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fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 hour ago

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,444

Fierce fighting along a 1,200 km front includes intensified drone and missile attacks causing casualties, infrastructure damage, and kill zones up to 20 km deep.
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fromwww.mercurynews.com
13 hours ago
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Italy braces for Winter Olympics with high security and decree targeting violent protesters

Italy deployed thousands of security personnel, approved stricter protest measures, and established multi-center operations to protect the geographically dispersed Milan Cortina Winter Olympics.
fromEsquire
4 hours ago
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The 2026 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony Was Full of Shenanigans, Celebrities, and Hope

The Olympics Opening Ceremony celebrates global unity, sport, and creativity while evolving into decentralized, theatrical spectacles that showcase local culture and surprising celebrity moments.
fromEsquire
4 hours ago
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The 2026 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony Was Full of Shenanigans, Celebrities, and Hope

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fromVulture
6 hours ago

The Best Olympic Sport Is the Opening Ceremony

Milano Cortina's Opening Ceremony prioritizes extravagant theatrical spectacle and performance over athletic competition.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
13 hours ago
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So the Epstein scandal is about politics? Silly me for thinking it's about the mass abuse of women and girls | Marina Hyde

Media focus on political fallout distracts from confronting male-on-female sexual abuse and the searchable records revealing powerful men's attitudes toward women and girls.
fromwww.theguardian.com
20 hours ago
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I am always on your team!!': how Andrew's aide kept close ties with Epstein right to the end

Jeffrey Epstein arranged for his young companions to be escorted through Buckingham Palace via Pitch@Palace director David Stern.
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fromIrish Independent
1 day ago

Met Eireann changes Orange and Yellow rain warnings for 13 counties as flood threat peaks and travel disruption hits

Severe rainfall and flood warnings threaten roads, homes, businesses and transport across eastern and southern counties; avoid non-essential travel and stay away from waterways.
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fromianVisits
20 hours ago

London's weekly railway news

Multiple incidents and operational changes across London's rail network are causing significant service disruptions, safety concerns, and debates over signage, rolling stock and policing.
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fromAol
14 hours ago

Factbox-European regulators crack down on Big Tech

European regulators have launched multiple antitrust probes and imposed significant fines on major Big Tech firms including Alphabet (Google), Amazon, and Apple.
#milan-cortina-2026
fromNature
1 day ago

US grant applicants surge at prestigious European research agency

According to data from the European Research Council (ERC), applications from the United States for its starting, consolidator and advanced grants to individual researchers - each worth up to €2.5 million (US$5.3 million) over five years - rose by 120% in its most recent round of calls, compared to an overall rise in applications of 17% (see Choosing Europe below).
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fromESPN.com
1 day ago

NHL Power Rankings: Updated 1-32 poll heading into Olympic break

The theme of this week's Power Rankings is, for any reason, who is the "top" player from each NHL team that isn't on an Olympic roster going to Milan. How we rank: A panel of ESPN hockey commentators, analysts, reporters and editors sends in a 1-32 poll based on the games through Wednesday. Note: Previous ranking for each team refers to the previous edition, published Jan. 29. Points percentages are through Thursday's games.
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fromThe Walrus
15 hours ago

How Portraiture Gives Us Permission to Stare | The Walrus

Portraiture restores Indigenous and diverse presences to a national visual history previously dominated by depopulated romantic landscapes.
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fromSilicon Canals
20 hours ago

I lived in Italy for over a year-here's what they don't you about living the Mediterranean dream - Silicon Canals

Living in Italy offers romantic moments but also involves frustrating bureaucracy, slow services, and cultural adjustments beyond travel-magazine portrayals.
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fromIrish Independent
15 hours ago

Victim of Bus Eireann crash in Dublin city centre is named locally

A Bus Eireann double-decker struck pedestrians in Dublin, killing an elderly local man and injuring three others; Gardaí are investigating and seek witness footage.
#2026-winter-olympics
fromwww.aljazeera.com
7 hours ago

