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  • A Starlink satellite internet system is set up near the frontline town of Bakhmut, in Ukraine's Donetsk region, in March 2023.
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    Ukrainian Defense Ministry says Starlink terminals used by Russia in Ukraine have been ‘cut off’
  • How a royal tiger reserve is protecting the last of Malaysia’s big cats
  • Email appears to confirm photo of former Prince Andrew and Virginia Giuffre is real
  • Angelic face of Italian prime minister wiped from fresco
  • Trump warns Iran’s supreme leader should be ‘very worried’
  • The US wants to push China out of Latin America. The Panama Canal is the latest test
  • Nigeria's Kwara state has been increasingly targeted by gunmen in recent months. Pictured are police officers providing security in November after gunmen kidnapped and killed people in the town Eruku, Kwara State.
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    Gunmen kill nearly 200 in Nigeria’s Kwara and Katsina attacks
  • Stepson of Norway’s crown prince cries in court, denies videos on his phone show rape
  • Exclusive: Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi on hunger strike in detention in Iran, foundation says
  • Iran conditionally agrees to nuclear talks with US, first since Trump’s military strikes last summer
  • ‘You escape, or you die’: African men say Russia duped them into fighting in Ukraine
  • Fifteen migrants die after boat collides with Greek coast guard vessel off Chios, coast guard says
  • One year on from dismantling of USAID, study projects that global aid cuts could lead to 9.4 million deaths by 2030
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  • A restored angel fresco, displayed inside the Basilica of St. Lawrence in Lucina, Rome, has become embroiled in controversy as some believe it now resembles Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.
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    Italy launches investigation as newly-restored angel painting in Rome church now resembles Giorgia Meloni
  • Iranians visit graves in the Behesht-e Zahra cemetery in Tehran on January 29, 2026.
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    Grieving Iranians cowed into silence beside the graves of protesters

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    Why Draco Malfoy is now a new-year mascot in China 0:51
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    Son of Libya’s late dictator Gadhafi shot dead by gunmen 2:00
  • <p>In a rare interview from inside Iran, a doctor tells CNN about co-ordinating an underground network of medics to treat protesters during the regime's brutal crackdown against protesters. He describes how the regime took over hospitals and arrested medical workers for treating them. The doctor is now himself fearing arrest but bravely speaking out to share his story.</p>
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  • <p>CNN's Zain Asher chats with the Chairman of Access Bank Holdings Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede about contemporary African art, the global spread of Afrobeats, and why the creative sector is integral to boosting Africa's economies.</p>
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    ‘Art is almost like oil": Why banker Aig-Imoukhuede believes Africa’s future wealth lies in its culture 5:31
  • <p>Ghana's capital, Accra, is growing as a hub for contemporary African art with a new wave of curators, gallerists and artists driving up interest in person and online — scaling sales domestically and internationally.</p>
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  • Catherine, Princess of Wales talks with Katherine Field during a visit to The Royal Marsden Hospital on January 14, 2025 in London, England. The Prince and Princess of Wales have today become Joint Patrons of The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust following a visit by Her Royal Highness to the hospital’s Chelsea site. The Princess’ own personal cancer journey saw her receive treatment from The Royal Marsden. The Royal Marsden opened its doors in 1851 as the world’s first hospital dedicated to cancer diagnosis, treatment, research and education.
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    ‘Please know you are not alone’: Princess of Wales’ message on World Cancer Day
  • Former Prince Andrew moves out of Windsor’s Royal Lodge, CNN understands
  • Who is Peter Mandelson, and why have his Epstein ties shaken the British establishment?
  • This vertical take-off gyrocopter could ‘replace helicopters’
  • Russia resumes night strikes on major Ukrainian cities, ending brief reprieve agreed between Putin and Trump
  • The Epstein files are rocking Britain from the palace to Parliament

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  • Ambulances wait in line at the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing with Gaza on Monday.
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    Gaza-Egypt border reopens nearly two years after Israel closed it, official says
  • US conducts military drills in Middle East as tension with Iran builds amid Trump’s demands
  • Iran’s top diplomat hopeful for negotiations even amid US military buildup
  • Gaza’s Rafah crossing partially reopens after nearly 2 years of closure
  • Blast rips through building in Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas, state media says
  • Israeli strikes kill over 30 in Gaza, health ministry says, in deadliest day in months
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  • <a href="index.php?page=&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2026%2F01%2F30%2Fentertainment%2Factress-catherine-ohara-has-died">Catherine O’Hara</a>, who starred in legendary films “Beetlejuice” and “Home Alone” before taking a star turn as Moira Rose on “Schitt’s Creek,” died at the age of 71, it was confirmed on Friday, January 30.
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  • A Satin Bowerbird cools down at a birdbath on January 27, 2026 in Kandos, Australia.
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  • A man tumbles down a water slide in a public pool in the Puente Piedra district outside of Lima, Peru, Sunday, Jan. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)
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  • A still image obtained from social media footage released on January 11, 2026, by JAXA astronaut Kimiya Yui, showing colours of the aurora over Earth, as seen from NASA's International Space Station (ISS). THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. EDITORIAL USE ONLY. MUST ON-SCREEN COURTESY JAXA/Kimiya Yui
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  • Miners pictured working at the D4 Gakombe coltan mining quarry in Rubaya, Congo on May 9, 2025.
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    Hundreds feared dead after mine collapses in eastern Congo
  • Global spotlight: African music’s Grammy moment
  • The solar-powered compact car driving Tunisia’s electric vehicle revolution
  • Uganda’s Museveni wins re-election as opposition leader remains at large

