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Jan 29, 2026 - World

Avaaraq Olsen tells content creators to think before making jokes after German tried to raise Stars and Stripes in NuukThe mayor of Greenland’s capital has called on media professionals and content creators to act responsibly after a German comedian’s failed attempt to hoist the US flag.Maxi Schafroth, 41, a Bavarian comic, tried to run up the Stars and Stripes on a flagpole near the cultural centre in Nuuk but was confronted by angry passersby. Continue reading...

Jan 29, 2026 - World

Colombian airline Satena says it received no prior warning of adverse weather before a plane crash killed 15 people

Jan 29, 2026 - World

Order allows direct flights from US to Venezuela, as major oil companies already on ground to assess potential operationsDonald Trump has ordered the immediate reopening of commercial airspace over Venezuela, weeks after US military forces toppled the dictator Nicolás Maduro.Speaking at the White House during his cabinet’s first meeting of the year, Trump said he had just concluded a telephone conversation with Venezuela’s acting president (and former vice-president), Delcy Rodríguez, in which he informed her of the decision to restore flight access. Continue reading...

Jan 29, 2026 - World

Scientists on a research vessel off the central California coast spotted a waved albatross, marking just the second recorded sighting of the bird north of Central America.

Jan 29, 2026 - World

Alberta activists’ covert meetings with US officials revealed, outlining group’s increasingly emboldened effortsCovert meetings between separatist activists in the Canadian province of Alberta and members of Donald Trump’s administration amount to “treason”, the premier of British Columbia said on Thursday.“To go to a foreign country and to ask for assistance in breaking up Canada, there’s an old-fashioned word for that – and that word is treason,” David Eby told reporters. Continue reading...