Anti-ICE protesters rally in Milan before Winter Olympics

Hundreds of protesters have gathered in Milan to reject the presence of United States immigration agents in the city before the opening ceremony of the Milano Cortina Winter Games. The student-led demonstration on Friday featured banners reading ICE should be in my drinks, not my city in reaction to the reported presence of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials providing security for the US delegation at the games.
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fromwww.bbc.com
21 hours ago

Number of homeless refugees in England soars, BBC finds

Refugee homelessness in England quintupled to 19,310 households (2024/25), driven by policy changes, faster asylum grants, and limited social-housing priority.
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fromMacRumors
1 day ago

EU Spares Apple Maps and Apple Ads

Apple Maps and Apple Ads are not designated gateways under the EU Digital Markets Act due to limited EU usage and advertising scale.
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fromwww.dw.com
10 hours ago

European nations gear up to ban social media for children

European governments propose age-based social media restrictions (typically 15–16) to protect minors from harmful content linked to rewired brains, anxiety, and long-term mental-health risks.
#figure-skating
fromWIRED
16 hours ago
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Figure Skaters at the 2026 Winter Olympics Are Pushing the Limits of What's Possible

fromWIRED
16 hours ago
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Figure Skaters at the 2026 Winter Olympics Are Pushing the Limits of What's Possible

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fromIrish Independent
6 hours ago

Gardai shut down 'dodgy box' streaming service operating in Galway which supplied hundreds of users

Gardaí in Galway raided a Rahoon home, seized devices, and shut down almost 200 illegal IPTV accounts distributing SKY TV content; no arrests yet.
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fromIrish Independent
6 hours ago

'A worthy champion for all photographers' - Irish Independent's Mark Condren wins record seventh Press Photographer of the Year award

Press photographer Mr Condren won the top award, earning multiple category wins and praise for truthful, technically skilled images amid concerns about AI-generated doubt.
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fromwww.aljazeera.com
23 hours ago

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,443

Heavy nighttime strikes and drone attacks hit Ukrainian and Russian cities, damaging infrastructure, wounding civilians, and prompting extensive air-defence engagements.
#tiktok
fromTechCrunch
10 hours ago
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EU says TikTok must disable 'addictive' features like infinite scroll, fix its recommendation engine | TechCrunch

fromTechCrunch
10 hours ago
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EU says TikTok must disable 'addictive' features like infinite scroll, fix its recommendation engine | TechCrunch

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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 day ago

Team GB chief predicts most potent' Winter Games ever with sights set on eight medals

A 53-athlete British team arrives at Milano Cortina poised to challenge traditional winter powers and target four to eight medals.
#russia
fromwww.theguardian.com
16 hours ago

Farrell to carry out review after Ireland humbled by France in Six Nations

I am because I know the people that we've got, the good people that we've got, the good players that are here but who are at home as well. I know there is a determined group to make sure that we are constantly up there at the top of world rugby to be able to compete, and that will always be the case.
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fromLondon Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com
17 hours ago

Senior Russian general shot multiple times in an assassination attempt - London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com

A senior Russian military general has been shot multiple times in Moscow in an assassination attempt. Lieutenant General Vladimir Alekseyev, deputy head of the Defence Ministry's Main Directorate of the General Staff was shot several times on Friday and has been rushed to hospital. The general was accused of playing a major role in the Salisbury poisonings in the UK of the former double Russia n agent Sergei Skripal for British intelligence.
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fromIrish Independent
21 hours ago

Irish shares hit amid declines in Europe and US stock markets

Markets were also bruised as a planned €220bn tie-up between mining giants Glencore and Rio Tinto was shelved. The pair have had a long-running, on-off engagement that has seen them try to tie the knot before. "Many wondered whether it might be third time lucky when Rio Tinto and Glencore got back around the table to discuss a deal which would have created the world's biggest mining company - but today it emerged it was not to be,"
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fromwww.dw.com
13 hours ago

EU says TikTok's 'addictive design' harms children

The European Commission found TikTok's design breaches EU law and requires disabling addictive features, adding screen-time breaks, and adapting its recommender system.
#winter-olympics
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fromwww.dw.com
11 hours ago

