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NATO chief’s tactic on Trump’s Greenland threats? Change topic
M US President Donald Trump’s demands to take over NATO ally Denmark’s territory Greenland have thrust alliance chief Mark Rutte into an uncomfortable position. His strategy for now: say as…
Battle lines drawn in Tennessee over immigration
B (The Center Square) – Tennessee Republicans’ immigration bill package ignores other affordability issues, Democrats say, setting up a battle in the General Assembly. The bills address a wide range of…
US congress members in Denmark in support of Greenland
A A US bipartisan congressional delegation kicked off a visit to Copenhagen on Friday to express support for Denmark and Greenland after President Donald Trump’s threats to take over the…
Jimmy Kimmel Offers to Give His Awards to Trump on One Condition
M Jimmy Kimmel has realized the only way to get Donald Trump to do anything is to give him an award, and so the late-night host offered up a whole…
Memphis Task Force bill would require extra reports on pleas, lowered charges, dismissals
C A new Tennessee “buffer law” could hamper journalists trying to cover the deployment of a federal law enforcement task force to Memphis. (Photo: John Partipilo/Tennessee Lookout) A Memphis-area senator…
Protected forests under threat in DRC’s lucrative mining belt
D Valery Kyembo was leading an inspection of his community’s protected forest reserve deep in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s mining belt when two armed Congolese soldiers blocked their way.…
Spanish singer Julio Iglesias says abuse allegations ‘absolutely false’
M Spain’s veteran singer and cultural icon Julio Iglesias on Friday rejected allegations of sexual abuse lodged against him by two women ex-employees, in a case that has dominated headlines.…
Funny old world: the week’s offbeat news
A From the miniature deer showing a rhino who’s boss to the app which asks if you’re dead yet… Your weekly roundup of offbeat stories from around the world. –…
Myanmar tells ICJ Rohingya genocide claims ‘unsubstantiated’
R Myanmar on Friday dismissed as “unsubstantiated” allegations that it committed genocide against its Rohingya minority, telling the International Court of Justice that its brutal crackdown was a “counter-terrorism operation.”…
Afghan man goes on trial over deadly Munich car-ramming
R An Afghan man went on trial in Germany on Friday accused of ramming a car into a crowd in Munich last year, killing a two-year-old girl and her mother…
