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Virtual museum preserves Sudan's plundered heritage 05 Jan 2026 - 07:20 pm
A picture shows a view of the 7th century BC King Taharqa of the 25th Kushite empire dynasty as workers move it from the entrance of the Sudan National Museum to a new location within, during an official ceremony as part of the museum's ongoing renovations in Khartoum on January 14, 2023.
Palestinian embassy in UK officially inaugurated 05 Jan 2026 - 06:42 pm
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Cambodia re-proposes to Thailand to convene meeting on border demarcation 05 Jan 2026 - 06:34 pm
Cambodian evacuees return home in Battambang province, Cambodia on Dec. 30, 2025. Some 167,478 Cambodian evacuees have so far returned to their homes, Cambodia's Ministry of Interior said in a press release on Thursday. (Agence Kampuchea Presse/Handout via Xinhua)
Everyone injured in Swiss fire disaster now identified: police 05 Jan 2026 - 06:31 pm
A mourner lays a flower bouquet at a makeshift memorial near the Constellation, on January 4, 2026, in Crans-Montana in honour of the victims of the fire that ripped through the venue in the luxury Alpine ski resort on New Year's Eve. Photo by MAXIME SCHMID / AFP
Venezuelan President appears before US court in New York 05 Jan 2026 - 06:27 pm
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Three hurt in polar bear attack in remote Siberian village 05 Jan 2026 - 05:17 pm
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'Two-pope' Catholic Jubilee draws 33 million pilgrims to Rome 05 Jan 2026 - 05:12 pm
Pope Leo XIV delivers a speech to pilgrims from the window of the apostolic palace overlooking St. Peter's square during his Sunday Angelus prayer at the Vatican on January 4, 2026. (Photo by Filippo MONTEFORTE / AFP)
Bodies of five Italian teens being repatriated after Swiss fire 05 Jan 2026 - 04:24 pm
The coffins of four Italian nationals killed in the New Year's fire disaster at Le Constellation in the Alpine ski resort town of Crans-Montana in Switzerland, are carried on the tarmac after the landing of Italian Air Force C130 at Linate Milan airport on January 5, 2026. Photo by MATTEO CORNER / ANSA / AFP
EasyJet flight to Egypt takes off after 30-hour delay 05 Jan 2026 - 04:08 pm
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Louvre staff vote for strike again: unions 05 Jan 2026 - 03:36 pm
This photograph shows a general view of the Louvre Museum, with the Louvre pyramid (L) designed by Chinese-US architect Ieoh Ming Pei, after the first snowfall of the year in Paris on January 3, 2026. (Photo by Blanca CRUZ / AFP)
South Korea's Lee meets Xi with trade, Pyongyang on the agenda 05 Jan 2026 - 02:58 pm
South Korea's President Lee Jae Myung (L) shakes hands with China's President Xi Jinping (R) during a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on January 5, 2026. Photo by YONHAP / AFP
Maduro due for first US court hearing after capture 05 Jan 2026 - 02:03 pm
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'That's enough now!' Greenland PM says after latest Trump threat 05 Jan 2026 - 11:52 am
Greenland's Head of Government Jens-Frederik Nielsen addresses Members of European Parliament (MEP) during a formal sitting at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France, on October 8, 2025. Photo by FREDERICK FLORIN / AFP
Malaysia to introduce 10-year term limit for prime minister 05 Jan 2026 - 11:16 am
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'Tuna King' pays record $3.2 mn for bluefin at Tokyo auction 05 Jan 2026 - 10:38 am
Kiyoshi Kimura (C), president of Kiyomura Corp., the Tokyo-based operator of sushi restaurant chain Sushizanmai, displays a 243-kilogram bluefin tuna at his main restaurant in Tokyo on January 5, 2026, after the New Year's auction at Toyosu fish market. (Photo by Yuichi Yamazaki / AFP)
UK starts ban on junk food ads on daytime TV and online 05 Jan 2026 - 10:08 am
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US oil firms to head into Venezuela 05 Jan 2026 - 09:09 am
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Maduro to appear before judge Monday in New York: court 04 Jan 2026 - 11:26 pm
This screengrab taken from the X account of Rapid Response 47, the official White House rapid response account, shows Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro (C) escorted by DEA agents inside the headquarters of the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in lower Manhattan, New York, on January 3, 2026. (Photo by X account of Rapid Response 47 / AFP)