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  • An aerial view shows containers at the Balboa Port, operated by Panama Ports Company, a subsidiary of Hutchison Ports Holdings, at the Panama Canal, in Panama City, Panama, on February 1, 2025.
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    Hong Kong company’s concession to operate Panama Canal ports is ruled unconstitutional
  • MAGA’s right-wing allies in Europe are repulsed by Trump’s push for Greenland
  • The future of Iran’s internet connectivity is still bleak, even as weeks-long blackout begins to lift
  • Australia’s hottest towns hit 120F in a grueling heat wave: ‘It’s just damn hot’
  • As Trump upends alliances, Britain says it needs a ‘more sophisticated’ relationship with China
  • Venezuelan lawmakers approve new law opening oil industry to foreign companies
  • Bako Motors designed the Bee, an electric vehicle with solar panels on its roof, for daily in-city trips.
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  • China executes 11 members of gang who ran billion-dollar criminal empire in Myanmar
  • This former Venezuelan opposition mayor fears the US will deport him to the country he fled
  • No survivors found after Colombian plane crashes with 15 people on board, including lawmaker
  • US conducts military drills in Middle East as tension with Iran builds amid Trump’s demands
  • US Embassy in Copenhagen removes flags honoring fallen Danish soldiers, angering veterans
  • Russia strikes civilian train in Ukraine, killing five, in an attack Zelensky calls ‘terrorism’
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  • Snow covers the Orthodox Monastery of Caves in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Monday, January 26, amid regular Russian air attacks against the country's energy sector that leave people without power, heating and water.
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    Ukraine welcomes Trump’s claimed pause in Russian attacks, but Moscow silent
  • Russia is using Starlink to make its killer drones fly farther
  • Italians furious over deployment of ICE agents to bolster US security at Winter Olympics
  • Man found guilty of assault after Barron Trump told UK police he saw attack on woman
  • Hungarian prosecutors charge Budapest mayor over role in banned LGBTQ+ march
  • Russia’s 1.2 million casualties in Ukraine dwarf all its conflicts since World War II, report says

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  • A rally to protest the killingof thousands of demonstrators in Iran since late December was held at the Trocadero in Paris on January 18.
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    Iran warns of ‘hazardous consequences’ after EU designates Revolutionary Guard as a terrorist organization
  • Wounded but still dangerous: How Iran could strike back if Trump attacks
  • ‘We are reliving the Nakba’: A Palestinian community says it’s being erased as Israeli settler violence intensifies
  • Trump warns against Nouri al-Maliki’s return as prime minister of Iraq
  • Tehran wary of American bombs as memories of bloody crackdown still sting
  • After 843 days, the clock counting the painful wait for Israel’s hostages has finally stopped
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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
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  • A pop star, an aging autocrat and a crackdown: What to expect from Uganda’s election
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  • Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks during a news conference before a cabinet planning forum at the Citadelle in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada January 22, 2026.
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    Carney says he expects Trump to ‘respect Canadian sovereignty’ after Alberta separatists meet with US officials
  • ‘A hurricane is coming’: Havana prepares people for war as US shuts off Cuba’s oil valve
  • Speak in code, delete the chats: The tactics Venezuelans are using out of fear of phone checks
  • Venezuela’s acting president says she has had ‘enough’ of US orders

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  • SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - AUGUST 12: Kim Keon Hee, former first lady and the wife of South Korea's ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol, arrives at a Seoul Central District Court to attend a hearing to review her arrest warrant requested by special prosecutors on  on August 12, 2025 in Seoul, South Korea. A court is set to hold a hearing on whether to issue a warrant to arrest former first lady Kim Keon Hee over her alleged involvement in a stock manipulation scheme, election meddling and bribe taking. (Photo by Jung Yeon-Je - Pool/Getty Images)
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    How a love of luxury brought down South Korea’s former first lady
  • India and Europe, both stung by Trump, turn to each other in a ‘mother of all deals’ on trade
  • Crowds bid farewell to Japan’s last pandas before return to China amid souring ties
  • At least 18 killed and hundreds rescued in Philippines ferry disaster

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    Look of the Week: Dua Lipa and a new era of Boom Boom fashion
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  • In Manhattan’s Billionaires’ Row, a renowned auction house makes a strategic move
  • Hermès veteran Véronique Nichanian’s final menswear collection is an ode to longevity
  • What can’t a man wear? Designers break convention at Paris Men’s Fashion Week

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  • One of the longest cold-air outbreaks in decades is about to get even colder, with record temps as far south as Florida

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  • US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet during a US-Russia summit on Ukraine at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, on August 15, 2025. US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin shook hands and exchanged greetings Friday as they arrived at a military base in Alaska for a historic summit on Moscow's war in Ukraine. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP) (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)
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  • NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, center, addresses committees of the European Union Parliament about Greenland negotiations on January 26 in Brussels, Belgium.
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    NATO chief says Europe should ‘keep on dreaming’ if it thinks it can defend itself without the US
  • RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - NOVEMBER 18: UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer during a bilateral meeting with President Xi Jinping of China, at the Sheraton Hotel, as he attends the G20 summit in on November 18, 2024 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Keir Starmer is attending his first G20 Summit since he was elected Prime Minister of the UK. He is expected to hold talks with President Xi Jinping of China, the first time a UK PM has done so for six years. (Photo by Stefan Rousseau - WPA Pool/Getty Images)
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  • Detroit Red Wings right wing Patrick Kane (88) gets set during a face off in the second period against the Washington Capitals at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, Michigan, on January 29, 2026.
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  • Dispute over the Olympic medal stripped from US gymnast Jordan Chiles goes back to Swiss court
  • Suspensions and hefty fines handed to Senegal and Morocco after chaotic AFCON final
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  • Apple CEO Tim Cook attends the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, on January 21.
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    The iPhone 17 is easing Wall Street’s concerns about Apple’s AI troubles
  • Elon Musk is betting Tesla’s future isn’t about cars at all
  • People aren’t buying into Apple’s big bet on a slimmer iPhone, survey suggests
  • Amazon is laying off 16,000 employees as AI battle intensifies
  • Meta and YouTube head to trial to defend against youth addiction, mental health harm claims

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