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Influential Iranians break ranks with state after Ukrainian jet downing

"Apologies for lying to you for 13 years," said one state TV host, announcing on Instagram she was quitting.

USA

Tear gas, rubber bullets leave more than 150 injured in Lebanon

The clashes took place with the backdrop of a rapidly worsening financial crisis and an ongoing impasse over the formation of a new government.

United Kingdom

Prince Harry and Meghan to stop using their HRH titles, pay back £2.4m

Prince Harry and Meghan will stop using their HRH titles, Buckingham Palace said.

USA

10 charred bodies found in vehicle in violence-plagued Mexican state

Police made the grisly discovery on a country road in the state of Guerrero after locals saw the vehicle on fire and alerted authorities.

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USA

Row erupts over whether London's iconic Big Ben bell will bong for Brexit

"This golden moment must be celebrated — and what better way to celebrate," said Rebecca Ryan, the founder of the #StandUpForBrexit campaign.

USA

As Taal volcano simmers, Philippine officials brace for long crisis

"It's really massive because you're talking of more or less 100,000 evacuees in evacuation centers," said Health Secretary Francisco Duque III.

USA

Heavy rain brings flash floods to parts of eastern Australia as bushfires rage on

Heavy rainstorms have brought some relief to Australia on Saturday as they soaked the ravaging bushfires, they also led flash flooding.

USA

How the oligarch owner of the U.K.'s Chelsea soccer club is fighting anti-Semitism

"Football is so powerful, and we can reach millions of people," said César Azpilicueta, captain of Chelsea's men's team.

USA

Under pressure from U.S. and China, U.K. faces dilemma on Huawei

Senior U.S. delegation gave Boris Johnson's government a warning about the risks of allowing Chinese firm to build its 5G technology.

USA

Fashion's bad boy Jean Paul Gaultier bids farewell to the catwalk

"Be reassured that Gaultier Paris will go on, with a new project which I am the instigator, and that will be revealed to you very soon," he said.

USA

Klimt's 'Portait of a Lady' painting verified authentic

"I was nine and I was at school when I found out and we have lived with the mystery of its disappearance ever since," said museum worker Dario Gallinari.

USA

Brazilian minister sparks outrage after appearing to mimic Goebbels

In a video, the new culture minister seemed to copy a speech by Hitler's propaganda chief as a Wagner opera played in background.

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Art lovers locked out of Louvre as staff join pension strikes in Paris

Many visitors had come to see a special exhibition on Leonardo da Vinci to mark the 500th anniversary of the Italian master's death.

USA

China reports second death from mystery coronavirus

Cases of the new type of coronavirus flu have stoked fears of an outbreak not seen since the SARS epidemic.

USA

In rare address, Iran's supreme leader praises strikes on U.S. bases

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's decision to speak at Friday prayers shows how seriously authorities take reaction to the accidental downing of Ukrainian jet.

Italy

Watch: NATO is 'united and adaptable' says Jens Stoltenberg

The NATO Secretary General was speaking in Italy.

Switzerland

Watch: Greta Thunberg attends rally in Switzerland ahead of Davos

Watch: Greta Thunberg attends rally in Switzerland ahead of Davos

USA

Banker fined $58 million for smuggling Picasso painting from Spain

Ownership of "Head of Young Woman" — which is valued at $26 million — was also transferred from Jaime Botin to the Spanish state.

USA

From tax bureaucrat to Russian PM: the unlikely rise of Mikhail Mishustin

As a career bureaucrat who has been in charge of Russia's taxes for the past 10 years, Mishustin has always kept a low profile.

USA

Putin moves the first chess piece in what many see as a grand power-grab strategy

"It is hard to see this as anything other than a ploy to remain in control beyond 2024," one expert said.