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UK preparing for Strait of Hormuz food shortages

LONDON: UK government officials have drawn up contingency plans for possible food shortages caused by a scarcity of carbon dioxide if the Strait of Hormuz remains severely disrupted, a report said on Thursday.A secret...

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Russia accelerated Ukraine advance in January despite coldest temperatures

Ukrainian servicemen of the 33rd separate assault regiment participate in a training at an undisclosed location in Zaporizhzhia region. — AFP

WHO chief says turmoil creates chance for reset

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

Ukraine conflict talks postponed to Wednesday

A local restaurant distributes hot soup to attendees of an outdoor party on a side of the frozen Dnipro River in a residential neighbourhood of Kyiv. — AFP

Ukraine N-safety concerns

IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi at the IAEA Board of Governors emergency meeting on Ukraine in Vienna

Trump's new Minneapolis point man vows 'smarter' operation

A law enforcement member holds a weapon as they stand guard while people protest outside the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building

Trump picks ex-US Fed official as next central bank chief

Kevin Warsh, Fellow in Economics at the Hoover Institution and lecturer at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, speaks during the Sohn Investment Conference in New York City

EU eyes migration clampdown with push on deportations, visas

EU High Representative and Vice-President for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas talks to journalists upon arrival for a EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting at the EU headquarters in Brussels. - AFP

Spain minister says oppn spreading false train crash claims

Spain Transport Minister Oscar Puente

Putin praises Sharaa efforts in keeping integrity

Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) shakes hands with Syrian President Ahmed al Sharaa, at the Kremlin in Moscow.

UK’s Starmer arrives in China to defend ‘pragmatic’ partnership

Britain’s PM Keir Starmer is welcomed upon his arrival at an airport in Beijing.

Greenland dispute ‘strategic wake-up call,’ says Macron

French President Emmanuel Macron (C) Denmark PM Mette Frederiksen (R) and Greenland PM Jens-Frederik Nielsen (L) give a press conference at the Elysee Palace.

Russian strikes hit Odesa, knock out power in Kharkiv

Rescuers place in a bag the body of a person found under debris in Odesa, Ukraine. — Reuters

Greece probes factory fire as fifth victim found

A person walks at the premises of a biscuit factory, following a fire, near Trikala, Greece. — Reuters

1,700 buildings still without heat in Kyiv

Residents arrive to Kramatorsk after their evacuation, Ukraine. — Reuters

Ukraine, Russia, US agree to more talks

A Ukrainian serviceman stands next to a truck equipped with a machine gun during an air raid alert in Kyiv on Saturday. — AFP
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