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Meet the woman who lives without money: ‘I feel more secure than when I was earning’

Ten years ago, Jo Nemeth quit her job and closed her bank account. Today, she’s more committed than ever to her moneyless life Sharon Brodie...

Two Israeli hostages released, one expected later in latest Gaza exchange

Palestinian militant group Hamas handed over Israeli hostages Yarden Bibas and Ofer Kalderon on Saturday, with American-Israeli Keith Siegel expected to be transferred later...

UN says more than 700 killed in just five days of fighting in DR Congo

More than 700 people have been killed and 2,800 injured in just five days since fighting escalated in the east of the Democratic Republic...

Trump says 25% tariffs on Mexico and Canada may not include oil: ‘Oil is going to have nothing to do with it as far...

Donald Trump has confirmed he will impose 25% tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada from February, following through on threats issued weeks earlier. The blanket...

Germany: Mass protests after far-right AfD helps CDU/CSU

A non-binding motion to restrict immigration has sparked outrage after citizens said the conservative CDU/CSU broke a promise not to work with the far-right...

Who are the Palestinian prisoners released in exchange for Israeli hostages?

Israel released 110 Palestinian prisoners on Thursday in exchange for three Israeli hostages held in Gaza. Five Thai workers held captive in the enclave...

Fact check: $50 million for condoms in Gaza? Five big reasons to be skeptical Trump’s story is true

During her first official White House briefing as President Donald Trump’s press secretary, Karoline Leavitt announced that Trump had prevented a “preposterous waste of taxpayer money.” Trump’s...
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At least seven killed in stampede at India’s Maha Kumbh festival, official says

At least seven people were killed and around 10 injured in a stampede at the Maha Kumbh Mela in northern India on Wednesday, said an official,...

Google says it will change Gulf of Mexico to ‘Gulf of America’ in Maps app after government updates

Google said Monday it will change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to “Gulf of America” in Google Maps after the Trump administration updates...

Oświęcim’s sole Jewish resident reflects on modern antisemitism on 80th anniversary of Auschwitz camp’s liberation

Among 34,000 people in the town of Oświęcim is just one Jew – a young Israeli named Hila Weisz-Gut. It’s an interesting choice of...

Trump’s Palestinian refugee idea falls flat with Arab allies and confounds a Republican senator

President Donald Trump’s push to have Egypt and Jordan take in large numbers of Palestinian refugees from besieged Gaza fell flat with those countries’ governments and...

Thousands in Germany protest the rise of the far right ahead of next month’s election

Tens of thousands of Germans on Saturday protested in Berlin and other cities against the rise of the far-right, anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany (AfD)...

Trump urges Jordan, Egypt to take Palestinians, thousands blocked from northern Gaza

Tens of thousands of Palestinians waited, blocked on the road, to return to their homes in northern Gaza on Sunday, voicing frustration after Israel...

Putin says he and Trump should meet to discuss Ukraine and energy prices

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that he and Donald Trump should meet to talk about the Ukraine war and energy prices, issues that the U.S. president has...
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Hamas frees four Israeli hostages in second swap of Gaza deal

The Palestinian militant movement Hamas released four female Israeli soldier hostages on Saturday, in return for some 200 Palestinian prisoners, in keeping with a...

Mexico refuses US military flight deporting migrants, sources say

Mexico has refused a request from President Donald Trump's administration to allow a U.S. military aircraft deporting migrants to land in the country, a U.S....

Trump 2.0 softens on China

President Trump left Washington four years ago touting a revolutionary new consensus on the threat posed by China. He returned this week seeming to downplay that threat — signaling a...

Bank of Japan raises interest rates to highest in 17 years, yen jumps

The Bank of Japan raised interest rates on Friday to their highest since the 2008 global financial crisis and revised up its inflation forecasts,...

Coral bleaching on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef reaches ‘catastrophic’ levels, study finds

Record ocean heat has taken a devastating toll on one of the world’s greatest natural wonders, with coral bleaching on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef reaching “catastrophic” levels, a...

Palestinians confront a landscape of destruction in Gaza’s ‘ghost towns’

Palestinians in Gaza are confronting an apocalyptic landscape of devastation after a ceasefire paused more than 15 months of fighting between Israel and Hamas. Across the tiny...

Trump shuts down US-Mexico border for asylum seekers, leaving migrants in limbo

The US-Mexico border is effectively closed off to migrants seeking asylum in the United States within hours of President Donald Trump taking office, an...
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Zelenskyy says Russia-Ukraine peace deal would require 200,000 allied troops

Ukrainian president tells Davos that Europe must establish itself as an ‘indispensable’ player on the global stage Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that “at least 200,000”...

Keir Starmer vows to change terror laws to deal with lone killers

PM defends decision not to disclose Southport killer’s violent history and promises to tackle ‘new threat’ in UK Downing Street will change the laws to...

At least 80 people killed in northeast Colombia as peace talks fail

More than 80 people were killed in the country’s northeast over the weekend following the government’s failed attempts to hold peace talks with the National...

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