People lay flowers and light candles for the victims of the fire at the “Le Constellation” bar and lounge during New Year’s…
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Finnish police arrest two crew members on ship suspected of cable sabotage | Yle News
Finland’s defence minister has brushed off Moscow’s offer of “assistance” to Russian crew on a vessel suspected of slicing an offshore data cable.
Finnish Police on board the seized vessel Fitburg in harbour in Kirkkonummi on 1… Continue Reading
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A fire in an Swiss ski resort bar has left about 40 people dead
CRANS-MONTANA, Switzerland — Axel Clavier felt like he was suffocating inside the Swiss Alpine bar where moments before he’d been ringing in the new year with friends and dozens of other revelers.
The 16-year-old from Paris escaped the inferno,…
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Mamdani Revokes BDS, Synagogue Protest Bans in Sweeping Rollback of Adams Orders
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Thursday has overturned all the executive orders signed by his predecessor, Eric Adams, after September 26, 2024, the date that the outgoing mayor was indicted on five federal charges related to bribery, wire…
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South African activist uses history to highlight ongoing injustice | History
Cape Town, South Africa – Lucy Campbell, with her long grey dreadlocks, stands animated in front of the thick stone walls of the Castle of Good Hope in Cape Town’s city centre, her small frame accentuated by their towering height.
The…
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South Korea’s Lee ditches hard-line path on Kim, North Korea – DW – 01/01/2026
In a clear departure from his predecessor, Yoon Suk Yeol, South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has adopted a softer stance on North Korea during his first seven months in office, offering carrots rather than sticks to the regime in…
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Quote of the Day: ‘Zero Hour’ in Middle East As War-Weariness Sets In – The New York Times
- Quote of the Day: ‘Zero Hour’ in Middle East As War-Weariness Sets In The New York Times
- Zero Hour for the Middle East The New York Times
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- The Middle East Looks Toward a Grim 2026 Foreign…
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Why Seventy Years Of Independence Demand New Political Thinking – Amani Africa
Abdulgadir (Abdul) Mohammed, Former Senior Political Advisor and Head of Office, Sudan Mediation, United Nations
Today marks 70 years since Sudan emerged from colonial rule in 1956 with immense hope: hope for dignity, justice, and a state that…
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Made without permission: how Iran’s underground cinema owned 2025
Independent Iranian films, made without permits and often in open defiance of compulsory hijab rules, dominated major festivals and prize lists.
The clearest signal came at Cannes, where the Palme d’Or crowned an underground Iranian production,…
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‘It happened in seconds’: sudden inferno brings horror to Swiss ski resort | Switzerland
The new year had passed its first hour and the party in Le Constellation was in full swing with revellers dancing to thumping hip-hop. Dawn was far off and the teenagers and twenty-somethings were in no hurry to leave the bar. It was, after all,…
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