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Palestinians welcome ICC arrest warrants for Israeli officials
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Senegal ruling party wins parliamentary majority: provisional results
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Fiji's Loganimasi in for banned Radradra against Ireland
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New proposal awaited in Baku on climate finance deal
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Brazil police urge Bolsonaro's indictment for 2022 'coup' plot
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NFL issues security alert to teams about home burglaries
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Common water disinfectant creates potentially toxic byproduct: study
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Chimps are upping their tool game, says study
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US actor Smollett's conviction for staged attack overturned
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Fears rise of gender setbacks in global climate battle
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'World's best coach' Gatland 'won't leave Wales' - Howley
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Indian PM Modi highlights interest in Guyana's oil
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Israel strikes kill 22 in Lebanon as Hezbollah targets south Israel
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Argentina lead Davis Cup holders Italy
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West Bank city buries three Palestinians killed in Israeli raids
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Fairuz, musical icon of war-torn Lebanon, turns 90
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Jones says Scotland need to beat Australia 'to be taken seriously'
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Stock markets push higher but Ukraine tensions urge caution
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IMF sees 'limited' impact of floods on Spain GDP growth
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Fresh Iran censure looms large over UN nuclear meeting
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Volkswagen workers head towards strikes from December
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'More cautious' Dupont covers up in heavy Parisian snow before Argentina Test
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UK sanctions Angola's Isabel dos Santos in graft crackdown
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Sales of existing US homes rise in October
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Crunch time: What still needs to be hammered out at COP29?
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Minister among 12 held over Serbia station collapse
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Spurs boss Postecoglou hails 'outstanding' Bentancur despite Son slur
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South Sudan rejects 'malicious' report on Kiir family businesses
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Kyiv claims 'crazy' Russia fired nuke-capable missile
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Australia defeat USA to reach Davis Cup semis
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Spain holds 1st talks with Palestinian govt since recognising state
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Stock markets waver as Nvidia, Ukraine tensions urge caution
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Returning Vonn targets St Moritz World Cup races
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Ramos nears PSG return as Sampaoli makes Rennes bow
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Farrell hands Prendergast first Ireland start for Fiji Test
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Gaza strikes kill dozens as ICC issues Netanyahu arrest warrant
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Famed Berlin theatre says cuts will sink it
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Stuttgart's Undav set to miss rest of year with hamstring injury
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Cane, Perenara to make All Blacks farewells against Italy
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Kenya scraps Adani deals as Ruto attempts to reset presidency
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French YouTuber takes on manga after conquering Everest
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Special reunion in store for France's Flament against 'hot-blooded' Argentina
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'World of Warcraft' still going strong as it celebrates 20 years
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Fritz pulls USA level with Australia in Davis Cup quarters
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New Iran censure looms large over UN nuclear meeting
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The first 'zoomed-in' image of a star outside our galaxy
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ICC issues arrest warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant, Deif
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Minister among 11 held over Serbia station collapse
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Historic gold regalia returned to Ghana's king
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Kyiv accuses Russia of launching intercontinental ballistic missile attack
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High stakes for climate-change race in Brazil vote
The image would indelibly mark President Jair Bolsonaro's term: the sky over Sao Paulo turning dark at 3:00 pm as smoke from fires in the Amazon rainforest engulfed Brazil's biggest city.
Australia's largest carbon emitter to exit coal by 2035
Australia's biggest carbon emitter AGL announced Thursday it will close one of the country's most polluting coal-fired power stations by mid-2035, a decade earlier than previously targeted.
Cristoforetti becomes first European woman to command ISS
Italy's Samantha Cristoforetti on Wednesday became the first European woman to take over command of the International Space Station during a ceremony broadcast live from space.
Fish fossils found in China offer clues on human evolution: researchers
Fish fossils dating back 440 million years are helping to "fill some of the key gaps" on how humans evolved from fish, researchers said on Wednesday.
Half world's birds in decline, species moving 'ever faster' to extinction
Almost half of all bird species are in decline globally and one in eight are threatened with extinction, according to a major new report warning that human actions are driving more species to the brink and nature is "in trouble".
'Incredible': Astronomers hail first images of asteroid impact
The asteroid is flying through space in the grainy black and white video, when suddenly a massive cloud of debris sprays out in front of it, meaning only one thing: impact.
Swiss glaciers melting away at record rate
Switzerland's glaciers lost six percent of their total volume this year due to a dry winter and repeated summer heatwaves, shattering previous ice melt records, a report revealed Wednesday.
Cyber warfare rife in Ukraine, but impact stays in shadows
Hackings, network sabotage and other cyber warfare campaigns are being intensely deployed by both sides as Russia's invasion of Ukraine grinds on, though the covert operations have not proved decisive on the battlefield -- at least so far.
