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Trump vows to 'take' Cuba as island reels from oil embargo
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Israel president tells AFP Europe should back efforts to 'eradicate' Hezbollah
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Mbappe set for Real Madrid return against Man City
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Nvidia rides 'claw' craze with AI agent platform
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Alleged narco trafficker makes first US court appearance
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Neymar misses out as Endrick returns to Brazil squad
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South Lebanon's Christian towns insist they are not part of Israel-Hezbollah war
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Alleged narco trafficker Marset makes first US court appearance
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Cuba hit by total blackout as US fuel blockade bites
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'Buffy' reboot cancelled: Sarah Michelle Gellar
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PSG will go for the kill against Chelsea: Dembele
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Afghan govt accuses Pakistan after new strikes on Kabul
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Chelsea huddle not meant to 'antagonise' says Rosenior
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Talks towards international panel to tackle 'inequality emergency' begin at UN
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Trump pushes for 'enthusiasm' from allies to secure Hormuz
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US, China hold 'constructive' talks on trade, but Trump visit in doubt
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Laporta's new Barca chapter begins with Newcastle clash
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EU talks energy as oil price soars
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Out-of-favour Livingstone says 'no-one cares' in England set-up
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Rising star Antonelli says Chinese GP triumph 'starting point' for F1 success
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Stagflation risk in US 'quite high': Nobel-winning economist Stiglitz
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Swiss government rejects proposal to limit immigration
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Ingredients of life discovered in Ryugu asteroid samples
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Why Iranian drones are hard to stop
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Teen star Dowman ready to make impact for Arsenal says Arteta
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Jones says England would be 'foolhardy' to sack Borthwick before Rugby World Cup
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Man City must be 'perfect' to stun Real Madrid: Guardiola
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Ntamack set for Toulouse return at Bordeaux-Begles
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Hours-long fuel queues in Laos capital Vientiane
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France threatens to block funds for India over climate inaction
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Will Yemen's Houthis join the Mideast war?
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Oscar winner Sean Penn skips ceremony to visit Kyiv
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Rise of drone warfare sharpens focus on laser defense
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Nepal welcomes first transgender lawmaker
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Rooney says patience needed with Premier League record-breaker Dowman
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Spain court rejects trial for ex-govt leader over deadly 2024 floods
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"So proud": Irish hometown hails Oscar winner Jessie Buckley
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'Hollywood story': Russia's Mr Nobody makes history with Oscar win
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City boss Guardiola still has hope of revival against Real Madrid
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Iran, at UN, insists will not submit to 'lawless aggression'
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Appeal trial opens for France's Sarkozy over alleged Libyan funding
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Szoboszlai warns time against Liverpool in quest for Champions League place
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Israel army says begun 'limited targeted ground operations' against Hezbollah in south Lebanon
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Western allies push back on Trump call for NATO help to reopen Hormuz
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Central banks meet as Mideast war fuels inflation fears
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European bank battle heats up as UniCredit swoops for Commerzbank
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A Jesuit university in Nicaragua said Wednesday it is suspending classes and all other activities after the leftist government announced the seizure of all its assets, accusing the school of terrorism.
Hezbollah chief in new attack on same-sex relations
The leader of Lebanon's powerful Hezbollah movement on Saturday stepped up his attacks against the region's long-marginalised LGBTQ community.
German teachers pushed out for calling out 'far-right' pupils
Two teachers have been pressured out of their jobs in a small German town after denouncing the alleged right-wing extremism of their pupils, in a case that sparked a national outcry.
US First Lady says 'proud' of return to UNESCO
US First Lady Jill Biden said on Tuesday she and her husband Joe were proud that their country had rejoined UNESCO, the UN cultural agency Washington had quit during the Trump administration.
UK Roald Dahl Museum acknowledges author's 'undeniable' racism
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56-year-old 'gaokao holdout' fails to make the cut for 27th time
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US school test scores haven't recovered since pandemic
American 13-year-olds continue to struggle academically in the wake of the pandemic, especially in mathematics, according to official data out Wednesday.
Abaya controversy tests French schools' secular limits
A reported increase in Muslim girls wearing the abaya dress at French schools has triggered a debate about their violation of the country's sacrosanct commitment to secularism in education.
Ugandans bury more victims of horrific school massacre
Grief-stricken Ugandans were on Monday burying more victims of last week's horrific school attack in the remote west of the country blamed on a notorious militia based in neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo.
Harvard morgue manager charged with selling stolen body parts
The morgue manager at America's prestigious Harvard Medical School allegedly took dead body parts from his workplace without permission and then sold them, US prosecutors said Wednesday.
Homework will 'never be the same' says ChatGPT founder
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UNICEF 'concerned' by reports of Taliban ban on foreign school NGOs
The Taliban government may have banned international NGOs from offering education to out-of-school Afghan children, UNICEF said Thursday, putting the teaching of half a million boys and girls at risk.
Millions of Chinese students sit gruelling college entrance exams
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Self-made millionaire sits China's university exams for 27th time
Among the millions of fresh-faced high schoolers sitting China's dreaded "gaokao" college entrance exam on Wednesday, Liang Shi sticks out like a sore thumb -- a grey-haired, self-made millionaire stubbornly taking the test for the 27th time.
Spell it out: Paris' Champs-Elysees hosts mass 'dictation'
Not to be outdone by US-style spelling bee extravaganzas, Paris's most famous street the Champs-Elysees was transformed into an open-air mass "dictation" spellathon Sunday, pitting thousands of France's brainiest bookworms against one another.
Students given community service over fatal hazing
A Belgian court on Friday sentenced 18 members of a college fraternity to community service over the death of a black student during a two-day hazing ritual in 2018.
Florida school curbs access to poem read at Biden inauguration
A Florida school has restricted access for students to the poem "The Hill We Climb," read at President Joe Biden's inauguration before a live audience of nearly 34 million people, the poet says.
Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan acquitted in Swiss rape trial
A Swiss court on Wednesday acquitted Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan on charges of rape and sexual coercion, finding no evidence against the former Oxford University professor.
Pupil started deadly Guyana dorm fire over confiscated phone: source
The weekend school dormitory blaze that killed 19 minors in central Guyana is believed to have been started by a disgruntled pupil angry at having her mobile phone confiscated, a government source told AFP on Tuesday.
Defence pleads for Islamic scholar's acquittal at Swiss rape trial
Tariq Ramadan's lawyers pleaded Wednesday for the controversial Islamic scholar to be acquitted on the third and final day of his trial in Geneva on charges of rape and sexual coercion.
Jack Ma takes up visiting professor post in Japan
Chinese billionaire Jack Ma on Monday took up a visiting professor position at a Japanese university, another new academic role for the founder of tech giant Alibaba.
Jack Ma accepts university teaching post in Hong Kong
Jack Ma, founder of Chinese tech giant Alibaba, has been made an honorary professor of business at a top Hong Kong university, the school announced Friday.
Funny-side up: Comedy booming in French-speaking Canada
Home to a prestigious comedy school, the world's largest annual laughs festival and nightclubs that pack in audiences for dozens of weekly stand-up shows, comedy is serious business in Montreal.
Teargas and pan bans as Macron faces fresh pension anger
French police fired teargas Thursday in a village in southern France to keep angry protesters away from President Emmanuel Macron, who was the target of chants and heckles for a second day over his unpopular pension reform.
Brazil mourns children killed in preschool attack
The families of four children killed at a Brazilian preschool held emotional funerals for them Thursday, a day after an attacker murdered them with a hatchet in a crime that has shocked the nation.