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Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni met with President-elect Donald Trump, accompanied by Sen. Marco Rubio and Rep. Michael Waltz at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, on Saturday.
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Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer gives a speech on reducing NHS wait times as he visits a healthcare provider in Surrey, on January 6, 2025 in Epsom, Britain. Leon Neal/Pool via REUTERS
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Golden Globes

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Demi Moore wins Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy during the 82nd Annual Golden Globes held at The Beverly Hilton on January 05, 2025 in Beverly Hills, California.
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VIENNA, AUSTRIA - JANUARY 06: Herbert Kickl, leader of the far-right Austria Freedom Party (FPOe), arrives to meet with Austrian President Alexander van der Bellen on January 06, 2025 in Vienna, Austria. Van der Bellen has invited Kickl to lead a second round of coalition negotiations following the recent collapse of coalition negotiations between three parties led by Austrian Chancellor and leader of the Austrian People's Party (OeVP) Karl Nehammer. Nehammer has stepped down from both roles, and his successor at the OeVP has stated his willingness to form a government with the FPOe with Kickl as chancellor. (Photo by Thomas Kronsteiner/Getty Images)
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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 05: Coco Gauff of the USA celebrates victory in the United Cup Final against Iga Swiatek of Poland during day 10 of the 2025 United Cup at Ken Rosewall Arena on January 05, 2025 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Brett Hemmings/Getty Images)
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Coco Gauff earns statement win over Iga Świątek
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Biden permanently bans offshore drilling in 625 million acres of ocean
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Sports commentator and television personality Skip Bayless poses for a portrait in Los Angeles, California on October 4, 2024.
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A 276-kilogram bluefin tuna that was auctioned for 207 million Japanese yen (about about 1.3 million U.S. dollars), which was bought jointly by sushi restaurant operator Onodera Group and wholesaler Yamayuk, is displayed after the first tuna auction of the New Year at Toyosu Market, in Tokyo, Japan January 5, 2025.
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KAPALUA, HAWAII - JANUARY 05: Hideki Matsuyama of Japan poses with the trophy after winning The Sentry 2025 at Plantation Course at Kapalua Golf Club on January 05, 2025 in Kapalua, Hawaii. Matsuyama sets the PGA TOUR record for lowest 72-hole score to par with -35. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)
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PARIS, FRANCE - AUGUST 08: Fred Kerley of Team United States looks on prior to the Men's 4 x 100m Relay on day thirteen of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Stade de France on August 08, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Hannah Peters/Getty Images)
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Space and science

In this undated handout photo, New Glenn during successful integrated vehicle hotfire.
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Global Business

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Style

NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 17: Lily-Rose Depp is seen leaving the 'Kelly Clarkson Show' on December 17, 2024 in New York, New York. (Photo by MEGA/GC Images)
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Brighton's Brazilian striker João Pedro reacts following the foul as referee Anthony Taylor gives a penalty to Brighton.
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US Politics

Four members of the far-right Proud Boys have been found guilty of seditious conspiracy by a jury in Washington, DC, for their role in the US Capitol riot on January 6, 2021.
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TOPSHOT - This picture taken on April 24, 2018, shows Meroitic pyramids at the archaeological site of Bajarawiya, near Hillat ed Darqab, some 250 kilometers northeast of Khartoum. (Photo by ASHRAF SHAZLY / AFP) (Photo by ASHRAF SHAZLY/AFP via Getty Images)
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<strong>Rare carvings: </strong>About an hour's drive north of Doha, Al Jassasiya is the site of some 900 "petroglyph" rock carvings, many of which are unique to the area.
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Local residents look at fireworks as they celebrate the New Year at Ancol Beach in Jakarta on January 1, 2025. (Photo by Yasuyoshi CHIBA / AFP) (Photo by YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP via Getty Images)
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TOPSHOT - A computer-generated artists impression released by the European Space Agency (ESA) depicts an approximation of 12 000 objects in orbit around the Earth. A communications satellite belonging to US company Iridium has collided with a disused Russian military satellite, on February 10, 2009. "A collision has occurred between an Iridium 33 satellite and a Russian Kosmos 2251 military satellite," Russian officials have said. Space News have reported that NASA is tracking hundreds of particles of debris from the collision, and said the orbiting International Space Station faced a small risk of being struck. AFP PHOTO / ESA / HO ---RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE--- (Photo by ESA / AFP) (Photo by -/ESA/AFP via Getty Images)
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US Olympic medalist Fred Kerley arrested and stun-gunned during confrontation with police in Miami
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