Germany news: Merz wraps up Gulf investment charm offensive

Germany positions itself as a reliable investment partner in the Gulf, seeks leadership role in EU-UAE trade talks, and pursues increased energy and arms cooperation.
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fromMail Online
15 hours ago

Revealed: The UK's most and least sexy accents - bad news for Brummies

Northern Irish accent ranks as the UK's sexiest, Brummie the least sexy; Italian tops European accents while Romanian ranks lowest.
#storm-leonardo
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fromThe Atlantic
4 hours ago

Winter Olympics Photo of the Day: Dynamic Cauldrons

A twin set of 1,440-component aluminum cauldrons in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo will house the Olympic flame through February 22.
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fromIndependent
21 hours ago

Melanie Finn: How my lunchtime shopping trip to North Earl Street turned into a scene of unimaginable tragedy

A Bus Éireann vehicle struck pedestrians in Dublin 1, prompting a garda cordon and stopping traffic toward O'Connell Street.
fromwww.aljazeera.com
11 hours ago

Ukraine pulls plug on Russian Starlink, beefs up drone defence

On Thursday, Ukraine's energy minister, Denys Shmyal, warned Ukrainians to prepare for more power blackouts in the coming days as Russian air attacks continued. Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko said Russia had struck energy infrastructure 217 times this year. Shmyal said 200 emergency crews were working to restore power to 1,100 buildings in Kyiv alone. Russia has been targeting Ukrainian power stations, gas pipelines and power cables since mid-January, leaving hundreds of thousands of people without heat or electricity at various points.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
12 hours ago

Giorgia Meloni's face on a church mural is offensive but not for the reason the Vatican thinks | Jonathan Jones

An elderly artist painted Giorgia Meloni's face on an angel in a Roman church mural; it was later removed after protests and alleged Vatican pressure.
#thorbjorn-jagland
fromwww.theguardian.com
17 hours ago

Only seven new petrol-powered cars sold in Norway in January

Just seven new petrol cars were sold in Norway last month, data shows. The country, which is the frontrunner in the uptake of electric vehicles, shifted a record low number of new fossil-fuel cars in January, information from the Norwegian Road Traffic Information Council (OFV) reveals. Only seven petrol, 29 hybrid and 98 diesel cars were registered, while more than 2,000 battery electric vehicles (BEVs) were sold.
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fromwww.dw.com
20 hours ago

US ambassador cuts ties with Polish parliament speaker

US ambassador to Poland cut all contact with Sejm speaker Wlodzimierz Czarzasty after Czarzasty publicly criticized Donald Trump and refused to back a Nobel nomination.
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fromIndependent
14 hours ago

Adrian Weckler: Europe's ruling on TikTok is a far more powerful way to protect kids than any social media ban

European Commission requires TikTok to change core app design or exit the EU market, intensifying regulatory pressure on social media platforms to protect children.
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fromLGBTQ Nation
14 hours ago

Trump endorses rabidly anti-LGBTQ+ European leader for re-election - LGBTQ Nation

Donald Trump endorsed Viktor Orbán for re-election, praising his nationalist policies amid concerns about Orbán's anti-LGBTQ+ measures and slipping popularity.
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fromwww.dw.com
13 hours ago

German exports to US plummet, but Europe provides a boost

US tariffs in 2025 caused German exports to the United States to plunge, shrinking Germany's trade surplus and shifting trade ties toward China.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
5 hours ago

We are all connected': Winter Olympics opening ceremony stresses harmony and showcases Italy

Milan's Olympic opening combined spectacular celebration and a plea for unity while protests and boos targeted the US vice-president and accompanying ICE officials.
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fromwww.dw.com
14 hours ago

Defending Denmark against foes and fickle friends

Denmark extended mandatory national service to 11 months and made it gender-neutral, responding to Russian threats and U.S. unpredictability while training new conscripts in Haderslev.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
16 hours ago

Software selloff deepens amid AI fears in echoes of dot-com crash' business live

Rotation out of tech stocks is masking index-level weakness but prolonged sector declines could drag the broader market lower, as in the 2000 dot-com era.
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fromIrish Independent
10 hours ago

