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Alibaba fires woman who claimed sexual assault Chinese e-commerce firm Alibaba has fired a woman who said a colleague and a client had sexually assaulted her. The dismissal letter said she had spread falsehoods that had…

Canada offers up to $40bn to compensate indigenous children Canada has pledged up to C$40bn ($31bn; £23.6bn) in compensation for indigenous children and families who suffered discrimination while in foster care. In Septe…

France resists US challenge to its values Six months ago, if asked what they understood by "woke", most French people would have assumed it had something to do with Chinese cooking. And yet today in Paris, the notion of…

Indian PM Modi's Twitter hacked with bitcoin tweet Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Twitter account was hacked with a message saying India had adopted bitcoin as legal tender and would distribute it to all citizens.…

Italian church apologises after bishop tells children 'Santa does not exist' A Roman Catholic diocese in Sicily has apologised to parents after its bishop reportedly told a group of children that Santa Claus did not exis…

Kentucky tornadoes: Biden reaches out to affected US states US President Joe Biden has said the government will do everything it possibly can to help central areas of the country devastated by tornadoes. Mr Biden has sig…

Mexico truck crash: Crackdown on people smugglers launched Mexico has announced a working group to combat people-smuggling in the wake of the truck crash that resulted in the deaths of 54 people, the majority said to be…

Russia faces consequences if Ukraine invaded - Truss Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has warned Russia it will face "severe economic consequences" if it invades Ukraine. She said G7 foreign ministers meeting in Liverpool thi…

Julian Assange can be extradited to the US, court rules Wikileaks founder Julian Assange can be extradited from the UK to the US, the High Court has ruled. The US won its appeal against a January UK court ruling that he…

Woman fined €1,200 for causing Tour de France pile-up A French woman has been fined €1,200 ($1,357; £1,028) for causing a huge crash at the Tour de France by waving a cardboard sign in the riders' path. The peloton was 4…

Ethiopia war: UN halts food aid in two towns after warehouses looted The World Food Programme (WFP) has suspended distribution of food aid in two northern Ethiopian towns after gunmen looted its warehouses. Looters from…

Delhi pollution: Indoor air worse than outside, says study India's capital Delhi has alarmingly high levels of indoor air pollution, new research has found. The study found that the levels of PM2.5, the lung-damaging tin…

Russia Ukraine: Sending US troops not on table - Biden US President Joe Biden has said that putting American troops on the ground in Ukraine in the event of a Russian invasion is "not on the table". But Mr Biden warned o…

Bipin Rawat: India's top general dies in helicopter crash India's top military commander has died in a helicopter crash in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, the air force says. Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Raw…

Biden warns Putin of 'strong measures' amid Ukraine invasion fears The US says it is preparing "robust responses" over fears of a Russian invasion of Ukraine, after President Biden's rare talks with Vladimir Putin. In a…

Syria blames Israel for rare air strike on main port of Latakia Israel carried out a rare air strike on Syria's main port of Latakia, destroying shipping containers and causing a fire, Syrian state media say. A Syrian mi…

US diplomats to boycott 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics The US has announced a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China. The White House said no official delegation would be sent to the Games because…

Eric Zemmour: Far-right French presidential candidate grabbed at rally Far-right French presidential candidate Eric Zemmour has been attacked at his first campaign rally. As the 63-year-old moved through the crowd to the…

Military truck rams into group of Myanmar protesters in Yangon Several people have been injured after a military truck rammed into a crowd of protesters in Myanmar's commercial capital, Yangon. Eyewitnesses told local me…

Chris Cuomo: CNN fires presenter over help he gave politician brother US anchor Chris Cuomo has been fired by CNN for help he gave his brother, ex-New York governor Andrew Cuomo, while he was battling harassment allegati…

Indonesia volcano: Residents flee as Mt Semeru spews huge ash cloud Residents on the Indonesian island of Java have been fleeing a vast plume of ash as an active volcano erupted for the second time in months. Witnesses s…

Ethiopia closes schools to boost civil war effort Ethiopian authorities have closed all secondary schools so pupils can harvest crops for those on the frontline of the civil war, state-affiliated media says. The closure…

Israel PM: Nuclear talks must end over Iran ‘blackmail’ tactics Israel's prime minister has urged world powers to immediately end nuclear talks with Iran, after it decided to start using advanced machines to enrich urani…

China app giant Didi plans US stock market exit in move to Hong Kong Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi Global has announced plans to take its shares off the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and move its listing to Hong Kong.…

Russia Ukraine: Lavrov warns of return to military confrontation nightmare Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has warned that Europe could be returning to what he called the "nightmare of military confrontation". At…

Austria: Doctor fined for amputating wrong leg of patient A surgeon in Austria has been fined after amputating the wrong leg of a patient earlier this year. The elderly patient's right leg was removed instead of his left…

Pakistan: Islamists against Muhammad cartoons stage comeback Last month, Pakistan lifted a ban on the hardline Islamist party, Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan (TLP), which has been the face of anti-France protests over the rep…

Twitter will remove images tweeted without consent Twitter has said images or video of private individuals shared without their permission are now against its policies and can be removed on request. The new rule is an ex…