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Trump announces tariffs on Iran trade partners as protest toll rises

BusinessJanuary 13, 2026

US President Donald Trump announced a 25 percent tariff on any country doing business with Iran, ramping up pressure as a crackdown on protests continues. Trump, who has repeatedly threatened Iran wit...

Maduro's fall raises Venezuelans' hopes for economic bounty

CryptoJanuary 13, 2026

Caracas: After the US raid that deposed Nicolas Maduro as Venezuela's leader, citizens hope the ensuing talks on selling its oil to the United States may improve their dire economic fortunes.US force...

Apple chooses Google’s Gemini AI to power Siri assistant

TechnologyJanuary 12, 2026

Tech giants Apple and Google on Monday announced a multi-year partnership that will see Apple’s next-generation artificial intelligence (AI) features, including its Siri assistant, be powered by Goo...

Greenland rejects US takeover ‘under any circumstance’

NewsJanuary 12, 2026

Greenland’s government on Monday said it could not accept a US takeover of the Arctic island under “any circumstance”, after US President Donald Trump said that the United States would take the ...

Trump vows to cut off Cuba’s oil after toppling Venezuelan ally Maduro

BusinessJanuary 12, 2026

US President Donald Trump urged Cuba on Sunday to “make a deal” soon, pledging to cut off all oil and money flowing to the communist-run island after the toppling of Havana’s key ally, Venezuela...

US says carried out ‘large-scale’ strikes against IS in Syria

NewsJanuary 11, 2026

US and allied forces carried out “large-scale” strikes against the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group in Syria on Saturday, the US military said, the latest response to an attack last month that k...

‘We don’t want to be Americans’, Greenland says after latest Trump threat

NewsJanuary 11, 2026

NUUK: Greenland’s political parties said they did not want to be under Washington as US President Donald Trump again suggested using force to seize the mineral-rich Danish autonomous territory, rais...

Syrian authorities transferring Kurdish fighters from Aleppo to northeast

NewsJanuary 10, 2026

Syrian authorities on Saturday began transferring Kurdish fighters from the country’s second city, Aleppo, to areas they control in the country’s northeast, state television reported, after days o...

Stopping GLP-1 Drugs Triggers Weight Regain 4x Faster Than Ending Exercise - ScienceAlert

HealthJanuary 10, 2026

When people stop taking the new generation of weight-loss drugs, they pile back on the kilos four times faster than they would after ending diet and exercise regimes, new research found Thursday. Bu...

New rallies erupt in Iran as crackdown fears grow

NewsJanuary 10, 2026

Major Iranian cities were gripped overnight by new mass rallies denouncing the Islamic Republic, as activists on Saturday expressed fear that authorities were intensifying their suppression of the dem...