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- Balloons Are Latest Example of Old Tactics Used in Ukraine War
- Waffles, Gentle Slopes and Cloudberries Everywhere: Skiing in Sälen, Sweden
- Russia Has Lost Half Its Tanks in Ukraine War, Report Says
- Turkey-Syria earthquakes: Yemeni mother gives birth after being pulled from rubble
- Holding out against China in a row over reefs
- Your Friday Briefing: U.FO.s Were Likely Not Spying, Biden Says
- Ohio town rues chemical train derailment as 'our Chernobyl'
- Taiwan finds crash site of suspected Chinese weather balloon
- Antarctica sea-ice hits new record low
- Why spy balloons are still useful in era of drones and satellites
- US cancer patient developed 'uncontrollable' Irish accent
- AKA: The murdered rapper from South Africa 'destined for greatness'
- Bankrupt Alex Jones spends nearly $100,000 a month
- The race across Europe to build green steel plants
- How Progress Shark became Australia's accidental World Pride icon
- Why India can't keep its domestic helpers safe
- Why is South Africa's navy joining exercises with Russia and China?
- Your Friday Briefing
- Why Did a Turkish City Withstand the Quake When Others Crumbled?
- How a Tiny*NATO Nation Tackled a Big Problem: Arming Ukraine
- Russia Hits Ukraine With New Missile Barrage
- Bao Fan: Billionaire tech banker in China reported missing
- Chetan Sharma: India's top cricket selector quits after TV sting
- Energy giant Santos accused of Australia dolphin deaths
- ‘Machismo Kills’: A Surge in Murders of Women Alarms Spain
- Man Utd sale: Qatari bid for Old Trafford club expected as deadline approaches
- Turkey earthquake: The warnings at the luxury apartments that turned to dust
- Cyclone Gabrielle: Thousands yet to be contacted after New Zealand storm
- Germany: Flights cancelled as strikes wipe out air travel
- Ukraine’s Allies Are Determined to Show Unity at Munich Security Conference
- South Africa and Russia Are Old Friends. A War Isn’t Going to Change That.
- Tyre Nichols: Ex-officers plead not guilty over his death
- Munich Security Conference: First Leopard tanks to be deployed to Kyiv 'very soon' - Germany
- Bulgarian police find 18 people dead in abandoned truck
- Members of far-right group jailed over Macron attack plot
- BBC India: Tax officials accuse organisation of irregularities
- Pakistani Taliban attack Karachi police station
- US food sanitation firm fined after children worked nights
- Iran protesters march in several cities in mourning for executed men
- EDF: French energy giant posts worst-ever results
- Syrians in Turkey cross border after earthquake
- Genaro Garcia Luna: Jury weighs fate of Mexico ex-minister in El Chapo bribes case
- Ukraine weapons: What tanks and other equipment are the world giving?
- Bruce Willis has frontotemporal dementia - what is it?
- 'Never give up': Woman fights off attacker in US gym
- A Russian Mole in Germany Sows Suspicions at Home, and Beyond
- 18 Migrants Found Dead in Truck in Bulgaria
- Images Show Hidden Clues About Iran’s Significant Fighter Jet Upgrade
- New technology, same old blind spot?
- Eileen Sheridan, Who Dominated Cycling in Postwar Britain, Dies at 99
- A Timeline of Nicola Bulley’s Disappearance
- Ex-Worker at U.K. Embassy in Berlin Is Sentenced to 13 Years in Prison for Spying for Russia
- Pandemic Closures, Unpatrolled Beach Visits Blamed for Spike in Drownings
- Ukraine and Russia swap 202 prisoners, including soldiers who defended Mariupol.
- Western officials hope to show unity. But that will be tested as the war drags on.
- Mississippi mass shooting: Man kills ex-wife and five others
- Manchester United: Qatar's Sheikh Jassim and Ineos make bids for Premier League club
- Andrew Tate threatens legal action against accuser
- Ukraine War: Over 30,000 Wagner fighters injured or killed in Ukraine, says US
- Another six-year-old boy brings gun to school in Virginia
- Amazon worker from Maryland wins lottery twice in a row
- Islamic State accused of killing truffle hunters in Syria
- Stella Stevens: Nutty Professor and Poseidon Adventure star dies at 84
- Storm Otto lashes Scandinavia closing the Oresund bridge
- US and Canada abandon search for three flying objects shot down
- Hugh Jackman: Inevitable Australia will be republic
- Turkey-Syria earthquake: Survivor rescued after 278 hours under flattened building
- Distrust deepens over US-China balloon row
- In Canada, complex fraud schemes are targeting homeowners
- Serbia nationalist protests spike tensions over Russia
- Nigeria election 2023: Has Buhari tackled Boko Haram threat?
