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Leo XIV celebrates first Christmas as pope

Diallo and Mahrez strike at AFCON as Ivory Coast, Algeria win

Diallo strikes to give AFCON holders Ivory Coast winning start

Dow, S&P 500 end at records amid talk of Santa rally

Spurs captain Romero facing increased ban after Liverpool red card

A lack of respect? African football bows to pressure with AFCON change

Mahrez leads Algeria to AFCON cruise against Sudan

Southern California braces for devastating Christmas storm

Amorim wants Man Utd players to cover 'irreplaceable' Fernandes

First Bond game in a decade hit by two-month delay

Brazil's imprisoned Bolsonaro hospitalized ahead of surgery

Amazon says blocked 1,800 North Koreans from applying for jobs

US tech giant Amazon said it has blocked over 1,800 North Koreans from joining the company, as Pyongyang sends large numbers of IT workers overseas to earn and launder funds.

Trump says US needs Greenland 'for national security'

President Donald Trump on Monday reiterated that the United States needed Greenland for "national security" after his appointment of a special envoy to the Danish Arctic island triggered a new spat with Copenhagen.

Purdy first 49er since Montana to throw five TDs as Colts beaten

Brock Purdy threw five touchdowns as the San Francisco 49ers all but ended the Indianapolis Colts' hopes of reaching the postseason with a 48-27 victory on Monday.

Australia captain Cummins out of rest of Ashes, Lyon to have surgery

Australia skipper Pat Cummins and Nathan Lyon were on Tuesday ruled out of the final two Ashes Tests against England with the veteran spinner facing surgery and an extended period on the sidelines.

Australian state poised to approve sweeping new gun laws, protest ban

Australia's most populous state was set Tuesday to approve sweeping laws cracking down on guns and giving authorities the power to ban protests after the nation's deadliest mass shooting in decades.

Families want answers a year after South Korea's deadliest plane crash

Grieving mother Lee Hyo-eun returns every weekend to the airport where her daughter and 178 others died last year, desperate for the truth about South Korea's deadliest airline disaster.

Ozempic Meals? Restaurants shrink portions to match bite-sized hunger

A self-described foodie, social butterfly and New Yorker for 20 years, Lina Axmacher has long loved exploring the city's famed restaurant culture.

'Help me, I'm dying': inside Ecuador's TB-ridden gang-plagued prisons

In gang-plagued Ecuador, being sent to prison is increasingly a death sentence, whatever the crime.

Australia's Cummins, Lyon out of fourth Ashes Test

Australian skipper Pat Cummins and Nathan Lyon were Tuesday ruled out of the fourth Ashes Test against England with the veteran spinner facing surgery and an extended period on the sidelines.