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Mbappe's adaptation period over: Real Madrid's Ancelotti

France's most powerful nuclear reactor finally comes on stream

Scholz mourns 5 killed, hundreds wounded in Christmas market attack

Ski great Vonn finishes 14th on World Cup return

Heavyweight foes Usyk, Fury set for titanic rematch

Former England winger Eastham dies aged 88

Germany in shock after new deadly Christmas market attack

Sierra Leone student tackles toxic air pollution

Google counters bid by US to force sale of Chrome

Cavaliers cruise past Bucks, Embiid shines in Sixers win

Arahmaiani: the Indonesian artist with a thousand lives

Celtic close in on Scottish title with Old Firm win

Celtic inflicted Rangers' first home league defeat for two years to close in on regaining the Scottish Premiership title with a 2-1 win at Ibrox on Sunday.

Sri Lanka protesters defy curfew after social media ban

Armed troops in Sri Lanka had a tense confrontation with a crowd protesting a worsening economic crisis on Sunday, after a social media blackout failed to halt another day of anti-government demonstrations.

Pope laments 'tormented Ukraine' on final day of Malta visit

Pope Francis condemned the "sacrilegious war" in Ukraine at an open-air mass in Malta on Sunday, ahead of a visit to a migrant centre preparing to take refugees fleeing Russia's invasion.

Singaporeans protest the death penalty in rare demonstration

Hundreds of protesters in tightly controlled Singapore staged a rare demonstration against the death penalty Sunday as fears grow the city-state is set to carry out a wave of hangings.

Elgar hits half-century again as South Africa stretch lead

Dean Elgar made his second half-century of the match as South Africa stretched their lead on the fourth day of the first Test against Bangladesh at Kingsmead on Saturday.

Scientists risk arrest to sound climate alarm

A loosely federated network of scientists in more than two dozen countries plan acts of civil disobedience starting this week to highlight the climate crisis, members of Scientist Rebellion told AFP.

Taliban chief orders ban on poppy cultivation in Afghanistan

The Taliban's supreme leader on Sunday ordered a ban on poppy cultivation in Afghanistan, warning that the hardline Islamist government would crack down on farmers planting the crop.

Sri Lanka protesters defy curfew after social media shutdown

Armed troops in Sri Lanka blocked a Sunday opposition march that defied a weekend curfew to protest the island nation's worsening economic crisis, after authorities imposed a social media blackout to contain public dissent.

Tired Swiatek withdraws from Charleston

Poland's Iga Swiatek, who will become world tennis number 1 on Monday, has pulled out of the Charleston tournament in the United States.

Australia, led by Healy's 170, beat England to win World Cup

Australia, led by a sublime 170 from Alyssa Healy, rewrote the record books to beat a valiant England by 71 runs in the Women's World Cup final in Christchurch on Sunday.

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