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Nobel winner Halzen says years of October 'misery' finally over

German ex-spy chief arrested for suspected espionage, treason

Quebec separatist win rattles Carney's unity push

Furyk vows US will 'do more' to end Ryder Cup losing streak

'Itching' for change: Shiffrin cuts back slaloms this season

Iyer hits ton as India hammer West Indies in T20 opener

'Gen Z has risen up': Tens of thousands mass for tense France school protests

Mandhana named India women's team captain after Kaur quits

Caribbean tourism hotspot loses men to Russian war machine

'The sound keeps coming back': children maimed in Ethiopia's Tigray clashes

Danish reservists practice war games to respond to 'aggression'

Paris Women's Fashion Week: the key trends

Bhuvneshwar returns to India's T20 squad for New Zealand tour

i-payout Introduces a New Approach to Payments, Closing the Beneficiary Information Gap

Pope calls for 'arms to be silenced' in Christmas appeal

Pope Francis called Wednesday for "arms to be silenced" around the world in his Christmas address, appealing for peace in the Middle East, Ukraine and Sudan as he denounced the "extremely grave" humanitarian situation in Gaza.

Syria authorities say torched 1 million captagon pills

Syria's new authorities torched a large stockpile of drugs on Wednesday, two security officials told AFP, including one million pills of captagon, whose industrial-scale production flourished under ousted president Bashar al-Assad.

Pope calls for 'arms to be silenced' across world

32 survivors as Azerbaijani jet crashes in Kazakhstan

An Azerbaijan Airlines passenger jet with 67 people on board crashed on Wednesday in western Kazakhstan after veering from its scheduled route, officials said.

Pakistan air strikes kill 46 in Afghanistan, Kabul says

Pakistan air strikes in an eastern border region of Afghanistan killed 46 civilians, the Taliban government said Wednesday, whilst a Pakistan security official said the bombardment had targeted "terrorist hideouts".

Liverpool host Foxes, Arsenal prepare for life without Saka

Christmas Premier League chart-toppers Liverpool are overwhelming favourites to see off struggling Leicester on Boxing Day (Thursday).

Japan FM raises 'serious concerns' over China military buildup

Japanese foreign minister Takeshi Iwaya on Wednesday raised "serious concerns" over China's military buildup as he met counterpart Wang Yi in Beijing, Tokyo said.

Pope's sombre message in Christmas under shadow of war

Christians across the world celebrated Christmas Wednesday, with the mood darkened by wars and a massive Christmas morning attack on Ukraine by Russia and a plane crash in Kazakhstan.

Zelensky condemns Russian 'inhumane' Christmas attack on energy grid

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday denounced an "inhumane" attack from Russia, which launched dozens of missiles and drones on his war-torn country's energy grid on Christmas Day.

Sweeping Vietnam internet law comes into force

New Vietnamese internet rules requiring Facebook and TikTok to verify user identities and hand over data to authorities came into force on Wednesday, in what critics say is the latest attack on freedom of expression.

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Pope kicks off Christmas under shadow of war