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Runners fly to North Korea for first post-Covid Pyongyang Marathon
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Hamilton rubbishes claims he's lost faith in Ferrari
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Nintendo Switch 2 sparks excitement despite high price
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Sri Lanka's crackdown on dogs for India PM's visit sparks protest
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S Korea police raise security levels ahead of impeachment verdict
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China vows 'countermeasures' to sweeping new US tariffs
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Trump jolts allies, foes and markets with tariff blitz
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France says EU to target US online services after Trump tariffs
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Tsunoda vows to bring 'something different' after Red Bull promotion
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Verstappen not happy with Tsunoda-Lawson Red Bull swap
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Experts accuse 54 top Nicaragua officials of grave abuses
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Remains of 30th victim of Los Angeles fires found
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EU to target US online services after Trump tariffs: France
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How Trump's 'liberation day' tariffs will impact China
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Malaysia suspends search for long-missing flight MH370
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Search for long-missing flight MH370 suspended: Malaysia minister
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Europe hits out at Trump tariffs, keeps door open for talks
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Myanmar's junta chief to head to Bangkok summit as quake toll surpasses 3,000
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Lawson vows to prove he belongs in F1 after shock of Red Bull axing
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Australia sweats through hottest 12 months on record: official data
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Livestock theft is central to jihadist economy in west Africa
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South African artist champions hyenas in 'eco-queer' quest
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Danish PM in 'unity' Greenland visit amid US takeover threats
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Taiwan says US tariffs 'highly unreasonable'
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Lawson says ruthless Red Bull axing was 'tough to hear'
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Heat humble Celtics for sixth straight win, Thunder roll on
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Trump escalates trade war with sweeping global tariffs
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Japan says US tariffs 'extremely regrettable', may break WTO rules
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South Koreans anxious, angry as court to rule on impeached president
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Juve at in-form Roma with Champions League in the balance
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Injuries put undermanned Bayern's title bid to the test
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Ovechkin scores 892nd goal -- three away from Gretzky's NHL record
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Australian former rugby star Petaia signs for NFL's Chargers
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China says opposes new US tariffs, vows 'countermeasures'
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Athletics world watching as 'Grand Slam Track' prepares for launch
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Heat humble Celtics for sixth straight win, Cavs top Knicks
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Quake-hit Myanmar's junta chief to head to Bangkok summit
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New Spielberg, Nolan films teased at CinemaCon
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Shaken NATO allies to meet Trump's top diplomat
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Israel's Netanyahu arrives in Hungary, defying ICC warrant
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Shiny and deadly, unexploded munitions a threat to Gaza children
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Stocks tank, havens rally as Trump tariffs fan trade war
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Altomare hangs on to tie defending champ Korda at LPGA Match Play
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Paraguay gold rush leaves tea producers bitter
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Health concerns swirl as Bolivian city drowns in rubbish
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Syria says deadly Israeli strikes a 'blatant violation'
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Financial markets tumble after Trump tariff announcement
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Europe riled, but plans cool-headed response to Trump's tariffs
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The United States announced sanctions Thursday on Sudanese leaders it blamed for the collapse of US and Saudi-brokered ceasefire efforts after shelling and air strikes killed 18 civilians at a Khartoum market.
Sudan army quits truce talks, attacks paramilitary bases
Sudanese army forces blasted paramilitary bases with artillery in Khartoum on Wednesday after pulling out of US and Saudi-brokered ceasefire talks, accusing their paramilitary foes of failing to honour their commitments.
Cholera-hit S.African town blames govt for deadly outbreak
A grieving family gathers in their yard in a town near Pretoria, the epicentre of a deadly cholera outbreak, mourning the death of a relative, one of 17 people killed by the disease in just days.
US top health official sounds alarm on child social media use
The top US health official on Tuesday issued a stark warning to parents, tech companies and regulators, saying the evidence is growing that social media use may seriously harm children.
New US HIV infections decline as prophylactic access rises
New HIV infections in the United States fell by 12 percent in 2021 compared to 2017, continuing a decline driven by fewer cases in younger people, especially gay and bisexual men, official estimates showed Tuesday.
'I am not a robot': Evenepoel says Giro criticism hurt
Belgian cycling star Remco Evenepoel took a swing at his critics on Tuesday as he announced he was back in training nine days after abandoning the Giro d'Italia with Covid even though he was in the lead.
Italy's Berlusconi leaves hospital after six weeks
Former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi was discharged on Friday from a hospital in Milan, where he was admitted more than six weeks ago suffering from leukaemia and a lung infection.
Running from abuse: The migrant women trying to enter France
Women may still be a minority among migrants crossing the Mediterranean for Europe, but their number is rising and so is their need for special attention after what are often traumatic experiences, assocations say.
