Netherlands returns 3,500-year-old looted sculpture to Egypt
The Netherlands has returned a 3,500-year-old Egyptian sculpture to Egypt, after an investigation confirmed the artefact had been looted and unlawfull...
George Russell delivered a commanding performance from pole position to win the Singapore Grand Prix for Mercedes on Sunday, finishing comfortably ahead of Red Bull’s world champion Max Verstappen.
Under the Marina Bay lights, the British driver crossed the line 5.4 seconds clear of Verstappen, securing his second victory of the season.
Lando Norris challenged Verstappen in the closing laps but ultimately settled for third, just ahead of his McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri. The strong double finish was enough to hand McLaren their second consecutive constructors’ championship.
In the drivers’ standings, Piastri’s advantage over Norris narrowed to 22 points, while Verstappen remains 63 points adrift of the Australian with six races left in the season.
Celebrations in the McLaren camp were somewhat subdued, however, as Piastri expressed frustration over Norris’s aggressive move past him at the opening corner.
Winter weather has brought air travel in the German capital to a complete halt, stranding thousands of passengers as severe icing conditions make runways and aircraft unsafe for operation and force authorities to shut down one of Europe’s key transport hubs.
Storm Leonardo hit Spain and Portugal on Tuesday, forcing more than 11,000 people from their homes, as a man in Portugal died after his car was swept away by floodwaters and a second body was found in Malaga.
An attacker opened fire at the gates of a Shiite Muslim mosque in Islamabad on Friday before detonating a suicide bomb that killed at least 31 people in the deadliest assault of its kind in the capital in more than a decade.
Ukraine and Russia carried out a rare exchange of 314 prisoners on Thursday as U.S.-brokered talks in Abu Dhabi closed with a pledge to resume negotiations soon, offering one of the clearest signs of diplomatic movement in months.
The United States and Iran are set to hold nuclear talks in Oman on Friday after Tehran requested a change of venue and a strictly bilateral, nuclear-focused format, a move that is fuelling questions about Iran’s negotiating strategy.
Russia launched a large-scale overnight attack on Ukraine’s energy system early on Saturday (7 January), hitting power generation and distribution facilities with more than 400 drones and around 40 missiles, Ukrainian officials have said.
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U.S. and Ukrainian negotiators have discussed an ambitious goal of reaching a peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine by March, though the timeline is widely viewed as unrealistic due to deep disagreements over territory, according to multiple sources familiar with the talks.
At least 31 people have been killed and scores wounded in a suicide bombing at a mosque in Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad, during Friday prayers, prompting widespread international condemnation.
Lebanese Army Commander Gen. Rodolphe Haykal met with senior U.S. officials in Washington, D.C., this week to discuss strengthening military and security cooperation, regional developments and the challenges facing Lebanon, the Lebanese army said on Friday.
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