- Ricky Kej: The Indian Grammy winner finding new listeners at home
- Chilli crab: The woman behind Singapore's beloved dish
- Shape-shifting robot melts itself to escape lab jail
- How MI5 caught UK embassy spy selling secrets to Russia
- Mexican rescue dog dies while saving lives in Turkey
- Western Leaders Pledge Support for Ukraine at Munich Security Conference
- Trudeau Was Right to Use Emergency Powers to End Trucker Blockade, Report Says
- Rishi Sunak Pursues Deal on Northern Ireland
- Macron Calls for Intensified Support for Ukraine but Eyes Peace Talks
- Militants Wage Deadly Battle in Karachi Police Headquarters
- Nicaragua Strips Citizenship From Hundreds Days After Prisoner Release
- South Africa begins naval drills with Russia and China, despite criticism that it implies support of the war.
- Germany’s allies pushed Germany to send tanks to Ukraine. Now, Scholz is the one urging them.
- At a security conference in Munich, Zelensky invokes the battle of David and Goliath.
- Christian Atsu found dead after Turkey earthquake
- Manchester United sale: Sir Jim Ratcliffe and Ineos confirm bid
- Baftas: Journalist Christo Grozev banned over security risks
- Iran International: Channel leaves UK after regime threats
- A dozen South African cheetahs arrive in India
- N Korea fires missile after threatening retaliation
- The Teacher Who Volunteered in Ukraine
- Caves, Tents and Shipping Containers: Quake Survivors’ Desperate Hunt for Shelter
- North Korea Launches Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
- Peter Obi Has Energized Nigeria’s Young Voters. Will They Turn Out for Him?
- Christian Atsu Is Found Dead in Turkey After Earthquake
- Kamala Harris Says Russia Committed Crimes Against Humanity in Ukraine
- Chinese Official Calls U.S. Response to Balloon ‘Absurd and Hysterical’
- Ukraine war: Russia has committed crimes against humanity, US says
- Rishi Sunak: Ukraine's long-term security must be ensured now
- Turkey earthquake: Antakya now unrecognisable to tour guide
- Kamala Harris Says Russia Committed Crimes Against Humanity in Ukraine
- British Police Under Fire for Exposing Nicola Bulley’s Private Troubles
- Ukraine war: Russia must be defeated but not 'crushed', Macron says
- Former US President Jimmy Carter to receive hospice care
- BFM journalist Rachid M'Barki suspended in scandal linked to disinformation firm
- Syrian earthquake victims being sent 'home' from Turkey for burial
- Five killed in Israeli strike on Damascus, Syria says
- The protesters who've gone missing as China deepens crackdown
- Ukraine War: 'Everyone is kind, but the fact is, we're not home'
- Ghana President Nana Akufo-Addo's cathedral plan stalls amid economic crisis
- Blinken Has Tense Meeting With Chinese Official Amid Spy Balloon Furor
- Kamala Harris Says Russia Committed ‘Crimes Against Humanity’ in Ukraine
- ‘Brainwashing a Generation’: British Schools Combat Andrew Tate’s Views
- Syrian State Media Reports a Deadly Strike in Damascus
- Journalist Who Investigated Navalny’s Poisoning Says He Was Banned From BAFTA
- Video: Kamala Harris Says Russia Committed Crimes Against Humanity in Ukraine
- Ukraine war: Blinken says China may give weapons to Russia
- Tinder Swindler: Why I stood by my abusive ex
- Meta to introduce paid-for verification for Instagram
- Turkey earthquake: Rescue effort ends in all but two areas
- Jeff Koons: Visitor breaks iconic Balloon Dog sculpture in Miami
- Turkey earthquake: Red balloons placed on rubble to honour child victims
- North Korean TV airs missile launch footage
