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'War has aged us': Lebanon's kids aren't alright

Snooker great O'Sullivan makes history with highest-ever break

Kuwait refinery hit as Iran says missile production 'no concern'

Crude down as Netanyahu looks to reassure on war

India to tackle global obesity with cheap fat-loss jabs

Somaliland centre saves cheetahs from trafficking to Gulf palaces

China swim sensation Yu, 13, beats multiple Olympic medallist

North Korean leader, daughter try out new tank

Israel strikes 'decimated' Iran as war roils markets

James ties NBA record for most regular-season games in latest milestone

Trump's Mideast muddle could play into Xi's hands at planned summit

Is that Israel's final blow?

Iran lifts Dollar, sinks Euro

Israel presses Tehran

Iran and the holy War risk

Adobe down 40%: Kodak moment?

Boomers: Selfish or Scapegoats?

Hormuz Shock Risk rising

Brazil's trade-war boom

Stray animals find solace at Iraq animal shelter

Bella the dog can barely stand after being abused, but she is now receiving care from a Baghdad refuge that hopes to become Iraq's first veterinary clinic for stray animals.

'Heating or eating': Britons struggle with rising costs

Nestled amid superstores at a retail park, the Colchester Foodbank in eastern England last year gave out a total of 165 tonnes of food -- enough to feed 17,000 people.

Suns outgun Pacers to win sixth straight, Bucks stay hot at home

Mikal Bridges scored a team-high 23 points and Chris Paul finished with 18 points and 16 assists as the Phoenix Suns rolled over the Indian Pacers for their sixth straight win on Saturday.

49ers upset top-seeded Packers, Bengals topple Titans

Robbie Gould kicked a 45-yard field goal as time expired and the San Francisco 49ers rallied for a stunning 13-10 victory over the top-seeded Green Bay Packers to punch their ticket to the NFC Championship game Saturday.

Lab monkeys escape after US road crash, one on the loose

The crash in Pennsylvania of a truck transporting 100 monkeys to a laboratory allowed four of them to escape, triggering a search by police who warned the public not to approach the animals.

Pegula upsets fifth seed Sakkari to make Melbourne quarters

American Jessica Pegula stunned powerful fifth seed Maria Sakkari to fly into her second straight Australian Open quarter-final on Sunday.

Krejcikova crushes Azarenka as Anisimova aims to be Barty-pooper

Barbora Krejcikova blew away former two-time champion Victoria Azarenka in the last 16 Sunday of the Australian Open as giant-killer Amanda Anisimova tries to make Ashleigh Barty her latest victim at Melbourne Park.

Beijing tests 2 million for Covid as Winter Olympics loom

Beijing city officials on Sunday said all two million residents of a neighbourhood where they identified a small cluster of Covid-19 infections will be tested, less than two weeks ahead of the start of the Winter Olympics.

Emma Thompson confronts nudity and ageing in Sundance sex worker comedy

Emma Thompson's naked scene in her new film about an older woman hiring a sex worker was "probably the hardest thing I've ever had to do," she told the Sundance film festival Saturday.

Thousands mourn Buddhist monk who brought mindfulness to the West

Thousands of mourners packed a temple in Vietnam's Buddhist heartland early Sunday to pay tribute to the late Vietnamese monk and peace activist Thich Nhat Hanh, credited with bringing mindfulness to the West.

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Krejcikova crushes injured Azarenka to set up Keys quarter-final