business, government and beyond plus untold numbers of activists, journalists and outside observers are converging in the Swiss town of Davos for the World Economic Forum's annual meeting.
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#Valentino #FashionDesign #LuxuryFashion
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Valentino, Italian Haute Couture 'Emperor' Who Painted Fashion Red, Dies at 93
ROME, Jan 19 (Reuters) - ROME, Jan 19 (Reuters) - A mix of carmine and scarlet, with a hint of orange - a new hue, inspired by an elderly woman at Barcelona's opera house, whose elegance struck a young Valentino Garavani.
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#Valentino #FashionDesign #LuxuryFashion
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Valentino, Italian Haute Couture 'Emperor' Who Painted Fashion Red, Dies at 93
ROME, Jan 19 (Reuters) - ROME, Jan 19 (Reuters) - A mix of carmine and scarlet, with a hint of orange - a new hue, inspired by an elderly woman at Barcelona's opera house, whose elegance struck a young Valentino Garavani.
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#MoralForeignPolicy #CatholicChurch #PeaceAndConflict
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Top US Catholic Cardinals Question Morality of American Foreign Policy
Jan 19 (Reuters) - Three U. S. Catholic archbishops on Monday decried the direction of American foreign policy, saying the country's "moral role in confronting evil around the world" was in question and that military action must only be used as an extreme last resort.
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#Memoir #Resilience #ArtAndLife
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The Pain, and Joy, of Rachel Eliza Griffiths' Writing Journey
NEW YORK (AP) -- After her best friend died on the day Rachel Eliza Griffiths married Salman Rushdie and her husband was nearly stabbed to death a year later, the author and multimedia artist was left with no choice over what she would write about next.
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#Memoir #Resilience #ArtAndLife
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The Pain, and Joy, of Rachel Eliza Griffiths' Writing Journey
NEW YORK (AP) -- After her best friend died on the day Rachel Eliza Griffiths married Salman Rushdie and her husband was nearly stabbed to death a year later, the author and multimedia artist was left with no choice over what she would write about next.
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#EU #TradeRelations #Diplomacy
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Diplomacy or Retaliation? the EU Mulls Its Options as Tensions With U.S. Rise Over Greenland
BRUSSELS (AP) -- Threats from the White House over Greenland have sparked outrage and a flurry of diplomatic activity across Europe, as leaders consider possible countermeasures, including retaliatory tariffs and the first-ever use of the European Union's anti-coercion instrument.
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#EU #TradeRelations #Diplomacy
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Diplomacy or Retaliation? the EU Mulls Its Options as Tensions With U.S. Rise Over Greenland
BRUSSELS (AP) -- Threats from the White House over Greenland have sparked outrage and a flurry of diplomatic activity across Europe, as leaders consider possible countermeasures, including retaliatory tariffs and the first-ever use of the European Union's anti-coercion instrument.
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#PeaceInitiative #Israel #GlobalConflicts
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Israel Invited to Join Trump's 'Board of Peace', Sources Say
JERUSALEM, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Israel has received an invitation from the United States to join President Donald Trump's "Board of Peace" initiative aimed at resolving global conflicts, two sources briefed on the matter told Reuters.
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#TrainAccident #SpainDisaster #SurvivorStories
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Passengers Tell of Terror, Screams and Darkness After Spain Train Crash
By Nina Lopez and Michael Francis Gore
MADRID, Jan 19 (Reuters) - A violent jolt, followed by screams, flying objects, blood and then darkness is how survivors of the train crash in southern Spain on Sunday night described the moment of impact in the high-speed collision that killed at least 39 people.
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#Syria #Turkey #KurdishConflict
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Syria Deal Could Remove Main Obstacle to Turkey-PKK Peace, Turkish Officials Say
By Ece Toksabay and Daren Butler
ISTANBUL, Jan 19 (Reuters) - A deal under which Kurdish forces abandoned long-held territory in Syria to the Syrian government could pave the way for Turkey to advance its stalled effort to end its decades-long conflict with the PKK, Turkish politicians and officials said on Monday.
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#Syria #KurdishForces #ISDetainees
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Kurdish-Led Force Says Armed Group Attacks Syria Prison Holding Thousands of Islamic State Members
People hold flags as they celebrate, after Syria and the main Kurdish fighting force SDF struck a wide-ranging deal to bring Kurdish civilian and military authorities under central government control on Sunday, ending days of fighting in which Syrian troops captured territory including key oil fields, in Raqqa, Syria January 19, 2026.
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#EnvironmentalDefenders #IndigenousRights #JusticeForAll
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Five Face Trial in Peru in Rare Prosecution Over the Killing of an Amazon Defender
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) -- The trial is due to start Tuesday for five men over the killing of an Indigenous Amazon leader, in a rare legal case that prosecutors and advocates say could test whether Peru can hold perpetrators accountable for violence linked to illegal logging and drug trafficking in one of the world's most dangerous regions for environmental defenders.
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#InfantHealth #BabyFormula #ChildSafety
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Oregon Baby Is Still Battling Infant Botulism After ByHeart Formula Exposure
A Portland, Oregon, boy is struggling to recover from infant botulism after drinking contaminated ByHeart baby formula donated through a program that aims to help poor and homeless families.
