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Yankees and pope-backed White Sox start MLB playoffs with wins

India's fat dog vote goes viral

Malaysia's ex-PM Mahathir in hospital for observation

Asian Games crowds in spotlight as 998 see hosts in 50,000 stadium

'No limits': Marathon world record holder Sawe chasing history

The eight stadiums for the 2027 Rugby World Cup

Countdown begins to biggest-ever Rugby World Cup

Thieves swipe drugs under nose of Fiji police, swap with flour

Bangladesh women lose ground after quota reform

South Korea demands North apologise for DMZ mine blasts

Vietnam admits 'differing opinions' on Hanoi development

In Nepal's flood zone, teachers mourn students who never returned

Stocks temper gains as oil pares heavy losses, US data in focus

US Supreme Court lifts limits on third-country deportations

Pandemic racism, mass shootings spur Asian-Americans to take up guns

Ricky Lam has always stayed away from guns. But since two mass killings in the space of a couple of days rocked California's Asian community, this 35-year-old Chinese-American is thinking again.

Australia look for redemption after first Test debacle in India

Pat Cummins' Australia side have returned to the site of their humiliating innings defeat and flown in a back-up spinner in an effort to redeem themselves before this week's second Test against India begins in Delhi.

North Korea unveils stamps featuring Kim Jong Un's daughter

North Korea has unveiled new postage stamps featuring leader Kim Jong Un's daughter, in what experts described as another sign of her rise as heir apparent of the nuclear-armed nation.

UK inflation retreats further, remains above 10%

British annual inflation dropped further last month on easing transport costs, official data showed Wednesday, but remains above a historically-high 10 percent.

'Someone else' could be running Twitter this year, says Musk

Twitter boss Elon Musk said Wednesday that a new CEO might be running the online platform by the end of 2023, after a "rollercoaster" since he took full ownership last year.

At 81, South Africa's fearless rights defender Navi Pillay fights on

At the height of apartheid, young South African lawyer Navi Pillay made history by securing better conditions for political prisoners incarcerated on the infamous Robben Island, including Nelson Mandela.

New hope for forests of ancient Athens' silver hills

It was once the source of Athens' fabulous golden-age wealth before its hillsides were blackened by fire after fire and scandalously torched by a foreign mining company.

Sinkholes sow fear in former Polish mining town

Two decades after the local coal mine closed, residents in a southern Polish town live in fear that the ground will collapse under their feet after 20 sinkholes appeared in the past two years.

Ukraine's allies work to keep arms flowing

Ukraine's Western backers will meet for a second day on Wednesday looking to speed up deliveries of ammunition and arms to Kyiv, which is also demanding fighter jets.

'Crackland' clown seeks to bring hope to Brazil addicts

Every Thursday, Brazilian psychiatrist Flavio Falcone trades his white lab coat for a red clown nose and heads to a decidedly unfunny place: a squalid Sao Paulo neighborhood known as "Crackland."

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