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Snowfall snarls flights, trains across the Netherlands 05 Jan 2026 - 08:07 pm
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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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