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'Not just props that eat': Extras seek recognition at their own 'Oscars'

At least 14 killed in spate of attacks in northwest Pakistan

Oil in spotlight as Trump's Iran warning rattles sleepy markets

Why are more under-50s getting colorectal cancer? 'We don't know'

India's tougher AI social media rules spark censorship fears

Doctors, tourism, tobacco: Cuba buckling under US pressure

Indonesia capital faces 'filthy' trash crisis

Frederick Wiseman, documentarian of America's institutions, dead at 96

Gu pipped to Olympic gold again as Meillard extends Swiss ski dominance

Copper powers profit surge at Australia's BHP

China's Gu defiant after missing out on Olympic gold again

USA bobsleigh veteran Meyers Taylor wins elusive gold

American bobsleigher Elana Meyers Taylor finally struck Olympic gold at the age of 41 in the Milan-Cortina Games on Monday.

Miura and Kihara snatch Olympic pairs gold for Japan

Japan's Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara pulled out the best performance of their careers to move from fifth overnight to grab Olympic figure skating pairs gold on Monday.

Gu pipped to gold again as Meillard extends Swiss ski dominance at Olympics

China's freestyle skiing superstar Eileen Gu was beaten to gold for the second time at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics on Monday after Loic Meillard extended Switzerland's domination of the men's alpine skiing.

Canada's Oldham beats defending champion Gu to freeski big air gold

Canadian freestyle skier Megan Oldham won the Olympic women's big air final on Monday, denying defending champion Eileen Gu a first gold of the Milan-Cortina Games.

Barca suffer title defence blow in Girona derby defeat

Spanish champions Barcelona fell to a damaging 2-1 defeat at Girona on Monday to leave them trailing Real Madrid by two points at the top of La Liga.

Brentford edge out sixth-tier Macclesfield in FA Cup

Brentford avoided a huge FA Cup shock with a 1-0 win at sixth-tier Macclesfield on Monday but needed a late own goal to beat a side 116 places below them in the English football pyramid.

Canada's Oldham wins Olympic freeski big air final, denying Gu gold

Canadian freestyle skier Megan Oldham won the women's Olympic big air final on Monday, denying defending champion Eileen Gu a first gold of the Milan-Cortina Games.

France loosens rules on allowing farmers to shoot wolves

The French government said Monday it would authorise the shooting of wolves that attack livestock even outside protected enclosures, a policy shift welcomed by farmers, a powerful and increasingly disgruntled constituency.

USA thrash Sweden to reach Olympic women's ice hockey final

The USA glided into the final of the women's ice hockey tournament at the Winter Olympics with a 5-0 win against Sweden on Monday.

Russian poisonings aim to kill -- and send a message

Polonium, Novichok and now dart frog poison: the finding that Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was killed with a rare toxin has revived the spectre of Moscow's use of poisons against opponents -- a hallmark of its secret services, according to experts.

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