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Israel far-right ministers reject US-backed postwar Gaza panel

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-01-18T12:43:03+00:00

Finance minister says Netanyahu should back annexation and settlement, and attacks Turkey and Qatar’s role on Gaza ‘executive board’Far-right members of Israel’s governing coalition on Sunday rejected a US-backed plan for postwar governance in Gaza, criticising their prime minster, Benjamin Netanyahu, for failing to annex the Palestinian territory and establish new Israeli settlements in the territory.After the announcement of the White House’s pick of world leaders who will join the so-called Gaza “board of peace”, which includes Turkey and Qatar, both of which have been critical of Israel’s

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EU diplomats to hold crisis talks over Trump tariffs in Greenland standoff

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-01-18T12:40:38+00:00

Emmanuel Macron to urge EU to use its powerful anti-coercion instrument if US goes ahead with tariffsEurope live – latest updatesSenior European diplomats are due to hold crisis talks after Donald Trump said he was targeting eight European nations with tariffs over their support for Greenland.Italy’s prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, said Trump’s tariffs were a mistake, and the Dutch foreign minister, David van Weel, described the US president’s threats to allies as “blackmail”, as reaction from European leaders continued to pile up. Continue reading...

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EU diplomats to hold crisis talks over Trump Greenland tariff ‘blackmail’

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-01-18T12:40:38+00:00

Emmanuel Macron to urge EU to use its powerful anti-coercion instrument if US goes ahead with tariffsEurope live – latest updatesSenior European diplomats are due to hold crisis talks after Donald Trump said he was targeting eight European nations with tariffs over their support for Greenland.Italy’s prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, said Trump’s tariffs were a mistake, and the Dutch foreign minister, David van Weel, described the US president’s threats to allies as “blackmail”, as reaction from European leaders continued to pile up. Continue reading...

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Как в Европе отреагировали на угрозу Трампа ввести пошлины из-за Гренландии

Source: Vedomosti – All Articles · Published: 2026-01-18T12:34:22+00:00

17 января президент США Дональд Трамп анонсировал введение с 1 февраля пошлин на все товары, поставляемые в США из Дании, Норвегии, Швеции, Франции, Германии, Великобритании, Нидерландов и Финляндии. Также с 1 июня текущего года пошлина вырастет с 10 до 25%. Причина – критика его намерений аннексировать Гренландию, которая является автономной территорией Дании. Очередной тариф будет действовать до момента, пока не будет достигнута договоренность о покупке острова. 

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Portugal votes in tight presidential race with far right poised to reach runoff

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-01-18T12:32:24+00:00

Opinion polls suggest three candidates, including anti-immigration Chega party leader, close to final twoPortuguese voters queued at polling stations on Sunday to elect a new president, with opinion surveys showing three candidates, including the leader of the far-right Chega party, close to a spot in a probable top-two runoff.In the five decades since Portugal threw off its fascist dictatorship, a presidential election has only once before – in 1986 – required a runoff, highlighting how fragmented the political landscape has become with the rise of the far right and voters’ disenchantment wi

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Brignone, il momento del ritorno: è iscritta al gigante di Plan de Corones

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-01-18T12:28:32+00:00

La campionessa azzurra vede vicino il rientro alle gare dopo il grave infortunio dello scorso anno: deciderà dopo la sciata del mattino in pista. La tedesca Aicher vince il superG di Tarvisio, Goggia sesta

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Epstein survivors say financier lured them with promise of college education

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-01-18T12:00:55+00:00

Multiple survivors claim Epstein dangled admission to top universities to ensnare them in his sexual abuse networkA New York City artist who said Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell shopped her around to men is among the survivors claiming that Epstein used the lure of a university education to ensnare her in their sexual abuse network.Rina Oh was a 21-year-old art student when she was introduced to Epstein in 2000 by Lisa Phillips, a model and Epstein survivor who has since emerged as a powerful voice in the survivors’ network pressuring for full accountability in the long-running money, se

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Growing sense of embarrassment at Fifa over Donald Trump peace prize

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-01-18T12:00:54+00:00

Mid-level and senior officials uncomfortable with awardFifa says it still ‘strongly’ supports the peace prizeThere is a growing sense of embarrassment among mid-level and senior officials within Fifa over the awarding of its peace prize to Donald Trump. The US president was handed the award at the World Cup draw in Washington DC in December with the Fifa president, Gianni Infantino, telling Trump: “We want to see hope, we want to see unity, we want to see a future. This is what we want to see from a leader and you definitely deserve the first Fifa Peace Prize.”Since then, the US has launched a

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Meloni warns Trump over Greenland tariffs as EU ambassadors summoned for emergency talks – Europe live

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-01-18T11:53:12+00:00

European leaders hit back at Trump ‘blackmail’ as president escalates plan for the US to acquire GreenlandThe United States will also suffer if president Donald Trump implements threats to impose tariffs on European countries opposing his plans to acquire Greenland, a French minister said on Sunday.“In this escalation of tariffs, he has a lot to lose as well, as do his own farmers and industrialists,” French agriculture minister Annie Genevard told broadcasters Europe 1 and CNews. Continue reading...

