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Petition calling for Denmark to buy California gets 200,000 signatures
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Petition calling for Denmark to buy California gets 200,000 signatures

A satirical counter offer to President Donald Trump’s proposal to buy Greenland has popped in the form of a petition which suggests that Denmark should buy California. More than 200,000 people have signed up for the plan which says that the Scandinavian country needs “more sunshine, palm trees, and roller skates.” “Måke Califørnia Great Ægain,”...

Netanyahu says Gaza war to resume if Hamas delays hostage release
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Netanyahu says Gaza war to resume if Hamas delays hostage release

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday threatened to withdraw from his country’s ceasefire with Hamas and resume “intense fighting” in Gaza if the militant group does not release more hostages by midday Saturday. Netanyahu’s warning followed President Trump’s threat in recent days to let “all hell break out” in Gaza, after the Hamas reiterated...

Russia says it rescues all 139 fishermen stranded on ice floe in Western Pacific sea
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Russia says it rescues all 139 fishermen stranded on ice floe in Western Pacific sea

Russia’s emergency services said Wednesday that it had rescued all 139 fishermen stranded on an ice floe drifting in the Sea of Okhotsk in the Western Pacific. Earlier, the ministry said that about 300 were stranded and that some of them refused “to leave without a catch under any circumstances.” The ministry posted several videos...

Russian missile attack on Kyiv kills one, Ukraine says
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Russian missile attack on Kyiv kills one, Ukraine says

KYIV, Ukraine — A pre-dawn Russian missile salvo on the Ukrainian capital killed at least one civilian and injured four others on Wednesday, starting several fires in the city of three million, Ukrainian officials said. A series of powerful explosions shook the capital around 4:30 a.m. local time (9:30 Tuesday ET) as local officials said air defenses were working to...

Kilauea is spewing lava again. It is the Hawaii volcano’s latest activity in an on-and-off eruption
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Kilauea is spewing lava again. It is the Hawaii volcano’s latest activity in an on-and-off eruption

HONOLULU — Kilauea volcano began shooting lava into the air once again Tuesday on the Big Island of Hawaii. Kilauea, one of the world’s most active volcanoes, has been erupting on and off for nearly two months since it burst to life on Dec. 23. The eruption has been taking place at the the volcano’s summit crater inside...

Italy arrests 130 people in large-scale raid on Sicilian Mafia
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Italy arrests 130 people in large-scale raid on Sicilian Mafia

ROME — Around 130 people were arrested on Tuesday in a large-scale sting against the Sicilian Mafia in Palermo, indicating that it has remained a significant criminal force despite setbacks in recent decades. “Cosa Nostra,” the mafia syndicate based in and around Palermo, terrorized Italy in the 1980s and 1990s, but has since been overtaken as Europe’s most powerful mob by the...

Monty the giant schnauzer wins Westminster dog show
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Monty the giant schnauzer wins Westminster dog show

During a break between semifinal rounds, security personnel surrounded and ousted someone along the sidelines of the ring. The group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, which has protested the dog show for years, said on X that a supporter was removed after holding a sign. Westminster says it celebrates all dogs. The show...