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'Gift from God': Rain brings relief from Indonesia toxic haze

Spanish govt races to adopt housing law under protest pressure

Ex-world snooker champion jailed for 7 years for child sex crimes

Estonia slams Russian 'sabotage' after arson attack on defence company

French teens clash with police as school blockades intensify

Slovenia sees surge in '.si' sites after Trump hypes 'super intelligence'

FIFA accuses UEFA of 'misinformation campaign' in bid for World Cup papers

'Like a dream' for An as Games organisers 'sorry' for latest mix-up

Myanmar airstrike toll hits 50 as families gather dead

Tokyo suffers longest streak of rainy days on record

STARTRADER Raises Lloyd's of London Client Fund Insurance to USD 30 Million in Aggregate

Indonesia charges train driver over crash that killed 16 women

North Korean DMZ landmine blasts 'violation of armistice': Seoul

الإمارات تعرض في الأمم المتحدة نهجها لخفض التصعيد وبناء الجسور

Earthquake kills more than 3,800 in Turkey, Syria

A major earthquake struck Turkey and Syria on Monday, killing more than 3,800 people and flattening thousands of buildings as rescuers dug with bare hands for survivors.

Global stocks fall amid worries over interest rate, US-China tensions

Stock markets slid and the dollar firmed Monday after the latest round of robust US economic data fanned expectations of more Federal Reserve interest rate hikes.

Makeshift clinic saving pets burned in Chile forest fires

The kitten "was rolled into a ball" and had "his paws deformed and his little face burned," said Carolina Gonzalez, a volunteer at a make-shift clinic in Santa Juana, one of the settlements hardest hit by devastating forest fires in Chile this past week.

Earthquake kills more than 3,600 in Turkey, Syria

A major earthquake struck Turkey and Syria on Monday, killing more than 3,600 people and flattening thousands of buildings as rescuers dug with bare hands for survivors.

Florida presses bid to roll back Disney special status

Florida lawmakers on Monday introduced a bill that would allow the state to take control of the area around Walt Disney World that has until now been controlled by the entertainment giant.

Blacks, Hispanics on dialysis get more staph infections than whites: CDC

Black and Hispanic adults on dialysis experience more staph bloodstream infections than white patients receiving the treatment for kidney failure, US health officials said Monday.

Google to release ChatGPT-like bot named Bard

Google said Monday it will release a conversational chatbot named Bard, setting up an artificial intelligence showdown with Microsoft which has invested billions in the creators of ChatGPT, a language app that convincingly mimics human writing.

Brady says he won't start as NFL TV analyst until 2024 season

Seven-time Super Bowl champion Tom Brady said on Monday he will wait until the 2024 NFL season to start his new role as a television commentator after retiring last week.

Ecuadorans seem to reject extradition proposal: partial results

Ecuadorans appear to have rejected a proposal by the government to allow extradition of citizens with links to organised crime, according to initial results of a referendum published Monday.

Earthquake kills more than 3,000 in Turkey, Syria

A major earthquake struck Turkey and Syria on Monday, killing more than 3,000 people and flattening thousands of buildings as rescuers dug with bare hands for survivors.

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