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Romania blames Russia for new deadly attack on ship

Waze rejects Malaysia's data security claims after civil servant ban

Asian football endorses Infantino re-election in apparent U-turn

'Call of Duty' seeks to win back fans with warfare spectacle

Ukraine says two soldiers died after arrested girl sent Russian poison

Volvo Cars shares plunge on losses, job cuts

New Greece law bans social media for under-15s

France braces for new protests as Macron seeks to restore order

Kering shares tumble as Gucci fails to reassure investors

How five Boeing 777s linked Madagascar's power elite to Iran

Emergency nurseries rescue DR Congo's Ebola orphans

Bezzecchi tops Australian MotoGP practice as wallaby hops onto track

Asian football endorses Infantino re-election as FIFA president

Under-threat Ospreys bet on new ground and Australian 'stardust'

'I am a rapist,' says Frenchman in mass rape trial

"I am a rapist," a 71-year-old Frenchman accused of drugging his wife so he and scores of strangers could assault her told a court Tuesday, returning to the dock after being ill for around a week.

Myanmar villagers battle to save rice crop as flood death toll jumps to 226

War-weary Myanmar villagers salvaged crops from flooded fields Tuesday as the country's death toll in the wake of Typhoon Yagi doubled to 226 and the UN warned as many as 630,000 people could need assistance.

Trump returns to campaign trail after weekend assassination scare

Donald Trump hits the campaign trail again on Tuesday, traveling to Michigan two days after an apparent assassination attempt against him was foiled at his golf course in Florida.

Indian state reopens schools, restores internet after ethnic clashes

Schools reopened in India's northeastern state of Manipur on Tuesday, more than a week after they shuttered due to deadly ethnic violence and clashes between protesters and police, the local government said.

Young Equatorial Guineans yearn for the American dream

Tiny but oil-rich Equatorial Guinea long escaped the youth exodus plaguing other African nations, but a decade of economic decline and rising unemployment has left many eager to leave.

Man City brace for Inter reunion as Akanji fears 'tough' schedule

Manchester City are braced for their Champions League reunion with Inter Milan at the start of an expanded tournament that will be "so tough" for the 2023 winners.

Uganda's 'singing fools' use satire to attack government

A packed Kampala audience holds its breath as four self-styled "singing fools" in choir uniforms bound onto the stage for their latest daring satire of Ugandan politics.

Champions League finalists Dortmund ambitious after 'alpha' rebuild

Borussia Dortmund, surprise finalists last season, have undergone a summer of upheaval on and off the pitch ahead of Wednesday's Champions League opener at Club Brugge.

Coal phase-out fuels far right in rural eastern Germany

White clouds still billow from the cooling towers of a coal plant near Spremberg in Germany's ex-communist east but the end is in sight as Berlin phases out the dirty fossil fuel.

More than 95,000 Japanese aged over 100, most of them women

The number of people in Japan aged 100 or older has hit a record high of more than 95,000 -- almost 90 percent of them women -- government data showed Tuesday.

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