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ECB President Christine Lagarde to step down in February 2027

Rybakina secures year-end top rank with Tokyo win

A year on, Tanzanians mourn election massacres in 'state of terror'

Rains bring relief to Indonesian city weary of fire haze

Israel piles pressure on Arab parties as Netanyahu seeks government

Osaka vows to return stronger after Tokyo exit

'Call of Duty' slammed for using real Seoul crowd crush footage

Hello Kitty firm apologises, scraps Japan TV tie-up after China anger

TotalEnergies profit hits record on high oil prices

Taiwan says Pakistan briefly closed airspace to Taiwanese flights

Key of seethe: I.Coast row with Sahel juntas spills into concert halls

'My blood was spilled here': a year on, Tanzania unable to mourn election violence

Romanian writer Cartarescu hails books as balm in turmoil

Afghanistan opium poppy cultivation surges despite Taliban govt ban: UN

French caviar farms look forward to EU label of origin

At a French caviar factory this week, a worker used tiny pliers to carefully line up black sturgeon fish eggs against a ruler.

Last French troops bow out of Niger

The last French troops withdrew from Niger on Friday, in the latest blow to more than a decade of French anti-jihadist operations in west Africa's Sahel region.

Cocaine market sees new players, bananas and Amazon submarines: report

The global cocaine market is changing.

UK police launch child abduction probe over teen found in France

UK police on Friday said they had launched a criminal probe into the alleged kidnapping of a British teenager who resurfaced in France six years after going missing abroad.

US to target banks that help Russian war in Ukraine

The United States said Friday it will impose sanctions on foreign banks that support Russia's war in Ukraine, in a new bid to exert economic pressure on Moscow as it diversifies from the West to China.

Karabakh dissolution not valid, says separatist leader

The leader of Armenian separatists, who were ousted from the Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan this year, on Friday said his previous decree ordering the dissolution of separatist institutions was not valid.

Zambia president blames private creditors for debt deal delays

Zambia's President Hakainde Hichilema on Friday blamed private creditors for holding up a long-sought debt restructuring deal for the first African nation to default after the Covid pandemic.

Howe says Newcastle on right track despite stumbles

Eddie Howe has urged patience after recent stumbles for his Newcastle team, who are now fighting on just two fronts after being eliminated from the Champions League and the League Cup.

Man Utd boss Ten Hag expects Casemiro, Martinez back in January

Erik ten Hag expects Casemiro, Lisandro Martinez and Mason Mount to return for Manchester United next month and revealed Victor Lindelof has undergone surgery.

Eurostar trains resume after surprise Channel tunnel strike

High-speed trains running the Channel Tunnel resumed service on Friday after French unions ended a wildcat strike that had stranded vacationers and held up freight just days before Christmas.

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