- One Year Into War, Putin Is Crafting the Russia He Craves
- Albania’s Tirana Pyramid Becomes a Symbol of the Country’s Future
- Why Milan’s Duomo Cathedral Is Still So Adored
- Blinken Says He Warned China Over Providing Weapons to Russia
- Your Monday Briefing: A Testy Exchange Between the U.S. and China
- U.S. Warnings to China on Arms Aid for Russia’s War Portend Global Rift
- Bafta bits you may have missed
- We want Russia to come, say Moldova protesters
- Ukraine war: How the conflict is creating family rifts in Russia
- The young Anglo-Indians retracing their European roots
- Nigeria election 2023: Fact-checking claims by the candidates
- Australian man killed by shark at popular beach in New Caledonia
- Footballer Christian Atsu's body returned to Ghana
- Dozens killed as deadly storms hit Brazilian cities
- Cyclone Gabrielle: Rebuilding cost on par with Christchurch quake - NZ
- Brewdog: UK craft beer giant expands into China
- Afghanistan: Taliban to turn ex-military bases into special economic zones
- Cambodia: Angkorian crown jewellery handed over in London
- Your Monday Briefing
- Price of a cuppa: Sexual abuse on Kenyan tea farms revealed
- Papua New Guinea: Local researchers and Australian professor taken hostage
- Despite War, Ukrainian Dance Group Returns for the ‘America’s Got Talent’ Finale
- Nobel Peace Prize Winner Juan Manuel Santos Criticizes West’s Focus on Ukraine
- They Were Married. They Shared a Trench. They Died in It Together.
- Leiji Matsumoto, legendary manga creator, dies aged 85
- Protesters Head to Jerusalem as Israel’s Leaders Look to Rein in Judges
- China Says U.S. Is ‘Not Qualified’ to Issue Orders on Arms
- Live Updates: Biden Pledges More Aid in Surprise Visit to Ukraine
- Robert Mugabe's son arrested in Zimbabwe over cars trashed at Harare party
- China Says U.S. Is ‘Not Qualified’ to Issue Orders on Arms
- Biden visits Zelensky in Kyiv and says Putin 'dead wrong' on Ukraine war
- Bhiwani: India anger over charred bodies linked to cow vigilantes
- Japan aims to raise age of consent from 13 to 16 in sex crime overhaul
- Biden in Ukraine: How the president's surprise visit was kept a secret
- China Says U.S. Is ‘Not Qualified’ to Issue Orders on Arms
- Despite War, Ukrainian Dance Group Returns for the ‘America’s Got Talent’ Finale
- New York alligator captured in Brooklyn's Prospect Park
- 6.4 magnitude earthquake hits southern Turkey
- Russia's economy shrinks by less than expected
- Nicola Bulley’s Body Is Found, U.K. Police Say
- Another Earthquake Strikes Southwest Turkey, Stirring Panic
- On Blinken Visit, Quake Relief Soothes U.S.-Turkey Tensions
- TSA raises alarm amid increase in guns at US airports
- Justin Welby rejected as leader by conservative Anglicans over same-sex blessings
- Biden’s Kyiv Visit Lifts Spirits of War-Weary Ukrainians
- Your Tuesday Briefing: Biden Travels to Kyiv
- George Santos tells Piers Morgan: I've been a terrible liar
- Another Deadly Quake Rocks an Already Ravaged Area of Turkey
- Papua New Guinea: Rescue mission under way for researchers taken hostage
- Aziz Abdullah: Uyghur asylum-seeker death heaps pressure on Thailand
- Trinidad carnival revellers defy crime: 'If we unite, we can put up a fight'
- How ASML became Europe’s most valuable tech firm
- Algeria jails journalist Ihsane el-Kadi as old guard asserts power
- Turkey-Syria earthquake: Baby pulled from the rubble reunited with aunt and uncle
- Your Tuesday Briefing
- Uber, Ola, Rapido: Jobs at risk as Delhi bans motorbike taxis
- Are North Korea’s Nuclear Weapons Tests as Safe as the Country Claims?
