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CIA terminates World Factbook, overthrowing reference regime
The decision to close the website down coincides with layoffs at the Washington Post and restrictions on the Smithsonian Institute.
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Black hole continues to belch years after chewing up star
20 minutes agoPrimarily using radio telescopes in New Mexico and South Africa, scientists are watching the black hole, as it continues to belch out a fast-moving jet of…
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Trump shares racist video depicting Obamas as apes, then removes it
8:03 am todayThe White House blamed a staffer for the video posted to Trump's Truth Social account and said the post had been removed.
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UK police search properties in probe of former ambassador Peter Mandelson
12:38 pm todayPolice probing Britain's former ambassador to the United States searched two properties, following fresh revelations in the Epstein files.
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How an ancestry DNA test can potentially blow up your life
6 Feb 2026Before you spit in the tube, there are some important things to consider.
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A Harry Potter villain is now an unlikely new-year mascot in China
5 Feb 2026With the Year of the Horse in view, an unexpected face has emerged in China as a symbol of fortune.
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Luigi Mangione's state murder trial scheduled for June
12:06 pm todayMangione faces both state and federal charges for allegedly killing United Healthcare chief executive Brian Thompson in December 2024.
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Puzzling fossil may have been unknown life-form
9:48 am todayLong before dinosaurs or trees had evolved, an enigmatic organism towered over the landscape like a prehistoric monolith.
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What only surviving treasure from Louvre heist looks like now
6 Feb 2026During the thieves' daring escape through the window of the Apollo Gallery, the crown of Empress Eugénie slipped from the their grasp and was left battered on the pavement below.
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Politicians, business titans and prominent figures with ties to Epstein
7:49 am todayThe US Justice Department's release of millions of internal documents related to Jeffrey Epstein has revealed the late financier and sex offender's ties to many prominent people in politics, finance…
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Suicide bomber kills 31 in Shi'ite mosque in Pakistan's capital
5:29 am todayThe bombing, which targeted the Shi'ite Muslim minority, is the deadliest suicide attack in Islamabad in over a decade.
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TikTok charged with breaching EU rules over app's addictive features
6:46 am todayThe EU watchdog's charges focus on TikTok's addictive design which includes features such as infinite scroll, autoplay and push notifications.
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Iran says talks with US in Oman were a 'good start'
5:02 am todayThe talks follow growing concerns that a failure in the high-stakes negotiations could set off another Middle East war.
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Gus Lamont's grandparents 'absolutely devastated' by major crime declaration
6 Feb 2026Police say they have a suspect who lived at Oak Park Station, but stressed that suspect was not one of the boy's parents.
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Trump offered to unfreeze NYC tunnel funding if Dulles airport, train station renamed after him
6 Feb 2026The US president offered to drop his funding freeze for a US$16 billion New York tunnel project if key Democrats would support naming Dulles Airport and Penn Station after him.
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Nancy Guthrie presumed 'out there' alive says sheriff
6 Feb 2026Investigators presume the kidnapped elderly mother of popular US news host Savannah Guthrie is "still out there", and alive four days after she was abducted.
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Sells like teen spirit? Cobain's 'Nevermind' guitar up for sale
6 Feb 2026The auction includes guitars played by Beatles John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison, and drums played by Ringo Starr.
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Cocaine smugglers bound for Australia released over jurisdiction confusion
6 Feb 2026Crewed by Honduran and Ecuadorian nationals, the ship was intercepted by French armed forces in international waters two weeks ago.
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Uber ordered to pay US$8.5 million in trial over driver sex assault claims
6 Feb 2026The jury found that the driver was an agent of Uber, so the company was responsible for his actions.
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Blood of US news anchor's missing mother found at crime scene
6 Feb 2026Nancy Guthrie has been missing 4-5 days now and is in desperate need of medication.
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NATO expected to discuss Arctic security plans next week
6 Feb 2026Defence ministers intend bolstering Greenland's security to ward off Donald Trump's designs on the territory.
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Michelangelo foot sketch sells for record $45.7m at US auction
It's a new record for any work created by the Renaissance master.
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Prosecutors drop case against Australian underworld figure
6 Feb 2026The director of public prosecutions confirmed it was discontinuing a retrial of allegations Tony Mokbel tried to source a commercial quantity of MDMA from overseas in June 2005.
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UK PM apologises to Epstein's victims over Mandelson appointment
6 Feb 2026Keir Starmer says he did not know the "depth and darkness" of the relationship Peter Mandelson had with the convicted sex offender.
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Norway police open probe into ex-prime minister over Epstein
6 Feb 2026Thorbjoern Jagland, who also chaired the Norwegian Nobel committee, is being investigated for possible aggravated corruption.
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Trump rejects Putin offer over nuclear weapons
6 Feb 2026The treaty that put caps on strategic nuclear weapons deployments and held them in check for more than two decades has expired.
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Elon Musk not happy being super rich
6 Feb 2026Being the richest person on the planet is apparently not worth it for Elon Musk.
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Lower pollution during Covid boosted methane: study
6 Feb 2026Methane levels rose at a record pace in the wake of the pandemic as the super pollutant's main natural "cleaning agent" weakened during that period.
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