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EU military chief says it would make sense to put European troops in Greenland, Welt reports

Fox News The top European Union military official, Robert Brieger, said it would make sense to station troops from EU countries in Greenland, according to an interview with Germany’s Welt am Sonntag published on Saturday, as U.S. President Donald Trump has expressed interest in acquiring the Danish territory. “In my view, it would make perfect…

Brazil demands answers from U.S. after deportees allege mistreatment

Washington Post It’s the latest diplomatic dispute between a Latin American country and the Trump administration over the treatment of migrants during repatriation flights. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/01/27/brazil-migrants-deportations-trump-lula/

A $35 Billion Loan Project, Led by World Bank, Aims to Expand Electricity in Africa

New York Times Some $35 billion is aimed at building small solar sites in rural areas and other improvements. The World Bank chief called the project “foundational to everything.” https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/climate/africa-world-bank-solar-electricity.html

Rwandan-backed rebels clash with Congolese forces over control of Goma

Washington Post M23 rebels said they have advanced into Goma, a large city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Hundreds of thousands of residents have been displaced. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/01/27/goma-congo-drc-m23-rebels/

Gazans return to ruined homes, communities and lives

Washington Post Videos and photos from northern Gaza show a landscape reduced to piles of broken concrete and rebar — in many cases, with the remains of loved ones buried underneath. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/01/27/photos-palestinians-return-gaza-israel-hamas-ceasefire/

They Fled a Rebel Advance. Then the Rebels Marched on Their Refuge.

New York Times People who fled M23 rebels around Goma, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, have found themselves with nowhere left to go. https://www.nytimes.com/card/2025/01/27/world/africa/photos-rebels-goma-congo

Hegseth, Trump’s Pentagon ‘disrupter,’ vows swift action

Washington Post President Donald Trump’s return to the White House is generating turbulence at the Pentagon, where his new defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, vowed to bring change. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/01/27/hegseth-trump-military/

Belarus’ President Lukashenko extends rule after election rejected by opposition, EU

Fox News Belarus’ authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko extended his more than three decades in power in an orchestrated weekend election that the opposition and the European Union rejected as a farce. The Central Election Commission declared early Monday that Lukashenko won the election with nearly 87% of the vote after a campaign in which four…

Gazans Crowd the Road North, Joyful but Anxious

New York Times For nearly 16 months, hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians have lived in tents, barred from returning to northern Gaza. On Monday, Israel allowed them to walk back. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/world/middleeast/northern-gaza-palestinians-return.html

Airliner’s final 4 minutes of recordings are missing after crash that killed 179: investigators

Fox News The first report on last month’s Jeju Air crash in South Korea confirmed the plane’s two black boxes stopped recording about four minutes prior to the crash that killed 179 people on board. The preliminary accident report released by South Korea’s Aviation and Railway Accident Investigation Board on Monday said the flight data…