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Make Buddhism cool again: South Korea's controversial DJ 'monk'

Final push to form Dutch govt as Wilders keeps PM pick secret

Riots rock France's New Caledonia over voting reform

Russia's Kharkiv push aims to stretch Ukraine forces: analysts

Final push to form Dutch govt, Wilders keeps PM pick secret

Fierce battles rage across Gaza as US calls for post-war plan

A gloomy season for Ethiopia's 'green gold' at the khat market

Emirates Stadium to become home for Arsenal's women's team

Sony net profit dips on-year as PlayStation sales fall

UK MPs arrested for sexual offences face parliament ban

Malaysia footballer leaves intensive care after acid-attack: official

World's first malaria vaccine making inroads in western Kenya

Lucy Akinyi's three children were infected with malaria so often she would be at their local health clinic in western Kenya every other week getting them treated.

Love in the time of corona: Mountain 'tease' for Kilde and Shiffrin

Norwegian speedster Aleksander Aamodt Kilde has caught the spotlight this season not just for his on-piste form, but also as half of skiing's glamour couple alongside American girlfriend Mikaela Shiffrin.

Myanmar foreign minister barred from ASEAN meet: Cambodia

Myanmar's junta suffered a fresh diplomatic blow Thursday as regional bloc ASEAN barred its top diplomat from attending an upcoming meeting of foreign ministers.

Taliban closer to international recognition, says foreign minister

The Taliban are inching closer towards international recognition but any concessions Afghanistan's new rulers make will be on their terms, the regime's foreign minister said in an interview with AFP.

'Let the light in': Romanian Roma actress smashes stigma with new play

As a child, Roma actress and playwright Alina Serban didn't see herself represented on television, in movies or books, her stigmatised community shunned from the cultural mainstream.

Belgian Olympian 'safe' after tearful plea from Covid isolation

Skeleton racer Kim Meylemans said Thursday she was "safe" and back in the Beijing Olympic Village having been released from a Covid isolation facility following a tearful post on Instagram.

Racers revel in nerve-racking debut on untested Olympic downhill

Intimidating, stressful, nerve-racking, but great fun: just some of the reactions of the ski racers after Thursday's first men's downhill training run on the untested man-made Olympic speed slope.

Cyclone Batsurai injures 12 on France's La Reunion island

At least twelve people were injured on the French Indian Ocean territory of La Reunion Thursday as tropical cyclone Batsirai skirted the island, hitting it with torrential rains and powerful winds and leaving all residents confined to their homes.

Bach says controversial Beijing Olympics 'will change winter sports'

The Beijing Olympics will "change the scale of winter sports forever", IOC president Thomas Bach said Thursday, on the eve of a Games beset by concerns about human rights and Covid.

Tiny Taiwan Winter Olympics team weathers frosty Beijing ties

Only four Taiwanese athletes will compete at the Winter Olympics, in frosty temperatures rivalling Beijing and Taipei's relations -- which have plunged to their lowest point in years.

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