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Euro, French stocks slide on France debt concerns

US-German trio wins medicine Nobel for work on optogenetics

Alcaraz advances to Japan Open final

Swiatek, Zheng survive three-set tests in China Open third round

US-German trio win medicine Nobel for work on optogenetics

Hasan says Test cricket momentum turning for Bangladesh

Hundreds of French high schools shut as protests persist

Intense heat puts births in jeopardy, UN tells Fiji talks

Spain PM calls early election after housing crisis defeat

US arrests woman accused of spying for China on Taiwan leader's family

Stocks rally as 'Goldilocks' jobs data ease rate fears

Yemen military announces broad strikes against Houthis

Myanmar says 10,000 migrants returned from Malaysia this year

Zuckerberg skewered again on screen in 'The Social Reckoning'

Bills GM says Hamlin cleared to resume NFL activities

Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin, who went into cardiac arrest after making a tackle and was resuscitated on the field, has been cleared to resume NFL activities, Bills general manager Brandon Beane said Tuesday.

Auschwitz March of the Living honours Holocaust victims

A few dozen Holocaust survivors on Tuesday led a march in southern Poland to commemorate victims of Auschwitz-Birkenau, on the eve of the anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.

Blasts shake Sudan capital on 4th day of fighting, lawlessness

Explosions rocked the Sudanese capital Khartoum on Tuesday, the fourth day of fighting that has claimed nearly 200 lives despite growing international calls for an end to hostilities that have spawned increasing lawlessness.

Goldman earnings take shine off US stocks

Strong Chinese economic growth boosted markets in Asia and Europe on Tuesday, but Wall Street stocks sagged on disappointing bank earnings.

Southwest Airlines temporarily halts US departures on tech issue

Southwest Airlines temporarily grounded all US flights Tuesday due to a technology problem, delaying more than 1,700 departures and hitting its share price.

Climate pledges of world's top carbon emitters

Despite their 2015 pledge to limit global warming by slashing carbon emissions, big countries' commitments so far still fall short of meeting the targets of the Paris Agreement, monitors say.

Comoros slams France over migration clampdown

The Indian Ocean archipelago of the Comoros is urging France to step back from a looming operation that could see the forced return of illegal migrants from the neighbouring French island of Mayotte.

UN says 34 million Afghans in poverty under Taliban rule

The number of Afghans in poverty nearly doubled to 34 million as the nation was racked by the collapse of the US-backed government and the Taliban takeover, the United Nations said Tuesday.

Italy says ChatGPT can be back if it makes 'useful' changes

The head of Italy's privacy watchdog was hopeful Tuesday that OpenAI would adjust its AI chatbot so it could be back online in the country at the end of April.

Saudi FM meets Syria's Assad on first Damascus trip since war

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad met with Saudi Arabia's top diplomat in Damascus on Tuesday, state media reported, ending more than a decade of diplomatic deep-freeze between the two countries.

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