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#InfantHealth #BabyFormula #ChildSafety
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Oregon Baby Is Still Battling Infant Botulism After ByHeart Formula Exposure
A Portland, Oregon, boy is struggling to recover from infant botulism after drinking contaminated ByHeart baby formula donated through a program that aims to help poor and homeless families.
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#TrainAccident #Spain #RailSafety
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Explainer-Spain's High-Speed Train Crash: What Happened?
MADRID, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Sunday's train collision and derailment in southern Spain killed at least 39 people and left 122 injured, with officials highlighting the "tremendously strange" nature of the accident on a straight stretch of railway.
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#Davos2023 #WorldEconomicForum #Trump
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Trump to Meet Global CEOs in Davos, With US Policy in Focus
By Divya Chowdhury and Peter Thal Larsen
DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Donald Trump is expected to meet global business leaders in Davos on Wednesday, sources familiar with the matter said, as the U.
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#YemenCrisis #HumanitarianAid #Malnutrition
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Yemen Humanitarian Crisis to Worsen in 2026 Amid Funding Cuts, Says UN
GENEVA, Jan 19 (Reuters) - The U. N. warned on Monday that the humanitarian situation in Yemen is worsening and that gains made to tackle malnutrition and health would go into reverse due to funding cuts.
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#Wildfires #Chile #ClimateCrisis
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Chile Wildfires Leave 19 Dead Amid Extreme Heat as Scores Evacuated
CONCEPCION, Chile, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Wildfires in Chile have left at least 19 people dead, authorities said on Monday, as the government carried out mass evacuations and fought nearly two dozen blazes exacerbated by intense heat and high winds.
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#UkraineElections #WarAndPolitics #DemocracyInCrisis
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Ukraine's Election Chief Warns Against a Rushed Post-War Vote
KYIV, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Ukraine will face enormous challenges to organise its first elections since Russia's 2022 invasion, with its infrastructure shattered and millions of people displaced by war, the country's election chief said.
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#PrinceHarry #PrivacyLawsuit #MediaEthics
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Prince Harry and Elton John's Lawsuit Against Daily Mail Publisher to Begin
Britain's Prince Harry waves as he arrives to attend the start of the nine-week trial lawsuit against Associated Newspapers, publisher of the Daily Mail, which Britain's Prince Harry and others are suing over allegations of privacy breaches dating back 30 years, at the High Court in London, Britain, January 19, 2026.
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#Syria #KurdishForces #MiddleEastPolitics
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Syrian Troops Consolidate Hold After Abrupt Kurdish Withdrawal
By Karam al-Masri and Khalil Ashawi
RAQQA/ Syria, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Syrian government troops tightened their grip on Monday across a swathe of northern and eastern territory abruptly abandoned the previous day by Kurdish forces, in a dramatic shift that consolidated President Ahmed al-Sharaa's rule.
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#Ukraine #EnergyCrisis #DroneStrikes
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Russia Hits Energy System in Several Regions of Ukraine, Kyiv Says
Jan 19 (Reuters) - Russia launched a barrage of drone strikes on Ukraine's energy infrastructure overnight on Monday, cutting off power in five regions across the country amid freezing temperatures and high demand, Ukrainian officials said.
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#Trump #Politics #USPresidency
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Analysis-A Year Into His Return, Trump Wields Executive Power With Few Restraints
WASHINGTON, Jan 19 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Tuesday will mark his first year back in the White House after a shock-and-awe policy blitz that has expanded presidential power and reshaped America's relations with the world.
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#BHP #Brazil #EnvironmentalDisaster
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BHP Refused Permission to Appeal UK Judgment Over 2015 Brazil Dam Collapse
LONDON, Jan 19 (Reuters) - BHP was on Monday refused permission to appeal against a ruling that it is liable for the 2015 collapse of a dam in southeastern Brazil, in a London lawsuit potentially worth tens of billions of pounds.
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Iran to Consider Lifting Internet Ban; State TV Hacked
DUBAI, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Iran may lift its internet blackout in a few days, a senior parliament member said on Monday, after authorities shut communications while they used massive force to crush protests in the worst domestic unrest since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
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#JusticeForReneeGood #BlackLivesMatter #CivilRights
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DOJ Vows to Press Charges After Activists Disrupt Church Where Minnesota ICE Official Is a Pastor
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- The U. S. Department of Justice said Sunday it is investigating a group of protesters in Minnesota who disrupted services at a church where a local official with U.
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#HumanRights #Venezuela #ImmigrationPolicy
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CBS News to Air Previously Pulled '60 Minutes' Report on El Salvador Prison
Jan 18 (Reuters) - CBS News will air on Sunday night the previously shelved "60 Minutes" report on a Salvadoran mega-prison housing migrants deported from the United States, according to new programming details released by the network.
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#Ukraine #Russia #MilitaryStrategy
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Ukraine's Top Commander Says Russia Plans Big Boost in Drone Production
Jan 18 (Reuters) - Ukraine's top military commander said Russia is showing no signs of interest in talks leading to a peace deal and, instead, is boosting arms production, including a target of 1,000 drones per day.
