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Czech ex-PM set to win vote, putting Ukraine aid in doubt
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All Blacks down Wallabies to stay in Rugby Championship title hunt
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Zverev echoes Federer over tournaments 'favouring Sinner, Alcaraz'
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Yamal injury complicated, return date uncertain: Barca coach Flick
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Conservative Takaichi set to be Japan's first woman PM
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Marsh ton powers Australia to T20 series win over New Zealand
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Verstappen lays down marker in final Singapore practice
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French air traffic controllers cancel three-day strike
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'A bit unusual': Russia's Sochi grapples with Ukrainian drones
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Test skipper Gill replaces Rohit as India ODI captain
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Israel troops still operating in Gaza after Trump, hostage family appeals
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Jadeja stars as India crush West Indies in first Test
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Pogacar eyes 'explosive' Euros race with Vingegaard, Evenepoel
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Minnie Hauk, Graffard, Japan vie for Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe glory
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Three Japanese tales of Arc heartbreak
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Anisimova thrashes Gauff in 58 minutes to make China Open final
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Flights resume at Munich airport after second drone scare
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Hostage families urge immediate end to Gaza war
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Czech ex-PM who wants to halt Ukraine aid set to win vote
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India close in on innings win with West Indies 66-5 in first Test
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Sanae Takaichi, Japan's first woman PM-to-be
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China hawk Takaichi set to be Japan's first woman PM
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Taylor Swift breaks streaming records with new 'Showgirl' album
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'I found hell': the women ensnared in Albania's global sex trade
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China hawk Takaichi, youthful Koizumi in Japan ruling party runoff
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Marquez ninth on Indonesia MotoGP grid as Bezzecchi sets lap record
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Swedes stock up on food as fears of war deepen
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Georgia votes in local polls as opposition urges 'last-chance' protest
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Sean Combs sentencing: Tears, pleas and cutting reminders of guilt
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Hamas says ready for peace talks, Trump urges Israel to halt Gaza bombing
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Under-fire WNBA chief 'disheartened' by criticism, vows to 'do better'
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Salvadoran journalist deported from US says punished for migrant coverage
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Sean Combs, incarcerated music titan with a shattered reputation
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Trump says Hamas ready for peace, tells Israel to stop bombing Gaza
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Hamas says ready for peace talks, Trump urges Israel to halt bombing
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Caipirinhas cancelled: Brazil on alert over deadly drinks
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'Nervous, grateful' Ohtani poised for long awaited MLB playoff pitching start
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Hamas says ready to free hostages, Trump urges Israel to halt bombing
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Trump says Hamas ready for peace, tells Israel to stop bombing
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UK synagogue attacker: Briton of Syrian descent
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Semenyo double fires Bournemouth up to second in Premier League
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Swiss solar furnaces recycling watchmakers' waste metal
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Music mogul Sean 'Diddy' Combs sentenced to more than four years in prison
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Taylor Swift breaks streaming record with new 'Showgirl' album
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Japan's bruised ruling party to pick yet another leader
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WADA grants Kenya reprieve from doping sanctions, citing 'progress'
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US government shutdown to drag into next week
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Anders Behring Breivik, who is seeking conditional release just 10 years after carrying out Norway's deadliest peacetime attack, poses the same danger to society as a decade ago, a psychiatrist said in court Wednesday.

Taliban arrest fighter who shot dead Hazara woman at checkpoint
A Taliban fighter has been arrested for shooting dead a Hazara woman at a checkpoint in the Afghan capital as she returned from a wedding, a spokesman for the group said Wednesday.

'We are homeless': Victims of twin Afghan quakes await aid
Survivors of twin earthquakes in Afghanistan were waiting Wednesday for aid to arrive after spending their second night exposed to sub-zero temperatures following tremors that killed at least 22 people and wrecked homes.

China forcibly returned nearly 10,000 in overseas crackdown: report
Beijing has forced nearly 10,000 Chinese overseas nationals to return since 2014 using coercive means outside the justice system, according to a new report.

Verdict due in Belgium trial over UK migrant truck deaths
A Belgian court on Wednesday is to deliver its verdict in a trial of 23 people suspected of being involved with a gang that smuggled Vietnamese migrants to Britain, 39 of whom died in the back of a truck in October 2019.

42,000 rapid antigen tests snatched in Sydney heist
A thief has made off with 42,000 much-sought rapid antigen tests from a freight depot in Sydney, authorities said Wednesday.

