While Trump eyes Greenland, Norway and Russia have put the brakes on their polar region investments.
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The remarkable life of Andrée Blouin – Africa’s overlooked independence heroine
Blouin ran in the same circles as liberation icons like Patrice Lumumba, Kwame Nkrumah and Sékou Touré.
Mozambique opposition leader says he will return home from exile
Venâncio Mondlane left Mozambique shortly before last October’s elections, which he says he won.
Magdeburg Christmas market attack deaths rise to six
A 52-year-old woman has died in hospital from her injuries two weeks after the attack.
Ukraine renews attack on Russia’s Kursk region
It comes as Ukraine’s president says only the US can provide security guarantees leading to an end to the war.
Harris to certify Trump’s US election win, four years after Capitol riot
Monday’s session in Congress comes on the anniversary of violence by Trump supporters on 6 January 2021.
‘Stressed’ elephant gores Spanish tourist to death in Thailand
Blanca Ojanguren García was gored to death while bathing the animal.
Three Israelis killed in Palestinian shooting attack in West Bank
Two women and a man are killed after gunmen open fire on a bus and other vehicles in al-Funduq.
Canadian PM Justin Trudeau may quit within days, say media reports
The pressure has been building for months, with sinking poll numbers for the prime minister’s ruling Liberal Party.
Biden bans offshore drilling across vast area of US
The ban covering most of America’s coastline comes two weeks before Donald Trump’s inauguration ceremony.