Denmark’s prime minister said Thursday she had reached out to US President-elect Donald Trump following his remarks about taking control of Greenland, which Denmark said were being taken seriously.Trump, who takes office on January 20, set off alarm bells on Tuesday when he refused to rule out military intervention to bring the Panama Canal and …
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Jimmy Carter brought a fleeting moment of national unity to a divided America Thursday as all five living US presidents gathered for their predecessor’s moving state funeral in Washington’s National Cathedral.At the rare gathering just days before Donald Trump’s return to the White House, sitting President Joe Biden gave a eulogy describing “character” as fellow …
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Venezuela’s opposition said Thursday its leader Maria Corina Machado was freed after earlier being “taken away by force” by security agents when leaving a protest against President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas.The initial announcement by Machado’s team that the 57-year-old had been “violently intercepted” while leaving a rally in Caracas on the eve of Maduro’s inauguration …
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Two massive wildfires that engulfed whole neighborhoods and displaced thousands in Los Angeles were totally uncontained on Thursday, authorities said, as shell-shocked residents began to pick through the charred wreckage of their homes. Swaths of the United States’ second-largest city lay eerily deserted due to the fires’ destruction and sweeping evacuation orders, with smoke blanketing the …
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Venezuela opposition leader Maria Corina Machado on Thursday emerged from hiding to lead last-ditch protests against the swearing-in of Nicolas Maduro for president after elections he is accused of stealing.Machado, 57, who last appeared in public in August, defied the risk of arrest to arrive at a protest in Caracas on the back of a …
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Film and television stars are among hundreds of people who have lost their homes in the Los Angeles wildfires that have ravaged parts of the world’s showbiz capital.These are some of the best-known celebrities who have been impacted by the blazes this week:- Paris Hilton -Hotel heiress Paris Hilton, 43, said she watched her seafront …
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Shell-shocked Los Angeles residents on Thursday surveyed the devastation from fast-moving fires that have claimed at least five lives, as officials warned the largest blazes remained totally uncontained.Swathes of the city lay eerily deserted due to the fires’ destruction and sweeping evacuation orders, with acrid smoke blanketing the sky.A vast firefighting operation continued for a …
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Opponents of Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro took to the streets in their thousands Thursday in a last-ditch protest against his swearing-in for a third six-year term as president.After a July election that many believe was stolen, opposition supporters gathered in the capital Caracas, and towns and cities nationwide, to denounce what some called a  “dictatorship.””Get out …
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday said Donald Trump’s return to the White House would open “a new chapter” and reiterated a call for Western allies to send troops to help “force Russia to peace”.Zelensky spoke at a meeting of about 50 allies at the US air base Ramstein in Germany, the last such gathering …
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Video game play met romantic intimacy in a corner of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) on Thursday — but it hasn’t always been smooth sailing for sex toys at the Las Vegas gadget extravaganza. In 2019, CES was marred in controversy after stripping an award from a sex toy called the Ose personal massager for being …
