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Tense Uganda goes to vote amid internet blackout

Ugandans lined up outside poll stations after a violent campaign saw hundreds of supporters of President Museveni 's opponent arrested....

3dDeutsche WellePoliticsImpact

Every data centre is a U.S. military base

Article URL: https://www.policyalternatives.ca/news-research/every-data-centre-is-a-u-s-military-base/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46656100 Points: 10 # Comments: 1...

1dHacker NewsPoliticsImpact

Hundreds rally in Paris against Iran’s crackdown on protesters

Hundreds gathered Saturday outside of the Pantheon in the heart of the French capital to voice their opposition to the Iranian regime and its violent crackdown on protesters, FRANCE 24's Clovis Casali...

21hFrance 24PoliticsImpact

'We choose Denmark,' says Greenland PM ahead of W. House talks

Greenland would choose to remain Danish over a US takeover, its leader said Tuesday, ahead of crunch White House talks on the future of the Arctic island which President Donald Trump has repeatedly th...

4dFrance 24PoliticsImpact

Economic confrontation biggest threat to global stability in 2026, World Economic Forum report says

Geoeconomic confrontation — ranging from sanctions to tariffs — is the top threat, found the World Economic Forum (WEF)'s Global Risks Report on the eve of its annual meeting gathering the world's bus...

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Iran deploys riot police to shut down protests

Iranian authorities deployed riot police Thursday evening on Tehran's main square and avenues to prevent protests, FRANCE 24's correspondent Siavosh Ghazi said. Ghazi also reported that Iran has not y...

2dFrance 24Politics

Security and ethnic dimensions of Iran crisis spark warnings across the region

Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Oman have led efforts to talk President Donald Trump out of a US attack on Iran, according to news reports. Turkey is also concerned about a collapse of central authority in Ir...

2dFrance 24PoliticsImpact

Ukrainians brave winter cold as Russia targets energy infrastructure

Hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian homes are either entirely without heating, or with severely reduced heating. This, as temperatures rarely rise above minus 10. It’s the result of Russia’s campaign o...

2dFrance 24world_newsImpact

Nigeria reopens some schools in the north despite kidnap threats

Schools across parts ​of northern Nigeria started reopening on January 12, after months of closure triggered ⁠by the abduction of hundreds of students in November 2025. The move follows a circular fro...

5dFrance 24education

US lawmakers seek to reassure Greenland in visit to Denmark

A bipartisan US Congress delegation began a visit to Copenhagen on Friday to voice support for Denmark and Greenland after US President Donald Trump threatened to take over the Arctic island, an auton...

1dFrance 24PoliticsImpact

At least 2,000 protesters killed in Iran, with footage suggesting summary executions

The death toll from nationwide protests in Iran spiked January 12 to at least 2,000 people killed, activists say. With the Internet down in Iran, gauging the demonstrations from abroad has grown more ...

4dFrance 24world_newsImpact

Protesters say 'unliveable to be a farmer in France today' as they condemn Mercosur deal

French farmers steered some 350 tractors on January 11 toward French Parliament to protest low incomes and an EU trade deal with South America that they fear threatens their livelihoods. They say thei...

5dFrance 24PoliticsImpact

Ex-refugee and former Iraqi president takes over UN's refugee agency

Bahram Salih, the new head of the UN's refugee agency says that he knows the pain of being ripped from all one knows. The former Iraqi president has just taken over the UNHCR and headed to Kakuma refu...

5dFrance 24world_newsImpact

Trump tells Iranian protesters 'help is on its way' and cancels talks with officials

US President Donald Trump said on January 13 he’s cancelled talks with Iranian officials amid a protest crackdown, telling Iranian citizens “help is on its way.” Trump did not offer any details about ...

4dFrance 24PoliticsImpact

Donald Trump pushing for strikes in Iran while advisors push for diplomacy

US President Donald Trump is expected to get a briefing over sanction options against Iran, as Washington has been threatening to act against the country. But according to US newspaper Wall Street Jou...

5dFrance 24PoliticsImpact

Death of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's son sheds light on Nigeria's quality of care

An investigation has been ordered into the circumstance under which the toddler son of the award-winning Nigerian writer, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie died at a leading hospital in Lagos. The writer has b...

5dFrance 24HealthImpact

What’s at stake in Uganda’s presidential election?

Yoweri Museveni's main challenger is musician Bobi Wine....

4dAl JazeeraPolitics

Ukraine targets the ships Russia uses to beat US sanctions on its oil

As Ukraine expands its attacks on Russia's oil and gas, a look at the effectiveness of the strategy...

3dAl JazeeraPoliticsImpact

How US sanctions crippled lives of Iranians Trump says he wants to ‘help’

US sanctions have damaged Iran's economy, which was the reason the protests broke out in the first place....

5dAl JazeeraPoliticsImpact

China's much-hyped radars appear to have been of little help when the US launched its massive air assault against Venezuela

China's JY-27A radar didn't appear to be effective during the US raid on Venezuela. US Air Force Photo Venezuela's Chinese air defense radars weren't game-changing during the US raid to capture Maduro...

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