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Multiple people missing in New Zealand landslips 22 Jan 2026 - 10:19 am
This screen grab made from UGC footage shows the site of a landslide in Mount Maunganui. A landslide smashed into a campsite in rain-swept northern New Zealand on January 22, leaving multiple people missing under tonnes of mud. (Photo by Handout / Amy Till, Solsea Swim / AFP)
  UK Prime Minister stands firm on Greenland 21 Jan 2026 - 11:26 pm
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'Extreme cold': Winter storm forecast to slam huge expanse of US 21 Jan 2026 - 10:11 pm
A snow plow moves along Wade Avenue as snow falls on January 17, 2018 in Raleigh, North Carolina. Lance King/Getty Images/AFP
Death toll from Spanish rail crash rises to 43 21 Jan 2026 - 09:22 pm
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OIC renews call to international community to protect UNRWA 21 Jan 2026 - 06:52 pm
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Food poverty in Philippines drops sharply in Q4 2025 21 Jan 2026 - 06:38 pm
Rice prices are displayed at a market stall Quezon City, Metro Manila, the Philippines, on Saturday, April 6, 2024. (Photo by Veejay Villafranca/Bloomberg)
Germany's public debt rises by 2.1 percent 21 Jan 2026 - 05:23 pm
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Hong Kong marathon runner with baby investigated for child abuse 21 Jan 2026 - 03:25 pm
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What is Trump's 'Board of Peace'? 21 Jan 2026 - 02:51 pm
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Putin will meet US envoy Witkoff on Thursday: Kremlin 21 Jan 2026 - 02:40 pm
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Botswana warns diamond oversupply to hit growth 21 Jan 2026 - 01:32 pm
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Turkish, US presidents discuss regional and international developments 21 Jan 2026 - 01:28 pm
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NASA astronaut stuck in space for nine months retires 21 Jan 2026 - 01:27 pm
NASA astronaut Suni Williams laughs before NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 post-flight news conference at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, on March 31, 2025. Photo by Mark Felix / AFP
Aircraft crashes into pond in Uttar Pradesh 21 Jan 2026 - 01:26 pm
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Japan to restart world's biggest nuclear plant Wednesday 21 Jan 2026 - 01:17 pm
Participants demonstrate in front of the Tokyo Electric Power Company's headquarters, against the restart of the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear Power Plant, in Tokyo on January 19, 2026. Photo by Kazuhiro NOGI / AFP
Gunman jailed for life in killing of Japan ex-PM Abe 21 Jan 2026 - 12:28 pm
This photo taken on September 27, 2022 shows people offering their respects to former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe outside the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, ahead of his state funeral later in the day. Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP
Philippines to end short-lived ban on Musk's Grok chatbot 21 Jan 2026 - 12:15 pm
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Police smash European synthetic drug ring in 'largest-ever' op 21 Jan 2026 - 11:40 am
This photograph taken on June 8, 2021, in The Hague shows a view of the EU police agency Europol buildings. Photo by Jerry Lampen / ANP / AFP