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- Iran protests: Alarm at crackdown by security forces in Kurdish city
- Biden: Putin ‘Totally Miscalculated’ on Reaction to Ukraine Invasion
- Your Wednesday Briefing: Ukraine Seeks an ‘Air Shield’
- China's Communist Party Congress: A really simple guide
- Pressure Grows for West to Give Ukraine Air-Defense Systems
- Reparations: The US town paying its black residents
- Cough-syrup scandal: How did it end up in The Gambia?
- Russia confirms Meta's designation as extremist
- Wildlife Photographer of the Year: Frenzied bee ball wins top prize
- Oh my gourd! Mammoth pumpkin squashes US record
- TikTok profits from livestreams of refugees begging
- Ukraine war: Zelensky calls for more sanctions after 'new wave of terror'
- NATO’s leader says Putin ‘is failing’ in the war and urges more weapons for Ukraine.
- Quokkas and wallabies found dead in Australian zoo mystery
- Some Ukrainians Brace for Possibility of Russian Nuclear Strike
- 'If you talk, they'll put a bullet in your head'
- Sir David Jason describes Covid collapse
- Your Wednesday Briefing
- Venezuela landslide: Maduro vows to rebuild Las Tejerías
- At least 33 killed in Nepal flooding and landslides
- Netflix signs up to ratings body Barb
- Young, Underground Reporters ‘Fight a Gun With a Pen’ in Myanmar
- Crimea bridge attack arrests as fresh blasts heard
- Elon Musk denies he spoke to Putin about Ukraine war
- Eritreans in fear as military call-up intensifies over Ethiopia's Tigray war
- Climate change: Greenland's culture shifts as Arctic heats up
- Protests in Iran Spread, Including to Oil Sector, Despite Violent Crackdown
- Iran protester: 'You know that you might never come back'
- Kerala murder: Two women killed in suspected human sacrifice
- French oil workers vote to continue strike
- Khloe Kardashian has 'rare' tumour removed from face
- Irish women's team apologise over pro-IRA chants
- Live Updates: Allies to Discuss More Weapons for Ukraine as Russia Blames Kyiv for Bridge Blast
- Poland Says Druzhba Pipeline Leak Was Probably an Accident
- The ‘Age of P.C.R. Prosperity’? China’s Covid-Testing Strategy Comes Under Strain
- Does Korean Cuisine Belong to Korea?
- Read Your Way Through London
- Russia Arrests 8 People Over the Crimea Bridge Attack
- Russian Shellfire Cuts Power to Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant
- Pedro Castillo: Peru's embattled president faces fresh legal battle
- What is Vladimir Putin thinking and planning?
- Parkland shooting: Jury to begin deliberations on sentencing
- Brittney Griner Is Struggling in Russian Prison, Her Lawyer Says
- Lab-grown brain cells play video game Pong
- Gas taps can be still turned on to EU, says Vladimir Putin
- US Considers Easing Sanctions on Venezuela as Migration Surges
- In Long-Contested Move, Paris Makes Sacré-Coeur a Historical Monument
- Kanye West interview pulled over 'more hate speech'
- Is religious freedom under attack in Nigeria?
- Britain’s ‘Brexit Festival’ Is Under Investigation Over Cost
- Britain’s Leader Stirs Uncertainty Over Economic Plans
- Ukraine war round-up: Inside Putin's head and Crimea bridge arrests
- Alex Jones told to pay $965m damages to Sandy Hook victims' families
- Your Thursday Briefing: China’s Covid Testing Problems
- Nato countries to boost Ukraine's missile defence after massive Russian strikes
- General Sergei Surovikin: Who is Putin's hard-line new commander in Ukraine?
- Ukraine war: UN General Assembly condemns Russia annexation
- Ethiopia's civil war: Inside Tigray's capital Mekelle
- China-Taiwan: Can a tech billionaire create a civilian fighting force?
