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Putin was observed fidgeting with his legs restlessly during a meeting which led to a rise in further speculations about his health.

Bao Fan is the CEO of China Renaissance Holdings, one of the country's top investment firms.

Rio holds first all-out carnival since Covid

Former US President Jimmy Carter receiving hospice care at home

North Korea confirmed on Sunday that it had test-fired an intercontinental ballistic missile as a warning to Washington and Seoul.

The European Union is urgently exploring ways for its member countries to team up to buy munitions to help Ukraine, following warnings from Kyiv that its forces need more supplies quickly.

China blasts US over 'hysterical' balloon claim

Turkey rescuers save two people 13 days after quake

World leaders are meeting at the Munich Security Conference with conflict still raging almost a year after Moscow sent troops into Ukraine.

India's foreign minister S. Jaishankar rejected accusations that multiple raids on the BBC's India offices showed Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government were veering toward authoritarianism.

North Korea launched a long-range ballistic missile into the sea off its east coast on Saturday, after Pyongyang warned of a strong response to upcoming U.S.-South Korea military drills.

The Taliban have alleged that the use of contraceptives by women is part of a western conspiracy to control the Muslim population.

This is the first non-military event attended by Kim Jong-un's daughter, who is believed to be around 10, and it also marks her sixth known public appearance.

Joby Pool, a 32-year-old man from West Yorkshire, has been dubbed the "Easter bunny" by police for stealing thousands of crème eggs.

Goldman Sachs said it was expecting the U.S. Federal Reserve to raise interest rates three more times this year by a quarter of a percentage point each, after data this week pointed to persistent inflation and resilience in the labor market.

A 24-hour strike at seven German airports, including Frankfurt and Munich, was set to affect nearly 300,000 passengers on Friday, as unionised workers pressed for higher wages and threatened a summer of "chaos" if their demands were not met.

Five fired Memphis police officers are due in court on Friday to enter their pleas against second-degree murder charges stemming from the beating of Tyre Nichols, a Black man who died three days later.

Syrian refugees living in Turkey sought to get back to their war-torn country on Friday after swathes of their adopted home were destroyed by last week's earthquake.

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak held talks near Belfast on Friday with local political parties as reports said an amended deal over the Northern Ireland Protocol could be reached imminently.

A former security guard at the UK's Berlin embassy, who pleaded guilty to spying for Moscow, faces up to 14 years in prison when he is sentenced on Friday.

Several new details have emerged about the deaths of Maggie and Paul Murdaugh as the murder trial of Alex Murdaugh in the case enters its final days.

A massive search and rescue effort is underway in Turkey, with volunteers and authorities racing against time to find survivors.

A 33-year-old man allegedly froze to death after being kept in a walk-in freezer for hours at the Walker County jail in Alabama, US.

Ten deadliest quakes of the past 100 years

Officials and medics said 38,044 people had died in Turkey and 3,688 in Syria from the February 6 tremor.

Australia employment surprised in January by falling for a second straight month while the jobless rate jumped to its highest since last May, a soft result that could lessen pressure for further aggressive interest rate hikes.

A teenage girl was pulled alive from the rubble in Turkey on Thursday more than 10 days after an earthquake that has killed more than 42,000 people in the country and neighbouring Syria, as families of those still missing await news of their fate.

Since the earthquake destroyed her home, Syrian teacher Suzanne Abdallah has lived in a small truck crammed with her family members, just a stone's throw from where their house stood.

Thwaites is nicknamed as the 'Doomsday Glacier' because its collapse could lead to a catastrophic rise in sea levels.