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Italy's Sorrentino embraces doubt in euthanasia film at Venice
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Trump urges criminal charges against George Soros, son
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Wildfires pile pressure on Spanish PM
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Stock markets mixed ahead of Nvidia earnings
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Football's loss as hurdles sensation Tinch eyes Tokyo worlds
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Pakistan blows up dam embankment as it braces for flood surge
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Lego posts record sales, sees market share growing further: CEO
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France overlook Ekitike for World Cup qualifiers, Akliouche called up
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Rain no obstacle, Lyles insists ahead of Diamond League finals
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Almodovar urges Spain cut ties with Israel over Gaza
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Macron gives 'full support' to embattled PM as crisis looms in France
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Stock markets diverge awaiting Nvidia earnings
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German cabinet agrees steps to boost army recruitment
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Denmark summons US diplomat over Greenland 'interference'
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German factory outfitters warn of 'crisis' from US tariffs
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Israel ups pressure on Gaza City as Trump eyes post-war plan
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Floods, landslides kill at least 30 in India's Jammu region
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Former player comes out as bisexual in Australian Rules first
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Indian spin great Ashwin calls time on IPL career
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India faces world football ban for second time in three years
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Globetrotter Herzog to get special Venice award
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'Old things work': Argentines giving new life to e-waste
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Showtime for Venice Film Festival, with monsters, aliens, Clooney and Roberts
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Thai woman jailed for 43 years for lese-majeste freed
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What is swatting? Shooting hoaxes target campuses across US
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Row over Bosnia's Jewish treasure raising funds for Gaza
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Police search Australian bush for gunman after two officers killed
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NZ rugby player who suffered multiple concussions dies aged 39
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Former Australian Rules player comes out as bisexual in first
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French, German, Polish leaders to visit Moldova in show of force in face of Russia
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US tariffs on Indian goods double to 50% over Russian oil purchases
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Feudal warlord statue beheaded in Japan
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Tokyo logs record 10 days of 35C or more
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Sinner, Swiatek romp through at US Open as Gauff struggles
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Brazil to face South Korea, Japan in World Cup build-up
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Asian markets diverge with eyes on Nvidia earnings
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Osaka out to recapture sparkle at US Open
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China's rulers push party role before WWII anniversary
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Pakistan's monsoon misery: nature's fury, man's mistake
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SpaceX answers critics with successful Starship test flight
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Nightlife falls silent as Ecuador's narco gangs take charge
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Unnamed skeletons? US museum at center of ethical debate
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France returns skull of beheaded king to Madagascar
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SpaceX's Starship megarocket launches on latest test flight
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Formerra Appointed Distributor for Italy's Epaflex TPU Lines in the UK & Ireland
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US restaurant chain Cracker Barrel cracks, revives old logo
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Brazil's Bolsonaro placed under 24-hour watch ahead of coup trial verdict
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Horror master Cronenberg makes art from 'beautiful' kidney stones
Canadian film-maker David Cronenberg has been shocking audiences for decades with his graphic "body horror" movies but he has now gone further by creating art from his own insides.

After life of trauma, Liberian lab chimps settle into retirement
Floating on a river boat near a Liberian island, vet Richard Ssuna watches intently as animal carers wade towards the shore hurling fruits and imitating chimpanzee calls as they go.

Hidden in bananas and tea, cocaine departs Ecuador port by the ton
Trying to prevent drug traffickers from hiding cocaine in cargo containers at Ecuador's main port of Guayaquil is becoming an increasingly expensive headache for police and exporters alike.

No joke: Political satire in Venezuela a risky business
A 72-year-old grandmother who named a popular snack after the "widow" of President Nicolas Maduro -- still very much alive -- has become the latest casualty of a Venezuelan hate speech law denounced by rights defenders.

QR codes and cranes: Japan embraces modern cemeteries
Masayo Isurugi settles into a booth on the sixth floor of a sleek Tokyo building, scans an ID card and waits for an automated system to deliver her late husband's ashes.

US Capitol evacuation over false alarm provokes fear, fury
The US Capitol was briefly evacuated Wednesday after authorities sounded a threat alarm over a harmless parachute stunt, prompting top lawmaker Nancy Pelosi to blast aviation officials for an "inexcusable" failure.

Gaza rocket hits Israel, as far-right rally blocked by police
Palestinian militants in Gaza fired a rocket into Israel on Wednesday, the army said, as tensions soared with police in Jerusalem blocking Jewish ultra-nationalist protesters from approaching the Old City's Muslim quarter.

Johnny Depp says ex-wife severed his finger with thrown vodka bottle
"Pirates of the Caribbean" star Johnny Depp testified Wednesday that his ex-wife Amber Heard would regularly "verbally decimate" him and once threw a vodka bottle at him, severing the tip of one of his fingers.

