Singer Mariah Carey performs during the Winter Olympics opening ceremony at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Friday, Feb. 6, 2026.

Mariah Carey's Olympic show sparks lip-syncing debate

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UAE issues advisory for citizens amid storms in Spain

Storm Leonardo has forced thousands to evacuate homes in Spain and Portugal

Emergency personnel get ready to carry out a total evacuation of the town of Grazalema, southern Spain, on February 5, 2026, amid Storm Leonardo.

Russia military intelligence deputy chief shot

Attacker, posing as delivery person, shot general twice in stairway of apartment building

Investigators leave a high-rise residential building, the scene of an assassination attempt on Russian Lieutenant General Vladimir Alekseyev, in Moscow on February 6, 2026.

Crown damaged in Louvre heist set for restoration

Louvre says jewel dropped by fleeing thieves remains nearly intact

This handout photograph released on February 4, 2026 shows the damaged crown of Empress Eugenie de Montijo after it was dropped during the heist from the Apollo Gallery at the Louvre Museum on October 19, 2025.

EU plans extended Schengen stays — are you eligible?

Digital visas, talent attraction, and targeted measures shape Europe’s new visa policy

EU unveils visa strategy to boost security, growth and global competitiveness

Fuel train derails, blast rocks Russia’s Tambov region

Derailment: 16 tank cars were involved in the blaze near the city of Michurinsk

Explosion rocks Russia’s Tambov region after fuel train derails

Russia, US agree to resume military contacts

Move a major step of rapprochement between the world's top nuclear powers

Moscow and Washington suspended senior military dialogue shortly before Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, with then US President Joe Biden severing almost all contact with Russia.

Berlin airport cancels evening flights over cold snap

All scheduled evening flights cancelled, both departures and arrivals: Authorities

Passengers queue up in Berlin's Tegel Airport after their Lufthansa flights were cancelled.

Deadly storm sparks floods in Spain, Portugal

One dead in Portugal as storm forces thousands to evacuate in Spain

A man observes the flooded streets of Alcacer do Sal, south of Portugal, amid Storm Leonardo on February 5, 2026.

Queen Máxima starts training to become army reservist

Wife of King Willem-Alexander starts training to become military reservist

This image provided by the Netherlands Ministry of Defense shows Queen Máxima beginning training as a reservist for the Royal Netherlands Army, Feb. 4, 2026, in Breda, Netherlands. (Phil Nijhuis/Netherlands Ministry of Defense via AP)

Russia, Ukraine hold a second day of US-brokered talks

Negotiators from Moscow and Kyiv find ways to end their war amid winter escalation

Workers clean up damage at Darnytsia Thermal Power Plant after a Russian attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

US-Russia military contacts resume in Abu Dhabi

Russia-Ukraine prisoner swap unfolds alongside renewed US-Russia military talks in UAE

Russian servicemen with Russian national flags react in a bus after returning from captivity during a POWs exchange of a group of servicemen between Russia and Ukraine at an undisclosed location in Belarus, on Thursday, February 5, 2026..

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