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Kamala Harris Reactivates Campaign Social Media Account

WATERFORD, MICHIGAN- OCTOBER 18: Democratic presidential nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris, campaigns in Michigan, a key battleground state, on October 18, 2024 in Waterford, Michigan. Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP
WATERFORD, MICHIGAN- OCTOBER 18: Democratic presidential nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris, campaigns in Michigan, a key battleground state, on October 18, 2024 in Waterford, Michigan. Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP
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Kamala Harris Reactivates Campaign Social Media Account

WATERFORD, MICHIGAN- OCTOBER 18: Democratic presidential nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris, campaigns in Michigan, a key battleground state, on October 18, 2024 in Waterford, Michigan. Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP
WATERFORD, MICHIGAN- OCTOBER 18: Democratic presidential nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris, campaigns in Michigan, a key battleground state, on October 18, 2024 in Waterford, Michigan. Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP

Former US vice president Kamala Harris on Thursday relaunched -- and rebranded -- one of her main presidential campaign social media accounts in a push to organize young voters, sparking speculation of another White House run.

"I'm really excited about it," the defeated 2024 Democratic candidate said in a video on the newly renamed account, @headquarters_67 -- a nod to the 6-7 youth meme.

On TikTok the account is called simply @headquarters.

The X account, originally "KamalaHQ," had been dormant since November 5, 2024, the day of the election won by Donald Trump.

According to AFP, Harris said the feed would provide information to young Americans and to highlight "some of our great courageous leaders" including elected officials and civil society figures.

"Stay engaged and I'll see you out there," concluded the 61-year-old Californian.

Several polls show Harris atop the list of possible 2028 candidates in the Democratic Party, ahead of California Governor Gavin Newsom and others.

The Trump camp immediately attacked Harris's social media resurrection.

"Getting Kamala out there more is really what the Dems need," White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson posted sarcastically on X.

"Oh, you guys want some more pain?" the official Trump War Room account posted on the platform after Harris's account cryptically suggested she would soon be back in action.

Harris has been traveling the United States for months to promote her book "107 Days," a reference to the length of her abbreviated 2024 presidential campaign after Joe Biden withdrew on July 21.

In it, the nation's first woman vice president settles scores with her former boss Biden and his entourage.

Harris recently announced her promotional tour would continue in 2026, which has been interpreted by several commentators as a prelude to a new bid to be president.

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Senior Russian Officer Hospitalized after Being Shot in Moscow

A person walks along an embankment of the Moskva River near the Kremlin wall in Moscow, Russia February 5, 2026. REUTERS/Anastasia Barashkova
A person walks along an embankment of the Moskva River near the Kremlin wall in Moscow, Russia February 5, 2026. REUTERS/Anastasia Barashkova
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Senior Russian Officer Hospitalized after Being Shot in Moscow

A person walks along an embankment of the Moskva River near the Kremlin wall in Moscow, Russia February 5, 2026. REUTERS/Anastasia Barashkova
A person walks along an embankment of the Moskva River near the Kremlin wall in Moscow, Russia February 5, 2026. REUTERS/Anastasia Barashkova

A senior Russian officer, Lieutenant General Vladimir Alexeyev, was rushed to hospital after being shot in Moscow on Friday, officials said.

Alexeyev is deputy chief of the Main Directorate of the General Staff at ‌the Defense ‌Ministry.

When mercenary ‌chief Yevgeny ⁠Prigozhin staged ‌a short-lived mutiny in June 2023, Alexeyev was one of the top officials who were sent to negotiate with him.

The Moscow prosecutor's office said Alexeyev ⁠had been shot several times at a ‌residential building in ‍northwest Moscow ‍by an unidentified assailant who fled ‍the scene.

Investigative Committee spokesperson Svetlana Petrenko didn’t say who could be behind the attack on Alekseyev.

Several senior Russian officers have been assassinated since the start of the war in Ukraine, with Moscow blaming the attacks on Kyiv. In some cases, ⁠Ukrainian military intelligence has claimed responsibility.

The most recent officer to be killed was the head of the General Staff's army training directorate, Lieutenant General Fanil Sarvarov, who was killed by a bomb under his car on December 22.

Friday’s attack came a day after Russian, Ukrainian and US negotiators wrapped up two days of talks in Abu Dhabi. The Russian delegation was led by the military intelligence chief, Adm. Igor Kostyukov.

