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'Can't sleep': Spain's housing crunch upends lives

Asian Cup in Saudi Arabia could be postponed but 'no hurry' to decide: AFC

Musk calls on Ukraine's Zelensky to 'go' after satellite slowdown row

Conrad wields axe after South Africa loss to Australia

Still smiling at 117, Albanian may be world's oldest woman

School roof collapse kills teacher, 27 children in NW Pakistan

Pope has 'good night' in hospital: Vatican

Haze turns Indonesia skies orange, shuts schools in East Timor

China's economy seen missing target as global shocks bite: AFP poll

California puts first US billionaire tax to the vote

Costa Rica opens jail inspired by El Salvador mega-prison

School headscarf ban meets resistance in Austria

Same-sex couple takes fight for equality to Slovakian court

World's top cocoa producer aims for a climate-tough bean

Europe’s arms money maze

Houthis and al-Qaeda

Brazil tests Milei’s gamble

Germany under Weidel

Vendee skipper breaks foil in rough Indian Ocean seas

The skipper of the boat Groupe Dubreuil in the Vendee Globe solo non-stop round the world yacht race woke up to find his foil broken in rough conditions in the southern Indian Ocean.

'Indescribable' European Tour win for American Veerman

American Johannes Veerman fired a final-round 69 for an "indescribable" one-shot victory in a European Tour event at sweltering South African resort Sun City on Sunday.

$West Ham's Antonio suffers lower limb fracture in car accident$

West Ham's Antonio suffers lower limb fracture in car accident

West Ham said forward Michail Antonio has undergone surgery on a lower limb fracture after a serious car accident on Saturday.

Norris wins in Abu Dhabi, McLaren seal constructors' title

Lando Norris won the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Sunday to seal McLaren's first constructors' title since 1998.

Indian teen challenger takes 6-5 lead in world chess championship

Indian teenage challenger Gukesh Dommaraju beat China's Ding Liren in the eleventh game of their world championship match Sunday, taking a crucial lead as the tournament entered the final stretch.

Far-right backers demand to vote after Romania election scrapped

Romanian far-right candidate Calin Georgescu and over 100 supporters rallied at a Bucharest polling station to protest against the cancellation of Sunday's presidential election, which a top court annulled after allegations of Russian interference.

Celebrations across Syria mark end of Assad rule

Celebrations erupted around Syria and crowds ransacked President Bashar al-Assad's luxurious home on Sunday after Islamist-led rebels swept into Damascus and declared he had fled the country, in a spectacular end to five decades of Baath party rule.

Ghana's ex-president Mahama returns with election win

Ghana's former president John Drahami Mahama won a historic comeback election victory on Sunday after the ruling party accepted defeat with voters appearing to punish them for the government's handling of an economic crisis.

Verstappen penalised after Piastri collision in Abu Dhabi

McLaren's hopes of a first constructors' title since 1998 suffered a blow after a dramatic start to the final race of the season in Abu Dhabi on Sunday.

Bayern pass 1bn euros in revenue after trophyless season

Bayern Munich announced on Sunday that their total annual revenue topped 1 billion euros for the first time, with the football club contributing 951.5 million euros (1.006bn dollars).

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