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No doctor’s appointments or Google Maps: Why Verizon’s massive outage was such a big deal

New York — Tess Coward, a 27-year-old PR professional based in New York City, woke up feeling under the weather on Wednesday. But without the ability to make phone calls or receive text messages, she couldn’t get in touch with her doctor or log into the provider’s patient portal. Coward is one of thousands left …

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Egypt Independent January 19, 2026

Denmark ‘deeply upset’ by Trump’s appointment of Greenland envoy who wants island to be part of US

Denmark’s foreign minister said Monday he was “deeply upset” by US President Donald Trump’s appointment of a special envoy to Greenland who declared that he wished to see the island become part of the United States. “I am deeply upset by this appointment of a special envoy. And I ‌am particularly upset by his statements, …

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Egypt Independent December 23, 2025