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Sabalenka says Serena return would be 'cool' after great refuses to rule it out
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Rybakina plots revenge over Sabalenka in Australian Open final
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Irish Six Nations hopes hit by Aki ban
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Britain's Starmer hails 'good progress' after meeting China's Xi
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Parrots rescued as landslide-hit Sicilian town saves pets
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Gold surges further, oil jumps on Trump's Iran threat
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No handshake as Sabalenka sets up repeat of 2023 Melbourne final
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Iran's IRGC: the feared 'Pasdaran' set for EU terror listing
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EU eyes migration clampdown with push on deportations, visas
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Umpire call fired up Sabalenka in politically charged Melbourne clash
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Rybakina battles into Australian Open final against Sabalenka
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Iran vows 'crushing response', EU targets Revolutionary Guards
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Northern Mozambique: massive gas potential in an insurgency zone
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Gold demand hits record high on Trump policy doubts: industry
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Show must go on: London opera chief steps in for ailing tenor
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UK drugs giant AstraZeneca announces $15 bn investment in China
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US scrutiny of visitors' social media could hammer tourism: trade group
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'Watch the holes'! Paris fashion crowd gets to know building sites
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Power, pace and financial muscle: How Premier League sides are ruling Europe
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'Pesticide cocktails' pollute apples across Europe: study
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Ukraine's Svitolina feels 'very lucky' despite Australian Open loss
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Money laundering probe overshadows Deutsche Bank's record profits
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Huge Mozambique gas project restarts after five-year pause
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Britain's Starmer reports 'good progress' after meeting China's Xi
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Sabalenka crushes Svitolina in politically charged Australian Open semi
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Turkey to offer mediation on US–Iran tensions, weighs border measures
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Mali's troubled tourism sector crosses fingers for comeback
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China issues 73 life bans, punishes top football clubs for match-fixing
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Ghana moves to rewrite mining laws for bigger share of gold revenues
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South Africa drops 'Melania' just ahead of release
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Senegal coach Thiaw banned, fined after AFCON final chaos
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Russia's sanctioned oil firm Lukoil to sell foreign assets to Carlyle
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Australian Open chief Tiley says 'fine line' after privacy complaints
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Trump-era trade stress leads Western powers to China
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Gold soars towards $5,600 as Trump rattles sabre over Iran
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Russia's Petrosian skates in Valieva shadow at Milan-Cortina Olympics
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China executes 11 linked to Myanmar scam compounds
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Germany to harden critical infrastructure as Russia fears spike
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Colombia plane crash investigators battle poor weather to reach site
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Serena Williams refuses to rule out return to tennis
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Vietnam, EU vow stronger ties as bloc's chief visits Hanoi
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New glove, same fist: Myanmar vote ensures military's grip
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Deutsche Bank logs record profits, as new probe casts shadow
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Thai foreign minister says hopes Myanmar polls 'start of transition' to peace
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No white flag from Djokovic against Sinner as Alcaraz faces Zverev threat
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Vietnam and EU upgrade ties as EU chief visits Hanoi
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Nature pays price for war in Israel's north
Across northern Israel's lush, green nature reserves, the ecological toll of the war between Israel and Hezbollah militants is laid bare: wild boar hit by shrapnel, trees reduced to ashes and swathes of charred vegetation.
India's capital shuts all primary schools due to smog
India's capital New Delhi ordered all primary schools to cease in-person classes until further notice on Thursday night due to worsening smog in the sprawling megacity.
Climate finance: who is being asked to pay what at COP29?
"You owe us!" screamed a protest banner at the COP29 summit in Azerbaijan, where negotiations over how much rich nations most responsible for climate change should pay poorer ones are getting heated.
COP29 host tries to calm waters after diplomatic turmoil
Host Azerbaijan tried to bring down the diplomatic temperature in Baku on Thursday after a French minister cancelled her trip to the UN climate talks and Argentina withdrew its delegation.
Scientists say world's largest coral found near Solomon Islands
Scientists say they have found the world's largest coral near the Pacific's Solomon Islands, announcing Thursday a major discovery "pulsing with life and colour".
COP29 fight for climate money 'humiliating': Bangladesh's Yunus
Bangladesh's interim leader on Wednesday slammed the "humiliating" fight for climate finance at the COP29 talks, demanding rich countries and emitters pay for the problems they caused.
Fifth Greenland hearing for anti-whaling activist Watson
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Lame-duck US climate team vows to be 'effective' at COP29
They may be out of a job when Donald Trump takes office in two months, but US officials kept a busy schedule at UN climate talks, reminding jittery countries that global action had survived his first term.
