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Seoul weighs steps to force North Korea landmine apology

Australia's opposition vows 'largest cut to immigration' in country's history

Yemen's Houthis say struck Riyadh airport, other Saudi sites

Ready, set, snooze: Sleep-deprived Japanese compete for best-rested

Changer+ Launches Stablecoin-First Self-Custodial Wallet to Make Stablecoins Easier to Use

Falcons thump Saints 45-24 as New Orleans marks Katrina anniversary

White Sox down Guardians, Yankees on brink after Rays loss

Tuvalu govt adviser says Australia overstepped in pre-COP visit

COP31 eyes modest steps as climate disasters multiply

Asian stocks mixed despite tech-led Wall St record

American Nobel laureate in medicine hopes to illuminate the brain

Tens of thousands expected in Paris for high school protests

Trump approves firing squad for convicted US military base shooter

AI borrowing binge rattles US markets

Europe’s arms money maze

Houthis and al-Qaeda

Brazil tests Milei’s gamble

Germany under Weidel

OpenAI tailors version of ChatGPT for US government

OpenAI on Tuesday launched a bespoke version of its ChatGPT artificial intelligence tool for use by the United States government.

McIlroy eyes majors, Ryder Cup in 'pivotal' 2025

Rory McIlroy is sharpening his focus for a "pivotal" 2025 campaign amid continuing uncertainty over "what the landscape of golf looks like going forward."

Real Madrid 'yet to show their best', warns Ancelotti

Carlo Ancelotti said Real Madrid "are improving but are yet to show their best" as his side bid to earn automatic qualification to the Champions League last 16 against Ligue 1 club Brest on Wednesday.

Climate change made ferocious LA wildfires more likely: study

Human-driven climate change set the stage for the devastating Los Angeles wildfires by reducing rainfall, parching vegetation, and extending the dangerous overlap between flammable drought conditions and powerful Santa Ana winds, according to an analysis published Tuesday.

Key DR Congo city on brink as pro-Rwanda forces take airport

An armed group backed by Rwandan troops took control of the besieged Democratic Republic of Congo city of Goma's airport on Tuesday, a security source said, following three days of clashes that have killed more than 100 people.

Nvidia, US stocks close higher after Chinese AI shock

US stocks and shares in chip-making giant Nvidia on Tuesday clawed back some of their losses following a steep sell-off a day earlier triggered by the sudden success of Chinese artificial intelligence firm DeepSeek.

Putin says talks with Ukraine possible, but not with Zelensky

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that his country could hold peace talks with Ukraine, but ruled out speaking directly with President Volodymyr Zelensky, whom he called "illegitimate".

Owner Textor says Fonseca will be next Lyon coach

Former AC Milan boss Paulo Fonseca will take over as coach of Ligue 1 side Lyon, the French club's owner told AFP on Tuesday.

'No way out': Grim conditions in El Salvador's mega-prison for gangs

Confined to their cells for all but 30 minutes a day, denied visits, forced to sleep on stainless steel cots without mattresses: this is life in Latin America's biggest prison.

UN warns of ethnic attacks in eastern DR Congo

The UN peacekeeping force in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has warned of the risk of ethnically motivated attacks as conditions deteriorate in the region, haunted by the legacy of the 1994 Rwanda genocide and its aftermath.

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