- Ukraine Offensive Will Push Through Winter, US Defense Chief Says
- Western Nations Rush Defensive Systems to Ukraine to Counter Russian Missiles
- US and Mexico make deal to ease Venezuela migration
- Elgin Marbles: New body aims to return sculptures to Greece
- Bali bombings: Australian families angered over graphic video at ceremony
- Top LA city leader quits over racist remarks
- Cough syrup scandal: India production halted after Gambia child deaths
- Germany Needs Coal to Replace Gas, So a Village Has to Go
- Singapore jails OnlyFans creator in first such conviction
- Amnesty accuses Latvia of abusing migrants on Belarus border
- Ukraine Azovstal: Released man says Azov fighters kept in inhumane conditions by Russia
- Wheat shortage: Baker's mission to reinvent bread in Senegal
- Your Thursday Briefing
- With Leaps and Bounds, Parkour Athletes Turn Off the Lights in Paris
- China Covid: Frustration as Beijing hit by restrictions ahead of congress
- Ukraine Says It Will Take Weeks to Fully Restore Power After Attacks
- Bob Dylan’s “The Philosophy of Modern Song”: An Excerpt
- 'Rare' Roman mosaic found in Rastan, Syria
- Slovakia: Two dead after shooting outside LGBT bar
- Mexico Congress votes to keep military on streets
- Syrian soldiers killed in army bus bombing near Damascus
- Kyiv Region of Ukraine Hit by Suspected ‘Kamikaze’ Drones
- US inflation rises more than expected in September
- Saudi Arabia Pushes Back at U.S. Outrage Over Oil Cuts
- West Bank pressures grow amid Israeli closures
- France sends Germany first gas amid Russia energy crisis
- Malala Yousafzai visits Pakistan after deadly floods
- Russian-installed Kherson leader in evacuation plea amid Ukraine advance
- Alex Jones: 'Moment of reckoning' for Infowars conspiracist
- Iraqi Parliament Elects Abdul Latif Rashid as New President
- No New Trial in Murder Mystery That Gripped France, Court Rules
- Ukraine war: Trapped boy rescued after Mykolaiv shelling
- Jamaica bans music and TV glorifying crime
- How Two Teenagers Became the New Faces of Iran’s Protests
- Nnamdi Kanu: Nigerian court drops charges against separatist Ipob leader
- Putin Offers to Make Turkey a Gas Hub to Preserve EU Energy Hold
- Parkland school shooting: Families devastated as gunman spared death
- Amid Turmoil, Can Truss Afford to Hold on to Tax-Cutting Plan?
- Russia Says It Will Evacuate Civilians From Kherson Amid Ukrainian Gains
- Princess Amalia: Security fears force Dutch princess from student home
- Watch: Turkey MP smashes phone with hammer in parliament
- January 6 committee issues subpoena for Trump to testify
- Your Friday Briefing: U.S. Inflation Keeps Soaring
- North Korea Tests a Missile and Flies Warplanes Near Border With South
- How big are Donald Trump's legal problems?
- New footage shows Nancy Pelosi during Jan 6 riots
- Death Toll Rises as Russia Bombards Ukraine’s Cities for a Fourth Day
- Inquiry on Trudeau Using Emergency Powers on Trucker Protests Begins
- Parkland parents: 'I'm as stunned as the day Luke was killed'
- Ringo Starr cancels North America tour with Covid
- Parkland shooting: Families of victims wrestle with what justice means
- Ukraine demands Red Cross visits notorious prison
- Australia floods: Three states issue evacuation orders after heavy rain
- Parkland school shooting: Why the gunman was spared the death penalty
- E-waste: 5 billion phones to be thrown away in 2022
- Xi Jinping, China’s Leader, Embodies His Authoritarian Era
- Your Friday Briefing
- US banking giant JP Morgan Chase cuts ties with Kanye West
- China protest: Mystery Beijing demonstrator sparks online hunt and tributes
- Is Xi Jinping’s potato miracle all that it seems?
- Iran: Video shows forces shooting fleeing people from truck
- Crimea bridge: Russia 'to repair blast damage by July 2023'
- Zanzibar swimming crabs deaths being investigated
- Nigeria's Asuu university strike: 'Wasted eight months of my life'
- Study links coronavirus lockdowns to birth rate drop in Europe
- North Carolina: Five dead in Raleigh mass shooting
- ‘They are massacring people': Iran demos intensify in Kurdish city
- Russia Calls for Civilians to Evacuate From Kherson Amid Ukraine’s Advances
- Live Updates: Top U.K. Finance Official Is Fired in Face of Political Crisis
- French Refineries Strike May Presage a Winter of Discontent for Europe
- Can Russia Keep Firing Missiles at Cities? And What Defenses Does Ukraine Need?
