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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

'Alarming' rise in kidnapping of Haiti children, women: UNICEF

Some 300 women and minors were kidnapped in Haiti by criminal gangs in the first half of this year, UNICEF said Monday, warning of a disturbing rise in abductions that leave "deep physical and psychological scars."

Three dead as firefighting helicopters collide in California

Three people died after two firefighting helicopters collided in the US state of California, causing one to crash into a hillside killing everyone on board, emergency officials said early Monday.

Plastic litter in oceans overestimated, study suggests

There is less plastic littering the ocean than scientists previously thought, but what is there could persist for a long time, a new study said Monday.

Medvedev back in his element on Canadian hardcourts

Russia's Daniil Medvedev has returned to his tennis heaven with the summer hardcourt season starting Monday in North America at the Toronto Masters.

Britain begins housing migrants on docked barge

Britain on Monday began housing migrants on board a barge docked off the southwest English coast, in its latest controversial immigration policy that has drawn heavy criticism from locals and rights campaigners.

German arrested in France for holding wife captive for 12 years

French police on Monday said they had arrested a 55-year old German national after his wife was discovered naked and with broken bones following 12 years in captivity at the couple's home.

'From Ukrainians without love': Drone fundraiser taunts Moscow

Crouching beside Ukrainian-made attack drones on a runway, TV star Serhiy Prytula appeared keen to taunt Moscow with a crowdfunded fleet that experts have linked with recent strikes inside Russia.

W. African bloc to meet after Niger defies coup ultimatum

West African leaders will hold a summit on the crisis in Niger this week after the country's military rulers defied an ultimatum to restore the elected government or face possible military intervention.

Russia to launch lunar mission Friday, first in nearly 50 years

Russia said Monday it plans to launch a lunar lander this week after multiple delays, hoping to return to the Moon for the first time in nearly fifty years.

Kenya victims of 1998 US embassy bombing demand compensation

Kenyan victims of the 1998 US embassy bombing in Nairobi on Monday renewed calls for compensation from Washington as the East African nation marked 25 years since its deadliest terror attack.

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