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  • Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch speaks during a demonstration near the proposed site of a huge new Chinese embassy at Royal Mint Court in London on Saturday.
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    Opponents of China’s mega-embassy rally in London as approval deadline nears
  • 5 skiers killed in a pair of avalanches in Austria
  • Trump threatens new tariffs on European allies over Greenland until deal reached, as thousands protest
  • ‘Blood on the streets’: Iranian who fled Karaj tells of brutal crackdown on protesters
  • Former UK leader Blair joins Carney and Rubio on Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ for Gaza
  • EU and South America’s Mercosur bloc sign landmark free trade agreement
  • President Donald J. Trump meets with María Corina Machado of Venezuela in the Oval Office, during which she presented the President with her Nobel Peace Prize in recognition and honor, in Washington DC, on January 15, 2026.
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    Venezuela’s Machado gave Trump her Nobel prize. In return she received a swag bag but no promise of support
  • Ugandan opposition leader ‘forcibly taken,’ party says, as President Museveni nears reelection
  • Can two North Korean defectors take a new K-pop boy band to global superstardom?
  • Drumstick diplomacy for Japan and South Korea as leaders bang out K-pop hits
  • Rightwingers of the world unite to endorse Orbán ahead of Hungary’s election
  • Canada’s leader patches things up with China as rift with Trump upends old certainties
  • Japan and the Philippines sign a new defense pact as they face growing China aggression
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  • Robots compete in a 5x5 football match during the World Humanoid robots games in Beijing on August 17, 2025.
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    China’s robot sports craze could eventually put humanoids in homes
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Supporters of the Filton 24 (at least 6 of whom are on hunger strike because of imprisonment without trial for 15 months) jopin the protest - On the UN's International Day for Palestinians - The latest National March for Palestine in London. The protest takes place in the face of the faltering peace deal in Gaza. They call on "the British government to take action to end its complicity in Israel's ongoing crimes against Palestinians and push this ceasefire into a lasting deal that is framed around principles of justice and rights".
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  • Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch speaks during a demonstration near the proposed site of a huge new Chinese embassy at Royal Mint Court in London on Saturday.
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    Opponents of China’s mega-embassy rally in London as approval deadline nears
  • 5 skiers killed in a pair of avalanches in Austria
  • Trump threatens new tariffs on European allies over Greenland until deal reached, as thousands protest
  • Bonfires, dancing, pets: How Ukrainians are staying warm during the toughest winter in years
  • Rightwingers of the world unite to endorse Orbán ahead of Hungary’s election
  • Italian influencer Chiara Ferragni cleared of fraud charges in ‘Pandorogate’ cake scandal

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  • Anti-government protestors demonstrate on January 8, in Tehran, Iran.
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    ‘Blood on the streets’: Iranian who fled Karaj tells of brutal crackdown on protesters
  • Kurdish forces retreat as government troops advance across northern Syria
  • War, diplomacy, or revolt: What comes next in Iran?
  • Major Middle East powers urge Trump not to attack Iran as US moves some personnel from key base
  • Execution of Iranian protester Erfan Soltani postponed, family says, as Trump claims ‘killing has stopped’
  • The weapons the US could employ in any new strike on Iran
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  • Uganda opposition leader and National Unity Platform (NUP) presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, popularly known as Bobi Wine (C), waves a flag from atop a car as supporters cheer during his arrival to the party's final campaign rally ahead of the 2026 general elections, in Kampala on January 12.
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    Uganda’s Museveni wins re-election as opposition leader remains at large
  • A pop star, an aging autocrat and a crackdown: What to expect from Uganda’s election
  • This company wants to make hydrogen from one of Africa’s most common fuels
  • Birth of rare mountain gorilla twins recorded in Congo park

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  • An image taken from a video released by Grey Bull Rescue Foundation, shows Maria Corina Machado during her escape from Venezuela.
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    Video of Machado’s daring escape from Venezuela released by rescue team
  • Haiti drone operation strikes home of gang leader ‘Barbecue’
  • The two leaders fighting for Venezuela’s future – and for Trump’s favor
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  • Japan dives into New Year with prayers and an icy plunge
  • Landfill collapse kills 1 and leaves at least 27 missing, Philippine police say

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  • She moved from California to Sweden in search of a new adventure — she wasn’t prepared for the quiet
  • ‘I’ve never lived in a pretty place like this’: How moving from the US to Germany changed this woman’s outlook on life

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  • Noah Schnapp attends the Ralph Lauren fashion show during the Milan Fashion Week - Menswear Fall/Winter 2026-2027 in Milan, Italy on January 16, 2026.
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    At Milan Fashion Week Men’s, Ralph Lauren speaks to a younger crowd
  • Grit and glamour: Behind-the-scenes docuseries asks what it takes to become a K-pop idol
  • BTS propelled K-pop to global stardom. Nearly four years later, they’re back
  • For those seeking K-pop stardom, the path can be long and grueling
  • ‘Moving’ is the first big Korean hit for Disney+. Star Ryu Seungryong has some thoughts on why

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  • Powerful storm disrupts travel with blizzard conditions and tornadoes as winter returns to the US with a vengeance
  • Flight delays and cancellations pile up at JFK and LaGuardia as snowstorm jams post-Christmas travel in the Northeast
  • Final push of rain threatens to cause more flooding and debris flows in California

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  • People cross an intersection in downtown Tehran, Iran, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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    Viral app in China taps into national loneliness by asking: ‘Are You Dead?’
  • Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado arrives at the U.S. Capitol to meet U.S. senators after her meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House, in Washington, D.C., U.S., January 15, 2026. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
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  • John Harbaugh was head coach of the Baltimore Ravens for 18 seasons before he was fired last week.
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  • Air Force suspends men’s basketball coach Joe Scott indefinitely amid cadet-athlete treatment probe
  • From Castro’s prisons to the College Football Playoff title game: Mario Cristobal’s only-in-Miami road to football success
  • Ole Miss QB Trinidad Chambliss sues NCAA for extra year of eligibility
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    ChatGPT to start showing users ads based on their conversations
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  • Verizon says it’s fixed the massive outage that left many without phone calling and data services
  • Elon Musk’s Grok can no longer undress images of real people on X
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