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Last week
12th January 2025 - 18th January 2025
Ryanair is begging airport bars to cut patrons off after two drinks
Kneecap wins Best Actor at major film festival for 'authentic and explosive' performance
South Korea to adapt airport concrete barriers after plane crash
Life in a dictatorship: Why do Belarusian journalists risk their lives for the truth?
Sasha Romanova
Death toll from Los Angeles fires rises to 24, with dangerous winds incoming
Here's What Happened Today: Sunday
Your Stories: Have you had to travel abroad to access abortion services?
Russia claims new villages in eastern Ukraine
Netanyahu updates Biden on 'progress' in Gaza hostage deal talks
Man United knock out Arsenal out of FA Cup on penalties
Looters 'dress as firefighters' as dangerous winds threaten to spread LA inferno even further
At least 16 people have been confirmed dead from blazes that have ripped through the city.
Leinster edge dramatic and brilliant Champions Cup battle in La Rochelle
Daughter says French rapist Dominique Pelicot 'should die in prison'
Defending champion Sabalenka victorious on first day of storm-soaked Australian Open
A young nun from Derry, who died in an earthquake in 2016, may be declared a saint
Two trams collide in tunnel in Strasbourg, injuring dozens
Education activist Malala Yousafzai says Taliban 'do not see women as human beings'
This month
January 2025
LA fires expand even further as curfew is enforced amid looting fears
A sunset-to-sunrise curfew took effect in evacuated areas.
Meta's scrapping of fact-checking in the US has emboldened disinformers; now the EU is on alert
Two children among eight people killed in Israeli strike on school-turned-shelter in Gaza
'No to Nazis': Protests delay start of German far-right party's key meeting
Black boxes on Jeju Air flight stopped recording minutes before crash
Thousands of South Koreans protest in sub-zero temperatures amid political crisis
TV and film landmarks, including famous Carrie set, damaged by LA wildfires
US Supreme Court poised to uphold ban on TikTok this month
Two remaining ‘deliberately abandoned’ lynx roaming the Scottish Highlands captured safely
Here's What Happened Today: Friday
Ten dead in LA wildfires as Joe Biden says the devastation reminds him of a 'war scene'
Fire crews are working through the night to tackle at least five separate wildfires across the city, as a shortage of water is felt by firefighters.
Trump avoids jail time or fine in hush money case only days before returning to White House
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Elon Musk and accusations of political interference — what’s going on?
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Debunked: The Hollywood sign still stands, despite AI-generated images of it burning
FactCheck: What do we know about the scale of child sex exploitation by gangs in the UK?
Man arrested by Spanish police over death of John George released pending criminal probe
FactCheck: Do immigrants get shorter sentences than Irish citizens?
'I'll fill the hydrants myself': LA resident confronts California Governor over wildfires response
The truth about Meta’s broadside against fact-checkers
Susan Daly
Novak Djokovic claims he was 'poisoned' before Australian Open deportation
Lancet study indicates deaths from traumatic injuries in Gaza significantly underestimated
'Teetering on the edge': 2024 was first year of global warming above 1.5 degrees