2026 • Jan 25
United Arab Emirates plans to bankroll first ‘planned community’ in south Gaza
Exclusive: Blueprints describe a ‘case study’ community where residents submit biometric data to gain entryThe United Arab Em...
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2026 • Jan 25
Trump’s wrecking ball pushes US allies closer to China
In the search for stability, some western nations are turning to a country that many in Washington see as an existential threatIf geopolitics relies at least in part on bonhomie between glob...
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2026 • Jan 24
Trump says US ‘armada’ heading to Middle East as Iran death toll put above 5,000
US president says ‘we have a lot of ships’ going in that direction and that Washington is watching Iran closelyDonald Trump has said an American “armada” is heading towards the Middle East a...
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2026 • Jan 24
‘A lot of fear’: the families bearing brunt of Sweden’s immigration crackdown
Many of those moved into an asylum return centre have held jobs for years and can speak the language“Sweden did this for us,” said Sofiye*, making a supportive scooping up gesture w...
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2026 • Jan 24
Russia keeps up demand for Ukrainian land as three-way talks begin in UAE
Moscow repeats call for Ukraine to leave Donbas before first trilateral talks since start of invasion in February 2022Ukraine, Russia and the US have begun three-way talks for the first time...
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2026 • Jan 23
Spanish prosecutors drop sexual assault complaint against Julio Iglesias
Court says alleged abuse and trafficking offences occurred outside Spain, leaving it without jurisdictionSpanish prosecutors have shelved a complaint brought by two women who have accused th...
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2026 • Jan 23
‘It’s the sovereignty of the country’: Guinea-Bissau says US vaccine study suspended
Despite US pushback, officials in west Africa say controversial hepatitis B study on pause amid ethics concernsUS health officials insisted it was still on. African health leaders said it wa...
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2026 • Jan 23
Indonesia takes action against mining firms after floods devastate population of world’s rarest ape
Conservationists hail the ‘desperately needed’ measures and urge greater protection after up to 11% of endangered Tapanuli orangutans wiped outThe floods and landslides that tore through Ind...
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2026 • Jan 23
Mark Carney says Canada must ‘be a beacon to a world that’s at sea’
In post-Davos speech, Canadian PM jabs at Trump, saying the arc of history ‘can still bend towards progress and justice’Canada’s prime minister, Mark Carney, said his country must be a “beac...
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2026 • Jan 22
Nearly 200 arrested in cross-border crackdown on gold mining in Amazon
Cash, gold, mercury and firearms seized in operations in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana and SurinamePolice and prosecutors from Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana and Suriname have arrested nearly...
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2026 • Jan 22
Peru’s interim president embroiled in scandal over secret meetings with Chinese businessmen
Opposition lawmakers say they will seek to impeach José Jerí over undisclosed meetings in Lima’s ChinatownPeru’s interim president, José ...
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2026 • Jan 22
Canada aquarium that threatened to kill its whales wants to sell them to US
Marineland seeks approval to sell belugas to United States after its China export proposal was rejected
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