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Vietnam

China’s Xi Urges Greater Cooperation With Vietnam

BEIJING, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping ‌sought to strengthen ties with ‌Vietnam in a call to its newly re-appointed leader, according to Chinese state media on Monday, saying the two nations should enhance ‍cooperation in regional and international affairs. The call was the first between the two…

bubmagJanuary 26, 2026

Climate Change

Termination shock could make the cost of climate damage even higher

Solar geoengineering could save the ice sheets – but stopping it could be catastrophic Martin Zwick/REDA/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Solar geoengineering could be even more costly than unabated global warming if it is cut off suddenly, leading to a “termination shock” of rapidly rebounding temperatures. As the rate…

bubmagJanuary 26, 2026

Global Warming

World is ‘dangerously underprepared’ for surge in extreme heat, scientists warn

World is ‘dangerously underprepared’ for surge in extreme heat, scientists warn Global warming is looming like a “Sword of Damocles” threatening both developed and developing nations and pushing vulnerable communities to the receiving end. In the midst of the tangible reality of climate change, the scientists from the University of…

bubmagJanuary 26, 2026

Donald Trump

Donald Trump says his administration is reviewing Alex Pretti shooting

Donald Trump’s efforts to deploy militarized immigration agents in US cities may finally be reaching a reckoning as he faces widespread opposition across the US, dissenting lawmakers in his own party, and impending court rulings after the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by federal officers in Minneapolis. While there was…

bubmagJanuary 26, 2026

Donald Trump

After 80-year bond, Germans find breaking up with the U.S. is hard to do

BERLIN — Having grown up in West Berlin after World War II, Eike Schur’s fondest childhood memories are largely about America. The American GIs who occupied his Kreuzberg neighborhood tossed him packs of Wrigley’s chewing gum and when he got older, he washed their cars and babysat their kids. He…

bubmagJanuary 26, 2026

Electric Scooter

Prince William shows no diva behavior as he’s forced to give up well-known hobby: expert

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Prince William will have to find a new hobby. The king-in-waiting's recent move to Forest Lodge has forced the royal to give up his electric scooter. Prince William's new home is inside Windsor Great Park, where various forms of motorized transportation are…

bubmagJanuary 26, 2026

Palestine

Trump’s Path to a (Real) Nobel: Press Israel to Free Marwan Barghouti

President Trump’s Board of Peace and plans for Gaza and Israel-Palestine won’t bring peace or garner him his coveted Nobel Peace Prize. But freeing one Palestinian from Israeli prison could possibly achieve these goals. Marwan Barghouti has sat in an Israeli prison since 2004, serving five life sentences plus 40…

bubmagJanuary 26, 2026

Virtual Reality

VR experts say that Meta’s pullback is “concerning” in the short term

But they insist that the tech is "not dead", adding that it is "too cool to die" Image credit: Meta Experts from the world of virtual reality have described Meta's decision to close three studios and make layoffs to its metaverse-focused Reality Labs division as "concerning". Speaking to The Games…

bubmagJanuary 26, 2026

Peace

Another of Trump’s Quixotic Imperial Designs

Armed Conflicts, Civil Society, Crime & Justice, Democracy, Global, Headlines, Human Rights, IPS UN: Inside the Glasshouse, TerraViva United Nations Opinion Credit: White House Trump’s proposed “Board of Peace” built around heads of state, including Russia, is structurally ill-suited to end the Israel–Hamas war and to govern postwar Gaza…

bubmagJanuary 26, 2026

Syria

Iraqi spy chief warns of reemerging threat from ISIS as its ranks swell

BAGHDAD — Over the past year, Iraqi spy chief Hamid al-Shatri says, he has been warily tracking the growing numbers of Islamic State militants over the border in Syria. From an estimated 2,000 fighters, the ranks of the Islamic State in Syria have swelled in little more than a year…

bubmagJanuary 26, 2026

China’s Xi Urges Greater Cooperation With Vietnam

Termination shock could make the cost of climate damage even higher

World is ‘dangerously underprepared’ for surge in extreme heat, scientists warn

Donald Trump says his administration is reviewing Alex Pretti shooting

After 80-year bond, Germans find breaking up with the U.S. is hard to do

Prince William shows no diva behavior as he’s forced to give up well-known hobby: expert

Trump’s Path to a (Real) Nobel: Press Israel to Free Marwan Barghouti

VR experts say that Meta’s pullback is “concerning” in the short term

Another of Trump’s Quixotic Imperial Designs

Iraqi spy chief warns of reemerging threat from ISIS as its ranks swell

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