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Salah under fire as Liverpool star loses his spark
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Paris stocks drop as French PM resigns, Tokyo soars
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ICC finds Sudan militia chief guilty of crimes against humanity
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Zverev dumped out of Shanghai Masters by France's Rinderknech
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One hiker dead, hundreds rescued after heavy snowfall in China
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Hundreds stage fresh anti-government protests in Madagascar
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Feminist icon Gisele Pelicot back in court as man appeals rape conviction
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US government shutdown enters second week
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Kasatkina ends WTA season early after hitting 'breaking point'
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Paris stocks drop as French PM resigns
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Death toll from Indonesia school collapse rises to 63
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Medicine Nobel to trio who identified immune system's 'security guards'
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UN rights council launches probe into violations in Afghanistan
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UK author Jilly Cooper dies aged 88
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Jilly Cooper: Britain's queen of the 'bonkbuster' novel
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Streaming stars' Le Mans race scores Twitch viewer record
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England rugby star Moody 'shocked' by motor neurone disease diagnosis
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Leopard captured after wandering into Indonesian hotel
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Israel, Hamas due in Egypt for ceasefire talks
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Rescuers scramble to deliver aid after deadly Nepal, India floods
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Tokyo stocks soar on Takaichi win, Paris sinks as French PM resigns
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OpenAI offers more copyright control for Sora 2 videos
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Australia prosecutors appeal 'inadequate' sentence for mushroom murderer: media
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Rugby World Cup-winning England star Moody has motor neurone disease
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Trump says White House to host UFC fight on his 80th birthday
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Vast reserves, but little to drink: Tajikistan's water struggles
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US government shutdown may last weeks, analysts warn
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Arsenal host Lyon to start new Women's Champions League format
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Gloves off, Red run, vested interests: Singapore GP talking points
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Bills, Eagles lose unbeaten records in day of upsets
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Muller on target as Vancouver thrash San Jose to go joint top
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Tokyo soars, yen sinks after Takaichi win on mixed day for Asia
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China's chip challenge: the race to match US tech
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UN rights council to decide on creating Afghanistan probe
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Indonesia sense World Cup chance as Asian qualifying reaches climax
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ICC to give war crimes verdict on Sudan militia chief
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Matthieu Blazy to step out as Coco's heir in Chanel debut
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Only man to appeal in Gisele Pelicot case says not a 'rapist'
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Appetite-regulating hormones in focus as first Nobel Prizes fall
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Gisele Pelicot: French rape survivor and global icon
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Negotiators due in Egypt for Gaza talks as Trump urges quick action
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'My heart sank': Surging scams roil US job hunters
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Competition heats up to challenge Nvidia's AI chip dominance
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UK police to get greater powers to restrict demos
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Global Tech Pioneers CZ and Co-Founder of Shazam to Headline FinTech Forward 2025 in Bahrain
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Guerrero grand slam fuels Blue Jays in 13-7 rout of Yankees
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Five-try Bayonne stun champions Toulouse to go top in France
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Fisk reels in Higgo to win maiden PGA Tour title in Mississippi
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An accidental sting has helped Japanese scientists prove some male wasps have a rather unusual predator defence weapon: penis spikes.
Planet spiralling into star may offer glimpse into Earth's end
For the first time astronomers have identified a planet that is spiralling towards a cataclysmic collision with its ageing sun, potentially offering a glimpse into how Earth could end one day.
Things to know about a landmark biodiversity agreement
After years of negotiations, the world has agreed a landmark deal to protect vanishing species and ecosystems, dubbed a "peace pact with nature" at the UN meeting in Montreal called COP15.
From battlefield to glampsite: the story of Saudi's Khaybar
A Saudi town best known for a fierce battle between the Prophet Mohammed and Jewish tribes is remodelling itself as an upscale tourist draw in line with the kingdom's rebranding efforts.
At COP15, businesses urged to act for nature
Widely blamed for ravaging Earth's ecosystems, big businesses are nevertheless being turned to as key players in a deal to save nature at the COP15 biodiversity conference.
Nature at risk of 'cascading' species extinction: study
Climate change and habitat degradation will cause extinctions that cascade through communities of animals and plants and drive dramatic biodiversity loss, according to new research published on Friday.
New funding announcements at high-stakes UN nature summit
The world's environment ministers began the final phase of crunch talks at a UN summit in Montreal on Thursday aimed at sealing a historic "peace pact with nature."
Tiny meteorite may have caused leak from Soyuz capsule
Russian and NASA engineers were assessing a coolant leak on Thursday from a Soyuz crew capsule docked with the International Space Station (ISS) that may have been caused by a micrometeorite strike.
Tiny meteorite may have caused coolant leak from Soyuz capsule
Russian and NASA engineers were assessing a coolant leak on Thursday from a Soyuz crew capsule docked with the International Space Station (ISS) that may have been caused by a micrometeorite strike.