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Trump tariff threats are bad, but the uncertainty they instill is much worse

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-01-18T11:45:23+00:00

The spectre of rising inflation, slowing global trade and jittery markets has re-emerged as US economic policy divorces itself from any logicTrump threatens 25% tariff on European allies until Denmark sells GreenlandDonald Trump’s latest tariff threat, in pursuit of his goal of seizing Greenland, is a political nightmare for European leaders, but it could create a severe economic headache, too.As the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has repeatedly pointed out since Trump’s trade war began in earnest last year, whatever the ultimate level of tariffs, uncertainty takes its own toll. Continue re

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Trump tariff threats are bad, but the uncertainty they instil is much worse

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-01-18T11:45:23+00:00

The spectre of rising inflation, slowing global trade and jittery markets has re-emerged as US economic policy divorces itself from any logicTrump threatens 25% tariff on European allies until Denmark sells GreenlandDonald Trump’s latest tariff threat, in pursuit of his goal of seizing Greenland, is a political nightmare for European leaders, but it could create a severe economic headache too.As the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has repeatedly pointed out since Trump’s trade war began in earnest last year, whatever the ultimate level of tariffs, uncertainty takes its own toll. Continue rea

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Маршрут у тисячі кілометрів: вчені простежили за подорожжю черепахи Каретта-Каретта

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-01-18T11:41:00+00:00

Черепаха на прізвисько Гюмуш проклала один з найдивовижніших міграційних маршрутів, які коли-небудь спостерігалися серед цього виду.

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How Cafe Coffee Day lost steam

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-01-18T11:31:06+00:00

Short-term borrowing was integral to founder VG Siddhartha’s financing model, which ultimately cost him and the enterprise dear

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Cynthia Miller-Idriss, sociologue : « Une citoyenne américaine a été abattue en plein jour et le gouvernement défend le tueur »

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-01-18T11:30:08+00:00

Autrefois venue des marges de la société, la violence d’extrême droite fait désormais partie de la politique officielle du gouvernement Trump, qui la met notamment en œuvre avec la police fédérale de l’immigration, dénonce la professeure américaine dans une tribune au « Monde ».

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Cynthia Miller-Idriss, sociologue, au sujet de la mort de Renee Good : « Une citoyenne américaine a été abattue en plein jour et le gouvernement défend le tueur »

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-01-18T11:30:06+00:00

Autrefois venue des marges de la société, la violence d’extrême droite fait désormais partie de la politique officielle du gouvernement Trump, qui la met notamment en œuvre avec la police fédérale de l’immigration, dénonce la professeure américaine dans une tribune au « Monde ».

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EN DIRECT, Groenland : Emmanuel Macron demandera « l’activation de l’instrument anticoercition » de l’UE en cas de nouveaux droits de douane américains

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-01-18T11:12:20+00:00

Donald Trump a menacé samedi huit pays, dont la France, de droits de douane de 10 % sur toutes les marchandises expédiées aux Etats-Unis à compter du 1ᵉʳ février 2026, tant que ces pays s’opposent à l’annexion du territoire autonome danois par les Etats-Unis.

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EN DIRECT, Groenland : les pays européens menacés de nouveaux droits de douane par Donald Trump « restent unis » et veulent défendre leur « souveraineté »

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-01-18T11:12:20+00:00

Donald Trump a menacé samedi huit pays, dont la France, de droits de douane de 10 % sur toutes les marchandises expédiées aux Etats-Unis à compter du 1ᵉʳ février 2026, tant que ces pays s’opposent à l’annexion du territoire autonome danois par les Etats-Unis.

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Arrest of priest for child molestation reignites scandal in Louisiana diocese

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-01-18T11:00:53+00:00

Korey LaVergne, 37, jailed Friday evening on three counts of indecent behavior with a juvenile, according to officialsAuthorities in south-west Louisiana recently arrested a Roman Catholic priest on accusations of behaving indecently with a child, igniting a new scandal in the diocese where the US church’s reckoning with clergy abuse began – an institution that just disclosed it could lose up to $162m over pending litigation.Korey LaVergne was jailed Friday evening on three counts of indecent behavior with a juvenile, according to Acadia parish sheriff KP Gibson, whose agency arrested the prie

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