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Fri, 30 Jan 2026 09:37:10 GMTAlcaraz outlasts Zverev in epic to reach maiden Australian Open final
The world number one outlasted the German third seed 6-4, 7-6 (7/5), 6-7 (3/7), 6-7 (4/7), 7-5 over a titanic 5hrs 27 mins in hot conditions and will play either Jannik Sinner or Novak Djokovic in Sunday's title match.
But he only narrowly avoided ...
Fri, 30 Jan 2026 09:37:10 GMTFrench PM forces final budget through parliament
The decision to use the constitutional tool known as article 49.3 has marked an about-face for Lecornu, who pledged last year to seek parliament's approval, in a bid to avoid the fate of his two predecessors who were ousted over budget negotiations....
Fri, 30 Jan 2026 09:35:16 GMTFrench-Nigerian artists team up to craft future hits
In under a week, French, English, Nigerian Pidgin and Creole blended in musical melodies for future hits at the premises of renowned Nigerian label Mavin Records in the economic and cultural hub, Lagos.
The label produces Afrobeats stars such as Re...
Fri, 30 Jan 2026 09:13:11 GMTDutch watchdog launches Roblox probe over 'risks to children'
The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) said its probe would examine "potential risks to underage users in the EU" and would likely last around one year.
"The platform regularly makes the news, for example, due to concerns about v...
Fri, 30 Jan 2026 08:41:12 GMTIran's top diplomat in Istanbul for talks as US tension simmers
During the visit, Araghchi was to hold talks with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and also meet with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Iran's foreign ministry said in a statement announcing his arrival.
It was not immediately clear at what time...
Fri, 30 Jan 2026 08:27:14 GMTIsrael says killed 'three terrorists' in Gaza
The US-brokered ceasefire, which sought to halt the fighting between Israel and Hamas sparked by the group's October, 2023 attack has been in place for more than three months despite both sides accusing the other of repeated violations.
Earlier in ...
Fri, 30 Jan 2026 08:21:25 GMTAfter Trump-fueled brawls, Canada-US renew Olympic hockey rivalry
Rick Nash played in what many consider the rivalry's signature Olympic match: the gold medal game at Vancouver 2010. Canada won it.
"I don't think I slept the night before," Nash, a three-time Olympian and former National Hockey League star, told A...
Fri, 30 Jan 2026 08:17:11 GMTEileen Gu - Olympic champion who bestrides rivals US, China
Gu was born and raised in San Francisco and started her freeskiing career representing the United States, only to switch allegiance to China -- where her mother is from -- in 2019.
That decision drew intense interest at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olym...
Fri, 30 Jan 2026 08:06:24 GMTIRGC terrorist designation: Islamic regime created 'hell on earth' for 85 million people inside Iran
François Picard is pleased to welcome Shahin Modarres, Iran Team lead at ITSS Verona and Lecturer at the University of Rome Tor Vergata. Mr. Modarres argues that the EU's designation of Iran's Revolutionary Guard as a terrorist organization is long...
Fri, 30 Jan 2026 07:21:12 GMTUS Senate eyes funding deal vote as government shutdown looms
A partial government shutdown -- affecting roughly three-quarters of the federal government -- would be the second since Trump returned to office, threatening to furlough hundreds of thousands of public employees, interrupting government services an...
Fri, 30 Jan 2026 07:07:09 GMTIranians still daring to defy the regime chant 'death or freedom'
Iranians still daring to defy the regime chant "death or freedom". Very little information and few videos have been coming out of Iran with the internet blackout, but chilling images from a few days ago show the regime's brutal crackdown. Click on...
Fri, 30 Jan 2026 06:43:17 GMTCuddly Olympics mascot facing life or death struggle in the wild
But it's another story for their real-life counterparts –- living out of sight and under pressure in the Alps as their snow cover slowly melts away due to climate change.
Ermines and stoats are the same animal -- mustela erminea -- but with the e...
Fri, 30 Jan 2026 06:33:32 GMTEU foreign ministers list Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organisation
EU foreign ministers on Thursday unanimously decided to list Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organisation. The EU’s foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, said the designation will put the regime “on the same footing” with al-Qaida...
Fri, 30 Jan 2026 06:31:16 GMTUK schoolgirl game character Amelia co-opted by far-right
Amelia, a rebellious Goth schoolgirl in a choker necklace, is a character in an online game called Pathways, funded by the UK's interior ministry and designed for secondary schools in northeast England.
The game is part of a government anti-radical...
Fri, 30 Jan 2026 06:31:15 GMTAnger as bid to ramp up Malaysia's football fortunes backfires
Malaysian football was thrown into fresh chaos Wednesday when the local governing body's entire executive body quit.
It was the latest twist in a saga over seven naturalised players who allegedly used forged documents to join the national team.
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