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Odermatt seeks first Kitzbuehel victory with eye on Olympics
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Italy's Brignone to be rested for Spindleruv Mlyn giant slalom
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Alcaraz spearheads big names into Australian Open third round
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European stocks dip ahead of Trump's Davos speech
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Trump flies into Davos maelstrom over Greenland
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EU won't ask Big Tech to pay for telecoms overhaul
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Railway safety questioned as Spain reels from twin train disasters
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Marcell Jacobs back with coach who led him to Olympic gold
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Syria army enters Al-Hol camp holding relatives of jihadists: AFP
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Brook apologises, admits nightclub fracas 'not the right thing to do'
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NATO chief says 'thoughtful diplomacy' only way to deal with Greenland crisis
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Widow of Iran's last shah says 'no turning back' after protests
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Waugh targets cricket's 'last great frontier' with European T20 venture
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Burberry sales rise as China demand improves
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Botswana warns diamond oversupply to hit growth
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Spaniard condemns 'ignorant drunks' after Melbourne confrontation
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Philippines to end short-lived ban on Musk's Grok chatbot
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Police smash European synthetic drug ring in 'largest-ever' op
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Japan to restart world's biggest nuclear plant Wednesday
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South Korean ex-PM Han gets 23 years jail for martial law role
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Alcaraz, Sabalenka, Gauff surge into Australian Open third round
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Over 1,400 Indonesians left Cambodian scam groups in five days: embassy
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Raducanu to 're-evaluate' after flat Australian Open exit
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Doncic triple-double leads Lakers comeback over Nuggets, Rockets down Spurs
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Bangladesh will not back down to 'coercion' in India T20 World Cup row
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Alcaraz comes good after shaky start to make Australian Open third round
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Trump departs for Davos forum again after switching to new plane: AFP
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Impressive Gauff storms into Australian Open third round
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Dazzling Chinese AI debuts mask growing pains
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Medvedev battles into Melbourne third round after early scare
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Denmark's Andresen upstages sprint stars to take Tour Down Under opener
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Turkey's Sonmez soaks in acclaim on historic Melbourne run
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Sheppard leads Rockets to sink Spurs in Texas derby
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Sabalenka shuts down political talk after Ukrainian's ban call
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Trump's plane returns to air base after 'minor' electrical issue: White House
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Barcelona train crash kills 1 in Spain's second deadly rail accident in days
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North produces enough nuclear material a year for 10-20 weapons: S. Korea president
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Japan ex-PM Abe's alleged killer faces verdict
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Climate change fuels disasters, but deaths don't add up
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Stocks stable after tariff-fuelled selloff but uncertainty boosts gold
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What growth?: Taiwan's traditional manufacturers miss out on export boom
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'Super-happy' Sabalenka shines as Alcaraz gets set at Australian Open
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With monitors and lawsuits, Pakistanis fight for clean air
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Sabalenka sets up potential Raducanu showdown at Australian Open
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Chile president picks Pinochet lawyers as ministers of human rights, defense
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Osaka says 'I'm a little strange' after Melbourne fashion statement
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UN report declares global state of 'water bankruptcy'
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Trump heads for Davos maelstrom over Greenland
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Ukraine's Oliynykova wants Russian, Belarusian players banned from tennis
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Kasatkina cannot wait to be back after outpouring of Melbourne support
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The world's top court will Wednesday deliver a seminal ruling laying out what legal obligations countries have to prevent climate change and whether polluters should pay up for the consequences.
Ukraine curbs anti-corruption agencies, sparking rare protests
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a bill on Tuesday revoking the autonomy of two anti-corruption agencies, a proposal that has sparked rare street protests in Kyiv and alarm among the country's international backers.
Trump claims Obama 'coup' as Epstein questions mount
President Donald Trump sought Tuesday to distract from the growing furor over his administration's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein sex scandal by pushing extraordinary claims that Barack Obama tried to mount a coup.
UK court awards £700 mn to HP in late tycoon's fraud case
A UK court Tuesday awarded £700 million ($946 million) compensation to IT firm Hewlett Packard in a fraud case involving late British tech tycoon Mike Lynch, killed last year when his superyacht sank off Sicily.
France's culture minister to be tried on corruption charges
France's Culture Minister Rachida Dati is to go on trial accused of corruption and abuse of power while she was a member of European Parliament, a judicial source told AFP Tuesday.
Heat forces new Acropolis closure amid fiery temperatures
Greek authorities ordered the partial closure of the ancient Acropolis temple for the second time in less than two weeks on Tuesday as blistering heat hit much of the eastern Mediterranean.
Pakistan landslide after heavy rain kills 5, with 15 missing
A landslide triggered by torrential monsoon rains swept away cars in mountainous northern Pakistan, killing at least five people, with more vehicles buried under the debris, officials said Tuesday.
Bangladesh seethes as toll from jet crash at school hits 31
Grief gave way to anger in Bangladesh on Tuesday, a day after a fighter jet crashed into a school, killing 31 people, mostly children, in the country's deadliest aviation accident in decades.
Philippines flooding displaces thousands as new storm threatens
Heavy flooding inundated the Philippines' capital on Tuesday, forcing tens of thousands of people to flee and schools and government offices to shut, while a fresh storm brewed off the coast.
