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Wildfires in Chile have killed at least 19 people, officials said Monday, with tens of thousands forced from their homes and firefighters battling intense heat and high winds. Before and after satellite images from Jan. 17 and two days later show the scale of devastation from the fires in the coastal Biobio region. CBC | World News
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Hackers disrupt Iran state TV to broadcast pro-monarch, anti-crackdown message
Hackers disrupted Iranian state television satellite transmissions to air footage supporting the country’s exiled crown prince and calling on security forces to not “point your weapons at the people,” online video showed early Monday, the latest disruption to follow nationwide protests in the country. CBC | World News
Read More »Cuba issues ‘state of war’ order amid fears of full-blown Trump attack
Cuba has approved plans to enter a ‘state of war’ in a bid to counter Donald Trump’s threats, as tensions escalate following the detention of Venezuela’s Maduro Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »This EU politician wants to use a ‘trade bazooka’ against Trump. Here’s what that means
“It’s time to speak the language that President Trump understands,” Swedish MEP Karin Karlsbro tells As It Happens host Nil Kӧksal. CBC | World News
Read More »Meghan reveals Archie’s accent with one simple word on Instagram while Harry deals with UK
Meghan Markle shared rare family moments with Archie and Lilibet on Instagram during a Montecito weekend, capturing six-year-old Archie’s accent at a zoo visit Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »‘Terrible error!’ – fury as UK set to be left without one warship in Middle East
Britain is set to have no fighting presence in the Gulf for the first time in 46 years as Labour is accused of “failing to actually fund defence”. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »At least 7 people killed in explosion in Afghan capital
An explosion at a restaurant in downtown Kabul on Monday killed at least seven people and wounded about a dozen more, according to police and an Italian charity running a surgical unit in the city. The cause of the blast was not immediately clear. CBC | World News
Read More »Panic in Majorca as ‘1 in 10 bars’ to close as tourists spend more on flights and hotels
The outlook is bleak for the bar and restaurant sector in the Balearic Islands this year. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Meghan Markle’s three-word message as she surprises fans with personalised jumpers
Meghan Markle surprised her oldest fans with the ultimate Christmas present. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »European leaders push back on Trump’s tariff threat over Greenland
Donald Trump said he was “100 per cent” committed to following through on his threat to tariff eight countries as exasperated Danish and European officials stiffened their resistance while hoping for a diplomatic offramp for the U.S. president’s designs on Greenland. CBC | World News
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