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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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Minnie Hauk, Graffard, Japan vie for Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe glory
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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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14 dead as coalition bombs Yemen after UAE attack
The Saudi-led coalition killed 14 people in air strikes on Yemen's rebel-held capital, a medical source said Tuesday, after an attack by Huthi insurgents on the United Arab Emirates sent regional tensions soaring.

Hospitals in Ethiopia's war-torn north reel from shortages: ICRC
Doctors in Ethiopia's Tigray region are recycling surgical gloves and using salt to disinfect wounds as essential medical supplies run out, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said Tuesday.

Kazakhstan's ex-leader denies conflict with successor
The influential former leader of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev denied any conflict with his successor Tuesday, in his first appearance since unprecedented violence in the Central Asian country sparked rumours of a power struggle.

Sudanese barricade streets, close shops after 7 killed
Sudanese shuttered shops and barricaded Khartoum streets on Tuesday in a civil disobedience campaign to protest one of the bloodiest days since an October coup derailed the country's democratic transition.

11 dead as coalition strikes Yemen after Abu Dhabi attack: witness, medics
Eleven people were killed in coalition air strikes on Yemen's rebel-held capital Sanaa, a witness and medical sources told AFP Tuesday, after the insurgents launched a rare and deadly attack on the United Arab Emirates.

The big fish caught in Xi Jinping's anti-graft net
A state TV series documenting high-profile officials caught in President Xi Jinping's purge of the Communist Party's upper echelons has captivated millions in China and renewed focus on widespread abuses of power.

Indonesia passes law paving way for capital's move to Borneo
Indonesia's parliament on Tuesday passed a law approving the relocation of its capital from slowly sinking Jakarta to a site 2,000 kilometres (1,200 miles) away on jungle-clad Borneo island that will be named "Nusantara".

US court awards Warmbier family $240,000 seized from North Korea
A United States court has awarded the family of Otto Warmbier, the American student who died after being jailed by Pyongyang, $240,000 seized from a North Korean bank, court records showed.

Austria raises alarm about 'dramatic' femicide plague
Painted in blood red on an improvised memorial in Vienna, the number 31 is a stark reminder of a grim toll: the women killed by men in Austria last year.

North Korea tests 'tactical guided missiles' in military push
North Korea said Tuesday it had launched two tactical guided missiles, its fourth sanctions-busting test of the year as it seeks to bolster its conventional weaponry while rebuffing offers of talks from the United States.

Photojournalist shot dead in Mexican border city
A photojournalist was shot dead Monday in Mexico's crime-plagued city of Tijuana bordering the United States, authorities said -- the latest such murder in one of the world's deadliest countries for reporters.

Korean director takes on decades of generational trauma
Award-winning filmmaker Yang Yonghi was just six years old when she watched her eldest brother leave Japan for North Korea as one of 200 "human gifts" for leader Kim Il Sung's 60th birthday.

As Shiite rivals jostle in Iraq, Sunni and Kurdish parties targeted
As Iraq's Shiite leaders jostle to secure a majority in the newly-elected parliament, Sunni and Kurdish minorities have been caught up in a spate of warning grenade attacks, analysts say.

Biden's first year score card
US President Joe Biden came in facing extraordinary challenges: a nation divided after the Donald Trump years, the Covid pandemic, and an economy in tumult.

Frustrated Biden enters second year looking to fight
Joe Biden 1.0 was a calming, grandfatherly figure, a low-key veteran coming out of retirement in 2020 to heal a nation deeply divided by Donald Trump. A year later, meet Biden 2.0 -- the frustrated, angry fighter.
Ukraine prosecutors seek $35 million bail for returned ex-leader
Ukrainian prosecutors on Monday requested $35 million in bail for former leader Petro Poroshenko after his return to the ex-Soviet country earlier in the day despite facing arrest on treason charges.
North Korea fires more suspected missiles, flouts new sanctions
North Korea fired two suspected ballistic missiles Monday, Seoul said, its fourth weapons test this month as Pyongyang flexes its military muscle while ignoring offers of talks from the United States.

UK govt freezes BBC funding for two years
The UK government on Monday announced a freeze of the BBC licence fee, arguing a new funding model was needed to ease cost of living pressures and reflect a transformed media landscape.
A year after arrest, Navalny says no 'regret' about return to Russia
The Kremlin's most prominent critic Alexei Navalny said Monday he did not regret returning to Russia a year ago, despite his jailing and a historic crackdown on the opposition.
Ukraine prosecutors request $35 mn bail for ex-leader after return
Ukrainian prosecutors on Monday requested $35 million in bail for former leader Petro Poroshenko, who had returned to the ex-Soviet country earlier in the day despite facing arrest on treason charges.

Mexico president says he's beaten Covid for second time
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said Monday that he had recovered from a second bout of Covid-19, as he resumed his public activities.
Three protesters killed in Sudan anti-coup rallies: medics
Security forces shot and killed three protesters Monday during rallies against last year's military coup, medics said, ahead of a visit by US diplomats seeking to revive a transition to civilian rule.

UK PM in populist fight-back after 'partygate' scandal
Boris Johnson is hoping a slew of policy announcements, including scrapping controversial Covid passports and abolishing the BBC licence fee, can save his position as British prime minister, reports said on Monday.