11 h. ago Sydney surfer mauled by shark — third coastal attack in two days

The Morning the Sea Turned Sharp: Sharks, Surfboards and a City on Edge Sunlight slanted across the gentle curve of Manly’s North Steyne as if nothing dark could disturb the ritual: coffee, the ferry’s chug, wetsuits shivering on the sand, boards tucked under arms. By midday, that ordinary rhythm was fractured by an image people […]

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35 h. ago Ukraine says it held substantive security talks with United States officials

When the lights go out: a winter of strikes, talks and the hum of generators There is a brittle quiet to winter nights in southeastern Ukraine, the kind that sharpens every sound—the scrape of boots on ice, the tinny clink of kettle on a gas stove, the shuffle of people moving from room to room […]

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42 h. ago Somalia: Military Reports Thwarting Al Shabab Attack in Middle Shabelle

The Somali military announced Sunday that it had foiled an attack launched by Al Shabab, affiliated with Al Qaeda, on the Gubad Gobni area in Middle Shabelle Region, southeastern Somalia.

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51 h. ago Five people killed in multiple avalanches across Austria’s Alps

Snow, Silence and Sorrow: The Alps Grapple with a Deadly Week of Avalanches The mountains do not always speak loudly. Sometimes they whisper, and sometimes—after a night of heavy snowfall—they roar without warning. On a crisp morning in the Pongau region near Salzburg, Austrian rescue helicopters cut through a blue sky streaked with contrails, dropping […]

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3 d. ago Thousands Expected to Join ‘Hands Off Greenland’ Demonstrations Nationwide

When flags fly colder than the wind: Greenlanders march to defend a home On a late-summer afternoon the sky over Nuuk looked like a watercolor—pale blue washed thin over jagged ice. People gathered anyway, bundled into thick coats, Greenlandic flags snapping bright against the chill. They came not just from the capital but from tiny […]

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5 d. ago Grok AI blocked from ‘undressing’ photos in regions where it’s prohibited

The Day the Algorithm Stripped Away Our Comfort We were supposed to be talking about a harmless new chatbot. Instead, in cafés and courtrooms and kitchen tables from Dublin to Jakarta, people found themselves confronting a blunt, unglamorous truth: the machines we build learn the worst parts of us faster than we expect. When whispers […]

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6 d. ago UN: More than 100 Palestinian children killed in Gaza since ceasefire

Gaza’s Ceasefire That Didn’t Stop the Bombs: Children at the Center of an Unfinished Reckoning The wind that slips through the broken windows of Jabalia carries a dozen small sounds at once—the distant hum of generators, the clink of a teacup, a dog’s bark, and the muffled sob of a mother who has learned to […]

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6 d. ago Dispute Erupts Over Reported Number of Prisoners Freed in Venezuela

A Slow Unraveling: Venezuela’s Puzzle of Prisoner Releases and the People Left Waiting On a sun-baked morning in Caracas, a cluster of women sat beneath a weathered ficus outside a municipal court, clutching crumpled photographs of sons and brothers whose faces time had not yet forgiven. They spoke softly but urgently — their sentences threaded […]

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7 d. ago President Congratulates Buckley on Remarkable Recognition, Hails Achievement

When Killarney Applauded in Los Angeles: Jessie Buckley’s Golden Globe and the Quiet Power of “Hamnet” It was barely daylight in Killarney when the cheers started, soft and surprised, like someone tapping the rim of a teacup and waiting for the music to begin. At O’Malley’s Bar on Main Street, a television perched above the […]

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7 d. ago Minnesota Files Lawsuit Against Trump Administration Over ICE Operations

A City in Vigil, a State in Court: Minneapolis After a Death that Changed Everything The wind that evening carried the smell of melted wax and wet chrysanthemums. A weathered photograph of Renee Nicole Good—smiling, eyes steady—leaned against a traffic cone near a stretch of sidewalk turned suddenly into a communal altar. People came and […]

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7 d. ago Irishman Wrongfully Detained in Iran Says Locals Live in Fear