Kellogg's falls foul of Mexico sugar labeling rules
US cereal giant Kellogg's has been sanctioned by the Mexican authorities for breaking sugar and other content labeling rules in a country with one of the world's most obese populations.

Bobby Kotick: Embattled Activision CEO faces uncertain future
Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick built a video game empire with flagship titles like "World of Warcraft", but he could lose control of it after a whopping Microsoft buyout deal announced Tuesday.

US Supreme Court to determine fate of Pissarro painting looted by Nazis
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday weighed the fate of a painting by Camille Pissarro looted by the Nazis in 1939 and currently on display at a gallery in Spain.

Images reveal devastation in tsunami-hit Tonga
A volcano that exploded in the Pacific island nation of Tonga has almost disappeared from view, new images revealed Tuesday, with swathes of the country smothered in grey dust or damaged by a tsunami.

Activision Blizzard: Troubled powerhouse in gaming world
Activision Blizzard is a star developer of gaming hits like "Call of Duty", but the firm has been roiled by serious sex discrimination allegations that have led to lawsuits, firings and official scrutiny.

Page to lead Wales World Cup bid after Giggs court case delayed
Wales manager Ryan Giggs's trial on charges of assaulting his ex-girlfriend and her sister has been delayed until August because of a courts backlog, meaning Robert Page is set to lead the side in March's World Cup play-offs.

Microsoft to buy US gaming giant Activision-Blizzard for $69 bn
Microsoft announced Tuesday a $69 billion deal to purchase US gaming giant Activision Blizzard, the firm behind hits like "Call of Duty" that has been hit by allegations of sex discrimination against women.

China rebuffs Australia's concern over health of detained writer
Beijing on Tuesday pushed back against claims from Canberra that a detained Australian writer was being arbitrarily held and not receiving adequate medical support despite his declining health.

Pakistani police officer killed in gun battle with local Taliban
A police officer was killed and two others injured in a shootout with Pakistan's Taliban in Islamabad, officials said Tuesday, a rare attack by the militants in the heavily guarded capital.

Court blocks South Korea speed skating champion's Olympic bid: Yonhap
South Korean speed skating star Shim Suk-hee's Beijing Olympic hopes were dashed Tuesday as she lost a court battle over a two-month ban that will rule her out of the Winter Games, local media reported.

Five facts about disaster-hit Tonga
The Pacific island nation of Tonga has suffered widespread damage after a huge underwater volcanic eruption and tsunami on the weekend.

Japan's 'invisible' disabled artisans fight for spotlight
In a trendy Tokyo neighbourhood, customers browse the wares at Majerca, a shop stocked with handmade items from scarves to glassware, all produced by people with disabilities.

Martin Luther King's family joins call for US voting reform
Members of Martin Luther King Jr's family joined marchers Monday in Washington urging Congress to pass voting rights reform as the United States marked the holiday commemorating the slain civil rights leader.

Distress signal detected in low-lying Tongan island
A distress signal has been detected in a low-lying Tongan island following the volcanic eruption and tsunami, the United Nations said Tuesday as the first death was reported.

Three dead as Yemeni rebels hit Abu Dhabi in 'warning' shot
Yemen's Huthi rebels claimed attacks in Abu Dhabi that triggered a fuel tank blast killing three people Monday, and warned civilians and foreign firms in the UAE to avoid "vital installations".

At least 26 killed in Afghan earthquake
At least 26 people were killed after an earthquake hit western Afghanistan on Monday, an official said.

Disbelief in Blackburn after local man stages Texas hostage siege
Community leaders in Blackburn, northwest England, on Monday voiced their shock after a local man took four people hostage more than 4,500 miles (7,400 kilometres) away at a Texas synagogue.

'Dr Mabuse' placed under house arrest for inciting doping in cycling
Former French cycling medical advisor Bernard Sainz, alias Dr Mabuse, was sentenced Monday to 12 months under house arrest with electronic monitoring for illegally practising medicine and pharmacology and inciting doping.

Texas rabbi describes moment he threw a chair at gunman in hostage stand-off
The rabbi of a Texas synagogue that was the scene of a hostage stand-off recounted Monday how he threw a chair at the gunman, allowing those being held to escape.
Turkey ignores deadline to release rights leader
A Turkish court on Monday extended the detention of a civil society leader whose case has set Ankara on a collision course with Europe's top human rights body and Western allies.

Sweden probes drone flights over nuclear plants
Sweden's intelligence service is launching an investigation into several drone flights that took place over nuclear power plants in the country over the weekend, the agency said Monday.