UN carbon market inches closer after COP29 agreement
The creation of a UN-backed global carbon market has taken a step closer to reality with governments approving new standards for the use of credits to meet climate targets.
'Carbon-neutral' countries demand credit at COP29
They're some of the world's smallest nations, but a group of countries that say they absorb more carbon than they emit is demanding attention at the UN COP29 talks.
EU vessels to cease fishing in Senegal after accord expires
European fishing vessels will imminently cease activities in Senegalese waters after the non-renewal of an agreement between Brussels and Dakar, EU ambassador Jean-Marc Pisani said Tuesday.
Azerbaijan defends fossil fuels at COP29 as big names skip summit
The host of the UN climate summit in Azerbaijan on Tuesday defended fossil fuels and the right of countries to exploit them as dozens of world leaders arrived for the COP29 conference.
Climate crisis worsening already 'hellish' refugee situation: UN
Climate change is contributing to record numbers of people being uprooted from their homes globally, while worsening the often already "hellish" conditions of displacement, the United Nations said Tuesday.
Toxic towns in Kyrgyzstan battling radioactive danger
In a mask and a hazmat suit, Ermek Murataliyev drives a truck filled with Soviet-era radioactive waste along the winding mountain roads of Kyrgyzstan.
World leaders meet for climate talks, but big names missing
Dozens of world leaders convene in Azerbaijan on Tuesday for COP29 but many big names are skipping the UN climate talks where the impact of Donald Trump's election victory is keenly felt.
Trump picks ex-lawmaker Lee Zeldin to head EPA
Donald Trump on Monday nominated Lee Zeldin, a former congressman and early loyalist of the Republican, to oversee US environmental policy, the latest in a series of swift cabinet choices by the president-elect.
Nations approve new UN rules on carbon markets at COP29
Governments at the COP29 talks approved Monday new UN standards for international carbon markets in a key step toward allowing countries to trade credits to meet their climate targets.
Brazilian Indigenous leader warns world on Amazon's fate
As the COP29 climate talks started Monday in Azerbaijan, an Indigenous leader half a world away is literally towering over Brazil with a warning about the fate of the Amazon rainforest.
Paris agreement climate goals 'in great peril', warns UN
The Paris climate agreement's goals "are in great peril" and 2024 is on track to break new temperature records, the United Nations warned Monday as COP29 talks opened in Baku.
COP29 opens after Trump win with call for cooperation
The COP29 climate talks opened Monday in Azerbaijan with a call to show global cooperation was not "down for the count", as Donald Trump's re-election hangs over the key discussions.
COP29 opens with Trump climate withdrawal looming
The COP29 climate talks open Monday in Azerbaijan, under the long shadow cast by the re-election of Donald Trump, who has pledged to row back on the United States' carbon-cutting commitments.
Pakistan's record smog triggers anguish and anxiety
On the streets of Pakistan's second biggest city, smog stings eyes and burns throats. Inside homes, few people can afford air purifiers to limit the damage of toxic particles that seep through doors and windows.
No culprit found five years on from Notre Dame fire
Five years of investigation and expert reports have failed to identify the precise cause of the 2019 fire that ravaged Paris' landmark Notre Dame cathedral, even as the probe draws to a close just as the cathedral prepares to reopen early next month.
New tools give researchers hope for fungus-ravaged US bats
Standing at a woodland entrance to the world's longest cave system in Kentucky, a park ranger warns those about to enter of an extremely deadly fungus -- not for humans, but for the bat populations it has devastated across North America.
Daughter of missing Mexico environment defender pleads for global help
Brenda Diaz Valencia's life was upended nearly two years ago when the bullet-riddled truck driven by her father, Mexican environmental defender Antonio Diaz Valencia, and lawyer Ricardo Lagunes was found abandoned.
UN aims to set standards for scandal-hit carbon markets
Governments could finally approve new UN standards for countries and companies wanting to trade carbon credits, a long-awaited decision some hope can bring credibility to a scandal-ridden sector.
US town on alert after 43 monkeys escape research facility
More than 40 monkeys were on the loose Thursday in a small US town after escaping a research facility, with authorities warning residents to keep their doors and windows closed.
Lights still out in Cuba after Hurricane Rafael
Cubans on Thursday were assessing the damage caused by Hurricane Rafael which lashed the island and plunged it into darkness but caused no reported fatalities so far.