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A stadium and a jersey for Argentina's 'Captain' Francis
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New Trump task force vows to root out 'anti-Christian bias'
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Auto Shanghai showcases new EV era despite tariff speedbumps
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Trump's administration moves to scrap artificial food dyes
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Musk to reduce White House role as Tesla profits plunge
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US official backs off promise to solve cause of autism by September
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Guardiola joy as Man City go third after dramatic win over Villa
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Trump says has 'no intention' of firing Fed chief
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Jury finds New York Times did not libel Sarah Palin
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UN appoints envoy to assess aid for Palestinians
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Celtics star Tatum 'doubtful' for game two against Magic
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Former England star Flintoff reveals mental battle after car crash
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Defending champion Korda chases first win of season at Chevron Championship
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Olmo fires Liga leaders Barca past Mallorca
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Nunes strikes at the death as Man City sink Villa to boost top-five bid
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Tesla says profits plunge 71%, warns of 'changing political sentiment'
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WHO announces 'significant' layoffs amid US funding cuts
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PSG draw with Nantes to stay unbeaten in Ligue 1
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Trump's administration moves to ban artificial food dyes
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Gunmen kill dozens of civilians in Kashmir tourist hotspot
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US Treasury chief expects China tariff impasse to de-escalate
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I.Coast opposition leader Thiam barred from presidential election
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Top US court leans toward parents in case on LGBTQ books in schools
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At least 24 killed in Kashmir attack on tourists
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Rahul powers Delhi to big win over Lucknow in IPL
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Colombian cycling star 'Lucho' Herrera denies murder conspiracy
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Trump, Zelensky to attend Pope Francis's funeral Saturday
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US State Department to cut positions, rights offices
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Ukraine ready for direct talks with Russia only after ceasefire: Zelensky
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Myanmar Catholics mourn pope who remembered their plight
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Pope's Vatican 'family' pay tearful respects
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The world leaders set to attend Pope Francis's funeral
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'Like a storm': Witnesses describe deadly Kashmir attack
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Volkswagen unveils its electric counter-offensive in China
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Landmark Nepal survey estimates nearly 400 elusive snow leopards
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Napoleon letter auction recalls French pope detention
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Saka injury 'nothing serious' as Arteta weighs Arsenal options
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Rubio to cut positions, rights offices at US State Department
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Trump says 'on the same side of every issue' with Netanyahu after call
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ECB's Lagarde hopes Trump won't fire US Fed chief Powell
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Gold hits record as Trump fuels Fed fears, Wall Street rebounds
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The world leaders set to attend Francis's funeral
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East Timor mourns Pope Francis months after emotional visit
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US envoy to visit Moscow as US pushes for ceasefire
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At least 24 killed in Kashmir attack on tourists: Indian police source
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Philippine typhoon victims remember day Pope Francis brought hope
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IMF slashes global growth outlook on impact of Trump tariffs
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BASF exits Xinjiang ventures after Uyghur abuse reports
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Nordics, Lithuania plan joint purchase of combat vehicles
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Asteroid to come 'extraordinarily close' to Earth: NASA
A truck-sized asteroid will pass near Earth on Thursday in one of the closest approaches to our planet ever recorded, NASA said, emphasising that it poses no danger.

Activists slam appointment of UAE oil boss to lead climate talks
Hundreds of campaign groups on Thursday condemned the appointment of an oil boss to lead UN climate talks in the United Arab Emirate, saying it threatened the meeting's "legitimacy".

Egypt unveils ancient 'secret keeper' tomb, golden mummy
Egypt unveiled Thursday a gold-laced mummy and four tombs, including of an ancient king's "secret keeper", discovered in the Saqqara necropolis south of Cairo.

Marseille determined to remember 'forgotten' WWII roundups of Jews
It was one of the most shameful yet least known outrages of the Nazi occupation of France during World War II.

UAE astronaut says not required to fast during Ramadan on ISS
Emirati astronaut Sultan al-Neyadi said Wednesday that he will not be required to fast during Ramadan while on his upcoming space mission.

Amsterdam unveils its largest bike garage. It's underwater
Plagued by ever-shrinking space to park its hundreds of thousands of bicycles, Amsterdam opened Wednesday the first of its largest-ever bicycle parking complexes, built underwater in a pioneering engineering project.

