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A former Minneapolis police officer was scheduled to be sentenced on Thursday on federal charges stemming from his role in the death of George Floyd, an incident that sparked protests around the globe against police brutality and racism.

Biden says US military opposes Pelosi trip to Taiwan

Ukraine war must end to prevent nuclear 'abyss', Lukashenko tells AFP

Biden tests positive for Covid, 'very mild symptoms'

A lawyer for Steve Bannon, a prominent former presidential adviser to Donald Trump, asked the judge in his criminal trial on Thursday to dismiss charges of contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena by the committee investigating last year's attack on the U.S.

Just as Europe is racing to store enough gas to see it through winter, its power system is being strained by sweltering summer temperatures, forcing air conditioners into action and drying up rivers needed to cool nuclear plants.

Tribal woman wins Indian presidential election: partial results

The Italian capital, Rome, has been romanticised for decades, but what the movies choose to not show has been revealed by a poll by Times Out magazine.

When Pope Francis travels to Canada, indigenous leaders and residential school survivors say, they are hoping for more than an apology: They want action.

Hungry polar bears are turning to garbage dumps to fill their stomachs as their icy habitat disappears.

Europe counts cost of heatwave as French fires come under control

The United Nations mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) said on Wednesday that the ruling Taliban were responsible for extrajudicial killings, torture, arbitrary arrests, and inhumane punishments in the 10 months since they seized power.

Russia says military aims expanding in Ukraine, pummels Kharkiv

Colombia's congress opens its new session on Wednesday, with a slate of ambitious tax-and-spend and other legislation on the horizon under incoming President-elect Gustavo Petro, intended to combat poverty and inequality.

A heat wave on Wednesday was expected to smother a broad swath of the United States for a second day, pushing temperatures to record highs in many areas and leading forecasters to warn about the dangers of dehydration and exposure.

The U.S. Justice Department unveiled a $1.2 billion healthcare fraud crackdown on Wednesday, revealing criminal charges against 36 defendants for alleged fraudulent billing schemes tied to telemedicine, genetic and cardiovascular testing, and equipment.

In eastern Ukraine, volunteers recover bodies of war dead

As many as 21 people, including 18 women and children, died after the boat carrying more than 100 people capsized in the Indus River.

A strike by contract workers at Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) is unacceptable, South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol said on Tuesday, raising the prospect that his government could use force to break it up.

The kidnapped Sri Lankan dissident who helped oust a president

Bodyguards could have saved Shinzo Abe if they shielded him or removed him from the line of fire in the 2.5 seconds between a missed first shot and a second round of gunfire that fatally wounded him, according to eight security experts who reviewed footage of the former Japanese leader's assassination.

The U.S. Department of Defense agreed with Lockheed Martin Corp to build about 375 F-35 fighter jets over three years, the two parties said on Monday, amid expectations the price of the most common version of the aircraft would increase due to inflation and slower production.

Iran hosts Putin, Erdogan for talks overshadowed by Ukraine war

Protesters' target is favourite for Sri Lanka presidency

N.Macedonia weathers bruising path to uncertain EU future

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy sacked the head of the country's domestic security service and state prosecutor, citing hundreds of cases of alleged treason and collaboration with Russia, as Moscow appeared set to step up military operations.

Iran, Russia, Turkey presidents to talk Syria war in Tehran

Pacific Islands ask international court to rule on climate

North Korea is on the path to "finally defuse" a crisis stemming from its first acknowledged outbreak of COVID-19, the state news agency said on Monday, while Asian neighbours battle a fresh wave of infections driven by Omicron subvariants.