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  • The Harry Styles Comeback Is Already Huge – The Wall Street Journal

    1. The Harry Styles Comeback Is Already Huge  The Wall Street Journal
    2. Harry Styles explains how Aperture defined the direction of his new album  The Express Tribune
    3. Aperture music video: DYK Harry Styles performed majority of stunts apart from…

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  • Three men in UK court accused of targeting opponents of Pakistan's government – Reuters

    1. Three men in UK court accused of targeting opponents of Pakistan’s government  Reuters
    2. Scotland Yard probes attacks against two Pakistani dissidents living in UK  Dawn
    3. Three men charged after ‘highly targeted attacks’ against Pakistani…

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  • Heavy snow and rain kill 61, injure 110 over 3 days in Afghanistan, authorities say

    Heavy snow and rain kill 61, injure 110 over 3 days in Afghanistan, authorities say

    Heavy snow and rainfall over the past three days have killed more than 60 people and injured over 100 across Afghanistan, the country’s disaster management authority says, as authorities in the impoverished country struggle to open roads and…

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  • Syrian and Kurdish forces agree to extend ceasefire as threat of war looms | Syria

    Syrian and Kurdish forces agree to extend ceasefire as threat of war looms | Syria

    The Syrian government and Kurdish forces agreed to extend a ceasefire on Saturday, according to Syrian diplomatic sources, temporarily staving off a looming war between the two sides in the north-east of the country.

    Sources told Agence…

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  • Incidental Finding of an Aneurysm of the Sinus of Valsalva in a Young Woman: A Management Dilemma

    Incidental Finding of an Aneurysm of the Sinus of Valsalva in a Young Woman: A Management Dilemma

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  • At least three dead in Lahore’s Gulberg hotel fire

    At least three dead in Lahore’s Gulberg hotel fire

    Rescue workers and police officials on site after a fire broke out at a hotel in Gulberg area in Lahore, Punjab, January 24, 2026. — X/@MaryamNSharif
    • All hotel…

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  • Noah Davis Paintings At Philadelphia Art Museum

    Noah Davis Paintings At Philadelphia Art Museum

    A warm sun shines on the man’s back. At least for now. Tomorrow, who knows? Life in America for young Black men is nothing if not uncertain, to put it kindly.

    He walks…

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  • Apple’s Upgrade Decision—Just 6 Weeks To Change Your iPhone

    Apple’s Upgrade Decision—Just 6 Weeks To Change Your iPhone

    The need for Apple users to reboot their iPhones continues to make headlines (1,2), albeit the reasons behind this are less well understood. This is not just an alarming new attack…

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  • Netflix reboots ‘Star Search’ – NPR

    Netflix reboots ‘Star Search’ – NPR

    1. Netflix reboots ‘Star Search’  NPR
    2. Now You Can Play a Role in Our Live Events With Real-Time Voting  About Netflix
    3. ‘Star Search’ Netflix Review: Stream It Or Skip It?  Decider
    4. Star Search: Netflix’s Live Reboot Crowns Early Winners on Night 1…

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