A Russian attack on a village in the Kharkiv region of northeast Ukraine killed 10 people, Kyiv said Tuesday, vowing to respond.
Narwhals have nature's only straight tusk, a single tooth up to three metres long so strange they were sold as magical unicorn horns during the Middle Ages.
Opening arguments begin Tuesday in the federal trial of Meta, the social media titan accused of deliberately making Instagram and Facebook platforms addictive to children, with a coalition of states seeking $200 billion dollars in penalties.
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Firefighters were locked in a potentially decisive push Tuesday to encircle Belgium's largest wildfire in a century, despite rainclouds hampering air support operations over the High Fens nature reserve.
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The Israeli military is touted as the most powerful in the Middle East, striking targets deep into enemy territory. But for more than a week, Israeli troops have somehow failed to evict a small group of settlers sitting on rocks in the occupied West Bank.
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French prosecutors have opened a probe into a suspected Russian disinformation campaign targeting centrist candidates in next year's presidential elections, the office of the Paris prosecutor said on Tuesday.
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Four-time champion Primoz Roglic is fit to take part in the Vuelta a Espana, less than a month after being involved in a training accident with a car, his team Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe said Tuesday.
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Stock markets mostly fell on Tuesday after a US-Iran truce expired with no deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, adding to fears that higher energy prices will drive up inflation.
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A German court on Tuesday handed a jail sentence of one year and three months to a Ukrainian man for spying for Russia and helping prepare possible acts of sabotage.
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Bayern Munich midfielder Jamal Musiala is training alone after tests following his collapse on the pitch during Saturday's 3-1 home friendly win over RB Leipzig.
Embattled FIFA president Gianni Infantino will hope the departure of Kevin Lamour does not spark damaging revelations from the former chief operating officer of world football's governing body.
Baidu posted a fifth straight drop in quarterly revenue on Tuesday as the Chinese tech giant expressed confidence in its transition to artificial intelligence services to drive long-term growth.
Bayern Munich striker Harry Kane has said he is set to start negotiations to extend his contract with the Bundesliga champions beyond 2027.
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Germany's grain harvest is expected to fall by seven percent this year after months of severe drought and heatwaves, the German Farmers' Association (DBV) said Tuesday.
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Japan underlined on Tuesday the "critical" importance of security cooperation with the United States and South Korea, after President Donald Trump alarmed allies by scaling back military drills with Seoul while hailing his ties with Pyongyang.
Rishabh Pant became the fastest player to hit 100 sixes in Test cricket and helped India set Sri Lanka a stiff target of 372 to win the first match in Galle on Tuesday.
Pakistan's Supreme Court ordered on Tuesday that jailed former prime minister Imran Khan be moved to hospital for medical checks, after a petition by his lawyers over claims of poor health.
Russia on Tuesday rebuked Japan's ambassador to Moscow over the disputed Kuril islands, which President Vladimir Putin visited for the first time last week.
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