South African flood victims struggle with despair
Wielding shovels, mallets and machetes, they worked for four hours to try to shift the muddy debris, hoping that vehicles could at last get through.

Venice readies day-trip booking system to ease crowds
Venice plans to trial a reservation system for day-trippers, an official said Wednesday, in a bid to ease over-tourism as visitors flock back to the Italian city following the pandemic.

Hong Kong pro-democracy DJ gets 40 months in jail for sedition
A pro-democracy Hong Kong radio DJ was jailed for 40 months on Wednesday for "seditious speech" under a British colonial-era law authorities have embraced as China flattens dissent in the city.

El Salvador NGOs file suit against gag order on gang statements
El Salvadoran NGOs asked the judiciary on Tuesday to declare unconstitutional a new measure that journalists warn could criminalize certain forms of media reporting on gangs.

Chanters in Cyprus carry on 'rich heritage' of Byzantine music
Chanting resonates through a church in the Cypriot resort town of Ayia Napa, darkened but for a few low lights and mobile devices displaying the singers' Byzantine melodies.

Under shadow of drought, Santiago ditches exotic plants
With drought casting a constant shadow over Santiago's 7.1 million residents, there has been a recent rush to replace thirsty, exotic plants with hardier, native ones in the hopes of staving off water rationing.

Brazil readies first carnival since Covid
After two bleak years of lock-downs and loss, Rio de Janeiro will hold its famed carnival this weekend for the first time since Covid-19 hit Brazil, promising a giant, glittering spectacle of pandemic catharsis.

America's weed legalization: five things to know
As pot smokers prepare to light up for "4/20" -- the annual counter-cultural celebration of cannabis held on April 20 -- the United States' legalization experiment blazes ahead.

Roll up: Weed Day explained
Tens of thousands of Americans will gather in parks and city plazas under a fog of marijuana smoke on Wednesday to celebrate a drug that remains illegal in much of the country.

US pot use increasingly normal, but legality is hazy
Buy a T-shirt, get a "gift" of weed: that's how some stores operate in Washington, exploiting a perceived loophole to sidestep a ban on selling cannabis in the US capital.

Johnny Depp rejects 'heinous' abuse charges at US defamation trial
"Pirates of the Caribbean" star Johnny Depp denied ever physically abusing Amber Heard as he took the witness stand on Tuesday at the US defamation trial against his former wife.

French court fines Deliveroo for 'undeclared labour'
A Paris court on Tuesday handed the food delivery group Deliveroo a fine of 375,000 euros ($405,000) after finding it guilty of "undeclared labour" by using freelance delivery riders who should have been considered employees.

S. Africa ministers to the front as flood effort stutters
South Africa's government Tuesday sought to reassure a worried public about efforts to help the east coast, where millions remained without water more than a week after deadly storms pounded the region.

20 million risk starvation as Horn of Africa drought worsens: UN
Twenty million people are at risk of starvation this year as delayed rains worsen an already brutal drought in Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia, the UN warned Tuesday.

Indonesia rescuers search rubble after mini-market collapse kills 5
Rescue workers in Indonesia were searching for survivors Tuesday after a mini-market collapse killed five people and injured nine, in a country where lax construction standards have raised concerns about building safety.

Iran fights to recover stolen antiquities
Decorated glazed bricks almost 3,000 years old are on display at Iran's National Museum after a four-decade search disrupted by war and an international legal battle.

Washington Mormon Temple to welcome public for first time in half a century
Like something from a science fiction novel, with its six golden spires and pristine white walls rising above the surrounding trees, the Washington Mormon Temple has for decades intrigued those barred from entering.
South Africa floods declared national disaster
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday declared a national state of disaster over the deadly floods on the east coast, warning that rebuilding even basic services will take time.

10,000 soldiers in South Africa flood relief effort
A week after deadly storms started lashing South Africa's east coast, the army said Monday 10,000 troops were on the ground to help restore key services and aid the search for 63 people who remain missing.

What's behind South Africa's flood disaster
South Africa, the continent's most industrialised country, has largely escaped the tropical cyclones that regularly hit its neighbours.

Cruise ships return to Australia after two-year Covid ban
A cruise ship docked in Sydney Harbour on Monday for the first time in more than two years, after a 2020 ban sparked by a mass Covid-19 outbreak was lifted.

Exiled Nicaraguan ambassador 'fed up with cruelty'
Former Nicaraguan ambassador Arturo McFields's defection was spectacular.

Orthodox Palm Sunday brings brief respite to Ukraine's Kramatorsk
For once, the distant thunder of shelling cannot be heard in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk. Orthodox Palm Sunday has granted its residents some respite before an expected Russian onslaught.

Flood-struck S.Africans seek Easter Sunday divine 'refuge'
As temperatures climbed and an overcast sky hung over a storm-ravaged township in eastern South Africa, survivors of the deadly floods sought divine solace observing Easter Sunday.