'Everyone was fond of Frank' - 'Gentleman' killed in Dublin bus crash remembered as 'intelligent' and 'independent'

An active, 85-year-old man named Frank died after a bus crashed on a pedestrianised street; neighbours remember his routine, kindness and will miss him.
fromComputerWeekly.com
16 hours ago

Virgin Media O2 accelerates automation across mobile network | Computer Weekly

In its strategy to maintain acceptable performance levels for mobile users, VMO2 has expanded its relationship with infrastructure modernisation firm Zinkworks. VMO2) added that it is building on two years of experience monitoring its fixed broadband network, where the technology is said to have reduced repair times by more than a third, cutting the need for engineer visits by 12%.
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fromIrish Independent
10 hours ago

'They were whipping and kicking her to get her up' - Charity calls for Garda animal abuse unit after horse dies of exhaustion on busy road

A sulky horse named Anne collapsed and skidded on the N4, was whipped and kicked by riders who fled, and was later euthanized, losing her foal.
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fromIndependent
9 hours ago

'Natural storyteller' who demanded cigarette from man at knifepoint went to hug victim when given one

Martin McDonnell produced a large knife to demand a cigarette, kissed the injured party on the back of the neck, and pleaded guilty to knife production and theft.
#emma-raducanu
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fromwww.aljazeera.com
15 hours ago

Spain v social media giants: What's the big dispute about?

Spain plans to ban social media for under-16s and hold platform executives legally responsible, triggering sharp backlash from X and Telegram leaders.
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fromenglish.elpais.com
12 hours ago

Telegram, the platform favored by cybercriminals and disinformation

Telegram is linked to hoaxes, disinformation, and criminal use while founder Pavel Durov faces serious legal accusations including complicity in child pornography distribution.
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fromBusiness Insider
22 hours ago

New SpaceX way of cutting off Russians from Starlink is 'catastrophe' for Moscow, Ukrainians say

SpaceX blocked Russian Starlink access over Ukraine and implemented a whitelist to allow only approved Ukrainian terminals, disrupting Russian battlefield communications.
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fromThe Good Life France
19 hours ago

What to see and do in Saint-Germain-en-Laye - The Good Life France

Saint-Germain-en-Laye is a historic Paris suburb, birthplace of Louis XIV, seat of 29 French monarchs, featuring royal châteaux and gardens, 25 minutes from Paris.
fromwww.theguardian.com
17 hours ago

Russian general Vladimir Alekseyev in critical condition after Moscow shooting

A top Russian military official has been taken to hospital after being shot in Moscow, state media reported. Lt Gen Vladimir Alekseyev was shot several times on the stairwell of his apartment on Friday by an unknown gunman in the north-west of the city and remains in critical condition, according to early reports. Alekseyev is a deputy director of Russia's military intelligence agency, the GRU, a unit in the defence ministry known for organising covert operations abroad, including assassinations, sabotage and espionage.
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fromwww.dw.com
9 hours ago

Norway crown princess apologizes to royals for Epstein ties

It is important for me to apologize to all of you whom I have disappointed,
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fromIrish Independent
1 day ago

Met Eireann changes Orange and Yellow rain warnings as flood threat peaks and travel disruption hits

The threat of flooding is set to peak this morning, with road networks expected to bear the brunt of the deluge. However, damage to residential and commercial properties is also likely, emergency services have warned. With Dublin, Louth, Waterford and Wexford under ­Status Orange rain warnings, people in those counties have been urged to work from home in order to keep the roads clear for emergency vehicles.
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fromThe Washington Post
8 hours ago

Winter Olympics, spread across north Italy, to open with Milanese flair

Harmony is the ability to transform our values into shared images, sounds and emotions,
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fromwww.theguardian.com
12 hours ago

Elton John accuses Daily Mail publisher of abhorrent' invasion of privacy

Elton John says Daily Mail publisher unlawfully invaded his family's privacy, including medical records and birth details, via alleged phone tapping and private investigators.
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