Thu 22 January 2026: A recent study published in Nature on Wednesday reports that scientists have identified what is considered the world’s oldest known cave art: a hand stencil found in Liang Metanduno cave on Muna Island, located in South Sulawesi, Indonesia. This artwork has been dated to at least 67,800 years ago. The artwork […]
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Thu 22 January 2026: Trump has been joined at a table next to the podium by leaders from Bahrain and Morocco to kick off the signing. “What we’re doing is so important,” Trump said. “This is something I really wanted to be here and do, and I could think of no better place.” Trump took […]
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Thu 22 January 2026: The Trump administration, encouraged by the removal of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, is looking for allies within Cuba’s government who might help negotiate an end to Communist rule in the country before the year concludes, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing. US officials believe Cuba’s economy is nearing collapse and that […]
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Thu 22 January 2026: US President Donald Trump is set to formally announce and sign the charter of the “Board of Peace” during a ceremony in Davos, Switzerland, on Thursday. The ceremony is scheduled to start at 0930GMT. The initiative, initially conceived as a mechanism to oversee the Gaza ceasefire and post-war reconstruction, has since […]
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Thu 22 January 2026: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: ◼️ Trump reignites ‘white genocide’ claims against SA: “What’s happening in South Africa is terrible. It’s a terrible situation. What they’re doing to people, a certain group of people, is unbelievable. You wouldn’t think it could happen today,” Trump told reporters on Wednesday after […]
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Image: Clive Stafford Smith arrived in Johannesburg on Wednesday, 21 January 2025. Credit: Ebrahim Essay /Salaamedia Thu 22 January 2026: For more than two decades, the case of Dr Aafia Siddiqui has remained one of the most contested human rights cases associated with the global war on terror. A Pakistani neuroscientist educated in the United […]
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Wed 21 January 2026: Gold prices continued to see record highs on Wednesday amid persistent geopolitical and economic uncertainty. Spot gold rose about 2% to $4,860 an ounce as of 0950GMT, after touching an all-time high of $4,888 earlier in the session. Gold has surged around 77.1% over the past 12 months, driven by trade […]
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Wed 21 January 2026: Britain‘s government is considering intervening in the sale of the Telegraph newspaper to the owner of the Daily Mail over competition concerns, the UK’s culture minister said Tuesday. The Daily Mail and General Trust struck a £500-million ($673-million) deal with US-Emirati consortium RedBird IMI in November for the purchase of the 170-year-old paper. The tie-up […]
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Wed 21 January 2026: US streaming service Netflix has passed 325 million subscribers worldwide, reporting on Tuesday its first update on customer numbers in a year. The company ended 2024 with 301.6 million paying customers. In the past quarter, Netflix lifted revenue by 17.6% year-on-year to just over $12 billion. Net profit reached $2.42 billion, up nearly 29% […]
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Wed 21 January 2026: US President Donald Trump warned Iran on Tuesday that his country would respond forcefully if Tehran acts on alleged assassination threats against him. “They shouldn’t be doing it, but I’ve left notification. Anything ever happens, we’re going to blow the whole — the whole country is going to get blown up,” […]
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