A recently renovated church in the Italian capital, Rome, has stirred controversy as many noticed that one of the restored angels bore a striking resemblance to the country's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.
Thousands of protesters joined a silent march to the US embassy in Copenhagen organized by Denmark's Veterans' Association to decry recent controversial comments by US President Donald Trump.
Ukraine and its neighbor Moldova both experienced power outages on Saturday amid problems on Ukraine's grid, officials said. The grid emergency caused a halt to Kyiv's water supply and metro operations, while most districts in Moldova's capital, Chisinau, were without electricity, they said.
The meetings between state and federal parliamentarians of the far-right Alternative for Germany party (AfD) from the eastern German states of Brandenburg and Thuringia and Austrian right-wing extremist Martin Sellner were carefully orchestrated. In Brandenburg, it was a panel debate, while in Thuringia, it was a discussion in the state parliament.
The handle of a Tesla Model Y electric vehicle sits flush against the vehicle's side inside a showroom in Beijing on February 3, 2026. China will ban hidden door handles on cars sold in the country starting next year, phasing out the minimalist design because of safety concerns.
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Syrian-American cantor Henry Hamra at the Central Synagogue of Aleppo, once the center of a thriving Jewish community in the northern Syrian city. The Syrian government transferred control of Jewish sites in December to Hamra's Jewish heritage organization.
The Common European Asylum System (CEAS) is the European Union's legal framework to create uniform, fair and efficient standards for processing asylum applications. The system's reform, agreed in 2024, will become legally binding in Germany and throughout the EU in June 2026.
Reports in the international press last week suggested that after discussions with NATO leaders, US President Donald Trump may be considering the establishment of American military bases in Greenland similar to those the United Kingdom has in Cyprus.
Venezuela's interim President Delcy Rodriguez met on Monday with US envoy Laura Dogu as the two countries move to restore diplomatic relations severed in 2019.
Jared Kushner speaks after the signing of a Board of Peace charter during the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 22.