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Members of the US women’s ice hockey team respond to Donald Trump’s phone call with the men’s team after both won Winter Olympics gold. Source link

Cuban forces killed four people and wounded six others aboard a Florida-based speedboat that entered Cuban waters and opened fire on a Cuban patrol, the country’s government says. Source link

Police are investigating a bomb threat against a Gold Coast theatre hosting a classical Chinese dance group after a threat was also made against the prime minister’s official residence. Source link

In 2013, Reykjavik abandoned EU membership talks after four years of negotiations, but rising living costs and the ongoing war in Ukraine have rekindled the island nation’s interest in joining the bloc. Source link

Australia emerges as an unlikely getaway for some of South Korea’s biggest baseball stars. Source link

A new photo taken by the world’s most powerful telescope shows a 6-quadrillion-kilometre span of our galaxy.   Source link

Japan’s government plans to deploy surface-to-air missiles on one of its remote western islands near Taiwan by March 2031, the country’s defence minister says. Source link

Switzerland’s governing Federal Council says it will make a one-off payment to severely injured survivors and bereaved families of the New Year bar fire in the ski resort of Crans-Montana that killed 41 people. Source link

The Australian government is urging Australians to consider leaving Israel and Lebanon, as the prospect of US strikes on Iran puts the region on high alert. Source link

Donald Trump’s showmanship and supreme confidence can easily distract from the fact that he had a lot riding on his State of the Union address. Source link