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Rickelton, Mulder centuries lift South Africa's chances in Test decider

Thousands of students, workers hold peaceful protests in Italy

Maresca adamant Donnarumma can be dropped but first name selected

Iraola glad to raise Liverpool fans' hopes but says hard work ahead

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

Ukraine sends ground robots

Lyman's surrender crisis

Pakistan’s Taliban dilemma

Venezuela and the Qatar Fund

Australia unchanged for 2nd Test, Pakistan drop veteran Ahmed

Australia named an unchanged XI on Monday for the Boxing Day Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground as they look to seal the series against Pakistan, who dropped veteran wicketkeeper-batter Sarfaraz Ahmed.

US-Canada military center 'tracks' Santa for 68th year

The joint US-Canadian military monitoring agency has continued its decades-long Christmas tradition of tracking Santa's whereabouts, helping children around the globe find out when his reindeer-powered, present-filled sleigh is coming to town.

Surfing Santas ride waves, raise funds in Florida

Santas of all stripes descended on Florida's Cocoa Beach this Christmas Eve -- not to deliver presents, but to ride some waves and raise funds for a good cause.

Pope kicks off Christmas celebrations in shadow of wars

Pope Francis on Sunday kicked off global Christmas celebrations with a call for peace, as Israel's war on Hamas and Russia's invasion of Ukraine cast a shadow over one of the world's favourite holidays.

British billionaire Ratcliffe agrees deal to buy 25 percent of Man Utd

British billionaire Jim Ratcliffe has agreed a deal to buy a 25 percent stake in Manchester United for about $1.3 billion, vowing to return the Premier League club to the "top of world football".

'Tonight our hearts are in Bethlehem,' pope says in Christmas mass

Pope Francis on Sunday appealed for peace as he kicked off Christmas celebrations with a mass at Saint Peter's Basilica as the Israel-Hamas war raged in the Gaza Strip.

Indian plane passengers held in France probe could leave Monday

A plane with 303 Indian passengers detained near Paris over suspicions of human trafficking will be free to leave Monday, French judicial officials said, though its destination remains unclear.

Serbia opposition MP vows to keep up hunger strike

Looking frail but determined, Serbian opposition leader Marinika Tepic fixes her makeshift bed -- a leather sofa inside a parliament building, where she has been on hunger strike since Monday.

Grim Christmas Eve in Bethlehem as war rages in Gaza

Gaza's deadliest ever war cast a pall of gloom over Bethlehem on Christmas Eve Sunday, as the death toll spiralled and Israel shifted its efforts against Hamas to the besieged territory's south.

Man Utd: Triumphs, tragedy and trophies

British billionaire Jim Ratcliffe's deal to buy a 25 percent stake in Manchester United is the latest twist in the remarkable story of one of the world's most famous football clubs.

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