5 h. ago Freed Irish national from Venezuelan prison returns to Prague

Night Landing: A Plane, Families, and the Quiet Aftermath of a Political Storm They came down the jetway under a strip of cold lights, blinking against the damp Prague night as if waking from a long, bad dream. On the tarmac at Václav Havel Airport, relatives clustered together in coat collars zipped to their chins. […]

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11 h. ago Trump Plans $1 Billion Fee for Membership on Proposed Peace Board

The Billion-Dollar Seat: When Peace Has a Price Tag Imagine a mahogany table, polished to a mirror sheen, its edges lined with flags and names of nations. Above it hangs a plaque: “Board of Peace.” The catch? To keep your chair you must hand over $1 billion. It sounds like a fable, the sort of […]

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22 h. ago Irish national detained in Russia over alleged phone messages

When an anniversary turns into an international plea: a Galway woman’s fight to bring her husband home On a wind-swept evening in Claregalway, where the hedgerows smell of peat and the lanes curve like questions, Daria Petrenko was supposed to be tearing open a small gift and laughing with Dmitri, her husband of nearly three […]

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24 h. ago Tariff threats could ignite the most serious transatlantic crisis yet

When a Far Northern Ice Sheet Became the Latest Riddle of Global Power It began, improbably, like a provocation you might swipe past on your phone: a headline about Greenland, tariffs, and a president who seems allergic to convention. But the island’s blue-white horizon and the fog of polar seas have suddenly become central to […]

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44 h. ago EU ambassadors to convene after Trump’s looming threat of tariffs on EU

When Tariffs Meet Ice: How a Twitter-Style Ultimatum Threw Greenland and Europe into Crisis On a winter afternoon that felt ordinary to the untrained eye, a short, blunt message set off a chain reaction that stretched from the fjords of Nuuk to the marble halls of Brussels. The message came not from a formal diplomatic […]

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60 h. ago Trump threatens tariffs on European countries amid dispute over Greenland

Greenland on the Line: A Tiny Arctic Nation, a Global Storm Imagine waking up to the sound of drums and throat-singing echoing off a fjord carved by ice older than most nations. Now imagine, without warning, being told your homeland is the subject of an international bargaining chip. This is the surreal scene that unfolded […]

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68 h. ago Thousands Expected to Join ‘Hands Off Greenland’ Demonstrations Nationwide

When flags fly colder than the wind: Greenlanders march to defend a home On a late-summer afternoon the sky over Nuuk looked like a watercolor—pale blue washed thin over jagged ice. People gathered anyway, bundled into thick coats, Greenlandic flags snapping bright against the chill. They came not just from the capital but from tiny […]

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3 d. ago Mayor says strikes have slashed Kyiv’s electricity supply by half

When the lights go out: Kyiv’s winter under siege The city felt smaller, a little more fragile, as night fell. Windows that once glowed with the yellow comfort of kettles and televisions now offered only the dim bluish reflections of phone screens. In one ninth-floor apartment on the left bank, a mother pressed a row […]

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3 d. ago Trump threatens tariffs against nations opposing his Greenland purchase plans

The Island No One Thought Could Be Bought Imagine waking to the scent of diesel and coffee in Nuuk, catching sight of a black government van rolling away from the parliament building, and hearing — on a crackling radio, or more likely on a streaming feed — that a distant leader is once again talking […]

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4 d. ago Trump hails Venezuela’s ‘terrific’ new leader after phone call

When Phone Lines Redrew a Map: A Call That Changed Everything — Or So It Seemed There are phone calls that are merely administrative and there are those that feel like the opening lines of a new chapter. Last week, from the quiet of the Oval Office to the corridors of power in Caracas, a […]

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5 d. ago Appeal lodged following judge’s dismissal of Kneecap criminal case

A Flag, A Gig and a High Court Drama: When Music, Symbolism and the Law Collide It began, as many cultural flashpoints do, in a darkened room full of bodies and bass. Fans crammed into the O2 Forum in Kentish Town in November 2024, mouths parted at the thunder of a Northern Irish rap group’s […]

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6 d. ago Somalia Annuls All UAE Agreements Over Alleged Sovereignty Violations

Mogadishu Accuses Abu Dhabi of Undermining National Unity Amid Dispute Over Breakaway Regions.

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7 d. ago Irishman Wrongfully Detained in Iran Says Locals Live in Fear

Seven Months Behind Bars, a Survivor Returns with a Simple Plea: Watch Iran’s People The man who walked back into Dublin from an ordeal in Iran carries more than a passport and a battered suitcase. He carries a story that smells of diesel and tea, of carpet dust and hospital antiseptic — a story about […]

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7 d. ago UK regulator Ofcom opens probe into X over Grok safety concerns

When an AI “Grok” Turns Ugly: How a New Tool Became a Global Test of Tech Responsibility There’s a very modern kind of shock: the one that arrives not with a siren or a headline, but with an image sliding silently across a phone screen—someone you know, altered into something obscene. In early January, that […]

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7 d. ago Nationwide protests follow fatal shooting of woman by ICE agent

“Say Her Name”: A City Shivers, then Roars — Minneapolis and the Rising Outcry Over ICE The air in Minneapolis felt like a held breath — thin, cold, and electric. Snow crusted the sidewalks and flattened the city’s usual colors into a muted palette of gray and brick. But when the crowd reached Powderhorn Park, […]

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9 d. ago Nationwide Demonstrations Condemn ICE Agent’s Shooting of Woman

They Came for Renee — and for Something Bigger The air in Minneapolis felt like glass: brittle, clear, and cold enough to make conversations short and fierce. Even so, thousands of people pushed through snow-packed streets and clutched signs with mittened hands, chanting a name that had become, in the span of a few days, […]

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9 d. ago Greenland Parties Tell Trump: ‘We Won’t Become Americans,’ Reject Sale

We are Greenlanders: A small nation pushes back against big talk When the idea of buying Greenland drifted across international headlines like a sudden Arctic squall, something unexpected happened on the island: politics paused and a chorus rose up, not in Copenhagen or Washington, but in Nuuk and tiny settlements along the fjords. For a […]

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9 d. ago Minister Says X’s Limits on Grok Image Edits Are ‘Window Dressing’

When a Button Becomes a Barrier: The Grok Paywall and a Nation’s Unease It began like so many small digital earthquakes do: a tweak in a codebase, an announcement in a terse reply, and then a rumbling chorus of alarm across phones and kitchen tables. X — the platform formerly known as Twitter — quietly […]

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9 d. ago Australia declares national disaster as devastating bushfires rage nationwide

When the Sky Turned Copper: Fires, Heat and the New Normal in Victoria The horizon above Longwood looked like a painting scorched at the edges — a low, seething rim of smoke blotting out the late-afternoon sun and turning the whole world the color of old copper. Embers skittered across paddocks, tumbling like angry sparks […]

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1 week ago Russia launches Oreshnik hypersonic missile in new strike on Ukraine

When the Night Roared: Kyiv, a Hypersonic Missile, and a Continent on Edge The city smelled of smoke and melted plastic before dawn. Sirens tore the cold air, and for a few terrible hours the capital of Ukraine felt less like a capital and more like a village huddled under a long, grinding storm. Overnight, […]

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