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EU chief says Trump’s threats challenge Europe’s security and prosperity, ahead of emergency summit

By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats to annex Greenland and slap tariffs on its backers pose a challenge to Europe’s security, principles and prosperity, a top EU official said on Wednesday. “All these three dimensions are being tested in the current moment of transatlantic relations,” European Council President

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Spain mourns after second fatal train crash in days as death toll in first collision rises to 43

By HERNÁN MUÑOZ and SUMAN NAISHADHAM Associated Press GELIDA, Spain (AP) — Commuter rail service in Spain’s northeastern Catalonia region was suspended Wednesday after a Barcelona commuter train crashed the night before, killing one person and injuring 37 others, authorities said. The crash came two days after Spain’s worst railway disaster since 2013 that left

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The Latest: Trump says he won’t use force to acquire Greenland in Davos address

DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump appeared Wednesday at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, a day after the elite event produced contentious statements and economic threats arising from tensions between the U.S. and Europe. Nearly 3,000 high-level participants from 130 countries, plus an untold number of activists and observers, are expected

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Divisions emerge among western European nations over Trump’s Board of Peace for Gaza

By JULIA FRANKEL and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Divisions emerged Wednesday over Donald Trump’s Board of Peace envisaged in the U.S. president’s peace plan for Gaza, with some western European countries declining to join while others remained noncommittal. The development underscores European concerns over the controversial and ambitious project — which some

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Trump in Davos says NATO should allow the US to take Greenland but he won’t use force

By JOSH BOAK, WILL WEISSERT and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — President Donald Trump insisted he wants to “get Greenland, including right, title and ownership,” but he said he wouldn’t employ force to achieve that — using his speech Wednesday at the World Economic Forum to repeatedly deride European allies and vow

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Iran’s top diplomat issues most direct threat yet to US as crackdown over protests squeezes nation

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s foreign minister issued the most direct threat yet Wednesday against the United States after Tehran’s bloody crackdown on protesters, warning the Islamic Republic will be “firing back with everything we have if we come under renewed attack.” The comments by Abbas Araghchi, who

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US forces seize seventh sanctioned tanker linked to Venezuela in Trump’s effort to control its oil

By KONSTANTIN TOROPIN and MICHAEL BIESECKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. military forces boarded and took control of a seventh oil tanker connected with Venezuela on Tuesday as part of the Trump administration’s broader efforts to take control of the South American country’s oil. U.S. Southern Command said in a social media post that

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Veteran AP videographer describes grisly images and ‘burning smoke’ of a Haitian gang attack

By The Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Veteran Associated Press videographer Pierre-Richard Luxama was filming a tactical police unit patrolling Haiti’s capital Monday when some of the gang members who control almost the entire city attacked. They set the armored police vehicle’s roof ablaze with Molotov cocktails, filling it with smoke. The officers returned

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Israel’s settler movement takes victory lap as a sparse outpost becomes a settlement within a month

By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press YATZIV SETTLEMENT, West Bank (AP) — Celebratory music blasting from loudspeakers mixed with the sounds of construction, almost drowning out calls to prayer from a mosque in the Palestinian town across this West Bank valley. Orthodox Jewish women wearing colorful head coverings and with babies on their hips, shared platters

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UK approves a ‘mega’ Chinese Embassy in London, despite criticism of security risks

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s government on Tuesday approved a huge new Chinese Embassy in central London, despite strong criticism from lawmakers across the political spectrum that it could become a base for espionage and intimidation of opponents. Local Government Secretary Steve Reed formally signed off on plans for the building

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Despite Greenland, France’s Macron and NATO’s head make nice with Trump behind the scenes

By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — While Europe is pushing back publicly against U.S. President Donald Trump over Greenland, the language appears softer behind the scenes. Trump published a text message on Tuesday that he received from French President Emmanuel Macron, confirmed as genuine by Macron’s office. Starting with “My friend,” Macron’s tone

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Israeli crews target UN facilities for Palestinian refugees in east Jerusalem

By SAM METZ Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli forces on Tuesday targeted at least two United Nations facilities, pushing forward with a crackdown against the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees tasked with delivering humanitarian services to millions of people across the region. Crews began bulldozing the United Nations Relief and Works Agency ’s offices

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Russia batters Ukraine’s power grid again as officials seek momentum in US-led peace talks

By KAMILA HRABCHUK Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia bombarded Ukraine with more than 300 drones and ballistic and cruise missiles in its latest nighttime attack on the Ukrainian power grid, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Tuesday, as Moscow gave no public sign that it’s willing to end the invasion of its neighbor anytime soon.

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Islamic State group claims attack on a Kabul restaurant that killed 7, including a Chinese national

By ABDUL QAHAR AFGHAN Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for an explosion at a Chinese restaurant in Afghanistan’s capital that killed at least seven people, including a Chinese national. The cause of the blast was still under investigation, authorities said Tuesday. The militant group said in a

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