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Oil prices spike after Trump rejects Iran truce offer
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'Pseudo-journalism': Partisan 'news' sites target US midterms
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Taylor Swift sets new record at MTV VMAs
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'Currently impossible': North Korea defections in freefall
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Seoul seeks apology after Ukraine reveals transfer of North Korean POWs
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Erasmus sizes up 'improved' Wallabies ahead of 2027 World Cup
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Messi on target again but Miami downed by Columbus
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Scandal-weary Brazilians to vote as Lula faces Bolsonaro son
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In Washington's political cauldron, a fight over foie gras
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SpaceX aims to put Starship in orbit for the first time
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Flavio Bolsonaro: political heir in his father's shadow
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Pope to speak on united Europe from French border town
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Ravens grab last-second win in Rio as Commanders stop Seahawks
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Scheffler makes sportsmanship stand over tee screamer
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USA rallies to capture 11th consecutive Presidents Cup
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Anthropic CEO Amodei to dine with Trump at White House
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Phillies clinch, Astros wrap up division on final day of MLB season
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Dupont scores twice to send Toulouse to Top 14 summit
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Commanders hand champion Seahawks their first loss
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Greece stun Klopp's Germany as Ireland show sorrow for Gaza
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Dupont scores twice to send Toulouse top of Top 14
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Ramos fires holders Portugal to Nations League win in Norway
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Ireland beat Israel but no handshakes due to war in Gaza
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Greece hand Klopp first defeat as Germany manager
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Tense standoff over flashpoint N.Ireland parade lasts into night
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Pope promises French sex abuse victims to prevent further harm
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Stunned McNulty wins 'miracle' road race world title
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UK village on edge over threats to air base in terror alert
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Re-released 'Avengers: Endgame' snaps-up N. America box office lead
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Two giant pandas, emblems of China soft diplomacy, arrive in US
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American McNulty wins shock road race world title
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Aleksandar Vucic: from Milosevic minister to long-serving Serbian statesman
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Serbia's President Aleksandar Vucic announces resignation
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Trump expects new Iran talks despite rejecting deal offer
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Tuchel urges Bellingham to play with 'rage'
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Xavi gets first win as Netherlands boss, Denmark beat Wales
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Russian strikes on Ukraine kill 8
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Madrid housing protest camp enters second night as PM vows action
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Bavuma, Miller hit centuries as South Africa clinch series
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Tigray TV station hit by drone, rebels advance in north Ethiopia
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Spain bring in Le Normand for injured Garcia
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Banton hundred paves way for England ODI series win over Sri Lanka
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UK Labour party meets buoyed by Burnham but seeking concrete plans
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Milestone man Kohli powers India to big ODI win over West Indies
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Nor'easter lashes US east with punishing rain and wind
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Swiss reject plan to toughen neutrality
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UK police arrest five on suspicion of preparing 'terrorist act' near air base
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Fitzpatrick closes out fourth win of year at French Open
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Washington denounces Iran's truce proposal as 'cynical'
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Zverev stars as Team Europe win Laver Cup
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Syria's new prime minister said the Islamist-led alliance that ousted president Bashar al-Assad will "guarantee" the rights of all religious groups and called on the millions who fled the war to return home.
Sudan militia chief 'enthusiastically' committed war crimes: prosecutor
A feared Sudanese militia chief "willingly and enthusiastically" participated in war crimes, the International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor charged Wednesday, laying out searing accusations of rape, murder, and torture.
Duterte parties as Philippines probes her alleged plot to kill Marcos
Philippine Vice-President Sara Duterte partied with journalists Wednesday as she thumbed her nose at an official inquiry into allegations she plotted to assassinate President Ferdinand Marcos, her estranged ally.
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South Korean police blocked from raid on president's office
South Korean police said Wednesday that security guards were blocking a raid on President Yoon Suk Yeol's offices to investigate his brief imposition of martial law.
Taiwan says 'troublemaker' China expands military drills around island
China has expanded military drills around Taiwan aimed at drawing "a red line" for the next US president, Taipei authorities said on Wednesday, branding Beijing a "troublemaker".
Nikotina, the soundtrack of Mozambique's youth in protest
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Tamil migrants reach UK after 'darkest' time in Chagos camp
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Taiwan says 'troublemaker' China expands military drills around the island
China has expanded military drills around Taiwan aimed at drawing "a red line" for the next US president, Taipei authorities said Wednesday, branding Beijing a "troublemaker".
South Korean police raid president's office
South Korean police raided President Yoon Suk Yeol's office on Wednesday as the investigation into his declaration of martial law gathered pace.
