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#washingtonpost.com. × Germany’s Merz breaks far-right taboo, prompts backlash from Merkel. Friedrich Merz, the front-runner to become Germany’s next chancellor, relied on votes from the far-right AfD to push an anti-migration motion through parliament.

#washingtonpost.com. × Iraqi at center of Quran burnings in Sweden shot dead before court verdict. Salwan Momika’s 2023 burning of the Quran drew ire in the Muslim world. He was killed just before he was set to receive a sentence in Sweden.

#washingtonpost.com. × Column | The curious momentum behind Trump’s quest for Greenland. In 2019, Trump’s bid for the Arctic territory was laughed off as a joke. Now, it’s gaining traction and provoking jitters in Europe.

#washingtonpost.com. × Italy’s Meloni says she is under investigation for release of Libyan official. Italy released Osama Elmasry Njeem on a technicality after he was arrested on a warrant from the International Criminal Court accusing him of war crimes.

#washingtonpost.com. × Mona Lisa to get a room of her own in Louvre museum renovation. French President Emmanuel Macron announced plans to expand the Louvre, and move the Mona Lisa to a new exhibition space, after the museum warned of overcrowding.

#washingtonpost.com. × Trump foreign aid cuts leave Ukrainians in limbo and asking why. A U.S.-funded organization to help war veterans is one of many organizations that have abruptly lost funding and can no longer carry out their work.

#washingtonpost.com. × Congress moves to sanction International Criminal Court. European officials have warned that the bill, prompted by an arrest warrant for Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu, would irreparably harm the institution.

#washingtonpost.com. × Holocaust survivors mark 80th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation. Some of the last living survivors spoke of worrying signs that safeguards of “never again” are falling away while antisemitism rises.

#washingtonpost.com. × Sweden seizes vessel after new cable breach in Baltic Sea. Sweden is investigating damage to a data cable linked to Latvia, the latest breach in the Baltic Sea region where European authorities are on high alert.

#washingtonpost.com. × As Russian oil spill fouls beaches, locals fume over official response. Volunteers flooded the beaches to help with cleanup eventually prompting the federal government to step to help clean up thousands of tons of fuel oil.

#washingtonpost.com. × What you need to know about the very predictable Belarus elections. The E.U. has called the election a sham, and President Alexander Lukashenko has said he’s “too busy” to even campaign.

#washingtonpost.com. × Thieves blow up Dutch museum door and steal 2,400-year-old golden helmet. Police in the Netherlands say several people are behind a heist that led to the theft of the golden helmet of Coțofenești from a museum in Assen.

#washingtonpost.com. × Mauro Morandi, ‘Robinson Crusoe’ of remote Italian island, dies at 85. He lived for three decades on a small island off the coast of Sardinia, inspiring international fascination with his real-life adventure story.

#washingtonpost.com. × Sex not part of woman’s ‘marital duties,’ court rules in divorce case. A Frenchwoman took her case to the European Court of Human Rights after she was ruled at fault in her divorce because she had stopped having sex with her husband.

#washingtonpost.com. × E.U. countries near agreement on easing Syria sanctions, a big policy shift. The E.U. is moving to ease sanctions in a bid to sway how HTS leads Syria’s transition and to further curb Russian influence in the region, diplomats told The Post.

#washingtonpost.com. × Column | In Davos, buoyed by Trump, hopes for peace in Ukraine grow. Before the Davos crowd, President Trump signaled a shift in tone, calling for an end to the war in Ukraine and placing the onus on Russia to come to the table.

#washingtonpost.com. × Amanda Knox slander conviction upheld in Italian court, ending legal saga. Amanda Knox, a former American exchange student, had been cleared of all other charges related to the death of her roommate in Italy 17 years ago.

#washingtonpost.com. × Ukraine intel chief says North Korean weapons are flooding into Russia. Lt. Gen. Kyrylo Budanov said North Korea has already provided Russia with 120 self-propelled artillery guns and 120 multiple-launch rocket systems, with more to come.

#washingtonpost.com. × Ahead of the expected Trump-Putin call, each side stakes out its position. Kremlin hard-liners are calling for the dismemberment of Ukraine, while Trump is threatening new sanctions if Putin doesn’t come to the negotiating table.

#washingtonpost.com. × Man finds 2,000-year-old Greek statue dumped near trash cans. Authorities say the statue dates back to the Hellenistic period and are investigating how it ended up among garbage. It was worse for wear — no head and no arms.

#washingtonpost.com. × Toddler and man killed in knife attack at German park. Police identified the suspect as an Afghan man. Politicians gearing up for an election responded with comments about migration and law and order.

#washingtonpost.com. × Prince Harry settles case against Murdoch’s U.K. tabloids, gets apology. News Group Newspapers offered a “full and unequivocal apology” to Prince Harry for the “serious intrusion” into his private life by the The Sun between 1996 and 2011.

#washingtonpost.com. × Valérie André, first woman to fly helicopter rescue missions in combat, dies at 102. The French army neurosurgeon and pilot known as “Mademoiselle Helicopter" flew more than 160 wounded men from the battlefields of Indochina to hospitals in Hanoi.

#washingtonpost.com. × Column | A new age of global competition rises in Trump’s shadow. The dichotomy between the gatherings of rich and powerful at Donald Trump’s inauguration and at the World Economic Forum in Davos was stark as the world woke up to a new reality under Trump.

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