#washingtonpost.com. × #Jan.31.2025 × Trump envoy flies to Caracas to meet with Maduro. A State Department official said Venezuela must take back “Venezuelan criminals and gangs” and release American “hostages” immediately.
#Politics #South America #USA #North America #Venezuela #Americas ×
#washingtonpost.com. × #Jan.31.2025 × American hostage slated to be released by Hamas after 15 months. Keith Siegel, a grandfather, is one of three captives set to be freed on Saturday.
#USA #North America #Americas ×
#washingtonpost.com. × #Jan.31.2025 × Column | The defining theme of Trump’s triumphal return: Oligarchy. The new administration has empowered a handful of extremely rich people to exert disproportionate influence over the government. There’s a word for that.
#Politics #Tech #cls__sex_gdb_Male #USA #Elon Musk #North America #Americas ×
#washingtonpost.com. × #Jan.30.2025 × As Trump shakes up global politics, Mexico could be most affected. As President Donald Trump rolls out his “America First” policies, few countries have more to lose than Mexico.
#Politics #USA #North America #Americas × #Mexico
#washingtonpost.com. × #Jan.29.2025 × Corgi cop loses bonus for looking fed-up at work. The internet can relate.. Fuzai, a sniffer dog with short legs and a viral following in China, also peed in his food bowl. He was docked some treats from his Lunar New Year bonus.
#PublicHoliday #New Year's Eve #China #New Year #Asia #Americas ×
#washingtonpost.com. × #Jan.28.2025 × Mona Lisa to get a room of her own in Louvre museum renovation. French President Emmanuel Macron announced plans to expand the Louvre, and move the Mona Lisa to a new exhibition space, after the museum warned of overcrowding.
#Politics #France #Emmanuel Macron #Europe #Americas ×
#washingtonpost.com. × #Jan.28.2025 × Lunar New Year: What to know as we slide into the Year of the Snake. Over 1 billion people celebrate the holiday, which marks the transition from cold winter to a season of renewal and ushers in one of 12 Chinese zodiac signs.
#PublicHoliday #New Year's Eve #China #Japan #Indonesia #Singapore #New Year #North Korea #Asia #Americas × #South Korea #Philippines
#washingtonpost.com. × #Jan.28.2025 × Ancient art of stilt walking becomes a surprise trend among young Chinese. As Lunar New Year approaches, the once-endangered folk tradition of stilt walking is undergoing something of a revival in China — with Beijing’s encouragement.
#PublicHoliday #New Year's Eve #China #New Year #Asia #Americas ×
#washingtonpost.com. × #Jan.27.2025 × Brazil demands answers from U.S. after deportees allege mistreatment. It’s the latest diplomatic dispute between a Latin American country and the Trump administration over the treatment of migrants during repatriation flights.
#Brazil #South America #USA #North America #Americas ×
#washingtonpost.com. × #Jan.27.2025 × Sweden seizes vessel after new cable breach in Baltic Sea. Sweden is investigating damage to a data cable linked to Latvia, the latest breach in the Baltic Sea region where European authorities are on high alert.
#Tech #Latvia #Sweden #Europe #Americas ×
#washingtonpost.com. × #Jan.25.2025 × ‘An unsightly blight’: Australia’s hottest debate is over beach cabanas. A new kind of real estate war is breaking out on Australia’s famous shorelines, with a debate over the fairness of staking a claim in the country’s “town squares.”
#Politics #Australian continent #Australia #Insular Oceania #Americas ×
#washingtonpost.com. × #Jan.23.2025 × Amanda Knox slander conviction upheld in Italian court, ending legal saga. Amanda Knox, a former American exchange student, had been cleared of all other charges related to the death of her roommate in Italy 17 years ago.
#USA #Italy #Europe #North America #Americas ×
#washingtonpost.com. × #Jan.23.2025 × Trump’s Panama Canal ambitions gain traction in GOP-led Senate. Republicans hoping to thwart Beijing’s influence in Latin America urge the Panamanian government to cut ties with Chinese entities.
#Politics #China #USA #Asia #North America #Panama #Americas ×
#washingtonpost.com. × #Jan.23.2025 × Ahead of the expected Trump-Putin call, each side stakes out its position. Kremlin hard-liners are calling for the dismemberment of Ukraine, while Trump is threatening new sanctions if Putin doesn’t come to the negotiating table.
#Politics #Russia #Ukraine #USA #Europe #North America #Americas ×
#washingtonpost.com. × #Jan.21.2025 × Violence erupts in West Bank as settlers attack, Israel raids Jenin. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the assault on Jenin would be “extensive and significant,” as the military erected new checkpoints across the West Bank.
#Politics #Benjamin Netanyahu #Asia #World Bank #Israel #Americas ×
#washingtonpost.com. × #Jan.21.2025 × Column | A new age of global competition rises in Trump’s shadow. The dichotomy between the gatherings of rich and powerful at Donald Trump’s inauguration and at the World Economic Forum in Davos was stark as the world woke up to a new reality under Trump.
#Politics #USA #Switzerland #Europe #North America #Americas ×
#washingtonpost.com. × #Jan.21.2025 × Americans freed in Afghanistan-U.S. prisoner swap, Taliban says. The family of Ryan Corbett of New York confirmed his release, while the Taliban said Khan Mohammed, an Afghan serving a life sentence in California, was freed.
#USA #Asia #North America #Americas × #Afghanistan
#washingtonpost.com. × #Jan.20.2025 × Israelis look past euphoria and urge Trump to follow up on hostage deal. Relatives of captives held in Gaza have met with officials in the new administration, asking that Trump ensure the hostage deal is carried out until all are freed.
#Asia #Israel #Americas ×
#washingtonpost.com. × #Jan.19.2025 × Despite truce, Israel has damaged or destroyed hundreds of buildings in Lebanon. The Israeli military also moved into dozens of new positions across southern Lebanon in the first 40 days of the ceasefire.
#Asia #Israel #Lebanon #Americas ×
#washingtonpost.com. × #Jan.18.2025 × Trump sees a new threat on the Mexican border. It’s called China.. Chinese exports and investment in Mexico are quickly rising. The Trump team fears its neighbor could be used as a backdoor to the U.S. market.
#Politics #China #USA #Asia #North America #Americas × #Mexico
#washingtonpost.com. × #Jan.16.2025 × France extradites U.S. man who confessed to alleged sex assault on Facebook. Ian Cleary was charged in Pennsylvania with sexual assault in 2021 after he messaged his alleged victim “So I raped you.” In April, he was detained in France.
#Tech #France #USA #Facebook #Europe #North America #Americas ×
#washingtonpost.com. × #Jan.16.2025 × Indians lured to Russia are dying on the front lines in Ukraine. The forced recruitment of Indians into the Russian army has been a point of tension between New Delhi and Moscow, even as the countries have expanded ties.
#Russia #Ukraine #Europe #Asia #India #Americas ×
#washingtonpost.com. × #Jan.15.2025 × Rubio details what Trump’s ‘America First’ foreign policy will entail. Sen. Marco Rubio, Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of state, is widely expected to win Senate confirmation to the post.
#Politics #USA #North America #Americas ×
#washingtonpost.com. × #Jan.14.2025 × Phebe Marr, scholar of Iraq’s history and upheavals, dies at 93. A bus trip to Baghdad in the late 1950s began Dr. Marr’s path to become one of the leading American experts on Iraq.
#USA #Asia #North America #Iraq #Americas ×
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