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First Black woman eyed for US Supreme Court vows t...
US Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson vowed Monday to defend the "grand experiment of American democracy" as she launched...
Senators spar over first Black woman for US Suprem...
Senators launched marathon hearings Monday on Ketanji Brown Jackson's bid to be the first Black woman on America's Supreme Court,...
Plane carrying 132 crashes into mountain in southe...
A China Eastern passenger jet carrying 132 people crashed into a remote mountainside in southern China on Monday after dropping th...
Russia bans Instagram and Facebook as 'extremist'
A Russian court on Monday banned Facebook and Instagram as "extremist", part of sweeping efforts by Moscow to crack down on social...
Becker on trial accused of failing to hand over tr...
A British jury was told to ignore Boris Becker's celebrity status on Monday as the former world number one tennis player faces tri...
Boeing shares tumble after fatal China crash
Boeing shares dove early Monday following the fatal crash of one of its jets in China, where the US aviation giant was poised to s...
US Senate mulls first Black woman for Supreme Cour...
Marathon confirmation hearings begin Monday for the historic Supreme Court nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson to be the first Bla...
Plane carrying 132 crashes in China, Xi orders pro...
A China Eastern passenger jet carrying 132 people crashed onto a mountainside in southern China on Monday causing a large fire, sh...
Suspect detained over Paris killing of rugby star...
A woman suspected of taking part in the killing of former Argentina rugby international Federico Aramburu in Paris was being quest...
Dozens rescued after Indonesian boat carrying migr...
Twenty-six passengers reported missing when a fishing boat carrying undocumented migrant workers sank off the coast of Indonesia h...
Becker trial to start as former Wimbledon winner f...
Boris Becker goes on trial in London on Monday over charges relating to his bankruptcy -- the latest twist in the former Wimbledon...
Brazil Supreme Court judge lifts ban on messaging...
The Supreme Court judge who had ordered messaging app Telegram blocked in Brazil reversed the ruling Sunday, after the tech compan...
Belgium mourns after car kills six in carnival cra...
Belgium mourned on Sunday after a car ploughed into a crowd of early morning carnival-goers, killing six people and injuring dozen...
Bangladesh launches food subsidies after Ukraine w...
Bangladesh launched a nationwide food subsidy programme on Sunday after prices for cooking oil, lentils and other staples shot up...
Six killed in Belgium as car drives into carnival...
A car ploughed into a crowd of early morning carnival-goers in Belgium on Sunday, killing six people and injuring dozens of others...
Michelin Guide returns to celebrate 'resilient' Fr...
The Michelin Guide launches its 2022 edition on Tuesday, vowing to celebrate the diversity of French cooking and the industry's re...
Pope visits Ukrainian children at Vatican hospital
Pope Francis on Saturday visited Ukrainian children who have fled the Russian invasion and are being cared for at the Vatican's pa...
Pope in 'tectonic' shake-up of Vatican bureaucracy
Pope Francis on Saturday followed through on a promise made ahead of his 2013 election and published a much-anticipated shake-up o...
Former Argentine rugby star Aramburu shot and kill...
Federico Aramburu, the former Argentine rugby international who played on French sides for most of his career, was killed in Paris...
Brazil Supreme Court judge bars messaging app Tele...
A Supreme Court judge in Brazil ruled Friday to block popular messaging application Telegram nationwide, barring one of far-right...
Former Boeing pilot on trial over 737 MAX
A former Boeing pilot accused of misleading US aviation regulators during the certification process for the 737 MAX jetliner was d...
From Da Vinci to Picasso, doodles on display in Ro...
Hidden on the backs of canvases or scrawled on scraps of paper, doodles have allowed artists down the ages, from Michelangelo to P...
Frying pan to fire: Ethiopians trapped in war-torn...
Mother-of-two Zoubiba Mohamed fled Ethiopia seeking a better life only to be ensnared by Yemen's bitter civil war, and now ekes ou...
13-year-old was driving truck in Texas crash that...
A 13-year-old boy was driving a pickup truck that collided with a van carrying a college golf team in west Texas, killing nine peo...
Peru constitutional court orders release of ex-pre...
Peru's constitutional court on Thursday ordered the release of disgraced former president Alberto Fujimori, who is serving a 25-ye...
Belarus future depends on fate of Ukraine: opposit...
The Belarusian people oppose Russia's invasion of Ukraine, being facilitated by the Minsk regime, and see their country's fate tie...
France suspends Corsican nationalist's jail term a...
The French judiciary on Thursday suspended the prison sentence of a Corsican nationalist jailed for the assassination of a top off...
Dubai-owned P&O Ferries axes jobs to stay afloat
Dubai-owned P&O Ferries on Thursday suspended sailings as it axed 800 jobs, or more than a quarter of staff, to keep the company a...
BBC pays 'substantial sum' to Diana aide over 1995...
The BBC has paid a "substantial sum" and apologised to Princess Diana's former private secretary over a 1995 interview found to ha...
St Patrick's Day parades return to Ireland after C...
Ireland on Thursday heralded the return of St Patrick's Day festivities after a two-year halt due to coronavirus, as hundreds of t...
China accused of harassing ex-dissident running fo...
US prosecutors accused China on Wednesday of spying on pro-democracy activists in the United States and seeking to harass and inti...
Residents survey damage after powerful Japan quake
People in northeast Japan were cleaning up and surveying the damage on Thursday after a powerful 7.4-magnitude quake derailed a bu...
St Patrick's Day returns to Ireland after two-year...
Hundreds of thousands of Irish and international visitors were to celebrate St Patrick's Day in Ireland on Thursday after a two-ye...
Four dead after powerful Japan quake rattles east...
Four people were reported dead and more than 100 injured in Japan on Thursday after a powerful overnight earthquake rattled large...
Revenge in Guatemala? Anti-corruption prosecutors...
The recent arrest of six anti-corruption prosecutors in Guatemala has sparked fears that political elites are seeking revenge afte...
Two dead in powerful Japan quake
Two people were killed and dozens injured in a powerful overnight earthquake that rattled large parts of east Japan and prompted a...
Tsunami alert lifted after powerful Japan quake
Authorities lifted a tsunami advisory and electricity was restored after a powerful 7.4-magnitude quake jolted northeastern Japan...
Powerful quake rattles Japan, tsunami advisory iss...
A powerful 7.3-magnitude quake jolted eastern Japan on Wednesday night, rattling the capital Tokyo and prompting a tsunami advisor...
West Ham's Zouma faces prosecution over cat abuse...
West Ham defender Kurt Zouma and his brother Yoan face prosecution under British animal welfare laws after a disturbing video circ...