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'Breaking Bad' actor RJ Mitte dead: representatives

Coventry crush Newcastle to climb out of relegation zone

Former DR Congo president Kabila forms new force with M23 armed group

'Devastating' waves leave California beach homes on brink of collapse

Tom Cruise's 'Digger' tanks, leaving studio with $250 mn hole

Oil rises as Saudi Arabia vows resonse to attacks

Meta says its new AI models on par with OpenAI, Anthropic

US actress Selma Blair arrested after flight altercation

Talarico rejects mental health conspiracy theory after return from flu

One dead as Hurricane Simon creeps along Mexico's Pacific coast

Brazil presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro to visit jailed father

Carrick's Man United 'hungry and eager' to fix worst start in decades

Brazil's patron saint reappears in polarized election campaign

Houthi official warns of 'swift, painful response' if US enters Yemen war

Climate protesters rally in Brazil at COP30 halfway mark

Thousands of people marched through the streets of Belem on Saturday to press for action from negotiators holding tough talks at the UN's COP30 climate conference in the Amazonian city.

Spike Lee gifts pope Knicks jersey as pontiff meets film stars

Spike Lee presented Pope Leo XIV with a New York Knicks jersey on Saturday as the US pope welcomed film stars to the Vatican, where he called cinema a vehicle of hope.

BBC caught in crossfire of polarised political and media landscape

Accused of being biased by some, defended as a champion of impartiality by others, the BBC is once again the subject of a thorny debate about the role of a publicly funded broadcaster in an increasingly polarised landscape.

'Happy' Shiffrin dominates in Levi slalom for 102nd World Cup win

American ski queen Mikaela Shiffrin laid down a marker to potential challengers this season with a crushing 102nd World Cup win in the opening slalom of the year at Levi in Finland on Saturday.

Palestinian national team on 'mission' for peace in Spain visit

On a "mission" in Spain, Palestinian national team coach Ehab Abu Jazar and his players will play symbolic friendlies against the Basque Country and Catalan national teams in the hopes of working towards safety and freedom for their people.

Brazilian 'Superman' cheers child cancer patients in Ghana

The three-storey Child Health Department of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Ghana's capital Accra is a place with hushed corridors, laboured breathing and parents clutching on to hope.

India close in on win over South Africa after Jadeja heroics

Veteran spinner Ravindra Jadeja took four wickets to put India in sight of victory on a manic day two of a low-scoring opening Test on Saturday.

Huge explosions rock industrial area near Argentina's capital

Powerful explosions tore through an industrial park near Argentina's capital on Friday, sparking a huge blaze and injuring more than 20 people.

Bezzecchi takes pole for Valencia sprint and MotoGP

Aprilia's Marco Bezzecchi claimed pole for the sprint race and the Valencia Grand Prix, the 22nd and final round of the MotoGP season, after setting the fastest time in qualifying on Saturday.

Dominant Shiffrin leads after first slalom run in Levi

American ski queen Mikaela Shiffrin laid down a marker to potential challengers this season with a storming first run in the opening slalom of the World Cup programme at Levi in Finland on Saturday which left her over a second ahead of the rest of the field.

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