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Greenland tells Trump it is not for sale
Greenland has once again said it is not for sale after US President-elect Donald Trump said he wanted to take control of the territory. “Greenland belongs to the people of Greenland,” its prime minister said on Monday, a day after Trump repeated comments about the Arctic island that he first made several years ago. Greenland,…
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What you need to know
Getty Images From the moment Justin Baldoni announced in 2019 that he was adapting the best-selling book It Ends With Us into a film, there was a widespread frenzy. There are few books in recent years that have become as big a cultural phenomenon as Colleen Hoover’s novel – it has sold 20m copies and…
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Scientists unveil 50,000-year-old baby mammoth carcass
Russian scientists have unveiled the remains of a 50,000-year-old baby mammoth found in thawing permafrost in the remote Yakutia region of Siberia during the summer. They say “Yana” – who has been named after the river basin where she was discovered – is the world’s best-preserved mammoth carcass. Weighing in at over 100kg (15st 10lb),…
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Cargo ship tips on its side in Turkey
A ship docked at a port in Istanbul rolled on its side in the early hours of Monday morning, sliding its cargo into the water. The ship, called Anmah, became unbalanced because of unequal loading of containers onto the vessel, according to local reports. All 15 crew members escaped without coming to serious harm, though…
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Magdeburg attack offers AfD fertile ground despite suspect’s backing for party
Getty Images Stallholders have been allowed back into the Christmas market after the attack “I feel bad, I still do,” said Eidwicht, as she stood in the Christmas market close to the spot where the car sped through on Friday, killing five people and injuring more than two hundred others. “My granddaughter was here. I…
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Mauritius hints talks stuck over money
Mauritius’s deputy prime minister has hinted that negotiations with the UK over the future of the Chagos Islands are being held up over the amount of money involved. Under the terms of the original agreement, which was announced in October, the UK would relinquish sovereignty to Mauritius over the archipelago but maintain a 99-year lease…
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Luigi Mangione pleads not guilty to murdering healthcare CEO
The suspect accused of killing UnitedHealthCare CEO Brian Thompson has pleaded not guilty to New York state murder and terrorism charges. Luigi Mangione, 26, appeared in court on Monday to be arraigned on 11 state criminal counts, including murder a crime of terrorism. He also faces federal stalking and murder charges that could lead to…
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Ex-Israeli agents reveal how Hezbollah pager attacks were carried out
Two former Israeli intelligence agents have revealed how members of the Lebanese Shia militant group Hezbollah used Israeli made walkie-talkies booby-trapped with explosives for 10 years before they were detonated in a surprise attack in September this year. The two ex-Mossad agents told US CBS News how the service duped Hezbollah into buying thousands of…
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President Joe Biden commutes 37 out of 40 federal death sentences
US President Joe Biden has commuted the sentences of 37 out of 40 federal death row inmates, switching their penalty to life in prison without parole. Among those are nine people convicted of murdering fellow prisoners, four for murders committed during bank robberies and one who killed a prison guard. In a statement, Biden said…
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Guatemala police clash with Jewish sect over 160 at-risk children
Authorities in Guatemala have resisted efforts by members of a Jewish sect to recapture 160 children rescued from its premises. The children were taken into care on Friday when police raided a farm used by the Lev Tahor movement, which is under investigation in several countries for serious sexual offences. Interior Minister Francisco Jimenez said…
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