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Paris engineer wins Picasso painting at charity auction
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Harvey Weinstein rape retrial begins in New York
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Lebanon, Israel start direct talks as Hezbollah launches new attacks
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Italy shifts away from Israel, US over Mideast war
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Direct Israel-Lebanon peace talks a 'historic opportunity': Rubio
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Trump admin wants new Fed chair in place 'as soon as possible'
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Lebanon, Israel start direct talks as Trump blockades Iran
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Musk's father seeking Russian refuge for S.African farmers
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Buoyant Bayern pledge to 'push through the pain' against Real
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ECB chief insists won't abandon ship amid global turmoil
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Lavrov blasts efforts to 'contain' Russia, China on Beijing visit
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Iran nuclear programme 'set back' but not wiped out
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Arteta urges Arsenal to play with 'pure fire' after damaging defeats
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Czech govt draws ire with public media financing plan
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US bank profits jump as execs see consumers surviving oil spike so far
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IMF cuts 2026 global growth forecast on Mideast war
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Iraola says now is 'right moment to step away' from Bournemouth
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Dutch prosecutors urge long jail terms for Romanian helmet theft
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American Kang preparing bid to buy Ligue 1 club Lyon
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Bournemouth manager Iraola to leave at end of season
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Amazon says to buy Globalstar to expand satellite network
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IMF cuts eurozone growth forecast to 1.1%, warns of strong euro
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Pope walks in Augustine's footsteps on Algeria trip marred by suicide attacks
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Rice adds to Arsenal injury concerns ahead of Sporting clash
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Ships exit Gulf from Iran despite US blockade: tracker
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French minister seeks ban of Kanye West concert in Marseille
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Turkey school shooting wounds 16, attacker dead
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Lavrov bashes efforts to 'contain' Russia, China on Beijing visit
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Stocks rise, oil slips on hopes for Mideast peace deal
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France, UK to host Hormuz talks Friday: French presidency
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Romuald Wadagni, from economic reformer to presidential palace
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Zelensky in Germany for military talks amid drone boom
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Stokes says talk of McCullum rift 'massive overstatement'
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Xi calls for closer ties with Spain in face of global 'chaos'
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Wisden laments India's 'Orwellian' control of world cricket
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Sony Pictures offers sneak peek of 'Spider-Man: Brand New Day' at CinemaCon
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US blockade of Iran ports threatens already crippled oil supply
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Fresh from conflict, Pakistan plays 'peacemaker' in US-Iran talks
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Dutch trial over theft of golden Romanian helmet begins
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Botswana seals energy, mining deals with Oman
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Founder of China's Evergrande pleads guilty to fraud
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Pope to walk in Augustine's footsteps on day two of Algeria visit
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US says ball in Iran's court as push grows to end war
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Lebanon, Israel to meet for tough talks in Washington
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Prince Harry and Meghan visit Australia in first trip since royal rift
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Bayern veteran Neuer primed for one final battle with rivals Real
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Paris-Roubaix straggler Thomas tells of 'awful' ordeal
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Hezbollah leader asks Lebanon to cancel Tuesday meeting with Israel
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Mideast war revs up electric car demand in Asia
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The United States on Thursday blocked a US-based company worth more than $1 billion linked to Russian oligarch Suleiman Kerimov, saying the ally of President Vladimir Putin used it to funnel and invest shadowy funds.
DR Congo inters Lumumba remains after nationwide pilgrimage
The scant remains of DR Congo's fiery independence hero Patrice Lumumba were interred on Thursday after a nine-day homage that stirred traumatic memories and national pride.
France holding 10 suspects over Channel migrant disaster
French police are holding 10 people suspected of involvement in the November 2021 Channel drowning of migrants in which 27 people died, a judicial source said Thursday.
Prophet row murder sparks fury on Indian social media
The gruesome killing of a Hindu tailor has inflamed religious tensions in India and sparked a furious response on social media, including calls for reprisal attacks against the country's Muslim minority.
Thousands gather at all-male meeting to rubber-stamp Taliban rule
Thousands of Afghan religious scholars and tribal elders gathered in the capital Thursday for a men-only meeting the Taliban hope will rubber-stamp their hardline Islamic rule.
UK urged to cleanse 'stain' of dirty Russian money
For all its tough talk against Russia, the UK's government is failing to enforce its promises to clean up dirty foreign money, a hard-hitting report by MPs said Thursday.
Texans mourn migrants who died in sweltering truck tragedy
Texas residents gathered under a scorching sun Wednesday to mourn the 53 migrants who died this week after they were abandoned in a trailer in soaring temperatures, leaving tokens of flowers, candles and bottles of water.
Maximum life term for sole surviving Paris 2015 attacker
The sole surviving member of an Islamic State terror cell that killed 130 people in Paris in November 2015 was handed a whole-life sentence on Wednesday at the end of a trial that aimed to draw a line under the worst peace-time atrocity in modern French history.
Singer R. Kelly sentenced to 30 years over sex crimes
Disgraced R&B singer R. Kelly was sentenced to 30 years in prison Wednesday for leading a decades-long effort to recruit and trap teenagers and women for sex.
