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  • Security personnel stand guard outside a mosque following an explosion in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Friday.
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    Suicide bomber kills at least 31 in Islamabad mosque attack
  • Russian general shot and wounded in Moscow, in latest attack on top military leaders
  • Lovers or lawbreakers? Banknote bouquet craze could land Kenyan sweethearts in jail
  • Gunmen kill nearly 200 in Nigeria’s Kwara and Katsina attacks
  • Japan’s conservative leader bets big on Takaichi mania with snap election. Will her gamble pay off?
  • A spiritual guru was jailed for rape and murder. He’s out on parole for the 15th time
  • The Ocean Mariner chemical/oil products tanker -currently sailing under the flag of Liberia- sails on arrival at the port of Havana on January 9, 2026.
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    Exclusive: Cuba says it’s ready to talk to US, but not about regime change, as Trump ramps up pressure
  • Son of Libya’s late dictator Gadhafi shot dead by gunmen, political team says
  • Angelic face of Italian prime minister wiped from fresco
  • The US wants to push China out of Latin America. The Panama Canal is the latest test
  • The US says Venezuela is changing. But one month since Maduro’s capture, its people aren’t so sure
  • A key nuclear weapons treaty is ending. It’s a sign of Russia’s eroding superpower status
  • Thieves dressed as Robin Hood give away stolen food to protest Canada’s rising prices
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  • Hellenic coast guard performs SAR operation, following migrant's boat collision with coast guard off the Aegean island of Chios, near Mersinidi, Greece, February 4, 2026. REUTERS/Konstantinos Anagnostou
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    Fifteen migrants die after boat collides with Greek coast guard vessel off Chios, coast guard says
  • A discarded USAID wheat sack lies outside a shelter in Mekele, Ethiopia, on March 20, 2025.
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    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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    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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  • 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 are ‘cut off’
  • ‘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?
  • Stepson of Norway’s crown prince cries in court, denies videos on his phone show rape
  • This vertical take-off gyrocopter could ‘replace helicopters’

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  • Palestinians gather around street vendors to buy food and basic supplies amid the ruins of destroyed buildings in Gaza City in October.
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    Bezalel Zini, brother of Israel’s security chief, arrested in bust of alleged Gaza smuggling ring
  • Trump warns Iran’s supreme leader should be ‘very worried’
  • 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
  • Grieving Iranians cowed into silence beside the graves of protesters
  • Gaza-Egypt border reopens nearly two years after Israel closed it, official says
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  • Shaggy, a Yorkshire terrier, at the 150th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show in New York, Feb. 2, 2026. (Lanna Apisukh/The New York Times)
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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 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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  • (Left to right) Charles Njoki, Patrick Kwoba and Francis Ndarua, who all signed up to fight for Russia.
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    ‘You escape, or you die’: African men say Russia duped them into fighting in Ukraine
  • 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

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    From clash to dialogue: Petro arrives in Washington for key encounter with Trump after year of tensions
  • Right-wing populist Laura Fernández claims victory in Costa Rica’s elections. Here’s what to know.
  • Trump’s threatened tariffs over oil to Cuba put Mexico in a bind
  • Venezuela plans amnesty law for political prisoners and closure of notorious prison

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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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    The sisters who got stuck in a Scottish castle
  • 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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STORY: A collector’s dream made real: the uncorking of Romanée-Conti 1899, one of the most mythical and elusive wines ever produced. On January 13th, Romanée-Conti 1899 is presented alongside a carefully curated selection of historic Domaine de la Romanée-Conti vintages. The bottle will be uncorked for a small circle of global collectors and connoisseurs at an exceptionally intimate luncheon. -- 

PHOTO: The 1899 Romanée-Conti bottle is brought to be opened. —  


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    He bought a 127-year-old bottle of wine. Then, he opened it
  • Look of the Week: Margot Robbie goes high-fashion Victorian for ‘Wuthering Heights’ press tour
  • Mangled and bent, the Louvre heist’s surviving treasure is undergoing ‘complete restoration’
  • Is Versace’s new designer too brainy for this sexy brand?
  • Long before AI, photos already lied to us

Weather

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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
  • Tracking the bomb cyclone in maps and charts
  • Most snow in years, blizzard conditions possible in parts of Southeast from powerful bomb cyclone

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    How a royal tiger reserve is protecting the last of Malaysia’s big cats
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    Email appears to confirm photo of former Prince Andrew and Virginia Giuffre is real
  • Rafa Hernando, Daimé Hernando's father, opened Havana Blues in 2012.
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    Trump’s pressure on Havana stirs hope among Cuban diaspora in Spain
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    Trippy coral, confounded mayflies and a hungry spider among Close-up Photographer of the Year winners
  • 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
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    A Harry Potter villain is now an unlikely new-year mascot in China
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  • People take shelter at a metro station during a Russian air attack, in Kyiv, early on February 3, 2026, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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    Russia resumes night strikes on major Ukrainian cities, ending brief reprieve agreed between Putin and Trump
  • From left: Peter Mandelson, Sarah Ferguson and Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.
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    The Epstein files are rocking Britain from the palace to Parliament
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  • 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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    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

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  • United States' Lindsey Vonn concentrates ahead of an alpine ski, women's downhill official training, at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, Friday, Feb. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Marco Trovati)
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    Lindsey Vonn completes downhill training without issue ahead of Sunday’s medal event
  • ‘It’s for the next generation:’ How history-making Olympic hockey star Laila Edwards is embracing trailblazer status
  • ‘We can’t win this alone’: Ukraine’s flag bearer urges world not to forget war, hints at protest over IOC’s neutral policy
  • Drew Brees and Larry Fitzgerald headline a Hall of Fame class missing Bill Belichick
  • Matthew Stafford edges Drake Maye for the AP NFL Most Valuable Player award

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    AI is upending entry-level jobs. Three teens tell us how they’re responding
  • Two of the biggest AI companies are feuding over a Super Bowl ad. It’s bigger than you think
  • The AI that spooked the stock market just got a big update
  • 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

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