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British buyers pay substantial premiums for period-home appearance

Oxford faces complaints over lecturer’s classroom attire

Thomas Markle released to house arrest after child-abuse-image charge

Kyren Wilson and John Higgins reach International Championship snooker final

Dawn of War 4 developers chose Adeptus Mechanicus for tactical variety

New Zealand and Tonga meet for place in Rugby League World Cup final

Italy face unbeaten South Africa in Turin Nations Championship match

Reports of unsafe AI-toy responses renew calls for child-safety rules

ChatGPT interactive interface feature tested across six custom tools

Juneau food network combines difficult supply routes with deep sharing traditions

Freshways milk-price cut deepens pressure on UK dairy farms

India climbs green-transition ranking after first emissions decline in 25 years

Labour and National remain virtually tied as New Zealand vote count advances

Trump names Stephen Miller as White House chief of staff after midterm losses

Ukraine sends ground robots

Lyman's surrender crisis

Pakistan’s Taliban dilemma

Venezuela and the Qatar Fund

Prince Harry loses bid to appeal UK security ruling

Prince Harry will not be allowed to appeal the downgrading of his personal security when he visits Britain, a court ruled on Monday.

Scotland midfielder Ferguson to miss Euros with knee injury

Lewis Ferguson will miss Euro 2024 after his club Bologna confirmed on Monday that the Scotland midfielder will go undergo surgery for a knee ligament injury.

Alcaraz hopeful but uncertain over Madrid Open recovery

Carlos Alcaraz hopes to defend his Madrid Open title but the Spanish world number three said Monday he is uncertain whether he will be fully fit to do so.

Four wounded in Sydney church attack, 15-year-old arrested

A knife attack at a live-streamed church service in Australia wounded four people on Monday and sparked clashes between riot police and outraged members of the local community.

World in grip of new major coral bleaching event, reefs at risk

The world is currently experiencing the second major coral bleaching event in 10 years, with reef systems from Australia to Florida at risk of dying following months of record-breaking ocean heat, a US agency announced Monday.

Israel presses on in Gaza as world awaits reaction to Iran attack

Israel bombed war-battered Gaza, Hamas said Monday, as world leaders awaited Israel's reaction but urged de-escalation after Iran's unprecedented attack that heightened fears of wider conflict.

Lufthansa reports loss, cuts outlook after strikes

German airline giant Lufthansa reported a hefty first-quarter loss Monday and downgraded its 2024 outlook due to recent strikes, while warning of risks from conflict in the Middle East.

African players in Europe: Salah foiled as Liverpool shocked

Mohamed Salah had a goal-bound shot in added time blocked as Liverpool suffered a shock 1-0 home defeat by Crystal Palace at the weekend that severely dented their Premier League title hopes.

France hosts Sudan talks a year into 'forgotten' war

France and its allies on Monday sought to drum up hundreds of millions in aid for Sudan a year since civil war erupted, sparking one of the world's worst and most under-funded humanitarian crises.

Trump's landmark criminal trial opens in New York

Donald Trump's New York criminal trial opened Monday in a historic first for a US ex-president and a seismic twist to an already explosive 2024 presidential election, where the scandal-plagued Republican is seeking to return to power.

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