For the second time, Donald Trump will be inaugurated Monday as president of the United States. Ninety Palestinians held in Israeli prisons are freed after the release of three Israeli captives held in Gaza under a ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel. TikTok flickered back to life in the U.S. after being taken temporarily offline.
Read MoreChina appears to be taking a page out of Russia’s playbook by signing growing numbers of visiting Taiwanese people up for local resident or even identity cards. Ukraine has launched a fresh offensive in Russia's Kursk region, the Russian defence ministry says. Jubilation broke out on the streets of Vietnamese cities and villages as the country celebrated its win over arch rival Thailand in the ASEAN Championships football match.
Read MoreA Boeing passenger plane carrying 181 people crashed while landing at an airport in southwestern South Korea on Sunday. As of 10am GMT, there were at least 176 dead.
Read MoreDemocratic leaders and donors on Friday tried to make sense of the devastating performance by President Joe Biden during the first televised debate of the 2024 election. From Kyiv to Berlin to Taipei, allies began to ponder the prospect of a return of bully diplomacy in the form of a second Donald Trump administration. And across the Atlantic, with less than a week until polling day, the Conservatives in the United Kingdom are heading for the worst general election result in their 190-year history.
Read MoreAt least 115 people were killed and more than 140 injured when gunmen attacked a packed concert venue on the outskirts of Moscow, Russia says. The number of dead and injured in Ukraine continues to rise after the biggest Russian attack ever on the country’s infrastructure. The Princess of Wales has disclosed that she has been diagnosed with cancer and is in the early stages of receiving chemotherapy treatment
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