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South Korea

Curling opens competition at Winter Olympics

Mixed doubles curling is one of four new events at PyeongChang 2018

08/02/2018

USA

US suicides rise after Robin Williams death

New study links unexpected spike of copycat deaths with comic actor's demise

08/02/2018

Portugal

Portugal police snatch substance set to make millions of ecstasy pills

Around 4.5 tons of BMK has been seized after a joint operation involving Dutch and Belgian authorities

07/02/2018

Germany

German parties make final push to revive grand coalition

A deal on health care and labour reforms are needed to prevent Germany from facing a second election within four months.

06/02/2018

World News

Asian stocks slide as global markets fear interest rate rise

Concerns over inflationary pressures are taking their toll on share prices as investors rush to unwind big positions

06/02/2018

Sport

Philadelphia Eagles beat New England Patriots to win first Super Bowl

On a night when records fell, the Eagles defeated the defending champions 41-33 in an enthralling match in Minneapolis

05/02/2018

Russia

Putin praises CAS decision to lift doping bans on 28 Russian athletes

The Russian president says the ruling proves the "vast majority of our athletes are clean."

02/02/2018

United Kingdom

British MPs and peers set for massive House move

The 'mother of all parliaments' is set for the mother of all renovations

01/02/2018

Syria

Hundreds killed in Turkey's military campaign in Syria says Russia

Moscow claims civilians have been victims of Ankrara's targeting of Kurdish militia fighters

01/02/2018

France

Paris on high alert amid major risk of flooding

Authorities in the French capital are preparing for the worst as record rainfall could force the Seine River to burst its banks

28/01/2018

Syria

Turkey wants international support for its 'olive branch' offensive

Turkey is waging a military campaign with rebel allies against a US-backed Kurdish militia in Syria's Afrin region.

22/01/2018

Japan

Japan seeks European support over "unprecedented threat" from North Ko

Tokyo wants to strengthen an international alliance against Pyongyang as tensions rise over its nuclear weapons programme

21/01/2018

World News

UN urged to take criminal action against widespread sexual abuse

The author of a report into sexual abuse within the United Nations says there is a culture of impunity

19/01/2018

Russia

Putin takes traditional Epiphany dip in icy lake

Russia's president stripped off to his swimming trunks to observe an Orthodox Christian ritual

19/01/2018

United Kingdom

Macron says he will not allow Britain access to the single market post

The British prime minister greeted the French president at Britain's army officer training academy ahead of talks on defence cooperation.

18/01/2018

USA

Is Trump's language on migrants changing our political discourse?

Widely condemned by many for "dehumanising" migrants, the US president is walking along a well-trodded path, says sociologist Ulrike Vieten.

17/01/2018

Sport

Man overboard! Volvo Ocean race sailor rescued unharmed

Alex Gough was pulled from the Pacific after falling off race leader Sun Hung Kai/Scallywag

14/01/2018

World News

Mario Testino and Bruce Weber deny sexual harassment claims

The celebrity photographers have been accused of sexual misconduct by several male models and assistants

14/01/2018

Lebanon

Hezbollah blames Israel for car bomb attack on Hamas official

A member of the Palestinian group Hamas has been hurt in a bomb blast in the Lebanese city of Sidon

14/01/2018

United Kingdom

Record rise in flu cases sparks UK health alert

A number of fatalities across the country has raised concerns that the highly virulent "Aussie" flu has arrived in Britain

12/01/2018