Thousands of protesters against vaccine mandates and other restrictions have descended on Canada's capital in what the police chief has likened to a 'siege'.

Senegal won a penalty shootout 4-2 after the final in Yaoundé ended 0-0 after extra time, to claim their first Africa Cup of Nations title.

The Chinese tennis star's new claim came in an interview held under controlled conditions in Beijing, but she failed to answer key questions about her initial accusations and her treatment by the authorities.

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Nevertheless, mandatory outdoor mask-wearing is expected to be lifted by 10 February in Spain.

The French president hopes to convince Moscow to stand down over Ukraine, while Germany's Chancellor Scholz visits the US amid criticism of his government's stance towards Russia.

Cyclone Batsirai devastates areas of Madagascar with several death and thousands made homeless by 200 km/h winds and heavy rain

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A week before his 50th birthday, surfing legend Kelly Slater defeated 24-year-old local favourite Seth Moniz to win the 2022 World Surf League's Billabong Pro Pipeline title in Hawaii.

Mahmood and Blanco win the Sanremo music festival and say they will now represent Italy at the Eurovision Song Contest in May.

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The queen is celebrating her 70th anniversary on the throne on Sunday and made her "sincere wish" known in a public message released to mark the occasion.

Rayan fell into a 32-metre well located outside his home in the village of Ighran in Morocco’s mountainous northern Chefchaouen province on Tuesday evening.

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Meanwhile, anti-measures protests in Helsinki spill into Saturday, while Russia is still struggling with an Omicron surge.

Earlier this week, 19 migrants were found frozen to death near Turkey's border with Greece.

Portugal’s government gave the lucrative mining industry permission to extract the metal in six different parts of the country despite widespread environmental concerns.

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As soon as an Uyghur athlete helped light the Olympic flame at the Beijing Olympics, the debate began: Was it a defiant signal from Chinese leaders or proof that protests around the world were making an impact?

Demand for whale meat has decreased dramatically due to criticism from animal rights activists and environmentalists, concerns about toxins in the meat, and a shrinking market.

Residents from the Barrio 8 neighbourhood in Buenos Aires, where an adulterated cocaine that killed over 20 people was sold, protest over arrests of people they say are not linked to the crime.

Erdogan said on Saturday that he and his spouse tested positive for COVID-19, but that both have mild symptoms "due to the Omicron variant".

The unlucky competitors who tested positive for COVID-19 are demanding that the organisers improve quarantine conditions, including the quality of meals served and access to equipment.

At this stage, Marie Le Pen or Valerie Pecresse appear most likely to reach a runoff against Emmanuel Macron.

The suicide bomber at Abbey Gate outside the Kabul airport killed at least 170 Afghan civilians and 13 US service members in August 2021.

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Here are things to know about the international tensions surrounding Ukraine.

The country's lawmakers voted 43-11 in favour of the motion against PM Krivokapić following weeks of political bickering between the coalition partners.

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The vote on Thursday was passed by 175 votes to 174.

There are rising levels of frustration across Finland over what protesters see as a government slow to allow society to open up again.

The bloc has accused Malian officials of blocking the transition from military to civilian rule.

The move comes amid heightened tensions between the West and Moscow.

In recent years, avalanches have killed an average of 20 people a year in Austria.

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The three suspects were convicted of promoting terror in Iran and gathering information for Saudi intelligence services.

The boy has been stuck in the well since Tuesday evening.

The light aircraft is believed to have crashed in a national park near Reykjavik.

Prosecutors say Magomed Nurov is the only survivor of the group which carried out the attacks, killing at least 40 people.

The NATO Secretary-General is set to take over the role in December.

Russian troops have surrounded the country from the northern border with Belarus to the east and southern part of the country, raising concerns that Putin might consider a larger-scale invasion even as Russian officials insist they are not planning t...

Queen Elizabeth II once described 1992 as an 'annus horribilis'. Author and historian Andrew Lownie says this year has been even worse.

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The ceremony at the Chinese capital's National Stadium, known as the Bird's Nest, took place at 13:00 CET.

It is set to become the first country in Europe to make COVID jabs compulsory for all adults.

That's the view of WHO Europe director Dr Hans Kluge.

The U.S. State Department said it was acting in support of figures like sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya, who is now in Poland after avoiding repatriation over Belarus criticism at the 2021 Olympics.

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Russia had only one, six-week lockdown in 2020, and in October 2021 many people were also ordered to stay off work for about a week. But besides that, life in most of the country remained largely normal.

Eastern member states tend to have a higher death rate from cancer than their western counterparts.