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Bank of Japan hikes rates to 31-year high to battle inflation

Afghan medical students in Pakistan hope court stops college expulsions

Thailand's Muslim separatists vow to fight to the end

AI doomsday warnings unlikely to slow IPOs but questions linger

Mideast turmoil, AI set to dominate UN gathering of world leaders

ICC eyes China in bid to expand cricket

Australia to detain tourists who overstay visa, minister says

Nkunku craving freedom and fun on RB Leipzig return

Championship rivals brace for renewal of bitter feuds

Bhutan's traditional archers lose ground to development

In Brazil's Amazon, the hunt for oil fuels hopes and fears

Asian stocks track Wall St rally as oil prices drop

Australian athlete who soiled herself apologises for continuing Hyrox race

South Korea makes Asian Games complaint over Japan warlord ceremony

Russian strikes on east Ukraine residential block kills at least 7

Rescue workers combed through the rubble of damaged apartments in the city of Pokrovsk in eastern Ukraine on Tuesday, a day after Russian strikes killed at least seven people.

Colombia edge Jamaica 1-0 to set up England World Cup quarter-final

Catalina Usme scored the only goal as Colombia kept their Women's World Cup charge on track Tuesday by beating Jamaica 1-0 to secure a maiden quarter-final against European champions England.

Ireland bids farewell to singer Sinead O'Connor

Mourners and fans gathered Tuesday in the Irish town once home to singer Sinead O'Connor to pay their last respects ahead of her burial.

The 'forgotten' camps where Syria war displaced languish

Thousands of people displaced by 12 years of war are stuck in squalid, unofficial camps in Syria's Kurdish-held northeast, languishing in extreme poverty and largely cut off from international assistance.

Italy bank shares fall on govt's surprise windfall tax

Shares in Italian banks plunged early Tuesday after the country's right-wing cabinet approved a surprise 40 percent windfall tax on "surplus profits" generated by the rise in interest rates.

'Dramatic increase' in Myanmar war crimes: UN probe

UN investigators said Tuesday they had gathered strong evidence of surging war crimes in Myanmar, including mass executions and sexual violence, and were building case files to help bring perpetrators to justice.

Bahamontes, first Spanish winner of the Tour de France, dies

Federico Bahamontes, who in 1959 became the first Spanish cyclist to win the Tour de France, has died aged 95, the mayor of Toledo announced on Tuesday.

Israel demolishes home of alleged Palestinian attacker

Israel's army said Tuesday it demolished the home of a Palestinian accused of killing a soldier and his brother in the occupied West Bank, which has seen months of violence.

Markets drop as traders fret over another Fed hike

Stock markets mostly fell Tuesday on renewed concerns that the Federal Reserve will hike rates again, while another weak batch of trade data compounded worries about the struggling Chinese economy.

Heatwave, overflowing toilets at S. Korea's 'cursed' scout jamboree

South Korea was evacuating tens of thousands of scouts on Tuesday from a problem-plagued jamboree campsite ahead of a typhoon, days after a heatwave caused mass illnesses.

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