Oregon turns on, tunes in to the power of magic mushrooms
Tori Armbrust grows magic mushrooms.
US judges appear skeptical of preserving access to abortion pill
A US federal appeals court panel appeared skeptical on Wednesday of preserving access to a widely used abortion pill.
Evenepoel's Giro team shredded by new positive Covid cases
The Giro d'Italia lost six more cyclists, four of them from former race leader Remco Evenepoel's team, on Wednesday owing to positive Covid tests taking the total of withdrawals due to the virus to 15 since the race began on May 6.
Possible antidote discovered for deadliest mushroom: study
Researchers said on Tuesday that an already widely used medical dye reduces the poisonous effects of death cap mushrooms in mice, raising hopes of the first targeted antidote for the world's deadliest mushroom.
It's snow joke -- Giro d'Italia cancels highest climb of race
This year's Giro d'Italia has been robbed of its most challenging climb as organisers told AFP on Tuesday that there is too much snow covering the Great-Saint-Bernard Pass.
New threat to privacy? Scientists sound alarm about DNA tool
The traces of genetic material that humans constantly shed wherever they go could soon be used to track individual people, or even whole ethnic groups, scientists said on Monday, warning of a looming "ethical quagmire".
Peru fumigation effort aims to curb dengue outbreak
Health personnel in protective suits are going door to door in Peru, fumigating homes to eradicate mosquitos spreading the dengue-causing virus that has already killed 79 people in the country this year.
WHO declares mpox no longer a global health emergency
The World Health Organization declared that mpox no longer constitutes a global health emergency on Thursday, almost exactly a year after the disease formerly known as monkeypox started spreading globally.
US panel recommends nonprescription use of contraception pill
A US panel of health experts voted Wednesday in favor of making birth control pills available without a prescription, a move backed by reproductive rights advocates especially in the wake of a Supreme Court ruling overturning the national right to abortion.
Five figures on Covid-19 in the United States
Though daily life has long returned to near-normal for many in the United States, the official end of the Covid-19 health emergency Thursday night still marks a new post-pandemic era for the country.
No longer a death sentence: Four decades of living with HIV
Forty years after the discovery of HIV, AFP looks at how far we have come in fighting a deadly virus that was once shrouded in fear and shame but is now treated as a manageable chronic condition.
'Lucky to still be alive': Living with HIV for over 30 years
When people were diagnosed with HIV more than three decades ago, it was considered a death sentence.
New study finds prehistoric migration from China to Americas
As the last continents to be settled by humans, the question of how and when people first came to the Americas has long intrigued scientists.
Mammograms should start at 40, says US task force
All women should get mammogram screening for breast cancer starting from age 40, rather than 50, an influential US health body announced Tuesday, a move it said could save thousands of lives.
Half of Chicago residents have been exposed to gun violence: study
Half of the residents of Chicago have witnessed a shooting by the age of 40 with Blacks significantly more likely to have done so than whites, according to a study published on Tuesday.
Influential US health body recommends mammograms from age 40
All women should get mammogram screening for breast cancer starting from age 40, rather than 50, an influential US health body announced Tuesday, a move it said could save thousands of lives.
New study finds prehistoric migrations from China to Americas
As the last continents to be settled by humans, the question of how and when people first came to the Americas has long intrigued scientists.
UK unveils pharmacies plan to ease NHS pressure
Britain's pharmacists will soon be able to prescribe drugs that were previously only authorised by doctors, under government plans unveiled Tuesday to ease pressure on the state-run National Health Service.
Iraqi Kurdish bodybuilder breaks down gender barriers
As a young girl, Iraqi Kurd Shylan Kamal would help her mother knead bread until one day she realised the work was a way to build up muscles -- and she liked it.
Wounded soldiers treated at night as Bakhmut battle rages
Deep inside the wound, the Ukrainian soldier's heart is beating. It is 9:00 pm and he has just been brought into a field hospital from the battle for Bakhmut.
Head of top US public health agency resigns
The head of the main US public health agency, the Centers for Disease Control, announced on Friday that she will step down from her post at the end of June.
Covid no longer a global health emergency: WHO
The Covid-19 pandemic, which killed millions of people and wreaked economic and social havoc, no longer constitutes a global health emergency, the WHO said Friday, warning that the threat remained.
Nigerian politician jailed after landmark UK organ trial
A UK court on Friday jailed Nigeria's former deputy Senate president for nine years and eight months, following his landmark conviction for plotting to harvest a man's kidney for his sick daughter.
Nigerian politician faces sentencing in landmark UK organ plot
Nigeria's former deputy Senate president faces up to life in jail in Britain on Friday when he is sentenced for plotting to harvest a man's kidney for his sick daughter.