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Trump drops tariffs threat over Greenland after Nato talks

2 hours 10 min ago
In a speech in Davos, the US president said that he would not use force to take the island.
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Ghislaine Maxwell to testify before US Congress in Epstein probe

2 hours 59 min ago
The convicted sex trafficker has previously said she would decline to answer questions unless she is granted immunity.
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Faisal Islam: What it was like inside the room with Donald Trump at Davos

3 hours 51 min ago
Faisal Islam said there was mixed reaction in the room during Trump's Davos speech.
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Fact-checking Trump's Davos speech

3 hours 55 min ago
The US president made a series of contested claims, ranging from the status of Greenland to Nato spending.
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Record snowfall leaves cars stuck and people stranded in Russia's Far East

4 hours 5 min ago
Parts of Kamchatka Peninsula have been buried under its heaviest snowfall in 60 years, as scientists say the winter blast could be due to climate change.
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Trump's jibes are wearing thin for many of Europe's leaders

4 hours 13 min ago
The ball is in the court of European leaders ahead of Thursday's emergency EU meeting in Brussels, writes Nick Beake.
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Supreme Court sceptical of Trump firing of central bank governor Lisa Cook

5 hours 10 min ago
One conservative justice warned that the White House interpretation of the law could "shatter" Federal Reserve independence.
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Taylor Swift makes history as she joins Songwriters Hall of Fame

5 hours 31 min ago
The US pop superstar is among nine songwriters who have been inducted into the 2026 class.
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Israeli strike in Gaza kills three journalists, first responders say

5 hours 46 min ago
Another eight Palestinians were killed by Israeli artillery and gunfire across Gaza on Wednesday, according to medics.
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US to transfer Islamic State prisoners from Syria to Iraq

5 hours 49 min ago
The move comes as Syrian government forces take control of north-eastern areas where Kurdish-led forces have long controlled.
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US to transfer Islamic State prisoners from Syria to Iraq

5 hours 49 min ago
The move comes as Syrian government forces take control of north-eastern areas where Kurdish-led forces have long controlled.
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Japan restarts world's largest nuclear plant as Fukushima memories loom large

7 hours 10 min ago
Japan restarts a reactor at the world's largest nuclear plant nearly 15 years after the Fukushima meltdown.
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Oldest cave painting of red claw hand could rewrite human creativity timeline

7 hours 14 min ago
A stencilled outline of a hand found on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi is the world's oldest known cave painting, researchers say.
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Israel postpones demolition of Palestinian children's football pitch

7 hours 40 min ago
An international campaign to save the pitch in the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem appears to have forced the authorities to reconsider.
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Israel postpones demolition of Palestinian children's football pitch

7 hours 40 min ago
An international campaign to save the pitch in the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem appears to have forced the authorities to reconsider.
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Could US Congress stop Trump from taking over Greenland?

8 hours 8 min ago
Some of the president's fellow Republicans oppose him - but it's not clear if they would join Democrats to block a takeover of the island.
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Loved ones of victims reeling after high-speed rail crash in southern Spain

January 21, 2026 - 23:54
Two deadly crashes in almost as many days have inflicted grief, anger and disruption. Two deadly crashes in almost as many days inflict grief, anger and disruption in Spain.
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Israeli PM Netanyahu agrees to join Trump's Board of Peace

January 21, 2026 - 21:11
Israel is the latest country to publicly accept an invitation to a new international organisation that many fear may be designed to supplant the UN.
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Blake Lively called Justin Baldoni 'a clown' in text messages

January 21, 2026 - 20:52
Newly unsealed court documents show Lively criticising the It Ends With Us director.
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Life sentence for man who killed Japan's ex-PM Shinzo Abe

January 21, 2026 - 20:01
Abe's assassination stunned the country where there is virtually no gun crime.
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