Paris attacker sentenced to whole life in prison
The sole surviving member of an Islamic State terror cell that killed 130 people in Paris in November 2015 was handed a whole-life sentence by a French court on Wednesday, the toughest punishment possible.
Toll in migrant trailer tragedy rises to 53
The number of migrants who died in San Antonio, Texas after they were abandoned in a red-hot trailer rose to 53 Wednesday, US immigration authorities said.
Husband of slain Kenyan runner Tirop seeks plea bargain
The husband of slain Kenyan distance runner Agnes Tirop is seeking a plea bargain after initially denying a charge of murder, his lawyer said on Wednesday.
UK extends steel tariffs, breaching WTO obligations
Britain has extended steel tariffs for another two years to protect its ailing industry, the government said Wednesday, breaching World Trade Organization obligations.
French court blocks extradition of ex-Red Brigades members to Italy
A French appeals court on Wednesday turned down Italy's request to extradite 10 former members of left-wing Italian extremist groups exiled in France for their involvement in violence decades ago.
Anger, pain at vigil for migrants who died in tractor trailer in Texas
Dozens of people held a vigil for 51 migrants who died when they were abandoned in a suffocatingly hot tractor-trailer in Texas near the border with Mexico.
Spain to 'fully' cooperate with migrant death probes
Madrid will offer "total collaboration" with the Spanish and Moroccan investigations into the deaths of 23 migrants during a mass attempt to enter Spain's Melilla enclave, Pedro Sanchez said Wednesday.
Turkey seeks extraditions from Finland, Sweden under NATO deal
Turkey said Wednesday it would seek the extradition of 33 alleged Kurdish militants from Sweden and Finland under a deal to secure Ankara's support for the Nordic countries' NATO membership bids.
France awaits verdicts in marathon 2015 terror attacks trial
A French court is to hand down verdicts Wednesday against 20 men accused over the November 2015 terror attacks in Paris, after a marathon 10-month trial that reopened the scars of modern France's worst peacetime atrocity.
Lockdown in Indian city after gruesome sectarian killing
Hundreds of police were deployed in an Indian city on Wednesday following the murder of a Hindu tailor allegedly by two Muslim men after comments by a ruling party official about the Prophet Mohammed that have inflamed sectarian tensions.
Philippines' Ressa says 'business as usual' despite news outlet's shutdown order
Philippine Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa's news company Rappler was ordered Wednesday to shut down, a day before President Rodrigo Duterte is due to leave office, but she vowed to keep the site running.
Saudi artists marvel at surprise patron: their own rulers
In one of Saudi artist Ahmed Mater's best-known works, a silhouette of a gas pump morphs into a man holding a gun to his head –- a clear critique of oil's damaging influence.
Paris attacks trial: the 20 suspects
A total of 20 people have been tried over the November 2015 attacks by the Islamic State group on the Bataclan concert hall and other targets around Paris, with the verdicts expected on Wednesday.
Paris court to issue verdicts after marathon 2015 attacks trial
After the biggest trial in modern French history, judges are set to hand down verdicts Wednesday to 20 men accused over the November 2015 Paris attacks that left 130 people dead.
At least 52 inmates die in Colombia prison riot and fire
At least 52 inmates were killed and 26 more injured early Tuesday after a fire broke out during a prison riot in southwestern Colombia, the national prisons agency said.
US opens probe after 51 migrants die in sweltering trailer
The death toll of undocumented migrants who were abandoned in a scorching-hot trailer in Texas rose to 51 Tuesday, as President Joe Biden blamed "criminal" professional smugglers for the tragedy.
Epstein associate Maxwell gets 20 years for sex trafficking
Ghislaine Maxwell was sentenced to 20 years in prison Tuesday for helping late financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse girls, capping the former socialite's sordid fall from grace.
Ghislaine Maxwell sentenced to 20 years for sex crimes
Ghislaine Maxwell was sentenced to 20 years in prison by a New York judge Tuesday for helping the late disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse girls.
Iran court confirms Frenchman's 8-year sentence: lawyer
An Iranian appeals court has upheld an eight-year prison sentence against a Frenchman convicted on spying charges, his Paris-based lawyer said Tuesday.
51 inmates die in Colombia prison riot and fire
At least 51 inmates were killed and two dozen more injured early Tuesday after a fire broke out during a prison riot in southwestern Colombia, the national prisons agency said.
At least 49 inmates die in Colombia prison riot and fire
At least 49 inmates were killed and dozens more injured early Tuesday after a fire broke out during a prison riot in southwestern Colombia, the national prisons agency said.
About 50 migrants dead in 'horrific' truck tragedy in Texas
US police Tuesday were investigating the grim discovery of about 50 bodies in and around a trailer truck abandoned in sweltering heat near the Texas city of San Antonio, with victims identified as from Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras.
German court gives 101-year-old ex Nazi guard five years in jail
A German court on Tuesday handed a five-year jail sentence to a 101-year-old former Nazi concentration camp guard, the oldest person so far to go on trial for complicity in war crimes during the Holocaust.