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Madagascar's Gen Z 'betrayed' after ushering in new rule

Bulgaria's battery boom pays off as drought hits power plants

As Moscow steps up attacks, Kyiv residents brace for harsh winter

Mexican cartels target Australia with their African meth

Comic inspires unlikely kabaddi dreams for Japan's Asian Games amateurs

Swim sensation Yu, 13, set for Olympic take-off after golden Asian Games

Thailand slams chaotic Asian Games organisation as 'musical chairs'

Ex-NFL star Brown to take plea deal in shooting case: lawyer

North Korea to keep nuclear weapons 'forever': foreign minister

Malaysia's migrant return plan chills Myanmar Rohingya

Markets mixed as China's Xi arrives for US talks

Pakistan confirms Afghan strikes after resident says Kandahar hit

Swiss voters expected to shun stricter neutrality

Thousands missing, aid needs mount one month after Nepal's deadly floods

New women's North American hockey league launches

Women's ice hockey kicked off the new year with the launch of a new professional league, which debuted Monday with the very first match between the Toronto and New York teams.

Salah sends Liverpool three points clear atop Premier League

Mohamed Salah scored twice as Liverpool stretched Newcastle's miserable run with a 4-2 victory at Anfield to open up a three-point lead at the top of the Premier League on Monday.

Gaza war overshadows football as Asian Cup looms for Palestine

Two weeks ahead of Palestine's opening game at the 2023 Asian Cup in Qatar, the team is struggling to focus as war rages on in Gaza, where thousands have been killed.

Major Japan quake kills four, triggers tsunami waves

At least four people have been confirmed dead after a major earthquake struck central Japan on Monday, triggering tsunami waves over a metre high, damaging homes and sparking a major blaze.

Pope urges dialogue as more Nicaraguan priests arrested

Fourteen Nicaraguan priests have now been arrested in a crackdown on the Catholic Church in the Central American country, prompting Pope Francis to call for dialogue during his Monday prayer.

South African anti-apartheid photographer Peter Magubane dies aged 91

Peter Magubane, a South African photojournalist who chronicled decades of violence during the country's apartheid era including the Soweto student uprising of 1976, died Monday aged 91, his family announced.

Ethiopia, Somaliland agree deal on port access

Ethiopia on Monday struck a "historic" agreement to secure a stake in the main port in Somalia's breakaway region of Somaliland as the landlocked country eyes more access to the sea, officials said.

Chad military leaders appoint former opponent PM

Chad's transitional president General Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno on Monday appointed one of his leading opponents, who recently returned from exile, as prime minister.

Putin says Russia will 'intensify' attacks on Ukraine

President Vladimir Putin said on Monday that Moscow would intensify strikes on military targets in Ukraine, after an unprecedented Ukrainian attack over the weekend on the Russian city of Belgorod.

Fireworks, war and quakes as world tumbles into 2024

Fireworks lit up skies across the world to welcome 2024, but airstrikes marred the year's earliest hours in Gaza, Israel and Ukraine, and a major earthquake hit Japan triggering tsunami warnings.

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