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Tourette's campaigner 'mortified' after shouting racial slur during BAFTA

From Odesa to Bakhmut, revisiting a Ukrainian family torn by war

Mexico deploys 10,000 troops to end violence over drug lord's death

Vonn says Olympic injury could have led to amputation

UK police arrest ex-envoy Peter Mandelson in Epstein case

Trump either a 'traitor' or 'exceptional', Nobel-winner Walesa tells AFP

Son of director Rob Reiner pleads not guilty to parents' murder

Panama takes control of canal ports from CK Hutchison

Risk of 'escalation' if Iran attacked: deputy foreign minister

West Indies thrash Zimbabwe at T20 World Cup after piling up 254-6

US forces to complete withdrawal from Syria within a month: sources to AFP

Iran would react 'ferociously' to any US attack, warns of regional conflict

Iran vowed on Monday to retaliate "ferociously" against any attack by the United States and reiterated warnings of a regional conflagration in response to President Donald Trump's threat of limited strikes.

Dozens dead in Mexico violence after drug kingpin killed

Twenty-five Mexican troops died in clashes with cartel gunmen following a raid that led to the death of the country's most-wanted drug lord, a top security official said Monday.

Snowstorm blankets US northeast as New York sees travel ban

More than 40 million people were under blizzard warnings in the northeast United States on Monday, as a winter storm dumped shin-deep snow and officials in New York enforced a citywide travel ban.

Healthcare crisis looms over Greenland's isolated villages

The Greenlandic settlement of Kapisillit has no defibrillator -- which, given it is only accessible via a two-hour boat ride or by helicopter, means that if you go into cardiac arrest while there, you could be in real trouble.

Hodgkinson says breaking 800m record would put her among athletics' greatest

Olympic 800 metres champion Keely Hodgkinson believes breaking the oldest world record in athletics would cement her status among the greatest of all time in her discipline.

Two Russian security personnel were on board France-seized tanker: sources

Two employees of a Russian private security company were aboard a suspected Russian "shadow fleet" tanker seized by France in September, an informed French source and a lawyer told AFP on Monday.

EU puts US trade deal on ice after Supreme Court ruling

European Union lawmakers Monday put a key trade deal with the United States on hold, demanding clarity after a Supreme Court ruling struck down many of President Donald Trump's tariffs.

Hetmyer blasts 85 as West Indies pile up 254-6 against Zimbabwe

Shimron Hetmyer blasted 85 off 34 balls as the West Indies piled up 254-6 against Zimbabwe in the T20 World Cup Super Eights in Mumbai on Monday, the second highest total in the history of the tournament.

Canada PM heads to Asia seeking new trade partners as US ties fray

Prime Minister Mark Carney heads to Asia this week seeking to broaden international trade, part of his plan to reduce Canadian reliance on the United States, which he says has left the country vulnerable.

South Africa accepts Trump's new US ambassador

South Africa on Monday said it accepted a conservative envoy highly critical of Pretoria as the new US ambassador to the country, amid frayed relations with President Donald Trump.

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