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USA

Oscars: Parasite first foreign language film in 92 years to win

“I am ready to drink tonight,” director Boon Jong Ho said in his speech.

United Kingdom

Storm Ciara helps Boeing 747 smash records with 1,327 kph crossing

Blown by winds of up to 150 kph, a UK bound flight made the Atlantic crossing in just 4 hours and 56 minutes.

United Kingdom

Send more noodles: In the Wirral, locals help out their new neighbours

From sourcing spicy food to sharing holiday snaps, Wirral residents are trying to make life easier for their 'VIP' guests in a nearby coronavirus quarantine centre.

USA

U.N. chief warns of 'wind of madness sweeping the globe'

Guterres said conflicts in Libya, Yemen and Syria were escalating as gains made in 2019 are reversed in 2020.

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France

Doctors and lawyers march in Paris against Macron pension reforms

The demonstrators gathered at Bastille and are expected to march to Opera.

Romania

Moldovans warned to stop calling Romanian language Moldovan

You say mulţumesc, they say mulţumesc...let's call the whole thing...Romanian

United Kingdom

Scottish parliament votes to hold new independence referendum

Scotland's parliament also voted to keep the European Union flag flying outside the parliament building after Brexit.

World News

Holocaust history is being re-written - historians are fighting back

New narratives aim to whitewash he role of non-Germans in the killing of Jews.

World News

Meet the Nazi hunter tracking down Holocaust perpertrators 75 years on

'They weren't monsters, they were ordinary people - and they have to be dealt with.'

United Kingdom

New Brexit coin unveiled ahead of Britain leaving EU

The last batch of coins minted by the government had to be melted down after the UK failed to leave the European Union on October 31.

World News

NASA astronauts complete space-walk to fix cosmic ray detector

The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) has been capturing high-energy cosmic rays to help research on 'dark matter' and the mysterious dark energy that is speeding up the expansion of the cosmos.

Belarus

Moscow pressuring us to merge with Russia, claims Belarus president

In 1997, the union agreement between Belarus and Russia seemed like a good idea. In 2020, not so much.

Germany

Germany gunman accused of killing parents, aunt, uncle and step-siblin

Police in Rot am See said that the killings were 'a family drama'.

Libya

Can peace talks in Berlin on Sunday end the civil war in Libya?

Here's our explainer on the Libyan conflict and the peace talks taking place in Berlin on Sunday.

France

Macron will not release any more bears in the Pyrenees, herders say

Bears were responsible for 400 attacks against livestock in the border region in 2018, they say.

United Kingdom

'Democracy will prevail': Sturgeon after new independence vote refused

The UK prime minister said that Scotland already voted against separating from the UK in 2014.

Ireland

Ireland will hold a snap general election on February 8: PM Varadkar

Leo Varadkar said: "We’ve made some good progress since I’ve become Taoiseach. But I know it’s not enough."

USA

Oscars 2020: Joker, the Irishman and Parasite nominated

Martin Scorsese and Todd Phillips were among the nominees for Best Director

United Kingdom

Storm Brendan lashes Ireland with 130kmph winds

High spring tides have compounded the risk of flooding.

United Kingdom

How Europe could still sink Boris Johnson’s Brexit plans

The UK is unlikely to reach a deal with Europe that does not involve 'selling Britain's fishing industry down the river'.

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