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G7 meets in France hoping to heal transatlantic Iran rift
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IOC's gender test directive throws up multiple questions
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Trump insists Iran operations 'extremely' ahead of schedule
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Bab al-Mandeb Strait: another key shipping route under threat
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Families of Kabul bombing victims still search for answers
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Police detain French ex-cop suspected of killing mothers of his children
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Venezuela's Maduro back in court after stunning US capture
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Senegal victims of 'most blatant scam' in football history: federation
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Former badminton Olympic gold winner Marin retires due to injury
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Olympic women's sport to be limited to biological females
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Africa sets out stall for cotton at the WTO
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Trump's Iran war tests MAGA 'America First' creed
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What's happening with Iran-US 'talks'?
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WTO mulls future of global trading under cloud of Mideast war
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US flexes 'new order' trade policy as WTO meet kicks off
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Germany unveils rescue plan for struggling chemical sector
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UK PM 'very keen' to curb addictive social media after US ruling
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South Africa disinvited from G7 in France after US pressure: Pretoria
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EU moves closer to ban sexualised AI deepfakes
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France bids farewell to ex-PM Jospin who 'modernised' nation
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Belarus' Lukashenko gifts automatic rifle to North Korea's Kim
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Germany bank on team spirit to end World Cup woes
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Venezuela's Maduro back in US court after stunning capture
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French court orders ex-bishop to pay over 1970s child sex abuse
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PSG Ligue 1 game postponed in between two legs of Liverpool Champions League tie
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Iran may believe it has the upper hand as Trump seeks talks
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EU urged to broadly restrict 'forever chemicals'
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Italy seizes millions 'embezzled' from Ursula Andress
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Trump says Iran 'better get serious' in Mideast war talks
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Global trading system hit by 'worst disruptions in the past 80 years': WTO chief
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EU accuses four porn platforms of letting children access adult content
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Cathay Pacific raises fuel surcharge on all flights by 34%
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EU probes Snapchat over suspected child protection failings
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EU parliament backs Trump tariff deal -- with conditions
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'Return hubs' for migrants clear EU parliament hurdle
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Meta watchdog says grassroots fact checks risk harm to users
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G7 meets in France to mend transatlantic rupture on Iran
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ByteDance quietly rolls out SeeDance 2.0 globally
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Israel strikes Iran as Tehran rejects US talks overture
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Mercedes teen ace Antonelli wants more of the same after maiden win
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Singer Rosalia quits Milan concert with food poisoning
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Oil climbs and equities sink amid mixed messages on 'talks'
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'Get out': Verstappen bans reporter from Japan press conference
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Leaked Nepal report into deadly uprising calls for prosecuting ex-PM
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S Korean Nobel winner Han Kang hopes daily life 'won't change much'
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BTS member J-hope discharged from South Korean military
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K-pop star tells South Korea lawmakers of workplace bullying
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Italy row, AI in focus at world's biggest book fair
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Google signs nuclear power deal with startup Kairos
Google on Monday signed a deal to get electricity from small nuclear reactors to help power artificial intelligence.
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Pre-Halloween 'Terrifier' lands atop North America box office
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Ecuador's last mountain iceman dies at 80
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Sculptor Lalanne's animal creations sell for $59 mn
A giant bear, a winged rabbit and a rhino were among the 70 animal bronzes and stone works by celebrated sculptor Francois-Xavier Lalanne that fetched $59 million at Christie's in New York this week.
Hello Hallyu: why is South Korean culture sweeping the globe?
It's won Oscars. Its television shows and K-pop stars dominate global charts. Its leading novelist just won the Nobel literature prize. How did South Korea become such a global cultural powerhouse?
Voice of Japan's beloved robot cat 'Doraemon' dies
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In Trump 'Truths,' conspiracies, attacks -- and doubts about the election
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How Sebastian Stan found a 'relatable' Trump for 'The Apprentice' biopic
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Trump biopic 'The Apprentice' hits US theaters weeks before election
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Warhol's rare 'Queen' collection opens at Dutch museum
A Dutch museum is dusting off a rare collection of prints by Andy Warhol of female royalty, made shortly before the pop art icon's untimely death 36 years ago.
Cameroon bans media talk of president's health amid rumours
Cameroon's government has banned the media from discussing the health of President Paul Biya, Africa's second-longest-ruling leader, amid rumours the 91-year-old is gravely ill, according to a document obtained by AFP.
After K-pop, K-novels? South Korean Nobel win sparks joy, hope at home
From the president to K-pop megastars BTS, South Korea errupted into celebration Thursday after "The Vegetarian" author Han Kang won the country's first Nobel Prize for literature.
Han Kang wins South Korea's first literature Nobel
Author Han Kang on Thursday became the first South Korean to win the Nobel Prize in Literature for her work exploring the correspondence between mental and physical torment as well as historical events.
S. Korea's Nobel winner Han Kang a modest, thought-provoking writer
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Lucian Freud 'masterpiece' fetches £13.9 million at London sale
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Elon Musk's social media platform X, which was banned in Brazil for 40 days in a legal tussle over disinformation, was available again in Latin America's biggest country on Wednesday.