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  • Members of the Spanish Civil Guard, along with other emergency personnel, work next to one of the trains involved in the accident, at the site of a deadly derailment of two high-speed trains near Adamuz, in Cordoba, Spain, on January 19, 2026.
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    High-speed train crash kills dozens in Spain, many more injured
  • Chile wildfires leave 19 dead amid extreme heat as scores evacuated
  • Syria’s military has seized swaths of Kurdish-held territory. Here’s what we know.
  • Trump ties failure to win Nobel Peace Prize to efforts to acquire Greenland in message to Norway
  • After decades of fighting the Iranian regime, Kurds see victory edging closer
  • Prince Harry vs. the Daily Mail: Royal takes on tabloid publisher over unlawful information gathering
  •  This Dec. 29, 2019, aerial file photo taken from a helicopter shows Ain al-Asad air base in the western Anbar desert, Iraq.
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    Iraq announces full withdrawal of US forces from its federal territory
  • Iran’s supreme leader acknowledges thousands were killed in protests
  • Why does Trump want Greenland and why is it so important?
  • Eight skiers killed in avalanches in Austria
  • Detained Iranian protester in good physical health after execution fears, family and rights group say
  • Indonesia finds wreckage of missing surveillance plane carrying 10
  • Trump threatens new tariffs on European allies over Greenland until deal reached, as thousands protest
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  • TOPSHOT - Local resident Stas helps his two-year-old daughter use a headlight during a power outage at the family's apartment in Kyiv on January 13, 2026, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Andrew Kravchenko / AFP via Getty Images)
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  • Residents comfort each other amid burned houses after a wildfire in Concepcion, Chile, on January 18, 2026. Wildfires raging in southern Chile have killed at least 15 people and forced more than 50,000 to evacuate, the government said. (Photo by Raul BRAVO / AFP via Getty Images)
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  • Members of the Spanish Civil Guard, along with other emergency personnel, work next to one of the trains involved in the accident, at the site of a deadly derailment of two high-speed trains near Adamuz, in Cordoba, Spain, on January 19, 2026.
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    High-speed train crash kills dozens in Spain, many more injured
  • Trump ties failure to win Nobel Peace Prize to efforts to acquire Greenland in message to Norway
  • Prince Harry vs. the Daily Mail: Royal takes on tabloid publisher over unlawful information gathering
  • Putin invited to join Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ for Gaza, Kremlin says
  • A stunned Europe says Trump’s pressure over Greenland is ‘wrong’ and ‘unacceptable’
  • Why does Trump want Greenland and why is it so important?

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  • Syrian government forces launch a rocket towards Kurdish forces near Dibsi Faraj in the northern Syrian Tabqa area, Raqa province on January 17, 2026. Syria's army took control of swathes of northern Syria and threatened to bomb parts of Raqa province on January 17, after Kurdish forces pulled back from territory they had held for over a decade. The government appeared to be seeking to extend its grip on parts of the country under Kurdish control a day after President Ahmed al-Sharaa issued a decree declaring Kurdish a "national language" and granting the minority official recognition.
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    Syria’s military has seized swaths of Kurdish-held territory. Here’s what we know.
  • After decades of fighting the Iranian regime, Kurds see victory edging closer
  • Iran’s supreme leader acknowledges thousands were killed in protests
  • Detained Iranian protester in good physical health after execution fears, family and rights group say
  • Meet the trusted diplomat tasked with turning the US-backed ceasefire into peace for Gaza
  • Kurdish forces retreat as government troops advance across northern Syria
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  • A fire eater performs during the traditional "Cabalgata de Reyes" parade in Madrid, Spain, Monday, Jan. 5, 2026, as part of the festivities marking the Catholic feast of Epiphany. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

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  • Fireworks light up the sky over Elizabeth Tower and the London Eye in central London during the New Year celebrations, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026. (Jamie Lashmar/PA via AP)
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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
  • Ugandan opposition leader ‘forcibly taken,’ party says, as President Museveni nears reelection
  • 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