Earth's inner core rotating slower than surface, study suggests
Earth's inner core, a hot iron ball the size of Pluto, has stopped spinning faster than the planet's surface and might now be rotating slower than it, research suggested on Monday.

NASA, Pentagon developing nuclear-powered rocket for Mars voyage
NASA is partnering with a Pentagon research agency to develop a nuclear-powered rocket engine in preparation for sending astronauts to Mars.

Europe's JUICE spacecraft ready to explore Jupiter's icy moons
Europe's JUICE spacecraft is all ready to embark on an eight-year odyssey through the Solar System to find out whether the oceans hidden under the surface of Jupiter's icy moons have the potential to host extraterrestrial life.

Protecting Amazon a tough task, says Brazil's environment minister
Brazil's environment minister Marina Silva knows she has her work cut out to protect the Amazon, the world's largest rainforest that is shared among nine countries.

Rapid development is main threat to big carnivores: study
Declines in populations of big carnivores like lions, tigers and wolves may be driven more by rapid human economic development than habitat loss or climate change, according to a new study Tuesday.

How three dust specks reveal an asteroid's secrets
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Earth's inner core may have started spinning other way: study
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Microsoft invests billions in ChatGPT firm OpenAI
Microsoft on Monday said it had extended its partnership with OpenAI, the research lab and creator of ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence chatbot that has sparked widespread fears of cheating in schools and universities.
France, Germany seek to relaunch ties despite Ukraine strains
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday sought to underline the importance of their nations' postwar alliance, despite strains created by Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

France, Germany bid to firm ties strained by Ukraine invasion
Chancellor Olaf Scholz visits Paris on Sunday to celebrate 60 years of postwar Franco-German cooperation, with the historic partnership under strain from Russia's invasion of Ukraine and broader tectonic shifts.

Brazil begins first operations to protect Amazon
Brazil this week began the first operations against Amazon deforestation since veteran leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva took office, the Ibama environmental agency said Friday.

From tanks to subsidies: the main topics at Davos
The World Economic Forum in Davos wrapped up Friday after a week that featured feverish discussion of the war in Ukraine, rifts over global trade and Greta Thunberg crashing the party of the global elite.

After Davos, a race for money to stop climate change
US climate envoy John Kerry bluntly summed up in one word what the planet needs to avoid a global warming catastrophe at the World Economic Forum this week: money.

Britain's Tim Peake steps down from ESA astronaut corps
Britain's Tim Peake has hung up his spacesuit, stepping down from Europe's astronaut corps to become an ambassador for space activities, the European Space Agency said on Friday.

Carbon capture: how does CO2 removal work?
With global temperatures still on the rise, even the most sceptical of scientists agree that carbon dioxide removal (CDR) is crucial to meet the Paris Agreement goal of capping global warming below two degrees Celsius.

Sustainable influencers take on fast fashion
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Rapid scale-up of CO2 removal crucial for climate goals
Capping global warming at liveable levels will be impossible without massively scaling up the extraction of planet-warming carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, the first global assessment of CO2 removal warned Thursday.

Out of Nile, into tile: Young Egyptians battle plastic plague
Entrepreneurial young Egyptians are helping combat their country's huge plastic waste problem by recycling junk-food wrappers, water bottles and similar garbage that usually ends up in landfills or the Nile.

Secret beeline: French son of WWII German soldier uncovers hidden origins
The best Christmas present Thierry Soudan ever received was a candle made from beeswax "from my father's hives" -- a father the Frenchman never met.

Drought, fire, flood: natural disasters test California town
Jason and Shannon Phleger had just rebuilt their wildfire-ravaged home when it was wrecked again by one of the powerful storms that swept through California last week.

In Davos, Ecuadoran activist seeks end to fossil fuel addiction
Ecuadoran Amazon activist Helena Gualinga has come to the meeting of global elites in the Swiss Alpine village of Davos with a clear message: companies must stop new fossil fuel projects.

Greta Thunberg briefly detained at German coal mine protest
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg was hauled away and briefly detained on Tuesday during a protest near a German village being razed to make way for a coal mine expansion, police said.

Electric car batteries could be key to boosting energy storage: study
Electric car batteries could be used to boost power storage in the future, injecting electricity into the grid during times of scarcity or storing electricity during periods of excess, a new study found Tuesday.