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The final round of the Elmar Oliveira International Violin Competition took place on 18 January at the Keith C. & Elaine Johnson Wold Performing Arts Center in Boca Raton, FL, US. Finalists were accompanied by…

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The final round of the Elmar Oliveira International Violin Competition took place on 18 January at the Keith C. & Elaine Johnson Wold Performing Arts Center in Boca Raton, FL, US. Finalists were accompanied by…

A comprehensive review of nearly 130 studies shows the strongest evidence to date that “forever chemicals” are associated with gestational diabetes, while underscoring uncertainty around other diabetes outcomes and the need for…

Jan 19 (Reuters) – A man died and several houses collapsed after an earthquake of magnitude 6 struck northwestern Kashmir in Pakistan on Monday, an official and the European Mediterranean Seismological Center (EMSC) said.
The quake was at a depth…

Madison Keys and Jannik Sinner begin their title defences at the 2026 Australian Open on Tuesday (20 January).
USA tennis star Keys returns to the site of her maiden Grand Slam women’s singles title in a bid to go back-to-back at Melbourne…

Sir Ian McKellen is on stage blowing up a red balloon. For a man of 86, he has impressive lung capacity. He lets it go and watches it take a satisfyingly theatrical trajectory, rising to a height, then plummeting. “Free the spirit,” he says,…

The Kremlin has announced that Vladimir Putin has been invited to join Donald Trump’s “board of peace”, set up last week with the intention that it would oversee a ceasefire in Gaza.
The Kremlin spokesperson, Dmitry Peskov, told journalists…

Lee Zii Jia will be looking for his first win of 2026 when he steps onto the badminton court for his third BWF World Tour tournament of the year, the Indonesia Masters (20-25 January).
The Malaysian, a men’s singles bronze medallist from the…

Lee Zii Jia will be looking for his first win of 2026 when he steps onto the badminton court for his third BWF World Tour tournament of the year, the Indonesia Masters (20-25 January).
The Malaysian, a men’s singles bronze medallist from the…