- Elon Musk Says SpaceX Can’t Fund Internet Service in Ukraine ‘Indefinitely’
- China’s Internet Censors Race to Quell Beijing Protest Chatter
- Father Joe, Bangkok’s Priest to the Poor, Thrives Among Fellow Outcasts
- Beyond Borders: A Deep Dive Into the Nomadic Way of Life
- The Future of Australian Children’s TV
- Turkey Allows Jail Terms for What It Deems ‘Fake News’
- Climate Protesters Throw Soup Over van Gogh’s ‘Sunflowers’
- Fifteen nations join European air-defense network spurred by Russia’s missile strikes in Ukraine.
- Ukraine war: Putin says no more massive strike - for now
- Iran protests: Fury over Iran police sex assault video
- Haiti: People will die as country nears breaking point - UN
- Beyond Meat executive exits after biting incident
- How Security Forces Cracked Down in Southeastern Iran
- Unrest Grows in West Bank in Deadliest Year Since 2015
- Dutch Princess ‘Can’t Really Go Outside’ After Threats
- Who Is Jeremy Hunt, New U.K. Chancellor?
- Western nations rush defensive systems to Ukraine to counter Russian missiles.
- At a children’s hospital in Kyiv, young patients seek shelter after days of strikes.
- In Bucha, a Kyiv suburb haunted by war, a family says goodbye to a fallen soldier.
- Daphne Caruana Galizia: Two brothers guilty of killing Maltese journalist
- Iran: How we are uncovering the protests and crackdowns
- Nigeria floods: Braving the rising waters in Kogi state
- Elon Musk Foments More Geopolitical Controversy With Ukraine Internet Dispute
- For Truss and the Tories, a ‘Fairy Tale’ Unravels
- As the Bank of England’s Intervention Ends, Unease Returns to the Bond Markets
- Turkish mine explosion kills 25 and leaves dozens trapped
- Bakhmut: The Ukrainian city where Russia is still advancing
- Robert Pether: 'My Australian husband faces death in an Iraq jail'
- Afghanistan: Taliban ban women from many university subjects
- Nigeria's worst floods in a decade
- Despite Its Barrage of Missiles, Russia Still Loses Ground in Ukraine
- Under Fire, Liz Truss Retreats on Economic Strategy
- Nigeria floods: People evacuate on top of cars
- Putin Defends Military Draft in Russia From Pro-War Criticism
- Musk says SpaceX cannot keep funding Ukraine Starlink
- Slovakia LGBT attack: Thousands gather at vigil outside Bratislava bar
- Biden Authorizes an Additional $725 Million in Ukraine Aid
- At Least 28 Are Killed in Coal Mine Explosion in Turkey
- Belarus Wavers as Putin Presses It to Join Ukraine War
- Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant Workers Face ‘Unacceptable Pressure,’ U.N. Agency Says
- Lessons From Liz Truss’s Handling of U.K. Inflation
- 'I was shot by rebels' - when reporting gets deadly
- Beijing Turns Into a Fortress Ahead of the Communist Party Congress
- Peter Thiel, Major U.S. Political Donor, Is Said to Pursue Maltese Citizenship
- Three Women of Bucha: Their Deaths and Lives
- Rising Waters Again Force Evacuations and Spread Misery in Australia
- Doubts Over Indigenous Identity in Academia Spark ‘Pretendian’ Claims
- Funeral for girl and father after Irish explosion
- Kyiv told to save electricity after Russian missile strike
- 'I saved for 30 years to see the Titanic'
- The Ikea-style flat-pack home for refugees
- Tunisia: Thousands from rival political parties protest against President Kais Saied
- When Cemeteries Are Flooded, Where Do You Bury the Dead?
- Britain’s New Finance Chief Repudiates Prime Minister’s Signature Economic Plan
- Far from home, Ukrainians once again take to the streets to protest Russia’s invasion.
- BioNTech: Could Covid vaccine technology crack cancer?
