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2023 'year of record climatic hazards' in Latin America: UN

UK says to expel Russia defence attache for intel role

Korda seeks LPGA record sixth win in a row at Founders Cup

Head, Abhishek star as 'unreal' Hyderabad crush Lucknow by 10 wickets

McIlroy won't return to PGA Policy Board, Simpson to stay

Brazil flooding death toll reaches 100

Kenya inks deal to end doctors' strike

EU eyes first ever sanctions on Russia's LNG sector

RFK Jr says doctor told him a worm ate part of his brain: US media

Track cycling star Benjamin Thomas escapes to win Giro 5th stage

Osaka wins in Rome after three-year absence

Socialist reign at stake in Portugal election

Portugal voted Sunday in a close-fought election, with no party expected to garner a majority in parliament in a fragmented political landscape that could see the far right make huge gains.

Boston ties snow record as 'bomb cyclone' batters eastern US

Blinding snow whipped up by powerful winds pummeled the eastern United States into Sunday's early hours, as one of the strongest winter storms in years triggered transport chaos and power outages across a region of some 70 million people.

Socialist reign at stake in Portugal election, far right eyes big gains

Portugal votes Sunday in a tight election, with no party expected to garner a majority in parliament in a fragmented political landscape that could see the far right make huge gains.

Sealed off: Inside the 'closed loop' at the Beijing Winter Olympics

The Beijing Olympics are taking place in a strict "closed loop" with 60,000 competitors, journalists and the Chinese workforce looking after them cut off from local people and tested for Covid-19 every day.

China factory activity edges down in January amid Covid outbreaks

Factory activity in China edged down in January, official figures showed Sunday, but slightly exceeded expectations as businesses struggled with sporadic disruptions due to coronavirus outbreaks.

New Delhi's homeless shiver through harsh cold snap

India's capital New Delhi is shivering through an unusually harsh bout of harsh winter cold, blamed for killing scores of homeless people and leaving other hard-up residents struggling to keep warm.

Krejcikova and Siniakova win Australian Open women's doubles

Top seeds Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova won their fourth Grand Slam Sunday, sweeping to the Australian Open women's doubles title against Kazakstan's Anna Danilina and Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia.

'Mark of the Antichrist': Greek holy men sow vaccine mistrust

In a remote monastery in northern Greece, an Orthodox abbot delivers a blunt message to dozens of his maskless worshippers: Covid-19 vaccines are "the mark of the Antichrist".

Magical but messy: Rome scares off its starlings

As the sun sets over central Rome, five figures in white overalls move under the trees. They wave speakers emitting a mix of sharp cries, and the birds rise into the air.