#washingtonpost.com. × #Jan.31.2025 × With Trump, Ukraine renews appeal to seize Russia’s frozen billions. With U.S. military aid to Ukraine in doubt, Zelensky hopes to convince Trump to get the Europeans on side for confiscating Russia’s frozen assets.
#Business #Politics #Russia #Ukraine #USA #European Union #Europe #North America
#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 × François Ponchaud, priest who revealed Cambodian atrocities, dies at 85. Father Ponchaud’s book “Cambodia: Year Zero” helped alert the world to the genocidal rule of the Khmer Rouge that claimed nearly 2 million lives.
#Cambodia #Asia
#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 × German politicians signal to Syrian asylum seekers: It’s time to go home. Leading politicians in Germany are calling for mass returns, echoing President Donald Trump’s plan to expel undocumented migrants from the United States.
#Politics #Germany #USA #Europe #Asia #North America #Syria
#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.31.2025 × Guitars, masks and defiance: Kenya’s rock and metal scene catches fire. After years in the wilderness, Kenyan bands like Irony Destroyed, Last Year’s Tragedy and Rash are clawing their way up the charts.
#Showbiz #Kenya #Africa #music
#washingtonpost.com. × #Jan.30.2025 × A chaotic hostage release in Gaza underscores high stakes of ceasefire. Crowds of spectators gathered around vehicles carrying hostages in southern Gaza on Thursday, raising fears the captives wouldn’t be released safely.
#Asia #Israel
#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.30.2025 × Uganda announces Ebola outbreak after one patient dies. In its last outbreak, more than two years ago, Uganda saw 164 cases and 55 confirmed deaths from Ebola.
#Health #Uganda #Africa #Ebola hemorrhagic fever
#washingtonpost.com. × #Jan.30.2025 × Israeli ban on UNRWA takes effect, imperiling aid to Palestinians. U.N. officials vowed Thursday that the agency would continue to deliver services in the occupied Palestinian territories for as long as possible.
#Politics #Palestine #USA #Asia #North America #Israel
#washingtonpost.com. × #Jan.30.2025 × Marianne Faithfull, singer-songwriter and 1960s pop star, dies at 78. After struggling with drug abuse and personal loss, she reemerged in 1979 with the acclaimed album “Broken English.”
#washingtonpost.com. × #Jan.30.2025 × Suzanne Massie, Reagan’s Russian whisperer in Cold War, dies at 94. The author and scholar briefed Reagan on Russian history and Soviet life, including the Russian proverb “Trust but verify” that entered the Cold War lexicon.
#Russia #USA #Europe #North America
#washingtonpost.com. × #Jan.30.2025 × Germany’s Merz breaks far-right taboo, prompts backlash from Merkel. Friedrich Merz, the front-runner to become Germany’s next chancellor, relied on votes from the far-right AfD to push an anti-migration motion through parliament.
#Politics #Germany #Europe
#washingtonpost.com. × #Jan.30.2025 × Migrants were detained at Guantánamo Bay before Trump’s order. Here’s what to know.. Human rights groups have accused U.S. authorities of using Guantánamo Bay for decades to detain migrants fleeing Haiti, Cuba and other Caribbean nations.
#Cuba #North America #Haiti
#washingtonpost.com. × #Jan.30.2025 × Iraqi at center of Quran burnings in Sweden shot dead before court verdict. Salwan Momika’s 2023 burning of the Quran drew ire in the Muslim world. He was killed just before he was set to receive a sentence in Sweden.
#Islamic #Religious #Sweden #Europe #Asia #Iraq
#washingtonpost.com. × #Jan.30.2025 × Live updates: Hamas releases hostage Agam Berger, Israeli military says. Hamas is expected to free three Israeli and five Thai hostages Thursday in exchange for Israel’s release of 110 Palestinian prisoners.
#Palestine #Asia #Israel #Thailand
#washingtonpost.com. × #Jan.30.2025 × Canada braces for Trump’s tariffs. Canadian officials hope diplomacy can stave off the tariffs, while also planning retaliation.
#Canada #North America
#washingtonpost.com. × #Jan.29.2025 × Is China winning the AI race? - The Washington Post. The stock market plummeted this week after a Chinese company showed it could do more with less. Today, we talk about the new AI chatbot DeepSeek, and why people are freaking out about it – from Silicon
#Business #Politics #Tech #China #USA #stock market #Asia #North America
#washingtonpost.com. × #Jan.29.2025 × Trump plans to build mass detention camp for deportees at Guantánamo Bay. President Donald Trump ordered construction of a deportee detention camp with room for 30,000 migrants on the U.S. naval base in Cuba.
#Politics #Cuba #USA #North America #El Salvador
#washingtonpost.com. × #Jan.29.2025 × Trump envoy Witkoff in Israel to oversee ceasefire deal. Trump sent Witkoff to ensure the ceasefire agreement advances to the second phase, which will require hashing out more thorny questions about Gaza’s future.
#Asia #Israel
#washingtonpost.com. × #Jan.29.2025 × Anti-HIV program in crisis as Trump aid pause sows confusion. The State Department issued a waiver for lifesaving aid, but HIV clinics remain shut and uncertainty lingers over the future of PEPFAR, which saved 25 million lives.
#Health #Politics
#washingtonpost.com. × #Jan.29.2025 × Massive sinkhole swallows truck; rescuers race to reach driver. The sinkhole suddenly opened at an intersection in the Japanese city of Yashio. A second sinkhole nearby is hampering rescue efforts.
#Japan #Asia
#washingtonpost.com. × #Jan.29.2025 × Polio outbreak spreads in Pakistan as militants target vaccination teams. Pakistan reported at least 73 cases last year, up from only one in 2021, and the disease is now rapidly spreading in the country’s most volatile regions.
#Health #Politics #Asia #Pakistan #Afghanistan
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