TikTok seals deal for new US joint venture to avoid American ban
TikTok’s Chinese owner, ByteDance, said it has finalized a deal to establish a majority American-owned joint venture that will secure U.S. data, to avoid a U.S. ban ...
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Putin agrees next steps with US envoys but Kremlin says territory is key
Russia said it will hold security talks with the U.S. and Ukraine in Abu Dhabi on Friday, but warned after a late-night meeting between President Vladimir Putin and three ...
‘Armada’ heading towards Persian Gulf says President Trump
President Donald Trump said that the United States has an “armada” heading toward Iran but hoped he would not have to use it, as he renewed warnings to Tehran against ...
Trump revokes Canada’s invitation to join Board of Peace
President Donald Trump withdrew an invitation for Canada to join his Board of Peace initiative aimed at resolving global conflicts.
Trump’s about face follows Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’...
UN agencies take responsibility for IS camps in Syria after Kurds retreat
The United Nations said on Thursday it was taking management responsibility for vast camps in Syria housing tens of thousands of women and children associated with Islamic State, after the ...
US military assets heading to Middle East even as Trump backs off toughest Iran rhetoric
A U.S. military aircraft carrier strike group and other assets will arrive in the Middle East region in the coming days, two U.S. officials said on Thursday, even ...
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Trump touts ‘total access’ Greenland deal as Nato asks allies to step up
President Donald Trump said on Thursday he had secured total and permanent U.S. access to Greenland in a deal with NATO, whose head said allies would have to step ...
How Israel moved its ‘Yellow Line’ deeper into a shattered Gaza City neighbourhood
By Dawoud Abu Alkas, Catherine Cartier, Edward Carron and Rami Ayyub
As Israel moved the blocks marking its armistice line with Hamas deeper into one Gaza neighbourhood in December, it ...
Train collides with crane in Spain’s fourth rail crash in a week, several injured
A commuter train collided with a crane in southeastern Spain on Thursday, emergency services said, in the country’s fourth rail crash in less than a week.
Several people suffered ...
Trump says Ukraine efforts ‘getting close’ ahead of Zelenskiy talks
US President Donald Trump said peace efforts on Ukraine were “getting close” ahead of a meeting with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Davos on Thursday, as US envoy Steve Witkoff said ...
EU-Mercosur deal likely to take effect provisionally from March, says EU diplomat
The EU’s free trade deal with South American countries will probably be applied on a provisional basis as soon as March, an EU diplomat told Reuters on Thursday, despite ...
Trump launches Board of Peace that some fear rivals UN
President Donald Trump on Thursday launched his Board of Peace, originally intended to help end the Gaza war but which he now sees having a wider role that Europe and ...
New Zealand rescuers seek landslide survivors as weather havoc kills two
Rescue workers combed rubble on Thursday at a campsite in New Zealand as they searched for the missing, children among them, following a landslide triggered by heavy rains that snapped ...
United States formally withdraws from WHO as funding dispute escalates
The US is due to officially exit the World Health Organization today Thursday, in the face of warnings it will hit both US health and global health and also in ...
Djokovic eases past qualifier as Keys books third round berth
Novak Djokovic brushed aside Italian qualifier Francesco Maestrelli 6-3 6-2 6-2 on Thursday to reach the Australian Open third round, as women’s champion Madison Keys overcame a second-set wobble ...
Chelsea’s Caicedo scores late on to break stubborn Pafos FC defence
Chelsea boosted their chances of a Champions League top-eight finish on Wednesday when Moises Caicedo headed home from a corner in the 78th minute to break down a stubborn Pafos ...
Trump reversal on Greenland followed push by aides against military option, sources say
President Donald Trump’s retreat from threats of force as an option for acquiring Greenland capped weeks of policy chaos, as top aides scrambled both to accommodate the president’s ...
Trump rules out force, says Greenland deal framework reached
After weeks of rhetoric that risked the deepest rupture in transatlantic relations in decades, US President Donald Trump abruptly stepped back on Wednesday from threats to impose tariffs as leverage ...
Death toll in Iran protests rises to 3,117
Iranian state television reported on Monday that a total of 3,117 people had been killed in a major anti-government protest movement that was brutally suppressed, citing the Iranian War Veterans and ...
Galatasaray hold Atletico Madrid to 1-1 draw in the Champions League
Galatasaray earned a hard-fought 1-1 draw against visitors Atletico Madrid in the Champions League on Wednesday, as Marcos Llorente’s own goal cancelled out Giuliano Simeone’s early header.
The ...
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Trump tells Davos the US will not use force to gain Greenland, calls Denmark ungrateful
US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would not take over Greenland by force, but stuck firmly to his demands for control of the Danish territory during a speech ...
Syria accuses Kurds of breaking truce in threat to chances of deal
Syria’s government said a drone strike by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces killed seven of its soldiers on Wednesday, though the SDF denied this, in an incident that threatens ...
Israeli fire kills 11, including journalists, Gaza health officials say
Israeli fire killed 11 Palestinians, including two boys and three journalists, in Gaza on Wednesday, local medics said, and the Israeli military said it had “eliminated” a Palestinian militant who posed ...
EU lawmakers vote to launch legal challenge to Mercosur trade deal
EU lawmakers voted on Wednesday to challenge the European Union’s contentious free trade agreement with South America in the bloc’s top court, a move that could delay the ...