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Australia stiffens hate crime, gun laws after Bondi attack
A Australia passed tougher hate crime and gun laws Tuesday, weeks after gunmen targeting a Jewish festival on Bondi Beach killed 15 people. Lawmakers in both houses of parliament voted…
Trump unloads on allies as Davos showdown looms
D US President Donald Trump has made an astonishing series of attacks apparently designed to humiliate allies France, Britain and Canada as the row over Greenland threatens to engulf the…
Global tourism hit new record level in 2025: UN
A Global tourism hit a new record level in 2025 with 1.52 billion international tourist arrivals recorded worldwide, driven by strong increases in Asia and Africa, UN Tourism said Tuesday.…
Dogsled diplomacy in Greenland proves elusive for US
P Greenland’s biggest dogsled race is a cultural mainstay on the Arctic island but US envoys keep finding themselves disinvited, frustrating attempts by President Donald Trump’s team to wield soft…
Tennessee to consider instituting tax on public EV fast chargers
C Tennessee lawmakers will consider a bill that would institute a $0.03 per kilowatt-hour tax on electricity from publicly accessible electric vehicle fast chargers. (Photo: John Partipilo/Tennessee Lookout) Tennessee electric…
Man critical after shooting in North Memphis, police say
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – A shooting investigation is underway in a North Memphis neighborhood. Memphis Police responded to a shooting on Cedar Avenue near N. 7th Street around 3:45 a.m. on…
Bessent says Europe dumping US debt over Greenland would ‘defy logic’
A US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Tuesday rejected the idea that European governments could aggressively sell American debt to counter Washington’s threats over Greenland, saying such a move would…
Freeze, please! China’s winter swimmers take the plunge
M As the temperature in Beijing hit -7C on Tuesday, 62-year-old Yang Zi stripped down to his swimming briefs and plunged into a frozen lake, as dozens of residents do…
Trump tariff threat ‘poison’ for Germany’s fragile recovery
L US President Donald Trump’s latest tariff threat against Europe over Greenland has hit its top economy Germany just as hopes are growing for a modest recovery after years of…
Tourists hit record in Japan, despite plunge from China
T A record number of tourists flocked to Japan in 2025, officials said Tuesday, despite a steep fall in Chinese visitors in December as a diplomatic row between Beijing and…