Bangladesh mourns as toll from jet crash at school hits 27
Families and teachers gathered Tuesday at a Bangladeshi school where a training fighter jet crashed, killing 25 children and two others in the country's deadliest aviation accident in decades.
Philippines flooding displaces thousands, two missing
Floodwaters driven by torrential rains ground life in the Philippine capital to a halt on Tuesday with tens of thousands evacuated from their homes and at least two people believed missing.
'Cosby Show' actor Malcolm-Jamal Warner dies in drowning in Costa Rica
US actor Malcolm-Jamal Warner, who played the son in the smash-hit sitcom "The Cosby Show," has drowned in Costa Rica, authorities in the country said Monday. He was 54.
Anguish at Bangladesh hospital after jet hits school
Sirens wailed as ambulances delivered charred bodies of children to a Dhaka hospital on Monday, victims of a military jet crash that killed at least 19 people, most of them young students.
At least 19 killed as Bangladesh fighter jet crashes into school
A Bangladeshi training fighter jet crashed into a school in the capital Dhaka on Monday, killing at least 19 people and injuring dozens more in the country's deadliest aviation accident in decades.
Kenya drops terror charge against prominent activist
Kenya dropped terror charges against prominent Kenyan activist Boniface Mwangi on Monday, following widespread condemnation, hitting him with a lesser charge of unlawful possession of ammunition.
Sri Lanka Catholics seek prosecution of sacked spy chief
Sri Lanka's Catholic Church on Monday demanded the criminal prosecution of the intelligence chief who was sacked for failing to prevent the 2019 Easter bombings that killed 279 people, including 45 foreigners.
World's major courts take growing role in climate fight
The world's top court is poised to tell governments what their legal obligations are to tackle global warming, and possibly outline consequences for polluters that cause climate harm to vulnerable countries.
Trump and Epstein: What was their relationship?
Donald Trump's past ties with Jeffrey Epstein are under scrutiny after the US president slammed a Wall Street Journal report that he sent a lewd letter to the infamous sex offender as "fake news."
Pope calls Buzz Aldrin to mark 1969 moon landing
Pope Leo XIV on Sunday called astronaut Buzz Aldrin and visited the Vatican's astronomical observatory in Castel Gandolfo to mark the 56th anniversary of man's first moon landing.
Arrested Kenyan activist faces terror charges
Renowned Kenyan rights activist Boniface Mwangi is accused of "facilitation of terrorist acts" during protests that rocked the country last month, investigators said on Sunday, a day after he was arrested.
Lesotho's jockeys saddle up for mountain horse racing
Swathed in vibrant woollen blankets against the biting winter chill, jockeys -- some no more than boys -- thundered down a dusty track carved between the undulating hills of the tiny kingdom of Lesotho.
Texas flood missing toll revised sharply down to three
Authorities in Texas have sharply lowered the number of people still believed missing after catastrophic flooding earlier this month, saying the search continued for three individuals in the worst-hit area of the US state.
South Korea rain death toll hits 17, with 11 missing
Heavy rain in South Korea has killed at least 17 people in recent days, government records showed Sunday, while 11 remain unaccounted for in the intense downpours.
South Korea rain death toll rises to 14: government
At least two people were killed during heavy downpours in South Korea Sunday, the interior ministry said, bringing the death toll to 14 from torrential rains this week.
Tearful relatives await news from Vietnam wreck rescue
Relatives anxiously sat beside ambulances on the wharf of one of Vietnam's most popular tourist sites on Sunday, waiting for news of loved ones who were on a tourist boat that capsized killing dozens.
Driver charged after plowing into Los Angeles nightclub crowd, injuring 30
A driver was charged with assault after plowing into a crowd outside a Hollywood nightclub early Saturday, police said, injuring 30 people, with bystanders attacking and shooting the driver before he was detained by authorities.
Sunbears to elephants: life at a Thai wildlife hospital
The patient lay prone on the operating table. An IV line snaking from his left leg, near the wound from the tranquilliser dart that sedated him.
Bid to bring back pesticide in France sparks unprecedented petition
A new law in France allowing the reintroduction of a banned pesticide has sparked a record-breaking petition opposing it, which on Saturday had gathered more than 500,000 signatures.
Ceasefire order fails to halt fighting in Syria's Druze heartland
Syrian Bedouin and their allies fought Druze fighters in the community's Sweida heartland for a seventh day Saturday despite a ceasefire ordered by the government following a US-brokered deal to avert further Israeli military intervention.
Bangladesh's largest Islamist party holds mega rally
Hundreds of thousands of supporters of Bangladesh's main Islamist party rallied on Saturday, demanding an overhaul of the electoral system as the country gears up for polls next year.
Malaysia border control glitch hits travellers
A glitch in Malaysia's self-service border control machines has hit tens of thousands of travellers, the immigration department estimated Saturday, causing delays at the capital's airport and land crossings.
South Korea's ex-president indicted for abuse of power
Disgraced South Korean ex-president Yoon Suk Yeol was indicted for abuse of power Saturday over his declaration of martial law last year, as investigators widened an insurrection probe.