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‘We don’t want to be Americans’, Greenland says after latest Trump threat

News January 11, 2026

NUUK: Greenland’s political parties said they did not want to be under Washington as US President Donald Trump again suggested using force to seize the mineral-rich Danish autonomous territory, rais...

Syrian authorities transferring Kurdish fighters from Aleppo to northeast

News January 10, 2026

Syrian authorities on Saturday began transferring Kurdish fighters from the country’s second city, Aleppo, to areas they control in the country’s northeast, state television reported, after days o...

Stopping GLP-1 Drugs Triggers Weight Regain 4x Faster Than Ending Exercise - ScienceAlert

Health January 10, 2026

When people stop taking the new generation of weight-loss drugs, they pile back on the kilos four times faster than they would after ending diet and exercise regimes, new research found Thursday. Bu�...

New rallies erupt in Iran as crackdown fears grow

News January 10, 2026

Major Iranian cities were gripped overnight by new mass rallies denouncing the Islamic Republic, as activists on Saturday expressed fear that authorities were intensifying their suppression of the dem...

How Cuba was blindsided by audacious US operation to capture Nicolas Maduro

News January 10, 2026

The capture by US forces of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro and the killing in the operation of 32 Cubans assigned to protect him represent a major blow for the island’s revered intelligence servic...

Venezuela says in talks with US to restore diplomatic ties

News January 10, 2026

Venezuela said on Friday it had launched talks with the United States on restoring diplomatic ties, days after US forces deposed Nicolas Maduro as its president. It was the latest sign of cooperation ...

‘Sever the chain’: scam tycoons in China’s crosshairs

Crypto January 10, 2026

Chinese guards escort accused scam boss Chen Zhi off a China Southern plane in Beijing after he was extradited from Cambodia - Copyright AFP OMAR HAJ KADOUR China is moving against the cyberscam tyc�...

Israel army says struck Hezbollah targets in ‘several areas’ of Lebanon

News January 9, 2026

Israel’s military said it struck Hezbollah targets in several areas of Lebanon on Friday, a day after the Lebanese army said it had completed the first phase of its plan to disarm the group. Under U...

Cambodia to liquidate bank founded by accused scam boss

Crypto January 9, 2026

Motorists ride past the Prince Group Headquarters in Phnom Penh - Copyright AFP Thomas SAMSON A Cambodian bank founded by accused scam boss Chen Zhi, who has been indicted by the United States over �...

Trump says US ‘going to start now hitting land’ against drug cartels

News January 9, 2026

US President Donald Trump on Thursday said that land strikes against drug cartels were on the way following maritime attacks in the eastern Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea, without providing further d...