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  • European and South American officials attend the signing ceremony of a free trade agreement between the European Union and Mercosur in Asuncion, Paraguay, January 17, 2026.
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    EU and South America’s Mercosur bloc sign landmark free trade agreement
  • Video of Machado’s daring escape from Venezuela released by rescue team
  • Venezuela’s Machado gave Trump her Nobel prize. In return she received a swag bag but no promise of support
  • Haiti drone operation strikes home of gang leader ‘Barbecue’

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  • Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks during a news conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on December 17.
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    Japan prime minister Takaichi to dissolve parliament Friday and call national election
  • Dozens missing, six dead after huge blaze in Pakistan shopping mall
  • 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

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  • The Italian paradise island with no roads, no phone signal — and almost no tourists
  • Why leaving the US for Europe changed these Americans’ outlook on life
  • It’s got tigers, tea plantations and beaches — so why does Bangladesh struggle to attract tourists?
  • Two-star Michelin restaurant receives one-star hygiene rating

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  • Valentino Garavani attends the 14th Annual CFDA Vogue Fashion Fund Gala at Weylin in November 2017 in New York.
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    Italian fashion designer Valentino dies at 93
  • Look of the Week: The surprising elegance of Renate Reinsve’s red carpet bandana
  • 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

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  • California is stuck in storminess, with flood threats continuing into next week
  • 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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  • In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting on the state armament program for 2027-2036 in Moscow on December 26, 2025. (Photo by Mikhail METZEL / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)
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    Putin invited to join Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ for Gaza, Kremlin says
  • Grey mangrove, Avicennia marina, with pneumatophores exposed at low tide, clearly indicating the extent of the plant's root system, Fraser Island, Queensland, Australia. (Photo by: Auscape/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
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    Body of Canadian woman, 19, found surrounded by dingoes on Australian island
  • Emergency services responded to a shark attack in Sydney Harbour on January 18, 2026.
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  • A woman waves a Greenlandic flag as people attend a protest against US President Donald Trump's demand to annex the Arctic island in Nuuk on January 17, 2026.
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    A stunned Europe says Trump’s pressure over Greenland is ‘wrong’ and ‘unacceptable’
  • China has introduced policies to boost its birthrate that so far haven't delivered a population rise.
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    China’s birth rate drops to record low as economy hits target despite US trade war
  • <p>Fareed discusses the growing US-Europe dispute over Greenland with Richard Haass, president emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations, and Anne-Marie Slaughter, CEO of the think tank New America.</p>
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  • The United Nations special envoy, Nickolay Mladenov, speaks during a press conference in Jerusalem on June 25, 2020. - The government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said it could begin the process to annex Jewish settlements in the West Bank as well as the strategic Jordan Valley from July 1. The plan -- endorsed by Washington -- would see the creation of a Palestinian state, but on reduced territory, and without Palestinians' core demand of a capital in east Jerusalem.
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    Kurdish forces retreat as government troops advance across northern Syria
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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

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  • 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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  • Buffalo Bills head coach Sean McDermott reacts during the second half of an NFL divisional round playoff football game against the Denver Broncos, Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026, in Denver. (AP Photo/RJ Sangosti)
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    NFL coaches have it all wrong when it comes to overtime – or why Sean McDermott’s final big choice might’ve cost him his job
  • Player protests, an awful penalty and fan uproar: What happened in the most chaotic AFCON final in history
  • Buffalo Bills fire Sean McDermott
  • This Miami high school’s fingerprints are all over the College Football Playoff title game
  • Senegal wins Africa Cup of Nations after chaotic final against host Morocco

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    ChatGPT to start showing users ads based on their conversations
  • No doctor’s appointments or Google Maps: Why Verizon’s massive outage was such a big deal
  • 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
  • Trump enacts 25% tariff on chips — with a caveat

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