Climate change at 'point of no return': primatologist Goodall
Earth's climate is changing so quickly that humanity is running out of chances to fix it, primatologist Jane Goodall has warned in an interview.
NASA says Artemis launch before November will be 'difficult'
It will be "difficult" for NASA to make a new attempt to launch its massive Moon rocket in October, an official from the US space agency said Tuesday, with a lift-off in November looking more likely.
Colombia repatriates 274 priceless artifacts from US
From anthropomorphic figurines to 1,500-year-old Indigenous necklaces, Colombia has recently repatriated 274 ancient objects from the United States.
Underwater heat 'inferno' ravages Mediterranean corals
In the temperate shallows of the Mediterranean, once-vibrant red and purple coral forests that provide a crucial haven for biodiversity now stand bleached and brittle, transformed into skeletons by record summer temperatures, scientists say.
Biden laying foundation for green energy investments: Yellen
US President Joe Biden's push for green energy tax credits will help boost a massive ramp up in private investment that will create jobs and lower energy costs for American families, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Tuesday.
Scientists urge top publisher to withdraw faulty climate study
A fundamentally flawed study claiming that scientific evidence of a climate crisis is lacking should be withdrawn from the peer-reviewed journal in which it was published, top climate scientists have told AFP.
'A new era': NASA strikes asteroid in key test of planetary defense
NASA's DART spaceship on Monday struck the asteroid Dimorphos in a historic test of humanity's ability to prevent a cosmic object from devastating life on Earth.
Boost climate action or we'll see you court, activists tell governments
Governments around the world must scale up climate action "or face further legal action", an open letter from campaign groups warned Tuesday, as battles over policies to cut emissions and protect the environment are increasingly fought in the courts.
NASA readies to deflect asteroid in key test of planetary defense
A small point of light that starts to fill out the screen, revealing a never-before-seen asteroid, before the images abruptly stop as the spacecraft is lost.
Direct impact or nuclear weapons? How to save Earth from an asteroid
NASA's DART mission to test deflecting an asteroid using "kinetic impact" with a spaceship is just one way to defend planet Earth from an approaching object -- and for now, the only method possible with current technology.
NASA to deflect asteroid in key test of planetary defense
NASA will on Monday attempt a feat humanity has never before accomplished: deliberately smacking a spacecraft into an asteroid to slightly deflect its orbit, in a key test of our ability to stop cosmic objects from devastating life on Earth.
Climate activists block superyacht marina in French Riviera
Activists blocked a quayside on the French Riviera on Saturday to protest against what they called ultra-rich "climate criminals".
NASA scraps Tuesday Moon launch due to storm
NASA has called off the scheduled Tuesday launch of its historic uncrewed mission to the Moon due to a tropical storm that is forecast to strengthen as it approaches Florida.
Bangladesh PM denounces 'tragedy' of rich nations on climate
A country of fertile, densely populated deltas, low-lying Bangladesh is among the most vulnerable nations in the world to climate change.
NASA's Tuesday Moon launch threatened by storm
NASA's historic uncrewed mission to the Moon is facing fresh difficulties.
Pakistan's dire floods signal global climate crisis, PM tells UN
Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif warned Friday that his country's worst-ever floods were a sign of climate catastrophes to come around the world, as he urged justice for developing nations that bear little responsibility for warming.
Thousands attend pro-hijab Iran rallies
Thousands demonstrated across Iran on Friday at government-backed pro-hijab counter rallies, after a week of bloody protests over the death of a woman arrested for "improperly" wearing the Islamic headscarf.
Iran stages rallies to counter week of deadly protests
Thousands demonstrated across Iran on Friday at government-backed pro-hijab counter rallies, after a week of bloody protests over the death of a woman arrested for "improperly" wearing the Islamic headscarf.
Asian coastal cities sinking fast: study
Sprawling coastal cities in South and Southeast Asia are sinking faster than elsewhere in the world, leaving tens of millions of people more vulnerable to rising sea levels, a new study says.
After asteroid collision, Europe's Hera will probe 'crime scene'
After NASA deliberately smashes a car-sized spacecraft into an asteroid next week, it will be up to the European Space Agency's Hera mission to investigate the "crime scene" and uncover the secrets of these potentially devastating space rocks.
Australian rescuers race to save stranded pilot whales
Australian rescuers battled Friday to refloat the last surviving pilot whales from a mass stranding that killed nearly 200 of the animals on a surf-battered beach in Tasmania.
NASA gears up to deflect asteroid, in key test of planetary defense
Bet the dinosaurs wish they'd thought of this.
NFTs and burning paintings at new Damien Hirst show
The latest show by Damien Hirst displays thousands of the provocative British artist's colourful spot paintings... many of which he will set on fire after selling them in digital form as NFTs.