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Danish intelligence warns Russia could start a major European war within five years
An updated threat assessment warns of the consequences of a divided NATO and an absent U.S.
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Kanye West’s website taken offline after Yeezy sells offensive t-shirts
Kanye West’s Yeezy website has been shut down after some vile t-shirts including black swastikas, with Shopify confirming they had taken down the shop as it ’violated’ their rules.
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Trump’s border czar tells Pope Francis to ’stick to the Catholic Church’ after pope slams mass deportations
President Trump’s U.S. border czar Tom Homan lashed out Tuesday at Pope Francis after the leader of the Catholic Church strongly criticized the mass deportation of migrants that Mr. Trump has initiated in his second term.
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Two children die from freezing in car after it ran out of petrol
Two young children froze to death in a car that ran out of petrol in extremely cold temperatures.
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Japan ministry worker misplaces sensitive files during night out
A Japanese finance ministry employee on a night out with colleagues lost documents containing the personal data of 187 people suspected of drug smuggling, local media say.
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Global search for ’shaman’ accused of stealing £8.3 million in cash and jewels using ’powers’
A woman claiming to be a ‘shaman’ is accused of swindling millions of pounds from her victims using her ‘fortune-telling powers’.
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Sicilian police arrest nearly 150 in major mafia crackdown
More than 1,200 officers involved in dawn raids in and around Palermo, reportedly biggest operation against Cosa Nostra since 1984.
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Kyrgyzstan cancels, then delays EU rights delegation following criticism
Kyrgyzstan invited, then abruptly canceled—later calling it a postponement—a visit from the EU’s Human Rights Subcommittee amid growing concerns over political repression and media freedom.
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Libyan migrant advocate claims his phone was targeted with spyware
Italy-based David Yambio, a critic of Meloni government, helps ICC find evidence of abuse of detainees in Libya.
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Danes propose buying California and turning Disney World into Hans Christian Andersenland in response to Trump
Danish campaigners are proposing to buy California from the United States and turn it into a territory of Denmark in response to Donald Trump’s bid to acquire Greenland.
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5,000 km: What the ’Underground Great Wall of China’ for missile storage looks like
Scientists at Georgetown University knew more than a decade ago that China had a network of tunnels for transporting missiles. They estimated that the tunnels could hold 3,000 intercontinental ballistic missiles.
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Trump issues ultimatum to Hamas, demanding the release of all Gaza hostages by this week or ’all hell will break out’
Donald Trump has issued an ultimatum to Hamas as he warned "all hell is going to break out" if they refuse to release the final hostages.
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Corruption survey reveals decade-low scores for many nations, with South Sudan at the bottom
Many countries had their worst showing in more than a decade in an index released Tuesday that serves as a barometer of public sector corruption worldwide, from leading powers such as the United States and France to authoritarian nations such as Russia and Venezuela.
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AI phone scam targets Italian business leaders, including Giorgio Armani
Cloned voice of defence minister, Guido Crosetto, used in some calls asking for money to free kidnapped journalists.
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Trump claims Ukraine has agreed to allow US access to $500B in rare earth minerals
President Trump claims that Ukraine has “essentially agreed” to give the US half a trillion dollars worth of rare earth minerals as payment for the military aid Washington has provided Kyiv.
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Trump imposes 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum, pulling the UK into trade war
Donald Trump has declared 25% tariffs on all imports of aluminium and steel to the US, "without exceptions or exemptions".
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Hamas halts release of Israeli hostages from Gaza, jeopardizing ceasefire agreement
Israel and Hamas have repeatedly accused each other of violating an initial six-week truce aimed at eventually ending the 15-month war in Gaza and seeing hostages held there released.
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Romania uncovers €100M EU funding fraud ring
An investigation reveals how suspected mafia-linked companies used fake documents to win 100 million euros in EU-funded contracts in Romania.
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Munich security report states US seen as a risk due to Trump’s proposed land grabs
Report published before international summit suggests US is moving away from a global leadership role.
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One monkey’s actions cause power outage for 22 million people
The entire nation of Sri Lanka is facing blackouts – and it’s all down to the actions of one cheeky monkey.
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Freed Israeli hostage was unaware of wife and daughters’ deaths, reports British family
An Israeli hostage freed from Gaza did not know his wife and daughters were killed in the 7 October attack until after his release on Saturday, his British family said.
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Looting and fires erupt in Philadelphia following Eagles’ Super Bowl victory
Fans took to the streets of Philadelphia to celebrate after the Eagles dominated the Kansas City Chiefs in Sunday’s Super Bowl.
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Mother and 8-year-old son die of food poisoning within a day of arriving at luxury Dominican Republic resort
Stephen Gougeon sued the resort in the Dominican Republic after his wife, April Gougeon, 41, and his son, Oliver Gougeon, 8, died after arriving at the destination.
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WWII ghost ship sunk by Nazis found off Brazil coast
The remnants of a World War II warship that Nazis sunk off the coast of Brazil have been discovered more than 80 years later.
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Couple who died from poisonous limoncello mistook symptoms for severe hangover
A British woman and her fiancé who drank poisonous limoncello thought they were going through terrible hangovers in the final hours before they died, their friend has said.