South Korea police raid president's office
South Korean police said Wednesday that they raided President Yoon Suk Yeol's office, as the investigation into his declaration of martial law gathers pace.
Taiwan says China expands military drills around the island
China has expanded military drills around Taiwan with dozens of warplanes and a huge maritime exercise aimed at drawing "a red line" for the next US president, Taipei authorities said Wednesday.
China's leaders to chart economic plans for 2025: report
China's leadership will gather Wednesday to hammer out plans to boost the economy next year, reports said, as they look to address weak domestic demand and the possibility of a deepening trade war with the United States.
Taiwan says detects 53 Chinese military aircraft, 19 ships near island
Taiwan said Wednesday it had detected 53 Chinese military aircraft and 19 ships near the island in the past 24 hours, as Beijing holds its biggest maritime mobilisation in years.
CEO killer suspect: golden boy who soured on US health system
On paper, Luigi Mangione had it all: wealth, intellect, athleticism, good looks. But the child of a prominent Maryland family may have spurned it all in a spasm of violence, in a killing that has mesmerized Americans.
Trump's tariff plans may 'derail' US inflation progress: Yellen
US President-elect Donald Trump's proposals to impose sweeping tariffs on imports could counter earlier efforts to cool inflation, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Tuesday, warning that consumer prices could rise.
Assad exit puts US at perilous crossroads in Syria
For more than a decade, the United States has sought to keep out of Syria's political debacle, seeing no viable partner. Islamist rebels' toppling of strongman Bashar al-Assad has forced a change of tune -- and a debate over just what US interests are.
Missile strike on Ukraine clinic kills at least four
A missile strike Tuesday hit a private clinic in the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia, killing at least four people and wounding more than a dozen, officials said, as Russia steps up attacks in southern regions partially under its control.
Newly named Syria PM calls for 'stability and calm'
Syria's new transitional prime minister on Tuesday said it was time for "stability and calm" in the country, two days after longtime president Bashar al-Assad was toppled by rebels in a lightning offensive.
'Shut up': Actor storms out of France child abuse trial
A French prosecutor Tuesday demanded two years of house arrest for a filmmaker accused of sexually assaulting an actor when she was a child, after an outburst from the plaintiff over his denying the allegations.
Georgia protests enter 13th night as EU threatens 'measures'
Pro-Europe protests showed no sign of abating Tuesday, with thousands taking to the streets as the European Union warned it could punish Tbilisi for its crackdown on demonstrators.
Israel PM rejects corruption charges as 'ridiculous'
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed corruption charges against him as 'ridiculous' in court on Tuesday, becoming the country's first sitting premier to face criminal trial.
Brazilian President Lula's long history of health woes
Brazil's 79-year-old President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who is recovering from emergency surgery after suffering an intracranial hemorrhage, has a long history of health problems and mishaps.
Israel assuming 'worst-case scenario' with Syria bombing: analysts
Israel's bombing of Syrian military assets and its entry into the UN-patrolled buffer zone on the Golan Heights show it fears the worst from the end of the Assad clan's rule, analysts told AFP.
French actor outraged as director denies child abuse in court
A French prosecutor Tuesday demanded a filmmaker be put under house arrest for two years over sexually assaulting an actor when she was a child, after his accuser stormed out of the landmark trial over him denying the abuse.
S.Korea ex-defence minister formally arrested for insurrection
South Korea's former defence minister has been formally arrested on insurrection charges related to President Yoon Suk Yeol's brief declaration of martial law, which plunged the country into chaos, a court spokesperson said early Wednesday.
Israel's PM Netanyahu testifies in corruption trial
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday dismissed the allegations against him as he testified in court for the first time in his corruption case.
Nobel Peace Prize winner Nihon Hidankyo calls for a world without nukes
Japan's atomic bomb survivors' group Nihon Hidankyo accepted its Nobel Peace Prize on Tuesday, pleading for the abolition of nuclear weapons that are resurging as a threat 80 years after the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings.
Germany's Scholz calls for Europe EV subsidy plan
Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz called Tuesday for a European subsidy programme for electric vehicles, as the country's flagship auto industry struggles with the transition to battery-powered cars.
Assad's feared dungeons give up their secrets
Syrians lived in terror for decades of what went on behind the concrete walls of Damascus's security compound. Now the Assad dynasty has been toppled, its dungeons and torture chambers are giving up their secrets.
Syria rebels name head of transitional govt
The rebels who ousted president Bashar al-Assad and are now in power in Syria appointed a transitional head of government Tuesday to run the country until March 1, a statement said.
Brazil's Lula 'stable' after emergency surgery
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was in "stable" condition after emergency surgery for an "intracranial hemorrhage" and should leave hospital next week, his doctors said Tuesday.