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Denmark’s prime minister insisted on Thursday that her country can’t negotiate on its sovereignty, after U.S. President Donald Trump said he agreed to a "framework of a future deal" on Greenland and Arctic security with the head of NATO.

Posted: January 22, 2026, 1:26 pm
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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.

Posted: January 22, 2026, 11:53 am
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Landslides hit a campground and a house in New Zealand and emergency crews were trying to rescue people buried in rubble, officials said Thursday.

Posted: January 22, 2026, 9:55 am
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The Iranian regime says just over 3,000 people were killed in recent protests over the country's failed economy, while human rights groups put the number of protesters confirmed dead at more than 4,000 and rising.

Posted: January 22, 2026, 9:00 am
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Netflix will pay for Warner Bros. Discovery's streaming and studio division entirely in cash to edge out its rival Paramount — the latest chapter in a months-long saga that, once concluded, could significantly change the global entertainment industry.

Posted: January 22, 2026, 9:00 am
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Prime Minister Mark Carney’s speech Tuesday at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, resonated in Mexico, a country which, much like Canada, has also been forced to grapple with the mercurial temperament of its much larger and powerful U.S. neighbour

Posted: January 22, 2026, 9:00 am
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Former special counsel Jack Smith will make the case before a large American audience for the first time on Thursday as to why he believes that Donald Trump committed fraud in his actions and statements after his 2020 election loss. The details could serve as a cautionary tale of what the president is capable of doing during the midterms later this year.

Posted: January 22, 2026, 9:00 am
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A Texas jury has acquitted a former Uvalde school police officer on charges he failed in his duty to confront the gunman during the 2022 Robb Elementary school shooting, which left 19 students and two adults dead.

Posted: January 22, 2026, 2:17 am
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Syria's government accused the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces of attacks it said killed 11 soldiers on Wednesday, but the SDF disputed key elements of the account, blaming at least one deadly blast on explosives being moved by Syrian troops.

Posted: January 22, 2026, 1:45 am
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Federal immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to forcibly enter people's homes without a judge's warrant, according to an internal Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo obtained by The Associated Press, as the Trump administration prepares to ramp up immigration enforcement in Maine.

Posted: January 22, 2026, 12:36 am