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Savannah Guthrie is one of America's best-loved journalists, and the apparent kidnapping of her mother has dominated US news

Suspected kidnapping

US news anchor says 'hour of desperation' in search for missing mother

Actress Catherine O'Hara, star of comedies like 'Schitt's Creek' and 'The Studio,' has died

Pulmonary embolism

'Schitt's Creek' star Catherine O'Hara died of blood clot in lung: death certificate

Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai, seen in 2020, has already been jailed for over five years as his trial progressed

National security crimes alleged

Hong Kong sentences pro-democracy mogul Jimmy Lai to 20 years in jail

Venezuelan opposition politian leader Juan Pablo Guanipa waves a national flag after his release from Helicoide prison in Caracas on February 8, 2026, before he was detained again

Under house arrest

Venezuela opposition figure freed, then rearrested after calling for elections

Photographs, of including Bill Clinton, Mick Jagger Richard Branson and Ghislaine Maxwell, after the US Justice Department began releasing the long-awaited Epstein files

Epstein taints European governments and royalty, US corporate elite

Keir Starmer has accused Mandelson of lying about his ties to financier Epstein

Prepares to face lawmakers

UK PM Starmer refuses to quit as pressure builds over Epstein

Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre claimed she was trafficked to have sex with Andrew three times, including twice when she was 17

Downward spiral

UK king voices 'concern' as police probe ex-prince Andrew over Epstein

Madrid's imposing Victory Arch was built in the 1950s to celebrate the victory of General Frencisco Franco's forces in Spain's 1936-1939 civil war,

Symbols that linger

Spanish NGO says govt flouting own Franco memory law

Discord insisted the age verification measures will come with robust privacy protections

Discord adopts facial recognition in child safety crackdown

Nurses rallied outside Mount Sinai Hospital, one of the facilities affected by the strike in New York

Some striking NY nurses reach deal with employers

Violence has continued in Gaza despite a US-brokered truce

In spite of ceasefire

Israel says killed four militants exiting Gaza tunnel

Companies bidding for some public contracts could have to prove that their products are partly made in Europe

Over foreign rivals

EU chief backs Made-in-Europe push for 'strategic' sectors

Vice President JD Vance is the most senior US official to visit Armenia

US-brokered peace process

US vice president visits Armenia, Azerbaijan to 'advance' peace

Norwegian Crown Princess Mette-Marit has apologised for her friendship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein

Prominent personalities implicated

Epstein affair triggers crisis of trust in Norway

Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called for Iranians to show resolve in the face of international pressure

Two-track approach

Iran steps up arrests while remaining positive on US talks

Chaotic scenes in Italy

Masked armed robbers blow up cash transporter on motorway

Anatel said Rumble should again be off the air in a few days

Brazil seeks to restore block of Rumble video app

WhatsApp faces greater EU oversight after meeting the threshold set by the Digital Services Act

Competition watchdog

EU warns Meta it must open up WhatsApp to rival AI chatbots

French President Emmanuel Macron said ripping up unprofitable vines was needed to boost the sector

Necessary for revitalisation

Macron backs ripping up vines as French wine sales dive

More than 11,400 people were killed during the siege of Sarajevo by Bosnian-Serb forces and makeshift cemeteries had to be set up at sports centres and other places

Italian suspect questioned over Sarajevo 'weekend snipers' killings: reports

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party led by Tarique Rahman is widely tipped as the frontrunner in Thursday's election

Pitching competing visions

Bangladesh poll rivals rally on final day of campaign

Chloe Kim is targeting a third straight Olympic snowboarding gold medal

Hess called 'real loser'

Olympic star Chloe Kim calls for 'compassion' after Trump attack on US teammate

USA celebrate their super over shock victory against Pakistan in the 2024 T20 World Cup

'All the pressure' on Pakistan as USA out to inflict another T20 shock

A protester is helped after police deployed pepper spray to disperse demonstrators taking part in a Pro-Palestinian rally against Israeli President Isaac Herzog's visit to Australia in Sydney on February 9, 2026

Commemorating victims of deadly attack

Sydney police pepper spray protesters during rallies against Israeli president's visit

The party built by Thailand's former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra - who is currently in prison - had its worst ever election result, raising questions about the party's future

Worst election result ever

Family matters: Thaksin's party down, maybe not out

Ebo Taylor, who kept performing into his 80s, was instrumental in introducing Ghanaian highlife to international listeners

Guitarist, composer and bandleader

Music world mourns Ghana's Ebo Taylor, founding father of highlife

Keir Starmer has accused Mandelson of lying about his ties to financier Epstein

Facing calls to resign

Pressure grows on UK's Starmer over Epstein fallout

Former Apple Daily workers cried after watching their ex-boss, pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai, sentenced to 20 years in jail by a Hong Kong court

Shrivelling press freedoms

HK mogul's ex-workers 'broke down in tears' as they watched sentencing

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