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Toxic ash from DR Congo volcano falling on Goma
More than eight months after the Nyiragongo volcano erupted in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, toxic ash has started fal...
France prop Haouas given suspended jail sentence f...
France prop Mohamed Haouas was convicted on Friday for his role in burglaries worth tens of thousands of euros at tobacco vendors...
Sailors stranded off France's La Reunion by Cyclon...
The crew of an oil tanker stranded near the coast of the Indian Ocean island of La Reunion after Cyclone Batsirai swept the region...
UN demands Taliban provide info on two more missin...
The United Nations has demanded the Taliban provide information on two more women activists allegedly detained by the group this w...
Activision Blizzard to bolster 'Call of Duty' line...
Activision Blizzard on Thursday said it will beef-up its "Call of Duty" video game franchise after sagging interest by players led...
Argentine police race to eradicate laced cocaine t...
Argentine police on Thursday seized vast quantities of cocaine likely laced with opioids and made several arrests after 22 people...
Four top aides desert UK's embattled Johnson
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson suffered four staff defections on Thursday as pressure intensified on the embattled leader ov...
Dead IS chief was Iraqi ex-officer nicknamed 'Dest...
The head of Islamic State group, whom the US declared dead in a special-forces raid Thursday, was nicknamed the "Destroyer" and pr...
Race on to find laced cocaine that killed 20 in Ar...
Investigators in Argentina raced Thursday to track down laced cocaine and remove it from circulation after 20 people died and doze...
European oil port terminals hit by cyberattack
Major oil terminals in some of Western Europe's biggest ports have fallen victim to a cyberattack at a time when energy prices are...
Rights group slams Lebanon for "flawed" murder pro...
Human Rights Watch accused Lebanon on Thursday of "flawed" assassination probes and urged donors to review millions of dollars in...
Meet two women who uncovered clergy sex abuse in C...
They were working for a Catholic bishop and had clear-cut orders from Pope Francis himself -- probe reports of pedophile priests i...
Spyware used on key figure in Netanyahu trial: rep...
Reports that police may have used spyware on a key witness in the trial of former premier Benjamin Netanyahu dominated Israeli hea...
20 dead in Argentina after taking toxic cocaine
At least 20 people died and 74 more were hospitalized in a Buenos Aires suburb after consuming cocaine cut with a toxic substance,...
Kenya under fire over calls to 'weaken' forest pro...
In his 15 years defending one of Nairobi's last green spaces, Simon Nganga has seen off brazen attempts to seize what's left of th...
Nintendo raises profit forecast but cuts Switch sa...
Nintendo raised its full-year net profit forecast Thursday, citing strong performances by recent game releases, but it again cut i...
Cyclone Batsurai injures 12 on France's La Reunion...
At least twelve people were injured on the French Indian Ocean territory of La Reunion Thursday as tropical cyclone Batsirai skirt...
20 dead in Argentina after taking toxic-laced coca...
At least 20 people died and 74 more were hospitalized in a Buenos Aires suburb after consuming cocaine cut with a toxic substance,...
Pricey pixels: Why people spend fortunes on NFT ar...
Thousands of artists beaver away every day creating images to sell as digital tokens (NFTs) in online exchanges. The market is boo...
Seventeen dead in Argentina after taking laced coc...
At least 17 people died and 56 more were hospitalized in a northwestern suburb of Buenos Aires after consuming cocaine cut with an...
German cardinal urges lifting celibacy rule for pr...
German Cardinal Reinhard Marx, whose archdiocese was the subject of a recent damning report into child sex abuses, said Wednesday...
Europe rights body launches rare action against Tu...
The Council of Europe on Wednesday launched for only the second time in its history disciplinary action against Turkey over its fa...
Death toll from Brazil storms rises to 28
Floods and landslides caused by torrential rains have killed at least 28 people in southeastern Brazil, with seven still missing,...
Footballer Benjamin Mendy's rape trial set for Jul...
Manchester City and France international footballer Benjamin Mendy will face trial in July for the alleged rape and assault of six...
Sport begins at Beijing Olympics under shadow of C...
Curling started the sport at the Beijing Winter Olympics on Wednesday in front of a smattering of spectators as China tried to mov...
UN seeks $169 million in aid for Philippine typhoo...
The United Nations has increased its fundraising target for victims of Typhoon Rai to $169 million as the Philippines struggles to...
Man disrupts pope audience, shouts: 'God rejects y...
A shouting man denouncing the Church disrupted an audience by Pope Francis at the Vatican Wednesday, before being escorted outside...
Man Utd's Mason Greenwood released on bail after a...
Manchester United forward Mason Greenwood has been released on bail after being questioned over the alleged rape and assault of a...
Beijing Olympics begins torch relay under shadow o...
The Beijing Winter Olympics torch relay began its truncated journey to Friday's opening ceremony as China tried to move on from th...
UK college requests removal of slavery-linked memo...
A university college in the United Kingdom is Wednesday to ask a judge to allow the removal from its chapel of a memorial to a his...
US law scholar says Hong Kong denied him visa to t...
An American legal scholar specialising in LGBTQ rights said Wednesday he was denied a visa to teach at a Hong Kong university, as...
Sports set to start at Beijing Olympics but contro...
The sporting action gets under way at the Beijing Winter Olympics on Wednesday, two days before the opening ceremony of a Games ov...
Art sleuth returns statue to France almost 50 year...
A Dutch art detective has returned a rare Roman statue that was considered one of France's most important treasures to the museum...
Brits on platinum pudding quest for queen's jubile...
"It would be such an honour!": Amateur British cooks are battling to create the best Platinum Jubilee pudding to mark 70 years of...
Queen Elizabeth II to mark 70 years on the throne
Queen Elizabeth II on Sunday becomes the first British monarch to reign for 70 years, heralding the start of her Platinum Jubilee...
Taco-a-day or meal-a-month, US restaurants join su...
For Jebin Tuladhar, the past two years have been like walking a tightrope as he tried to steer Shanti, the Indian restaurant chain...
Eruption-hit Tonga closes borders as Covid detecte...
Volcano-devastated Tonga will close its borders Wednesday after Covid-19 was detected in the previously virus-free Pacific kingdom...
Starbucks reports higher profits, but Omicron adds...
Starbucks reported higher quarterly profits Tuesday, but said an unexpectedly costly hit from the latest Covid-19 wave would lead...
Pharma giants to pay $590 mn to US Native American...
A group of pharmaceutical companies and distributors agreed to pay $590 million to settle lawsuits connected to opioid addiction a...