- Ridge Alkonis Prison Sentence Strains U.S.-Japan Relations
- South Korea court recognises same-sex couple rights for first time
- Ukraine war: Biden to frame conflict as battle for democracy
- In Northern Ukraine, a Different Sort of War Game
- ‘Equality of Injustice for All’: Saudi Arabia Expands Crackdown on Dissent
- Spain officials quit over trains that were made too wide for tunnels
- Live Updates: Putin Pulls Back From Nuclear Arms Treaty, Signaling Sharper Break With West
- SoftGrid: The Indian tech firm forcing staff to go home on time
- Australia UN visit: Torture body cancels inspection over access issues
- After Another Earthquake, Turkey Rescue Workers Push On
- Putin promotes Russian escalation in annual speech
- 1923: Blaze Destroys Army Buildings
- What Putin’s Suspension of New START Treaty Means for Arms Control
- Alligator kills 85-year-old woman in Florida
- Wagner Group Chief Accuses Russian Military Command of Treason
- Iran sentences German-Iranian dissident to death
- Andrew Tate has detention extended for third time
- China’s Leading Electric Carmaker Has Arrived in Germany
- China’s Courtship of European Powers Hits a Russian Wall
- Brazil landslides: Dozens missing, feared buried in mud
- Ohio train derailment: Norfolk Southern ordered to pay for clean-up costs
- Kamila Valieva: Wada appeals to Cas over 'wrong' Rusada ruling in figure skater doping case
- As Biden visits Warsaw, Poland’s prime minister says his country was right about Russia.
- Israel Unlikely to Extradite Mexico’s Ex-Official Wanted Over Missing Students
- Kenya to investigate 'sex for work' exposed in BBC tea documentary
- Biden hails 'rock solid' Nato as Putin blames West for Russia's war
- Ukraine war: President Putin speech fact-checked
- Mexico's ex-security minister Genaro Garcia Luna convicted of drug trafficking
- Ukraine war: Two presidents, two speeches, two different world views
- Mexico’s Ex-Top Security Official Is Convicted of Cartel Bribery
- Your Wednesday Briefing: Biden and Putin Speak on Ukraine
- Italy’s Giorgia Meloni Condemns Russia and Pledges Further Support to Ukraine
- How much has the US given to Ukraine?
- Why singer Jully Black changed one word in Canada's national anthem
- Malcolm X's family plan to sue FBI, CIA, NYPD for his death
- Russian women explain why they chose to give birth in Argentina
- North Korea food crisis looms behind displays of military prowess
- Malawi benefits from Scotland's climate fund - President Chakwera
- Ram Rahim: Anger over parole for Indian guru jailed for rape
- Biden and Putin Give Clashing Claims of Who Is to Blame on Ukraine
- Putin 'still not interested in negotiating'
- Winds lash Madagascar's coast as Cyclone Freddy makes landfall
- Australia has taken out 'hive' of spies, security chief says
- Ukraine war: Nigeria student has 'no option but to return to study'
- Russians in Putin's chokehold turn a blind eye to war
- Top US court wary of removing tech firms' legal shield
- Biden administration proposes strict asylum restrictions at border
- Starbucks launches olive oil coffee drinks in Italy
- Judge blocks 9/11 victims' claim to Afghan assets
- Mormon Church fined over claim it hid $32bn investment fund
- South Korea Inches Toward Same-Sex Equality, but Broader Bill Is Stalled
- Your Wednesday Briefing
- Biden’s Meeting With Eastern European Leaders Will Cap His Trip
- How Russia's 35-mile armoured convoy ended in failure
- Singer Jully Black explains her change to Canada's national anthem
- Alaskan woman trampled by moose while walking dog
- BBC India: MPs call Delhi and Mumbai searches 'intimidation'
- How Ukraine's children are coping, one year on
- Seattle becomes first US city to ban caste discrimination
- Joshua Bell’s London
- Inside Taiwanese Chip Giant, a U.S. Expansion Stokes Tensions
- U.K. Court Upholds Ruling Stripping Shamima Begum’s Citizenship
- Teacher stabbed to death by pupil in France: reports
- Prince Harry and Meghan Markle dismiss South Park lawsuit rumour
- Poland, Long Leery of Foreigners, Has Welcomed Ukrainians
- Live Updates: Biden to Meet Eastern NATO Allies as Putin Courts China
- Search and rescue mission launched after coal mine collapses in China
- French drought alert after driest winter since 1959
- Mystery sphere found on beach perplexes Japan
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