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#WealthInequality #Billionaires #EconomicDivide
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Billionaires' Wealth Hits New Peak as Their Clout Grows, Oxfam Says
Jan 19 (Reuters) - Billionaire wealth surged at three times its recent pace last year to reach its highest level on record, deepening economic and political divides that threaten democratic stability, anti-poverty group Oxfam said on Monday.
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#Greenland #Geopolitics #USForeignPolicy
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US Needs Greenland Because of European 'Weakness,' Bessent Says
NEW YORK, Jan 18 (Reuters) - European "weakness" necessitates U. S. control of Greenland for global stability, U. S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Sunday even as some lawmakers sounded alarms about the Trump administration's effort to acquire the Arctic territory held by Denmark.
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🇨🇿 Česká republika bude i nadále koordinovat dodávky munice pro Ukrajinu, ale vlastní finanční prostředky na to již nedá. Premiér Babiš kritizoval nedostatek transparentnosti programu. Jiní dárci se však mají postarat o jeho financování. #Ukraina #munice
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Czech-Led Ammunition Programme for Ukraine Can Continue, PM Says
PRAGUE, Jan 6 (Reuters) - The Czech Republic can keep running an initiative sourcing ammunition for Ukraine, but will act as a coordinator and no longer put its own money into it, Prime Minister Andrej Babis said on Tuesday.
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Malaysia to Push for Two-Term Limit for Prime Ministers, Further Reforms
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 5 (Reuters) - Malaysia aims to implement a slew of institutional reforms this year and next, including a two-term limit for the premiership, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said on Monday, amid renewed calls for sweeping changes to tackle corruption and improve governance.
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#Venezuela #InternationalRelations #PeaceDiplomacy
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Venezuela Acting President Seeks US Govt Collaboration
Jan 5 (Reuters) - Venezuela's Acting President Delcy Rodriguez invited the U. S. government to collaborate on an agenda of cooperation, in a statement on social media that struck a conciliatory tone following the U.
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#CES2026 #ArtificialIntelligence #Robotics
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What to Expect From CES 2026, the Annual Show of All Things Tech?
LAS VEGAS (AP) -- With the start of the New Year squarely behind us, it's once again time for the annual CES trade show to shine a spotlight on the latest tech companies plan on offering in 2026.
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What to Expect From CES 2026, the Annual Show of All Things Tech?
LAS VEGAS (AP) -- With the start of the New Year squarely behind us, it's once again time for the annual CES trade show to shine a spotlight on the latest tech companies plan on offering in 2026.
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#Venezuela #PopeLeo #HumanRights
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Pope Leo Calls for Venezuela to Remain an Independent Country
VATICAN CITY, Jan 4 (Reuters) - Pope Leo called for Venezuela to remain an independent nation and said he was following developments after the United States' toppling of President Nicolas Maduro with a "soul full of concern" on Sunday.
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#SouthKorea #ChinaRelations #TaiwanIssues
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South Korean President Visits China Following Beijing's Rising Tensions With Japan Over Taiwan
HONG KONG (AP) -- South Korean President Lee Jae Myung is set to begin his visit to China on Sunday as Beijing looks to deepen ties with the country after heightened tensions between China and Japan over Taiwan, a self-ruled island it claims as its sovereign territory.
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#NewYork #Mamdani #PoliticalLeadership
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Zohran Mamdani's First Full Day as NYC Mayor: Subway Rides, New Offices and Backlash From Israel
NEW YORK (AP) -- Less than 24 hours after throngs of ecstatic supporters poured into Manhattan for his history-making inauguration, Zohran Mamdani began his first full day of work with a routine familiar to many New Yorkers: trudging to the subway from a cramped apartment.
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Diane Crump, the First Female Jockey to Ride in the Kentucky Derby, Dies at 77
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Diane Crump, who in 1969 became the first woman to ride professionally in a horse race and a year later became the first female jockey in the Kentucky Derby, has died.
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Andrej Babiš se stal novým premiérem ČR, když jeho hnutí ANO vyhrálo říjnové volby. Slíbil bojovat za zájmy občanů a přizpůsobit politiku blíže k maďarskému a slovenskému modelu. Čelí však obviněním z podvodu. Nová koalice má 108 míst v parlamentu.
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Czech Populist Billionaire Andrej Babiš Sworn in as New Prime Minister
PRAGUE (AP) -- Populist billionaire Andrej Babiš was sworn in Tuesday as the Czech Republic's new prime minister, following October's parliamentary election, in a return to power for the businessman.
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S velkým smutkem oznamuji, že zemřel Theodor Pištěk, český kostýmní a scénický designer, držitel Oscara za "Amadeus". Jeho talent obohatil českou kinematografii a svět filmu. Odpočívejte v pokoji, mistře. 🖤🎨 #TheodorPistek #ceskekino
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Theodor Pištěk, Czech Oscar-Winning Costume Designer, Dies at 93
PRAGUE (AP) -- Theodor Pištěk, a Czech costume and stage designer and painter who won an Academy Award for his work on the 1984 film "Amadeus," has died.
