Charlie Hebdo: Magazine releases special issue decade after attack – BBC.com

  1. Charlie Hebdo: Magazine releases special issue decade after attack  BBC.com
  2. France commemorates victims of Charlie Hebdo attacks 10 years on  Reuters.com
  3. French minister warns of ‘threat from within’ on Charlie Hebdo attack anniversary  The Guardian
  4. How the Left betrayed Charlie Hebdo They put piety over progress  UnHerd
  5. A decade after ‘Charlie Hebdo’ killings, we are still failing blasphemers  Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression
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China’s yuan hits 16-month low amid fears over Trump tariffs

CSI 300 blue-chip stock index also trades weakly, hitting its lowest point since September

China’s currency hit a 16-month low on Monday, despite efforts by the central bank and stock exchanges to soothe investor worries about impending US tariffs under a Donald Trump presidency.

The tightly controlled yuan reached 7.3301 per US dollar, its weakest level since September 2023. It has routinely hit multi-month lows since Trump won the US election, promising massive tariffs on Chinese imports.

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Middle East crisis: Israeli forces ‘fired on World Food Programme convoy in Gaza’ – as it happened

Statement from UN agency ‘strongly condemns horrifying incident’ on Sunday which it says risked lives of staff

Turkey’s foreign minister, Hakan Fidan, has told a news conference that it was “only a matter of time” before Syrian Kurdish fighters - seen by the west as essential in the fight against Islamic State jihadists - will be wiped out.

Speaking in a joint press conference with his Jordanian counterpart Ayman Safadi, he told journalists:

Conditions in Syria have changed. We believe it’s only a matter of time before PKK/YPG is eliminated.

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Japanese Woman Who Was the World’s Oldest Person at 116 Has Died – Medpage Today

  1. Japanese Woman Who Was the World's Oldest Person at 116 Has Died  Medpage Today
  2. Tomiko Itooka of Japan, World’s Oldest Person, Dies at 116  The New York Times
  3. The world's oldest woman who died aged 116 and her successor shared their very different longevity secrets — from bananas to God  Business Insider
  4. World’s oldest person, Tomiko Itooka, dies in Japan aged 116  The Guardian
  5. World’s oldest person Tomiko Itooka dies; Brazilian nun now world’s oldest person  AOL
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Macron says Ukraine needs to be ‘realistic’ on territorial issues – POLITICO Europe

  1. Macron says Ukraine needs to be ‘realistic’ on territorial issues  POLITICO Europe
  2. Ukraine needs 'realistic' stance on territorial issues, Macron says  Reuters
  3. EU must not be 'weak and defeatist' to gain Trump's respect: Macron  Euronews
  4. Macron urges 'realistic' expectations from Ukraine on territory  The Caledonian-Record
  5. Macron Urges ‘Realistic’ Expectations From Ukraine on Territory  Kyiv Post
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Three Israelis killed in Palestinian shooting attack in West Bank – BBC.com

  1. Three Israelis killed in Palestinian shooting attack in West Bank  BBC.com
  2. Violence surges in West Bank as three Israelis killed and reprisals reported  CNN
  3. Katz: Deadly West Bank terror attack was ‘act of war’ that will be answered in kind  The Times of Israel
  4. Manhunt underway after three Israelis are killed in West Bank shooting  The Washington Post
  5. 3 killed in West Bank 'shooting spree' including Israeli police officer: reports  Fox News
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Austrian far right gets mandate to try to lead a government for the first time since World War II – The Associated Press

  1. Austrian far right gets mandate to try to lead a government for the first time since World War II  The Associated Press
  2. Far Right Gets Chance to Form Government in Austria  The Wall Street Journal
  3. Austria Coalition Talks Collapse, Raising Prospects for Far-Right Freedom Party  The New York Times
  4. Far-right Herbert Kickl gets his chance to form government in Austria  POLITICO Europe
  5. Austrian president tasks far-right leader with forming government  Reuters
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Pressure Grows on Canada’s Trudeau to Resign – The Wall Street Journal

  1. Pressure Grows on Canada’s Trudeau to Resign  The Wall Street Journal
  2. Embattled Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau says he will resign after new party leader chosen  CNN
  3. Trump’s trolling and tariffs sped up Trudeau’s demise — how will Canada handle him now?  NBC News
  4. Who will replace Justin Trudeau?  The Associated Press
  5. Justin Trudeau to Resign, and U.S. Reports First Bird Flu Death  The New York Times
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South Korea: Yoon Suk Yeol defiant as arrest deadline passes – BBC.com

  1. South Korea: Yoon Suk Yeol defiant as arrest deadline passes  BBC.com
  2. South Korean anti-corruption agency asks police to arrest impeached President Yoon  ABC News
  3. What to know about the siege outside South Korea’s presidential compound  The Associated Press
  4. How ‘Stop the Steal’ Became a Protest Slogan in South Korea  The New York Times
  5. Strength of South Korea democracy tested as president defies arrest  The Washington Post
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Chinese Vessel Cuts Taiwan Internet Cable in Apparent Sabotage – The Wall Street Journal

  1. Chinese Vessel Cuts Taiwan Internet Cable in Apparent Sabotage  The Wall Street Journal
  2. Taiwan believes China is behind damage to one of its crucial undersea cables  Yahoo! Voices
  3. Taiwan asks South Korea for help over Chinese ship after subsea cable damaged  Financial Times
  4. Taiwan suspects China of latest attack on undersea cables  POLITICO Europe
  5. Chinese Freighter Suspected of Severing Telecom Cable off Taiwan  The Maritime Executive
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Danish king changes coat of arms amid row with Trump over Greenland

Design shows intent to keep control of Faroe Islands and Greenland – which Trump says he would like the US to buy

The Danish king has shocked some historians by changing the royal coat of arms to more prominently feature Greenland and the Faroe Islands – in what has also been seen as a rebuke to Donald Trump.

Less than a year since succeeding his mother, Queen Margrethe, after she stood down on New Year’s Eve 2023, King Frederik has made a clear statement of intent to keep the autonomous Danish territory and former colony within the kingdom of Denmark.

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Danish king changes coat of arms amid row with Trump over Greenland – The Guardian

  1. Danish king changes coat of arms amid row with Trump over Greenland  The Guardian
  2. Denmark's King Sends Greenland Message to Donald Trump  Newsweek
  3. Denmark changes coat of arms after Trump offers to buy Greenland  The Telegraph
  4. Danish king changes royal coat of arms in apparent rebuke of Trump over Greenland row  The Independent
  5. Trump Border Czar Eyes Third-Party Nations to Send Migrants  The Daily Beast
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