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In Show of Support, Canada, France Open Consulates in Greenland

A flag of Greenland hangs from a crane in the city of Nuuk, western Greenland, on January 28, 2026. (Photo by Ina FASSBENDER / AFP)
A flag of Greenland hangs from a crane in the city of Nuuk, western Greenland, on January 28, 2026. (Photo by Ina FASSBENDER / AFP)
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In Show of Support, Canada, France Open Consulates in Greenland

A flag of Greenland hangs from a crane in the city of Nuuk, western Greenland, on January 28, 2026. (Photo by Ina FASSBENDER / AFP)
A flag of Greenland hangs from a crane in the city of Nuuk, western Greenland, on January 28, 2026. (Photo by Ina FASSBENDER / AFP)

Canada and France, which both adamantly oppose Donald Trump's wish to control Greenland, will open consulates in the Danish autonomous territory's capital on Friday, in a strong show of support for the local government.

Since returning to the White House last year, Trump has repeatedly insisted that Washington needs to control the strategic, mineral-rich Arctic island for security reasons.

The US president last month backed off his threats to seize Greenland after saying he had struck a "framework" deal with NATO chief Mark Rutte to ensure greater American influence, reported AFP.

A US-Denmark-Greenland working group has been established to discuss ways to meet Washington's security concerns in the Arctic, but the details of the talks have not been made public.

While Denmark and Greenland have said they share Trump's security concerns, they have insisted that sovereignty and territorial integrity are a "red line" in the discussions.

"In a sense, it's a victory for Greenlanders to see two allies opening diplomatic representations in Nuuk," said Jeppe Strandsbjerg, a political scientist at the University of Greenland.

"There is great appreciation for the support against what Trump has said."

French President Emmanuel Macron announced Paris's plans to open a consulate during a visit to Nuuk in June, where he expressed Europe's "solidarity" with Greenland and criticized Trump's ambitions.

The newly-appointed French consul, Jean-Noel Poirier, has previously served as ambassador to Vietnam.

Canada meanwhile announced in late 2024 that it would open a consulate in Greenland to boost cooperation.

The opening of the consulates is "a way of telling Donald Trump that his aggression against Greenland and Denmark is not a question for Greenland and Denmark alone, it's also a question for European allies and also for Canada as an ally, as a friend of Greenland and the European allies also," Ulrik Pram Gad, Arctic expert at the Danish Institute of International Studies, told AFP.

"It's a small step, part of a strategy where we are making this problem European," said Christine Nissen, security and defense analyst at the Europa think tank.

"The consequences are obviously not just Danish. It's European and global."

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According to Strandsbjerg, the two consulates -- which will be attached to the French and Canadian embassies in Copenhagen -- will give Greenland an opportunity to "practice" at being independent, as the island has long dreamt of cutting its ties to Denmark one day.

The decision to open diplomatic missions is also a recognition of Greenland's growing autonomy, laid out in its 2009 Self-Government Act, Nissen said.

"In terms of their own quest for sovereignty, the Greenlandic people will think to have more direct contact with other European countries," she said.

That would make it possible to reduce Denmark's role "by diversifying Greenland's dependence on the outside world, so that it is not solely dependent on Denmark and can have more ties for its economy, trade, investments, politics and so on", echoed Pram Gad.

Greenland has had diplomatic ties with the European Union since 1992, with Washington since 2014 and with Iceland since 2017.

Iceland opened its consulate in Nuuk in 2013, while the United States, which had a consulate in the Greenlandic capital from 1940 to 1953, reopened its mission in 2020.

The European Commission opened its office in 2024.

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Berlin Airport to Stay Shut on Friday Because of Black Ice

Archival image from inside Berlin Airport (Reuters)
Archival image from inside Berlin Airport (Reuters)
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Berlin Airport to Stay Shut on Friday Because of Black Ice

Archival image from inside Berlin Airport (Reuters)
Archival image from inside Berlin Airport (Reuters)

Berlin airport will stay closed on Friday because of black ice ‌and ‌it ‌is ⁠unclear when take-offs ‌and landings will resume, German news agency DPA cited an airport ⁠spokesperson as saying.

Airlines ‌had to ‍delay ‍or cancel ‍departing flights after snow and freezing rain hit the airport on Thursday, Reuters said.

"Due to ⁠weather conditions, no take-offs or landings are currently possible," the airport said on its website