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Rome (AFP) Jan 30, 2026 - Tina and Milo, the ermine and stoat mascots of the upcoming 2026 Olympic Games in Italy, are already everywhere - smiling on stuffed animals, posters, mugs and T-shirts.
Jan 30, 2026
Vienna (AFP) Jan 30, 2026 - The UN nuclear watchdog's board of governors will meet Friday to discuss nuclear safety in Ukraine, with several countries expressing growing concern over volatile conditions at Ukrainian power plants.
Jan 30, 2026
Bandung, Indonesia (AFP) Jan 30, 2026 - The death toll from a landslide in Indonesia rose to 44, authorities said Friday, extending recovery efforts by a week to search for those still missing.
Jan 30, 2026
Chongqing, China (AFP) Jan 29, 2026 - Quadriplegic and bedridden in a prefabricated home, 36-year-old Li Xia can only move one finger and one toe - yet he runs a high-tech farm in southwestern China using sensors, cameras and a computer.
Jan 29, 2026
Beijing (AFP) Jan 29, 2026 - A global recall of potentially contaminated infant formula has heaped scrutiny onto the Chinese firm Cabio Biotech, the supplier of the ingredient suspected of being tainted.
Jan 29, 2026
Bissau (AFP) Jan 29, 2026 - Guinea-Bissau's junta leader General Horta N'Tam has been promoted to the rank of major general - the highest in the country's armed forces, according to a decree he signed and published himself on Thursday.
Jan 29, 2026
Brussels, Belgium (AFP) Jan 29, 2026 - Environmental groups Thursday raised the alarm after finding toxic pesticide cocktails in apples sold across Europe, in a new study highlighting widespread contamination.
Jan 29, 2026
Moscow (AFP) Jan 29, 2026 - Russia's capital Moscow has this month seen the largest snowfall in more than 200 years, Moscow State University meteorologists said on Thursday.
Jan 29, 2026
Stellenbosch, South Africa (AFP) Jan 29, 2026 - Most tourists to Stellenbosch come for the wine but this small group was here for the water, sampling a selection of the world's finest varieties in an experience new to South Africa.
Jan 29, 2026
Washington, United States (AFP) Jan 29, 2026 - A US immigration judge on Wednesday granted asylum to a Chinese man who fled his country after documenting sites of alleged human rights abuses against Uyghurs, his mother and lawyer told AFP.
Jan 29, 2026
Lisbon (AFP) Jan 29, 2026 - Storm Kristin has claimed five lives and left nearly 450,000 clients without power on Thursday, more than 24 hours after it barrelled through central and northern Portugal, authorities said.
Jan 29, 2026
Copenhagen (AFP) Jan 29, 2026 - Denmark's foreign minister said Thursday he was more optimistic after technical talks kicked off with the United States over Greenland.
Jan 29, 2026
Tokyo (AFP) Jan 29, 2026 - Britain's Keir Starmer is the latest Western leader to thaw trade ties with China in a shift analysts say is driven by US tariff pressure and unease over Donald Trump's volatile policy playbook.
Jan 29, 2026
Prague (AFP) Jan 29, 2026 - The Czech Republic will stop mining black coal at the end of January, closing its last mine in a switch to greener energy sources, state mining company OKD said Thursday.
Jan 29, 2026
Paris, France (AFP) Jan 29, 2026 - Their icy hunting grounds are rapidly shrinking, but polar bears in Norway's remote Svalbard archipelago have defied the odds by bulking up instead of wasting away, a study said Thursday.
Jan 29, 2026
Beijing (AFP) Jan 29, 2026 - China executed 11 people linked telecom scam operations, on Thursday, state media reported, as Beijing toughens its response to the sprawling, transnational industry.
Jan 29, 2026
