Major World Events by Morning of January 8
Major World Events by Morning of January 8
🟠Africa’s oldest liberation movement, the ANC, marks its 114th anniversary on Thursday, with party president Cyril Ramaphosa attending celebrations;
🟠South Africa recalls infant formula from the Swiss company Nestlé due to the risk of contamination with cereulide toxin, the National Commission for Consumer Protection said;
🟠Burkina Faso’s foreign minister received the new Venezuelan chargé d’affaires and condemned Maduro’s abduction;
🟠Rare twin gorilla babies were born at the Virunga National Park in the DRC, the park announced;
🟠The US will maintain control over Venezuela for "much longer" than a year, Donald Trump told a US newspaper, without specifying a precise timeframe;
🟠The United States is preparing for a “large-scale war,” US journalist Tucker Carlson said after Donald Trump stated the 2027 US defense budget should be $1.5 trillion;
🟠The European Union is reportedly considering sending troops to Greenland to counter Washington’s plans.
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