- Greece: Vehicles dragged into the sea as flash floods hit Crete
- Evin prison fire: Gun shots and sirens heard at notorious detention centre
- At least 11 dead after attack on Russian army recruits training to fight in Ukraine
- Iran prison fire: Gunshots and sirens heard
- Ukraine war: Russian's exhausting ordeal to escape conscription
- Castrating Pablo Escobar's hippos
- China Party Congress: Xi Jinping to cement grip on power at historic meeting
- Alex Jones: Will a huge legal award crush his Infowars empire?
- Fire Erupts at Iran’s Most Notorious Prison Amid National Protests
- How the fallout from Putin’s war doomed a farming village in Germany.
- Nigeria election: Dangers of being religious in a religious nation
- Opioid crisis: US teens fastest growing group to die
- Maharajah Duleep Singh: Indian boy king's warm friendship with Queen Victoria
- Putin Moves to Cement Annexations in Ukraine
- How Ukraine is winning the social media war
- Elon Musk Says His Company Will Continue to Fund Internet Service in Ukraine
- Ebola in Uganda: Three-week lockdown announced for two districts
- Live Updates: Xi Warns of ‘Dangerous Storms’ Facing China
- Elections Approaching, Erdogan Raises the Heat Again With Greece
- Shooting at Russian Training Camp Highlights Chaos Around Conscription
- China Doubles Down on ‘Covid Zero’ Despite Economic Toll
- On Taiwan, Xi Jinping warns against international ‘interference.’
- Russian nuclear fears loom in the geopolitical background for China.
- On tech, Xi points to self-reliance and state-led initiatives.
- China Communist Party Congress: What matters to people in Beijing?
- UN condemns 'deeply distressing' discovery of 92 naked migrants at Greece-Turkey border
- Turkey mine deaths: President Erdogan criticised over 'destiny' comments
- Ethiopia's Tigray conflict: Civilian bloodbath warning as offensive escalates
- How Ukraine’s Surrogate Mothers Have Survived the War
- China’s Leader Xi Hails His Rule as He Prepares to Expand Power
- Macron the Disrupter Seeks Direction
- Elections Approaching, Erdogan Raises the Heat Again With Greece
- Your Monday Briefing: China’s Leader Warns of ‘Stormy Seas’
- Russia’s Draft Sends Barely Trained Men to War in Ukraine
- Tens of Thousands March in Paris to Protest Rising Living Costs
- Ukraine war: Kyiv attacked by 'kamikaze drones', say officials
- Iran Evin prison death toll jumps, state says
- Hong Kong protester dragged into Manchester Chinese consulate grounds and beaten up
- Unification Church: Japan to investigate religious group after Abe killing
- Venezuela crisis: 7.1m leave country since 2015
- BTS: K-pop stars to take time out for military service
- Iraqi minister admits gas flaring cancer link
- Eurovision: Montenegro and North Macedonia pull out of Liverpool contest
- Miranda House: India inquiry after men crash women's college event
- Al Jazeera staff allege harassment and bullying went unchecked
- Somalia drought: Witnessing a two-year-old's death from hunger
- Families reunite on the Mexico-US border
- How are 'kamikaze' drones being used by Russia and Ukraine?
- How Xi Jinping made himself unchallengeable
- Watch: Hong Kong protester beaten up in China consulate grounds
- Kyiv Rocked by Explosions From ‘Kamikaze’ Drones
- Finance Minister Jeremy Hunt Drops Most of U.K. Tax-Cut Plan
- Iran’s Loyal Security Forces Protect Ruling System That Protesters Want to Topple
- In Xi’s China, the Business of Business Is State-Controlled
- BTS to Enlist in South Korea’s Military
- Protester Is Dragged Into a Chinese Consulate in England and Beaten
- Mayor Says Moscow Has Reached Its Draft Quota
- Generators Switch Back On at Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant After Russian Strike
- What We Know About the Iranian-Made Drones Russia Is Using in Ukraine
- Is This the World’s Most Picturesque High Dive?
- At least two drones appeared to target a city heating station in central Kyiv.
- A week after a round of strikes, Kyiv’s people take cover again.
- Your Monday Briefing
- Here’s what we know about the attacks on Kyiv.
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