Sun 25 January 2026: The US Defense Department on Friday rolled out its 2026 National Defense Strategy (NDS), laying out a sharper focus on the homeland, deterring China, and greater burden-sharing by allies. The memorandum signed by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth argues that past US governments weakened the military by engaging in prolonged nation-building and […]
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Fri 23 January 2026: Atesh, an underground resistance group, says it has trained thousands of people – including Russian soldiers – in sabotage operations. On the weekend, a power cut shut down a train line carrying Russian weapons and supplies to the front line through the region of Bryansk in western Russia near the Ukrainian […]
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Fri 23 January 2026: President Donald Trump has issued a stern warning to European nations, signalling an aggressive response should they begin offloading American stocks and bonds in retaliation for US trade or security policies. “If that would happen, there would be a big retaliation on our part,” he told Fox Business on Thursday when […]
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Thu 22 January 2026: French, Swiss food giants Danone and Nestle have also recalled infant formula batches in recent weeks over toxin fears. French dairy product giant Lactalis has announced a recall of batches of infant formula in France and more than a dozen other countries over worries batches have been contaminated by a toxin. […]
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Thu 22 January 2026: A recent study published in Nature on Wednesday reports that scientists have identified what is considered the world’s oldest known cave art: a hand stencil found in Liang Metanduno cave on Muna Island, located in South Sulawesi, Indonesia. This artwork has been dated to at least 67,800 years ago. The artwork […]
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Thu 22 January 2026: Trump has been joined at a table next to the podium by leaders from Bahrain and Morocco to kick off the signing. “What we’re doing is so important,” Trump said. “This is something I really wanted to be here and do, and I could think of no better place.” Trump took […]
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Thu 22 January 2026: The Trump administration, encouraged by the removal of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, is looking for allies within Cuba’s government who might help negotiate an end to Communist rule in the country before the year concludes, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing. US officials believe Cuba’s economy is nearing collapse and that […]
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Wed 21 January 2026: Gold prices continued to see record highs on Wednesday amid persistent geopolitical and economic uncertainty. Spot gold rose about 2% to $4,860 an ounce as of 0950GMT, after touching an all-time high of $4,888 earlier in the session. Gold has surged around 77.1% over the past 12 months, driven by trade […]
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Wed 21 January 2026: Britain‘s government is considering intervening in the sale of the Telegraph newspaper to the owner of the Daily Mail over competition concerns, the UK’s culture minister said Tuesday. The Daily Mail and General Trust struck a £500-million ($673-million) deal with US-Emirati consortium RedBird IMI in November for the purchase of the 170-year-old paper. The tie-up […]
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Wed 21 January 2026: Seven lawmakers from the far-right Party for Freedom (PVV) have left following a dispute with its leader Geert Wilders over its strategy and structure. According to local media reports, the breakaway group, led by long-serving member of parliament (MP) Gidi Markuszower, criticized Wilders’ handling of the election campaign in October, which saw the PVV […]
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