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Bulgaria searches for missing crew after drones hit more Black Sea ships

Stock markets climb as oil prices retreat

Alcaraz wins Japan Open for first title since return from injury

'No future': Thousands mass in France for high school protests

India, Qatar, S.Africa among nations who want to host 2036 Olympics

Nobel physics prize honours work on 'ghostly messengers' from outer space

Muchova squeaks out win over Osaka to reach China Open quarter-finals

Russia denies imposing anti-plague measures after death of worker

Bulgaria searches for missing crew after drones hit two more ships in Black Sea

Kenya reports first-ever Ebola death

Le Pen vows drastic cost savings to prevent French 'default'

Tennis world No.1 Sinner's season over due to knee injury

'Eats through a straw': French teens wounded in high school protests

Yemen's Houthis claim attack on Riyadh airport, deny losing territory

Heed the reed: thatcher scientist on mission to revive craft

Once upon a time many homes in the picturesque Burgenland wine-growing region of eastern Austria were thatched.

Turkey's first-time voters turn away from Erdogan

Student Emre Ali Ferli has known no leader other than Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

'I call it being seasoned': Biden laughs off age gags at comedy roast

US President Joe Biden took it on the chin Saturday at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner as he laughed gamely through sharp jokes about his age, and hit back with a few of his own.

UN chief, envoys in key talks on Afghanistan crisis

UN chief Antonio Guterres will gather international envoys at a secret location in Doha on Monday in an increasingly desperate bid to find ways to influence Afghanistan's Taliban rulers.

Robertson spies title-winning qualities in Super Rugby rival Chiefs

Canterbury Crusaders coach Scott Robertson concedes the Waikato Chiefs possess Super Rugby title-winning traits after losing to his unbeaten New Zealand rivals for a second time this season.

Tax rises fuel merchants' discontent in impoverished Gaza

Hikes in import and export tariffs imposed by the Islamist rulers of the Gaza Strip since last year have fuelled discontent among merchants in the impoverished, blockaded territory.

Winners and losers of Erdogan's polarising rule

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's two-decade domination of Turkey has seen some groups prosper and others suffer in the highly polarised country.

Qatar spends big to beat post-World Cup blues

Months after hundreds of thousands of football fans packed into its hotels and stadiums, Qatar is seeking to remedy a bout of the post-World Cup blues by hosting more international events.

Nuggets thrash Suns in NBA Western Conference semi-final opener

The Denver Nuggets, fueled by 34 points from Jamal Murray, dominated Kevin Durant and the Phoenix Suns 125-107 Saturday in game one of their NBA Western Conference semi-final series.

Wars, religion and football: five faces of Erdogan

Abhorred and adored, Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been compared to sultans and pharaohs while stamping his outsized personality and domineering style on Turkey over 20 years.

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