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  • People walk past a mural painted in the colours of the Venezuelan flag in Caracas, Venezuela, on February 2.
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    The US says Venezuela is changing. But one month since Maduro’s capture, its people aren’t so sure
  • Exclusive: Cuba says it’s ready to talk to US, but not about regime change, as Trump ramps up pressure
  • Thieves dressed as Robin Hood give away stolen food to protest Canada’s rising prices
  • From clash to dialogue: Petro arrives in Washington for key encounter with Trump after year of tensions

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  • Hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of copper, 22,000 tons, was last year dug out of this crater –– the Muhammad Khel Copper Mine –– and hauled off to China; a nation with a seemingly insatiable appetite for metals and minerals.
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    The US wants these critical minerals, but militants with American weapons stand in the way
  • Australian snowboarder dies after becoming caught on ski lift in Japan
  • More than 120 people dead after multiple attacks in southwest Pakistan
  • How a love of luxury brought down South Korea’s former first lady

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    Travelers have had enough. It’s time to make hotel room bathrooms private again
  • From scarcity to pride: How one country rebuilt its food culture after decades of war
  • The massive megastructure built for eternity and still standing 1,700 years later
  • See shortlisted images from the Wildlife Photographer of the Year People’s Choice Award 2026
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  • Pieter Mulier is the new designer of Versace.
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    Is Versace’s new designer too brainy for this sexy brand?
  • Long before AI, photos already lied to us
  • Hollywood’s power shoppers know what the rich want and they’ll do anything to get it
  • In sumptuous paintings, a rising art star updates the 17th-century portrait
  • At the Grammys, bad taste had a good night

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  • PUNXSUTAWNEY, PENNSYLVANIA - FEBRUARY 2:  Groundhog handler AJ Dereume holds Punxsutawney Phil after he saw his shadow, predicting 6 more weeks of winter during the 140th annual Groundhog Day festivities on Monday February 2, 2026 in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. Groundhog Day is a popular tradition in the United States and Canada. If Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow he regards it as an omen of six more weeks of bad weather and returns to his den. Early spring arrives if he does not see his shadow, causing Phil to remain above ground.  (Photo by Jeff Swensen/Getty Images)
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    What did the groundhog see? Punxsutawney Phil’s winter prediction is in
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  • Most snow in years, blizzard conditions possible in parts of Southeast from powerful bomb cyclone

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  • A Russian Yars intercontinental ballistic missile launcher rolls on Red Square during the Victory Day military parade in central Moscow on May 9, 2024. Russia celebrates the 79th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War II. (Photo by Alexander NEMENOV / AFP) (Photo by ALEXANDER NEMENOV/AFP via Getty Images)
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    A key nuclear weapons treaty is ending. It’s a sign of Russia’s eroding superpower status
  • Charles Njoki, Patrick Kwoba and Francis Ndarua who all signed up to fight for Russia.
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    Video The African men lured to fight for Russia in Ukraine 4:35
  • Saif al-Islam Gadhafi, son of Libyan leader Moamer Gadhafi, gestures as he speaks during a meeting with different social organizations in the capital Tripoli on July 24, 2008.
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    Son of Libya’s late dictator Gadhafi shot dead by gunmen, political team says
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  • A Chinese user shows a New Year poster featuring Malfoy that she put up on her door.
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    A Harry Potter villain is now an unlikely new-year mascot in China
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    Video Russia launches its biggest missile and drone attack on Ukraine so far this year 5:05
  • Endemic to Southern Africa, the critically endangered African penguin is currently facing a catastrophic population decline. A century ago, there were more than a million. Today, roughly 10,000 breeding pairs remaining.
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    Africa’s only penguin species is starving: Is there still hope?
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    Ukraine’s strategy is to kill 50,000 Russian soldiers a month. A sign of confidence or an indicator of weakness?
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Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway during the gala dinner at the Royal Palace in Oslo on June 23, 2025, as part of the presidential state visit to Norway.
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    Son of Norway’s crown princess stands trial for rape, as royal family in the spotlight over Epstein emails
  • This image taken from video shows Austin Appelbee being interviewed in Gidgegannup, Australia, Tuesday Feb. 3, 2026. (ABC via AP)
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    Australian teen swam hours to shore to get help for mother and siblings swept out to sea
  • <p>NATO chief during visit to hard-hit Kyiv say Russian attacks do not signal Moscow is serious about peace.</p>
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    Plans for $2.3 billion stadium ignite debate in 2032 Olympics host city
  • 11 architecture projects set to shape the world in 2026
  • This AI convention center in China was designed by AI. Kind of
  • Robert A.M. Stern, renowned American architect, dies at 86
  • Building a modern metropolis using a centuries-old technique

Sports

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  • Spain's Tomas-Llorenc Guarino Sabate during the Men's Short Program on day two of the ISU European Figure Skating Championships at Utilita Arena, Sheffield, on Thursday January 15, 2026.
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    Minions Olympic skate routine hangs in the balance
  • From child actor to Olympic champion: Meet snowboarding superstar Su Yiming
  • Mike Vrabel brought the Patriots back to the Super Bowl stage they know so well. He now has a chance to make NFL history
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  • Moltbook is a forum where autonomous artificial intelligence agents can communicate with each other.
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    What is Moltbook, the social networking site for AI bots – and should we be scared?
  • ‘We will protect them from the digital Wild West.’ Another country will ban social media for under-16s
  • Elon Musk’s SpaceX acquires xAI, merging his two most ambitious companies
  • Amazon’s layoffs are staggering. We’ve seen this before
  • The iPhone 17 is easing Wall Street’s concerns about Apple’s AI troubles

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