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A Better Greenland Deal | Foreign Affairs
Last week, U.S. President Donald Trump posted on social media that he and NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte had hammered out the “framework of a future deal with respect to Greenland.” The announcement came as a surprise, given Trump’s recent claims that he intended to “take control” of the island without close consultations with Europe. As recently as early January, Trump…
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10 Movies From the ’70s That Have Become True Masterpieces
The 1970s are often described as cinema’s best decade, and with good reason. Hollywood briefly loosened its grip, allowing filmmakers to take risks that would be unthinkable in more corporate eras. Studios gambled on moral ambiguity, unresolved endings, and protagonists who were deeply flawed or outright broken, giving rise to the period commonly known as New Hollywood. At the same…
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US congressman meets five-year-old Liam Ramos and his father at ICE detention center – live | Minnesota ICE shootings
Congressman Joaquin Castro met with five-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father at the Dilley detention center in Texas today. In a post on social media, Castro shared a photograph of Liam resting in his father’s arms. Castro added that he told Liam “how much his family, his school, and our country loves him and is praying for him”. An…
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IAF provides air traffic, weather support after Baramati crash
New Delhi: In the wake of the tragic air crash near the Baramati airfield in Maharashtra that killed the state’s Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and four others on Wednesday, January 28, the IAF has deployed a dedicated team that is providing essential air traffic control and meteorological services to support safe operations at the site. The Indian Air Force…
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Top Five Moments: Budget Committee Hearing on Skyrocketing Health Care Costs | The U.S. House Committee on the Budget
January 28, 2026 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Last Wednesday, the House Budget Committee held a hearing, “Reverse the Curse: Skyrocketing Health Care Costs and America’s Fiscal Future.” The hearing examined the role rising health care costs play in limiting Americans’ access to affordable health care and driving the nation into a debt crisis. Republican members underscored the failure of Obamacare to…
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A seat on Trump’s “Board of Peace” costs $1 billion. Guess who gets the money.
Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. The big question about President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace—which he formally announced while at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, last week—is whether it’s a scam, a delusion, or both. Trump first mentioned a Board of Peace…
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Hamas links in Pakistan, Bangladesh should concern all nations: Israel Envoy to India
New Delhi: Israel’s Ambassador to India, Reuven Azar, on Wednesday, January 28, expressed serious concern over Hamas leaders’ interactions in Pakistan and Bangladesh, saying such engagements should worry all nations. “We think this is something we must fight against. The fact that Hamas has been interacting in the region – in Pakistan, in Bangladesh – should make us all worry,”…
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Netflix Germany Unveils 2026 Slate of Movies, Series and Documentaries
Picture Credits: Netflix Netflix has revealed its comprehensive slate of German-language productions for 2026. From the return of the global hit The Empress and Crooks to a new spy thriller series and high-profile documentaries about Lukas Podolski and Michael Schumacher, here is your guide to the new movies and series coming from the “DACH” region this year. “The successes of…
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People in Minneapolis share real stories of living with ICE in the streets
“We’re not scary,” Elizabeth told me over coffee in downtown Minneapolis on Saturday morning. “We’re not a bunch of extremists.” We’d both just heard the news that a federal agent or agents had fatally shot someone — Alex Pretti, an intensive-care nurse — on Nicollet Avenue, in the Whittier neighborhood. (CNN agreed not to identify Elizabeth and some of the…
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Thousands sue over GLP-1 drugs: What patients allege
Updated Jan. 28, 2026, 8:43 a.m. ET On the Wednesday, January 28, 2026, episode of The Excerpt podcast: As GLP-1 use surges, lawsuits allege blindness, stomach paralysis and more. USA TODAY Investigative Reporter Austin Fast breaks down the cases. Hit play on the player below to hear the podcast and follow along with the transcript beneath it. This transcript was automatically generated,…
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