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Last MotoGP race at Phillip Island cancelled due to weather in Marquez setback

Comeback kings Brewers down Rays to take 2-0 World Series lead

Sri Lanka seeks faster green energy shift after oil shocks

Sri Lankan turbine project fuels anger as fish hauls plunge

Riyadh airport resumes flights following Houthi attacks

No LeBron, no problem as Sixers roll on

'Call of Duty' North Korea invasion edition tops sales charts in South

Ukraine sends ground robots

Lyman's surrender crisis

Pakistan’s Taliban dilemma

Venezuela and the Qatar Fund

Prominent anti-China activist arrested in Mongolia

A prominent anti-China activist has been arrested in Mongolia, part of what campaigners have said is a wider effort to "clean up" Beijing's critics in the country.

Ukraine urges 'tough sanctions' after Putin orders troops into rebel regions

Ukraine on Tuesday urged its Western allies to hit Russia with "tough sanctions" after President Vladimir Putin recognised two breakaway regions as independent and ordered in his troops.

No full recovery until 2024, says Dubai airports chief

Passenger traffic at Dubai international airport, the world's busiest, will not recover to pre-Covid levels before 2024, its CEO told AFP on Tuesday.

Sri Lanka inflation hits record high as crisis worsens

Sri Lanka's inflation hit a record high for the fourth consecutive month, official data showed Tuesday as an economic crisis driven by a crippling foreign exchange shortage worsens.

Tonga back online as undersea cable repaired

Internet connection was restored in Tonga on Tuesday, five weeks after a massive volcanic eruption shredded the undersea cable that connects the Pacific nation with the rest of the world.

Indian 16-year-old stuns chess world champion Carlsen

Indian teenage chess grandmaster Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa won praise Tuesday for a stunning victory over world number one Magnus Carlsen in an online championship.

China moves closer to Russia, but wary on Ukraine

China and Russia set off alarms in the West this month with the most robust declaration of their friendship in decades but Beijing has signalled it would not back Vladimir Putin if he sent troops in to invade Ukraine.

UN experts slam online attacks on Indian journalist

UN rights experts have called for an end to "misogynistic and sectarian" online attacks against a Muslim Indian woman journalist, asking the authorities to investigate the harassment.

Ex-Bolivia interim president Anez gets 3 more months' prison

Former Bolivian interim president Jeanine Anez, imprisoned since March 2021 for her alleged role in a coup d'etat, will remain in detention for at least three more months, a court ruled Monday.