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Ivory Coast will buy unsold cocoa stocks as prices plunge
Ivory Coast, the world's top cocoa producer, said it will buy unsold cocoa stocks to keep exports flowing and ensure farmers are paid, as global prices have plunged in recent months.
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Guards from Kurdish forces abandon camp in northeastern Syria housing IS-linked detainees
Guards from the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces abandoned a camp Tuesday in northeast Syria housing thousands of people linked to the Islamic State group, and the Syrian military said that allowed the detainees to escape.
January 20, 2026
Spain begins 3 days of mourning for deadly train wreck while death toll ticks up to 41
Spanish emergency workers searched Tuesday for more victims in the wreckage of a deadly train accident in southern Spain that killed at least 41 people, as the nation began three days of mourning for the victims.
January 20, 2026
Wall Street slumps and Europe stocks sink as Trump threatens tariffs on 8 NATO members
Stocks slumped in morning trading on Wall Street Tuesday after President Donald Trump threatened to hit eight NATO members with new tariffs as tensions escalate over his attempts to assert American control over Greenland.
January 20, 2026
Turkey's pro-Kurdish party warns Syria violence threatens peace efforts
Turkey's pro-Kurdish political party suggested on Tuesday that violence against Kurdish groups in Syria risks undermining fragile reconciliation efforts with Kurdish militants, who have fought a decadeslong insurgency inside Turkey.
January 20, 2026
Russia's top diplomat says NATO faces a deep crisis over Greenland
The bid by U.S. President Donald Trump to take over Greenland heralds a ''deep crisis'' for NATO and raises questions about the alliance's preservation as a single military-political bloc, Russia's top diplomat said Tuesday.
January 20, 2026
Baby dies from cold in Gaza as leaders meet to discuss Trump's Board of Peace
A Palestinian baby died from hypothermia on Tuesday in the Gaza Strip, underscoring the grim humanitarian conditions in the territory as world leaders were gathering at a Swiss resort where President Donald Trump's Gaza ceasefire plan is high on the agenda.
January 20, 2026
Top EU official questions Trump's trustworthiness over Greenland tariff threat
The European Union's top official on Tuesday described U.S. President Donald Trump's planned new tariffs over Greenland as a ''mistake'' between long-standing allies and called into question Trump's trustworthiness, while French President Emmanuel Macron said the situation could push the EU to deploy one of the its most powerful tools of retaliation.
January 20, 2026
Israeli crews target UN facilities for Palestinian refugees in east Jerusalem
Israeli forces on Tuesday targeted at least two United Nations facilities, pushing forward with its crackdown against the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees tasked with delivering humanitarian services to millions of people across the region.
January 20, 2026
UK approves a ‘mega' Chinese Embassy in London, despite criticism of security risks
Britain's government on Tuesday approved a huge new Chinese Embassy in central London, despite strong criticism from lawmakers across the political spectrum that it could become a base for espionage and intimidation of opponents.
January 20, 2026
Marine Le Pen faces crucial Paris appeals trial over misuse of EU funds
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen's political future hangs in the balance at an appeals trial in Paris which may damage her party's ambitions of radically changing France's direction through anti-immigration and nationalist policies.
January 20, 2026
7 lawmakers quit Geert Wilders' far-right party in stunning setback for Dutch anti-Islam firebrand
Seven lawmakers quit Geert Wilders' far-right political party on Tuesday in a stunning setback for the Dutch anti-Islam firebrand who narrowly missed out on winning last year's national elections.
January 20, 2026