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  Jan 30

  'I am Inca blood': Peru protests fire up a divided nation

  Reuters - By Alexander Villegas and Monica Machicao

  LIMA/DESAGUADERO, Peru, Jan 30 (Reuters) - In the Peruvian southern border town of Desaguadero, indigenous protester Adela Perez is defiant after almost eight weeks of deadly clashes that have roiled the Andean nation, hit its huge copper mines and strained the country's democratic institutions. The …

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  Russia's crude oil price drops 60% below global benchmark

  FOX Business - Caitlin McFall

  The price of Russia’s flagship Urals crude oil took a hit following strict international bans and sold below $50 a barrel Tuesday, well below the global benchmark set by Brent Crude, which sold for $80 a barrel. In the months following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Urals and Brent prices …

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  Israel's Netanyahu races ahead with hard-line agenda

  Associated Press - Josef Federman

  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s new government has wasted no time implementing its ultra-nationalist agenda, including adopting a seemingly petty ban on displaying the Palestinian flag and shaking the foundations of Israel’s democracy with a proposed legal assault on the Supreme Court. After …

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  Russia’s foreign minister warns Ukraine must demilitarize, threatens further military action

  PBS NewsHour - E. Eduardo Castillo, Associated Press

  KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia’s foreign minister on Tuesday warned anew Ukraine that it must demilitarize, threatening further military action and …

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  Canada extends its Arctic Ocean seabed claim all the way to Russian waters

  arctictoday.com - Krestia DeGeorge

  In an addendum filed on Monday, Canada substantially expanded its claim to the Arctic Ocean seabed. Canada’s claim now reaches in several places all …

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  Netanyahu, the godfather of modern Israeli fascism

  Al Jazeera - Marwan Bishara

  Israel’s next Netanyahu-led coalition government may be the most extremist in its history. Fascism has been on the minds of Israel’s friends and foes alike since “the Jewish State” held its latest elections and its former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu began negotiations to form a new coalition. …