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Thursday January 15th, 2026 morning edition

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Any Lucia Lopez Belloza, a 19-year-old Babson College freshman, was detained at Boston’s airport on Nov. 20 and flown to Honduras two days later.

Her removal came despite an emergency court order on Nov. 21 directing the government to keep her in Massachusetts or elsewhere in the United States for at least 72 hours.

Lopez Belloza, whose family emigrated from Honduras to the U.S. in 2014, is currently staying with grandparents and studying remotely.

The violation, Sauter added, was “an inadvertent mistake by one individual, not a willful act of violating a court order.”.

U.S. District Judge Richard Stearns said he appreciated the government acknowledging the error, calling it a “tragic” bureaucratic mistake.

Pomerleau said one possible resolution would be allowing Lopez Belloza to return to finish her studies while he works to reopen the underlying removal order. »

Iran temporarily closes airspace with US attack 'imminent'

Authored by jpost.com

Flight tracker websites showed the airspace over Iran and Iraq emptying rapidly prior to the NOTAM's issuing.

India's largest airline, IndiGo, said some of its international flights were impacted by Iran's sudden airspace closure.

A screengrab from Flightradar24.com shows airspace over Iran and Iraq emptying of aircraft, January 15, 2025 (credit: SCREENSHOT/FLIGHTRADAR24.COM). »

The Xbox Developer Direct will feature a secret fourth game

Authored by videogameschronicle.com

The upcoming Xbox Developer Direct will feature a currently unannounced fourth game.

VGC can corroborate this and understands that the fourth game is a smaller-scale original game from one of Xbox Game Studios’ first-party developers.

The Xbox Developer Direct will also include “the first in-depth look” at Beast of Reincarnation, the new game from Game Freak. »

Denmark’s Army Chief Says He’s Ready to Defend Greenland

Authored by theatlantic.com

On Wednesday, I met with Peter Boysen, the chief of the Danish army, and asked him how his country plans to strengthen Greenland’s defenses.

“We need, of course, to have units that are able to deploy to Greenland in times of crisis to show presence.”.

The foreign ministers of Denmark and Greenland met today at the White House with Vice President J.D. Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio. »

Trump is making China – not America – great again, global survey suggests

Authored by theguardian.com
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A year after Donald Trump’s return to the White House, a global survey suggests much of the world believes his nation-first, “Make America Great Again” approach is instead helping to make China great again.

Most EU citizens expected China to soon lead the world in electric vehicles and renewable energies.

In South Africa (85%), Russia (86%), and Brazil (73%), majorities view China either as a necessary partner or as an ally. »