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Venezuela's political transition talks wrap first day in Caracas

UK observatory nervously watches growing space junk threat

South Africa coach Erasmus wary of struggling Argentina

Clashes with police as Argentines protest property bill

Meta ordered to pay US state $567 mn to abate 'public nuisance' and child harm

Actress, engineer, jihadist's widow among Syria's new women MPs

Houthi missile attacks kill 58 Saudi-backed Yemeni govt forces: source

Battling Norrie survives match point to oust de Minaur

No.1 Sabalenka and Pegula advance at Toronto

US firm takes on backyard mosquitoes -- with 600,000 mosquitoes

China missile test top of agenda as Pacific diplomats meet in Fiji

Sweden’s welfare reckoning

China’s cartel lifeline

Australia limits migration

Venezuela’s Oil Return

Adobe down 40%: Kodak moment?

Boomers: Selfish or Scapegoats?

Latin America’s age trap

Putin's peace threshold

Inside Chernobyl, Ukraine scrambles to repair radiation shield

Inside an abandoned control room at Ukraine's Chernobyl nuclear power plant, a worker in an orange hardhat gazed at a grey wall of seemingly endless dials, screens and gauges that were supposed to prevent disaster.

Bondi victims honoured as Sydney-Hobart race sets sail

Skippers of 129 yachts set sail on a "bumpy" Sydney-Hobart ocean race Friday, with many to scatter rose petals for the Bondi Beach shooting victims as they venture into rolling seas.

North Korea's Kim orders factories to make more missiles in 2026

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ordered officials to step up production of missiles and construct more factories to meet his military's growing need for the projectiles, state media said Friday.

Palladino's Atalanta on the up as Serie A leaders Inter visit

Atalanta are on the comeback trail ahead of Sunday night's visit of Serie A leaders Inter Milan, with coach Raffaele Palladino leading the charge for the revitalised Bergamo club.

Hooked on the claw: how crane games conquered Japan's arcades

As school and work wrap up, crowds fill Tokyo's many bustling arcade halls -- not to battle it out in fighting games, but to snag plush toys from claw machines.

Shanghai's elderly waltz back to the past at lunchtime dance halls

A group of retirees cheered under disco lights as 60-year-old Xu Li leapt into her partner's arms, her legs spread akimbo in perfect splits.

Japan govt approves record 122 trillion yen budget

The Japanese government on Friday approved a record budget for the upcoming fiscal year, to pay for everything from bigger defence spending to ballooning social security costs as inflation persists.

US launches Christmas Day strikes on IS targets in Nigeria

President Donald Trump said US forces conducted "powerful and deadly" strikes Thursday against Islamic State militants in northwestern Nigeria, weeks after he warned against any systemic assault on Christians in the country.

Australia reeling on 72-4 at lunch as England strike in 4th Ashes Test

Josh Tongue took three wickets as England tore through Australia's top order Friday on a bowler-friendly deck to leave the hosts in disarray at lunch on day one of the fourth Ashes Test.

Too hot to handle? Searing heat looming over 2026 World Cup

With less than six months to go before the 2026 World Cup kicks off, organizers are bracing for what could be their most challenging opponent yet: extreme heat.

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