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Queen Elizabeth II took the news 'very calmly and without surprise'

Declassified files

Queen was not told aide was Soviet spy for years, UK records show

Francois Bayrou is looking to the left for tacit support

Francois Bayrou

New French PM faces first key parliamentary hurdle

South Korean and US intelligence agencies had monitored Pyongyang's launch preparations, the military said

Second test this year

North Korea fires short-range ballistic missiles before Trump's return

Pete Hegseth, US President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for secretary of defense, faces allegations of sexual misconduct and excessive drinking

Trump's cabinet picks come under US Senate spotlight

The Kumbh Mela, a show of religious piety and ritual bathing, is a logistical challenge of staggering proportions

Largest gathering of humanity

India's Hindu pilgrims: a sea of humanity at Kumbh Mela

Tradition-steeped Kyoto is famed for its kimono-clad geisha and Buddhist temples

'Grumbles from locals'

Japanese tourist hotspot Kyoto to hike hotel taxes

The POQUITO mission marks a landmark achievement for the University of Luxembourg. For the first time, the SnT team is spearheading a complete space mission lifecycle: from initial design and assembly to testing and upcoming operation.

Morning Roundup

Close to Gaza ceasefire deal, warning for cold weather, and Luxembourg university launches first satellite into orbit

President Yoon Suk Yeol's December 3 power grab plunged South Korea into its worst political crisis in decades

Impeachment trial of South Korean President Yoon begins

US President-elect Donald Trump and former US First Lady Melania Trump arrive to pay their respects in front of the flag-draped casket of former President Jimmy Carter at the US Capitol Rotunda on January 8, 2025

Shattering niceties

Even before taking office, Trump shaking up global order

Donald Trump has shown little sign of changing his bombastic style in his second term

Trump unbound: America braces for wild, dark comeback

Evacuees have become increasingly nervous about looters roaming empty neighborhoods and poluice have stepped up patrols in a bid to deter criminals

Nine charged over looting in LA fires: prosecutor

Iranian officials met with counterparts from Britain, France and Germany

Tehran's nuclear programme

Iran, European powers hold 'constructive' nuclear talks

Lebanese lawmakers broke a two-year deadlock to appoint Joseph Aoun president

Major challenges

Lebanon's president names ICJ judge Nawaf Salam prime minister

The war in Gaza continued to rage despite talk of a ceasefire deal being close

Heavy fighting rocks Gaza amid rising hope for truce deal

US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan speaks during the daily press briefing in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on January 13, 2025.

US says Gaza deal 'can get done this week'

Tourist information centres are thing of the past in Paris

Due to digital services

Last tourist information centre in Paris closes

Luxembourg drunk driver causes accident after phone distraction

Police said more than a million members of an influential religious sect gathered in the Philippine capital on Monday

Iglesia ni Cristo

Philippine sect gathers to oppose VP Duterte impeachment

South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul (R) met Japanese counterpart Takeshi Iwaya (L) for talks in Seoul

Strengthening ties

Japan FM in South Korea for talks before Trump takes office

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Kyiv had captured two North Korean soldiers

Seoul says 300 North Korean soldiers killed fighting Ukraine

Morning Roundup

Nationwide strike in Belgium, US Ambassador gives goodbye interview, and sing along to LSC songs

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Artificial intelligence

Viral images of Hollywood sign on fire are fake

The storm came as France's poorest territory was still reeling from a deadly cyclone from mid-December

Cyclone-battered region sees storm Dikeledi leave Mayotte for Mozambique

Malala Yousafzai has made only a handful of public visits to Pakistan since her evacuation to Britain after being shot in the head by a Pakistan Taliban militant

Education activist Malala returns to a region in crisis

Young women and supporters of liberal causes like the LGBTQ+ community, climate justice and labour rights are calling for the impeached president's immediate detention

A gender conflict

South Korea's Gen-Z divided over political crisis

The millennia-old Kumbh Mela, a show of religious piety and ritual bathing, is held at the site where the Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati rivers meet

India opens giant Hindu festival for 400 million pilgrims

Wind-fanned wildfires have killed at least 24 people in Los Angeles, consuming communities and destroying homes

'A desperate battle'

Australian mum says son killed in LA fires as water ran out

Zoran Milanovic voting in Zagreb on Sunday

Croatia populist president re-elected in landslide

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