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Why Greenland? Remote but resource-rich island occupies a key position in a warming world

By SETH BORENSTEIN
Jan 13, 2025 9:24 am - Remote, icy and mostly pristine, Greenland plays an outsized role in the daily weather experienced by billions of people and in the climate changes taking shape all over the planet.
Russian forces bypass a key stronghold in a bid to cut off its supplies, a Ukrainian officer says

By SAMYA KULLAB and YEHOR KONOVALOV
Jan 13, 2025 9:23 am - Russian forces are bypassing a key stronghold in eastern Ukraine that they have fought for months to capture and are focusing instead on cutting supply lines to it, a Ukrainian official said Monday.
Hegseth could lead troops who’d face getting fired for actions he’s done in the past

By TARA COPP and LOLITA C. BALDOR
Jan 13, 2025 9:10 am - If Pete Hegseth were still in uniform, his extramarital affairs and a decision to flatly ignore a combat commander's directive would not just be drawing the attention of senators — they could have run afoul of military law.
Incoming Trump team is questioning civil servants at National Security Council about their loyalty

By AAMER MADHANI and ZEKE MILLER
Jan 13, 2025 8:31 am - WASHINGTON — Incoming senior Trump administration officials have begun questioning career civil servants who work on the White House National Security Council about who t...
Jeff Bezos’ space company calls off debut launch of massive new rocket in final minutes of countdown

By MARCIA DUNN
Jan 13, 2025 7:31 am - Blue Origin called off the debut launch of its massive new rocket early Monday because of technical trouble.
More firefighters rush to Los Angeles as stronger winds are forecast

By CHRISTOPHER WEBER and HOLLY RAMER
Jan 13, 2025 7:29 am - After making some progress battling wildfires that destroyed thousands of homes and killed at least 24 people in the Los Angeles area, firefighters prepared for a return of dangerous winds that could again stoke the flames.
Departing US Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel looks back at his tenure

By Atsuko Matsumoto
Jan 11, 2025 5:53 pm - TOKYO — U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel looked back at his three-year tenure and was confident that he played a role in reinvigorating the Japan-U. S. relationship,...
Judge who blocked release of Trump report was ‘plainly’ wrong, special counsel tells appeals court

By ERIC TUCKER
Jan 11, 2025 5:41 pm - WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has asked a federal appeals court to move swiftly in reversing a judge's order that had blocked the agency from releasing any part of ...
Israel’s Netanyahu sends Mossad director to Gaza cease-fire talks in Qatar in sign of progress

By WAFAA SHURAFA and NATALIE MELZER
Jan 11, 2025 5:29 pm - DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is sending the director of the Mossad foreign intelligence agency to ceasefire negotiations in Qatar...
Charles Person, youngest of the Freedom Riders, dies at 82

By Harrison Smith
Jan 11, 2025 5:23 pm - Charles Person, the youngest of the 13 original Freedom Riders, who were battered, bloodied and nearly killed as they traveled across the South in 1961, helping the civil...

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