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Australia thrash South Africa by an innings and 182 runs in the second Test to win the series with a game to spare.

From Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II to France’s iconic fashion designer Thierry Mugler and the Soviet Union’s last leader Mikhail Gorbachev, many notable public figures left us in 2022. FRANCE 24… Read More »From Queen Elizabeth to Coolio, the celebrities and public figures who left us in 2022

An explosion of Covid-19 cases in China as the country lifts its zero-Covid measures could create a “potential breeding ground” for new variants to emerge,… Read More »Experts warn that China’s soaring Covid cases heighten risk of new variants

Already dogged by criticism at home and abroad, a new Israeli government is set to be sworn in on Thursday, the final stroke in Prime… Read More »Netanyahu poised to return to power in Israel as head of far-right coalition

US Republican-elect George Santos of New York was under investigation by Long Island prosecutors on Wednesday, after revelations surfaced that the now-embattled Republican lied about his heritage, education and… Read More »NY Representative-elect Santos under federal investigation over false claims

National Guard troops trudged door-to-door on Wednesday looking for winter storm victims who may be unaccounted for in parts of Buffalo hit by prolonged power outages, after… Read More »As snow melts after Buffalo’s deadly blizzard, troops check for more victims

The United Nations said on Wednesday that some “time-critical” programs in Afghanistan have temporarily stopped and warned many other activities will also likely need to… Read More »UN temporarily stops some programs in Afghanistan after ban on women aid workers

US oil major Exxon Mobil Corp XOM.N is suing the European Union in a bid to force it to scrap the bloc’s new windfall tax on oil groups, arguing Brussels… Read More »Energy giant ExxonMobil sues EU in move to block new windfall tax

Bolivian police on Wednesday arrested Luis Fernando Camacho, a key opposition figure and governor of the economic powerhouse Santa Cruz region, the government announced, without… Read More »Bolivian police arrest prominent opposition leader

The defence ministers of Russia, Turkey and Syria met in Moscow on Wednesday, the first such talks since a war broke out in Syria, the… Read More »Russian, Syrian, Turkish defence ministers meet in Moscow for first talks since 2011