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Xhaka, Embolo can return to Swiss squad after fake Covid docs affair

Boeing shares tumble after it releases cautious growth forecast

Allegri suspended for two Serie A games after red card

Lula's re-election revives Brazil-US tensions

Netanyahu scrambles for votes as Israelis turn out in record numbers

Flight data, satellite images reveal growing US role at Ecuador base

Carney moves to remake Canada alliances as US ties strained

McInnes feels 'guilt' ahead of Hearts return with Rangers

Serbia's students demand state media chiefs resign after poll win

Brazil's Lula turns 81, vows to work '24 hours a day'

Starc takes six as Australia fight back in South Africa decider

Boeing releases cautious growth plan as shares fall sharply

UK man offered drugged wife to strangers online for sex: court

Exiled Russian dissident Navalnaya warns dictators becoming 'more cunning'

Ukraine sends ground robots

Lyman's surrender crisis

Pakistan’s Taliban dilemma

Venezuela and the Qatar Fund

Indigenous Brazilians gain political power, even as prejudice remains

Indigenous lawmaker Celia Xakriaba made history when she was elected to Brazil's Congress. But she says she sometimes gets called "Indian," and asked if she is in the legislature selling handcrafts, showing how deep prejudice still runs.

Jan 6 tapes revive false claims of FBI involvement

A newly-released mass of security footage from the January 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol has reignited a host of long-debunked conspiracy theories -- with conservative lawmakers and media personalities getting in on the act.

Venezuela in diplomatic row with Peru after controversial football match

The government of Venezuela lambasted Peru on Wednesday following a controversial football match, at one point accusing Lima of kidnapping its national team by refusing to allow the aircraft bringing the players home to refuel.

Ambulances on standby as Indian rescuers near 41 trapped workers

Ambulances were on standby Thursday morning as Indian rescuers dug through the final metres of debris separating them from 41 workers trapped in a collapsed road tunnel for nearly two weeks.

Wilders and the PVV: What do they stand for?

Geert Wilders and his far-right PVV Freedom Party have pulled off an extraordinary political bombshell, winning the Dutch election comfortably, according to initial results.

Israel, Hamas truce and hostage release delayed

Israel said a four-day Gaza truce and hostage release will not start until at least Friday, stalling a breakthrough deal to pause the brutal and bloody seven-week-old war.

Far-right, anti-Islam Wilders on course for Dutch landslide

The far-right, anti-Islam party of firebrand politician Geert Wilders has won a stunning victory in the Dutch election, partial results showed Wednesday, a political bombshell that will resound in Europe and around the world.

N.Korea suspends military accord with South after satellite launch

North Korea said Thursday it was suspending a five-year-old accord reached with South Korea to reduce military tensions -- the latest retaliatory fallout over Pyongyang's spy satellite launch.

Car blast near Niagara Falls shuts down US-Canada crossing, kills 2

A car erupted into a fireball at a US-Canada checkpoint near Niagara Falls on Wednesday, killing the two occupants, triggering border closures and sparking a massive security alert on the eve of a major holiday.