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UK withdraws loan for Mozambique gas project

African star Girmay signs with NSN Cycling Team

Boycott urges England to 'use their brains' in quest to level Ashes

Pope prays for peace in Lebanon and the region

Asia floods death toll tops 1,100 as troops aid survivors

Stocks mixed as traders eye US data for Fed signals

Italian tennis icon Nicola Pietrangeli dies aged 92

Groundbreaking HIV prevention shots to begin in Africa

Asia floods toll tops 1,000 deaths as troops aid survivors

Indonesia flood survivors battle mud, trauma

Pope prays for peace in Lebanon, region

Chinese fans lambast Brighton over Imperial Japan soldier post

Chinese football fans have condemned Brighton and the Premier League side's Japanese winger Kaoru Mitoma after a social media post showed him smiling and holding an image of the last Japanese soldier to surrender in World War II.

Asia floods toll tops 1,000 as military aid survivors

The toll in deadly flooding and landslides across parts of Asia climbed past 1,000 on Monday as hardest-hit Sri Lanka and Indonesia deployed military personnel to help survivors.

Thunder hold off Blazers to avenge lone defeat of NBA season

The NBA champion Oklahoma City Thunder avenged their only defeat of the season on Sunday, using a fourth-quarter surge to beat the Portland Trail Blazers 123-115 and improve to 20-1.

Zelensky meets Macron to shore up support for Ukraine as Trump optimistic

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky meets French counterpart Emmanuel Macron in Paris on Monday, seeking to shore up European support as US President Donald Trump expressed optimism of a deal to end Russia's war in Ukraine.

Australia ban offers test on social media harm

Australia's under-16 social media ban will make the nation a real-life laboratory on how best to tackle the technology's impact on young people, experts say.

Williamson bolsters New Zealand for West Indies Test series

New Zealand batting talisman Kane Williamson returns to the Test arena for the first time in a year to bolster the hosts' line-up in the first Test against the West Indies in Christchurch, which begins Tuesday.

South Korean religious leader on trial on graft charges

The leader of one of South Korea's largest cult-like churches stood trial on Monday accused of bribing the country's former first lady with gifts including a designer handbag and a diamond necklace.

F1 set for final-race showdown as Verstappen exploits McLaren blunder

The three-way F1 title fight will go down to the last race of the season after Max Verstappen took full advantage of a McLaren blunder to win the Qatar Grand Prix on Sunday.

Please don't rush: slow changes in Laos 50 years after communist victory

The usually sleepy Laotian capital Vientiane has an uncharacteristic buzz, bedecked with flags and T-shirt vendors ahead of commemorations of 50 years of communist rule Tuesday, but for many young people history carries little weight.