Swedish zoo shoots dead three chimps on the run
A Swedish zoo said Thursday it had to shoot dead three chimpanzees after they escaped from their enclosure, with the situation still not under control.
Israeli technology aims to curb male chick culling
Israeli scientists have created a species of egg-laying hens that only produce females, a breakthrough that could help end the annual culling of around seven billion male chicks globally.
UN nature talks teeter on brink as ministers arrive for home stretch
Hopes of sealing a historic "peace pact with nature" at a United Nations biodiversity summit will soon rest on the world's environment ministers, arriving in Montreal for the final phase of talks beginning Thursday.
EU meets facing subsidy race with US in trade spat
EU leaders meeting in Brussels on Thursday will focus on a trade dispute with key ally the United States that threatens to trigger a subsidy race between the economic superpowers.
Red Cross fears 'enormous suffering' in 2023
The head of the International Committee of the Red Cross warned Wednesday "an enormous level of suffering" awaits the world in 2023 with famine spreading.
Study explains surprise surge in methane during pandemic lockdown
A mysterious surge in planet-heating atmospheric methane in 2020 despite Covid lockdowns that reduced many human-caused sources can be explained by a greater release from nature and, surprisingly, reduced air pollution, scientists said Wednesday.
HSBC bank says to stop funding new oil and gas fields
Banking giant HSBC on Wednesday said it would end financing for new oil and gas fields, a decision welcomed by environmentalists who nevertheless urged greater action from banks and government.
Snakes have clitorises, scientists say, slamming research 'taboo'
Female snakes have clitorises, according to the first detailed study on the subject Wednesday, in which the scientists lashed out at how little female sex organs have been researched compared to males across species.
DR Congo leader blames climate change for devastating floods
The president of the Democratic Republic of Congo joined the United States on Tuesday in blaming climate change for major floods that have claimed around 100 lives in the capital Kinshasa.
Rich nations oppose new biodiversity fund
Creating a new global fund for biodiversity -- a core demand of developing countries at UN talks in Montreal -- "would take years" and be less effective than reforming existing financial mechanisms, Canada's environment minister said Tuesday.
Sound of a dust devil on Mars recorded for first time
The sound of a dust devil on Mars was recorded for the first time as the eye of the whirlwind swept over the top of NASA's Perseverance rover, a new study said Tuesday.
Hong Kong leader says Google has 'moral obligation' to remove wrong anthem
Google has a "moral obligation" to stop a democracy protest song appearing in search results, Hong Kong's leader said Tuesday, as row over China's national anthem widened to include the tech giant.
Nuclear fusion: harnessing the power of the stars
The US Department of Energy's nuclear fusion laboratory says there will be a "major scientific breakthrough" announced Tuesday, as media report that scientists have finally surpassed an important milestone for the technology: getting more energy out than was put in.
NASA capsule Orion splashes down after record-setting lunar voyage
NASA's Orion space capsule splashed down safely in the Pacific on Sunday, completing the Artemis 1 mission -- a more than 25-day journey around the Moon with an eye to returning humans there in just a few years.
Cash crops: Dutch use bitcoin mining to grow tulips
Tulips and bitcoin have both been associated with financial bubbles in their time, but in a giant greenhouse near Amsterdam the Dutch are trying to make them work together.
Lascar Volcano in Chile stirs, sending plume skyward
A volcano in the Andes in Chile's north rumbled to life early Saturday, triggering minor earth tremors and sending a plume of smoke and ash 6,000 meters (nearly 20,000 feet) into a clear sky.
Sea cows, abalone, pillar coral now threatened with extinction
Dugongs -- large herbivorous marine mammals commonly known as "sea cows" -- are now threatened with extinction, according to an official list updated Friday.
Sea cows threatened with extinction
Dugongs -- large herbivorous marine mammals commonly known as "sea cows" -- are now threatened with extinction, according to an official list updated Friday.
Japanese billionaire Maezawa announces crew of artists for lunar voyage
Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa announced Thursday eight crew members who will join him for a journey around the Moon planned for 2023 on a SpaceX rocket that is still under development.
Webb telescope spies hidden stars in stellar graveyard
It was one of the first famous images revealed by the James Webb Space Telescope earlier this year: a stunning shroud of gas and dust illuminated by a dying star at its heart.
'Downton Shabby': US producer quits Hollywood to do up UK family pile
As a child, Hopwood DePree heard stories about the family owning an ancestral country home in England but always thought it was the stuff of legends.
Biodiversity talks open as UN chief calls for 'peace pact' with nature
High-stakes biodiversity talks opened in Montreal Wednesday, amid calls for a "peace pact with nature" to save the planet's species and ecosystems from irreversible human destruction.
Meta sees itself as dwarfed by 'Giant Tech' Apple
Facebook parent Meta may be in the Big Tech club but it sees itself as being dwarfed by "Giant Tech" company -- and corporate foe -- Apple, a top executive, Nick Clegg, said Wednesday.