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Saturday, Jan 17th, 2026 -
French president calls tariff threats 'unacceptable', while Sweden's Ulf Kristersson warns EU will not be 'blackmailed' by US Emmanuel Macron has hit back at Donald Trump's latest threats to impose tariffs on any country opposing his Greenland takeover, warning that "no amount of intimidation" will persuade European nations to change their course on Greenland. The US president on Saturday announced 10% tariffs on ...
Source: theguardian.com
Saturday, Jan 17th, 2026 -
Country says some appointments to the group, which will oversee the administration and reconstruction of Gaza, are 'contrary to its policy' Israel has objected to the White House's pick of world leaders who will join the so-called Gaza "board of peace", meant to temporarily oversee governance and reconstruction in the strip. The White House and other sources announced a flurry of appointments and invitations to the ...
Source: theguardian.com
Saturday, Jan 17th, 2026 -
KAMPALA — Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine said on Saturday he had escaped a police and army raid on his house as veteran incumbent Yoweri Museveni looked set to secure an overwhelming official victory margin in a presidential election. Wine's National Unity Platform (NUP) said on Friday night that an army helicopter had landed in his compound in Kampala and "forcibly took him away to an unknown ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Saturday, Jan 17th, 2026 -
As President Trump prepares to nominate a new Federal Reserve chair in the coming months, he hasn't been shy about his goal for the powerful economic posting: lower interest rates. "I want somebody that when the market is doing great, interest rates can go down because our country becomes stronger," the president said during a speech in Detroit on Tuesday. He's long pushed for lower rates, which could boost ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Saturday, Jan 17th, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article Abigail Spanberger made history on Saturday, sworn in as Virginia 's first female governor . The Democrat took her oath at noon amidst a cold drizzle outside the state Capitol , ending centuries of male leadership in the state's highest office. Spanberger defeated Republican ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Saturday, Jan 17th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — A third round of retaliatory strikes by the U.S. in Syria resulted in the death of an Al-Qaeda-affiliated leader, who officials say had a direct tie to the Islamic State member responsible for last month's ambush that killed two U.S. soldiers and one American civilian interpreter in the country. U.S. Central Command announced that the strike in northwest Syria on Friday killed Bilal Hasan ...
Source: aol.com
Saturday, Jan 17th, 2026 -
A U.S. judge on Friday ordered federal law enforcement participating in the Minnesota immigration crackdown to stop pepper spraying, detaining and pulling over peaceful protesters. The preliminary injunction by Judge Katherine Menendez of the U.S. District Court in Minnesota applies to federal agents and officers participating in Operation Metro Surge, the controversial immigration crackdown launched by the ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Friday, Jan 16th, 2026 -
ADHD or intellectual disabilities – adding to the growing body of research refuting claims made by the , telling pregnant women: "Don't take Tylenol." The latest research review, published Friday in The Lancet Obstetrics, Gynecology & Women's Health, looked at 43 studies and concluded that the most rigorous ones, such as those that compare siblings, provide strong evidence that taking the drug commonly known ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Friday, Jan 16th, 2026 -
Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has received a five-year jail sentence after being found guilty of multiple charges, including attempts to block his arrest after his failed move to impose martial law on the country in December 2024. Yoon was sentenced at the Seoul Central District Court on Friday in televised proceedings of one of the country's most sensitive political trials in recent history. But this ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Friday, Jan 16th, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article Insurrection Act is a rarely-used federal law allowing the president to deploy military in U.S. cities Leer en Español President Donald Trump has threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act in Minnesota if state lawmakers fail to stop protesters "from attacking the Patriots ...
Source: independent.co.uk