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EU and Canada to 'withstand shocks together' with new alliance

Pope Leo makes history with US midterm vote

Flick praises Yamal 'mentality' after missing out on Ballon d'Or

Arsenal boss Arteta fires 'Disneyland' warning at Dowman after Fleetwood red card

Binance heist: How were cryptocurrency billions stolen?

Russia's ice hockey stars come in from the cold after CAS ruling

France boards up ahead of Halloween protests

Wall Street tech rout deepens on doubts over AI spending

Is Bukele's troop deployment in Haiti just a rescue mission?

'Life in the old dog': German economy grows more than expected

Relatives' anguish grows as Spain identifies train crash dead

England great Anderson asks what's 'wrong with me?' after Lancashire exit

Italy inflation surges to 5.4% as economy stalls

Markets lashed by tech rout as earnings fan AI fears

Ukraine sends ground robots

Lyman's surrender crisis

Pakistan’s Taliban dilemma

Venezuela and the Qatar Fund

Greece battling wildfires amid high winds

Greece was battling several wildfires on Sunday, with smoke covering parts of the capital Athens in a haze, amid warnings for extreme weather conditions for the rest of the week.

McDowell suspended for one LIV event over doping violation

Former US Open champion Graeme McDowell has been suspended for one LIV Golf tournament and fined $125,000 for violating the Saudi-backed circuit's anti-doping policy.

Griner overcome with emotion after gaining Olympic gold

Brittney Griner didn't try to hold back the tears as she stood with her USA teammates and the "Star Spangled Banner" played, celebrating their Olympic women's basketball triumph over France.

USA fend off France for eighth successive women's Olympic basketball gold

The United States held off France 67-66 to win an unprecedented eighth successive women's Olympic basketball gold on Sunday and extend their run of victories at the tournament to 61 games.

USA icon Taurasi bows out of Olympic basketball with sixth gold

Diana Taurasi capped her international career with a sixth Olympic gold medal on Sunday, calling it "truly an honor" to represent the USA and see the growth of the global game.

In TV interview, Biden explains his election exit

US President Joe Biden, in his first TV interview since withdrawing from the election, has said he acted under pressure from fellow Democrats and out of a determination to see Donald Trump beaten.

'Deadpool & Wolverine' top in N.American theaters, pass $1 billion globally

Disney/Marvel superhero comedy "Deadpool & Wolverine" enjoyed an exceptional third weekend, taking in an estimated $54.2 million in North American theaters, but Sony's dramatic romance "It Ends With Us" was headed for one of the best openings ever for that genre, analysts said Sunday.

19 dead after Uganda rubbish dump landslide

Nineteen people including five children are confirmed dead after a landslide at a huge garbage dump in the Ugandan capital Kampala, a senior official said on Sunday, amid claims the site was a disaster waiting to happen.

Gazans flee as Israeli forces push into Khan Yunis

Palestinians fled southern Gaza's main city on Sunday as Israel warned of a new military operation, a day after one of the deadliest reported strikes in more than 10 months of war.

Rwanda's Kagame sworn in saying regional peace 'a priority'

Rwanda's all-powerful President Paul Kagame was sworn in Sunday for a fourth term, saying regional peace was a "priority" in the face of ongoing conflict in the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo.

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