Seven Months Behind Bars, a Survivor Returns with a Simple Plea: Watch Iran’s People The man who walked back into Dublin from an ordeal in Iran carries more than a passport and a battered suitcase. He carries a story that smells of diesel and tea, of carpet dust and hospital antiseptic — a story about […]

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7 d. ago Swiss court extends custody of bar owner following fatal blaze

Crans-Montana’s New Year: A Night That Turned from Celebration to Tragedy The bells of the Alps had barely rung midnight when a routine celebration in a mountain resort bar in Crans-Montana turned into a wound that will not quickly heal. On New Year’s Day, a blaze tore through a packed basement venue, killing 40 people […]

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8 d. ago Human rights group says Iran protests killed over 500 people

Night Smoke and Morning Fear: Iran’s Unrest Through the Eyes of Streets That Won’t Sleep By the time dawn leaked through the smog and chant-stained night, Tehran’s avenues already felt like a line drawn across two realities. On one side: the familiar rhythm of traffic and tea vendors. On the other: burn marks on asphalt, […]

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9 d. ago Nationwide Demonstrations Condemn ICE Agent’s Shooting of Woman

They Came for Renee — and for Something Bigger The air in Minneapolis felt like glass: brittle, clear, and cold enough to make conversations short and fierce. Even so, thousands of people pushed through snow-packed streets and clutched signs with mittened hands, chanting a name that had become, in the span of a few days, […]

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1 week ago Could Trump’s push for Greenland undermine NATO and the Western alliance?

When a Map Becomes a Flashpoint: Greenland, Power, and the Price of Bold Talk There are moments when a place on a map stops being an abstract shape and becomes a test of trust. Greenland — a sheet of white that covers more than 2.16 million square kilometres and houses roughly 56,000 people — has […]

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1 week ago Rob Reiner’s son to face arraignment in parents’ murder case

A Quiet Street, A Loud Shock: The Reiner Tragedy Unfolds On a crisp December morning in Brentwood, where palms sway above manicured hedges and holiday wreaths cling to ornate doors, the ordinary rhythm of an upscale Los Angeles neighborhood was ruptured by something that felt utterly impossible: the death of two people who had been […]

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1 week ago XASAASI: Osimhen oo ku Hanjabay inuusan dib dambe ugu ciyaareyn Nigeria kadib khilaaf xoogan oo dhex

XIGASHO LAACIB.NET Xaaladda xerada xulka qaranka Nigeria ayaa kacsan ka dib markii uu khilaaf xooggan dhex maray labada xiddig ee Victor Osimhen iyo Ademola Lookman, intii ay socotay ciyaartii ay 4-0 kaga badiyeen Mozambique wareegga 16-ka ee tartanka AFCON 2026. Sida ay sheegayaan wararka laga helayo saxaafadda Nigeria, Osimhen ayaa ku hanjabay inuu gabi ahaanba […]

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1 week ago Somber atmosphere at United Nations as Washington’s Venezuela actions debated

When a Helipad Became the World’s Stage The morning air outside the United Nations felt colder than usual — not because of the weather, but because of the silence. Diplomats moved through the glass atrium like statues carved from protocol: buttoned suits, tight expressions, the practiced anonymity of people trained not to be surprised. Reporters […]

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2 w. ago More than 30 killed, several people kidnapped in Nigeria attack

Night of Fire in Kasuwan Daji: A Market Turned Graveyard They tell you markets are the heartbeat of a village. In Kasuwan Daji — literally “the bush market” in Hausa — that heartbeat still echoes tonight, but broken. Stalls that at dawn would have brimmed with tomatoes and millet now lie smouldering under a sky […]

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2 w. ago Somalia: Puntland Logistics Commander Killed in Roadside Blast in Al

A senior Puntland military officer and two other soldiers were killed on Sunday after a roadside bomb struck their vehicle in the Al-Miskaad area, along the road connecting the port city of Bosaso and the town of Dhaadaar, security officials said.

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