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Brazil election: Lula and Bolsonaro to face run-off

2 years ago

Oct 3: With almost all the votes counted, Lula had won 48% against Bolsonaro's 43% - a much closer result than opinion polls had suggested. But Lula fell short...

Indonesia: At least 174 dead in football crush

2 years ago

Oct 2: About 180 were also hurt in aftermath of home team Arema FC's loss to bitter rivals at the overcrowded stadium late on Saturday in Malang, East Java. ...

Ukraine round-up: Putin claims parts of Ukraine and horror as rocket strike kills dozens

2 years ago

OCT 1: In an angry speech in Moscow filled with accusations against the West, he claimed that people in Russian-held Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions had made their choice...

Ukraine war: US will never recognise Russia's annexation attempts, Biden vows

2 years ago

SEPT 30: He was speaking ahead of a speech on Friday from Vladimir Putin, who is expected to declare that four Ukrainian regions are joining Russia. The Kremlin says...

Russia to formally annex four more areas of Ukraine

2 years ago

SEPT 29: Russian-backed officials had earlier claimed the five-day exercise secured almost total popular support. So-called votes were held in Luhansk and Donetsk in the east, and ...

Hilaree Nelson: Body of famed US climber found on Mt Manaslu in Himalayas

2 years ago

SEPT 29: Nelson, 49, was descending the world's eighth highest summit with her partner when she went missing on Monday. Rescuers found her body on the south face of the...

Kamala Harris in S Korea day after North fires missiles

2 years ago

SEPT 29: The launch, which breaches UN sanctions, comes as the US and South Korea hold joint naval drills in the waters around the Korean peninsula. South Korea and...

Optus: How a massive data breach has exposed Australia

2 years ago

SEPT 29: Some experts say it may be the worst data breach in Australia's history. But this week has seen more dramatic and messy developments - including ransom threats,...

Shakira to stand trial in Spain for tax evasion

2 years ago

SEPT 28: A Barcelona court has ordered the singer to stand trial for six alleged tax crimes, although a date has not yet been set. Spanish prosecutors want to...

Ukraine war: Russia claims win in occupied Ukraine 'sham' referendums

2 years ago

SEPT 28: Moscow-installed officials in the regions are now claiming almost total support among those who took part in the disputed votes on joining Russia. The polls were denounce...

iPhone in India: Apple makes new handset in India in shift from China

2 years ago

SEPT 27: The company makes most of its phones in China but has shifted some production outside the country as tensions rise between Washington and Beijing. China's 'zero-C ...

Deadly gun attack at Russian school

2 years ago

SEPT 26: Victims include seven children at the school of about 1,000 pupils in the city of Izhevsk. The gunman killed himself at the scene. He was a former...

Typhoon Noru: Four dead as 'explosive' typhoon hits Philippines

2 years ago

SEPT 26: Typhoon Noru, previously classed as a super typhoon, caused gusts of up to 240kph (149mph) on Luzon, where more than half of the country's 110 million population live. ...

North Korea fires suspected ballistic missile into sea

2 years ago

SEPT 25: It came after a US aircraft carrier arrived in South Korea to participate in joint drills, and ahead of a planned visit by Vice President Kamala Harris. ...

Dozens of migrants killed as boat sinks off Syrian coast

2 years ago

Sept 24: At least 77 migrants have died after the boat they were travelling in sank off Syria's coast, the country's state-run media has reported. Twenty survivors are bei...

Ukraine 'referendums': Soldiers go door-to-door for votes in polls

2 years ago

SEPT 24: "You have to answer verbally and the soldier marks the answer on the sheet and keeps it," one woman in Enerhodar told the BBC. In southern Kherson,...