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Australia's Nick Kyrgios pictured in December 2024

Australian tennis star

Kyrgios admits 'huge mistake' after failing test for cocaine

Members of a humanitarian NGO work to clear landmines and other explosive devices prepare to detonate unexploded war-remnants in a suburb of Damascus, Syria

Mostly in Gaza and Sudan

UN laments 'unacceptable' toll of 350 aid workers killed in 2025

ECB chief Christine Lagarde says Europe's post-war growth model is 'eroding'

Christine Lagarde

Europe can't afford to miss AI revolution: ECB chief

Pakistan's government is challenging a court order that said jailed former prime minister Imran Khan must be moved to hospital for medical checks

Currently jailed

Pakistan govt to challenge court on moving ex-PM Khan to private hospital

Danish air defence system, pictured in December 2025.

Power & Politics

The drone paradox: making war harder to win or easier to start?

Erin Patterson was found guilty of murdering her husband's parents and elderly aunt in 2023 by serving them a beef Wellington lunch laced with lethal death cap mushrooms.

'Manifestly inadequate'

Australian mushroom killer suffered miscarriage of justice, lawyers say

Bangladesh bowler Mehidy Hasan Miraz celebrates dismissing Australia's Beau Webster

'They bowled with dominance'

Bowling great Donald warns Bangladesh that Australia will hit back hard

Den Tréierer Dom gouf en Dënschdeg evakuéiert.

Specialist unit called in

Trier Cathedral evacuated on Tuesday over unexplained foul smell

The blaze charring the High Fens nature reserve has grown since Friday to 3,000 hectares (7,500 acres), with Saturday seeing the worst of the flames

Rain brings relief, but High Fens fire could burn for weeks

Morning Roundup

Apartment blaze, Meta on trial, and 'hell toilets' to be demolished

Some of the South Africans who went to Russia have returned home but others are believed to still be on the battlefield

'I need closure'

Southern African mothers plead for sons lured to Russia's war

President Bola Tinubu (R) has supported efforts to create state-led police forces in Nigeria

Ahead of January elections

Campaigns kick off in Nigerian presidential race

A steep 50-percent US tariff is set to take effect on various Canadian goods if both sides fail to reach a deal before Wednesday

Negotiations continue

Trump pauses 50% tariffs on Canadian goods for three days

US-Palestinian dual citizen Louai Abu Ridi flew back from his adopted home of Ohio after settlers refused to let in food or other supplies

On occupied West Bank

Palestinian-American hoists US flag on home besieged by settlers

Children playing with robot named "Pangda" at the Hangzhou Robot school in Hangzhou, in eastern China's Zhejiang province

Humanoid resources: China's robots search for workforce breakthrough

Arsenal midfielder Bruno Guimaraes applauds spectators as the Brazil international is introduced to fans

As season kicks off

Five Premier League stars to watch this season

Employees walking into Chinese technology company Huawei's European-themed data center in Guian New Area in Guiyang

China goes rural with data centres in quest to power AI

Israel does not deny targeting hospitals in Gaza, saying they house tunnels used by Hamas militants

Over 73,300 deaths

'American Doctor' shows brutality of conflict in Gaza

Amid uncertainty

New Zealand blocks lawsuits against firms over climate harm

Blue crabs arrived in the Mediterranean decades ago to wreak havoc in Italy's clam-producing northeast

'A formidable predator'

Italian scientists bet on octopus to fight crab invasion

Fans of the 'Insidious' franchise think of Lin Shaye as the heart of the movies

Ahead of premiere

New 'Insidious' reflects anxiety of being a new parent: director

Top Australian Rules side the Sydney Swans suspended five players Wednesday without giving a reason

Aussie Rules club suspends five players amid police probe

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, seen in this file picture, is expected to testify in the landmark social media trial

Coalition of states sued social media giant

Meta hooked children and misled public: prosecutors

FIFA president Gianni Infantino is standing for re-election next March

Beleaguered FIFA chief Infantino rids himself of critic Lamour

A member of Syrian government forces stands guard at the Abu Duhur military air base area in Idlib province in 2018

'Unnecessary escalation'

Turkey rejects Israeli claims after strike on Syria air base

Amazon's founder Jeff Bezos

Initially reported one third

Bezos consortium bought nearly 40 percent of Liverpool: report

The moon's surface before (L) and after (R) it was struck by a SpaceX rocket leaving a crater that is 60 feet wide and 10 feet deep

NASA images reveal crater left by SpaceX rocket's Moon crash

US President Donald Trump posted a map calling the Strait of Hormuz a 'NEW U.S. territory'

Trump says no Iran talks planned, claims Hormuz 'new US territory'

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