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Nancy Pelosi has announced her retirement from Congress, ending a decades-long career that saw the California Democrat become one of the most powerful figures in US politics.In a video message on Thursday, Pelosi said she will not be seeking...

A New Zealand wildlife park that said it was being forced to euthanize seven elderly lions because of financial difficulties has put down two of...

Cameroon's 92-year-old leader Paul Biya has been sworn in for another seven years as president in a ceremony at the country's parliament in Yaoundé.Biya won a controversial eighth term in a fiercely disputed election last month.He has been in...

An American man and his teenage son died last month after they were swarmed by wasps while ziplining at an adventure camp in Laos and stung many dozens of times, a hospital official said Thursday.Dan...

Opium farming in Afghanistan has dropped significantly following a ban imposed by the Taliban government in 2022, the United Nations said.The total area of land for growing opium poppy shrank 20% since last year, while the amount of opium...

Attackers have boarded a ship off the coast of Somalia after firing machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades at the vessel, according to a UK maritime agency.The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) has issued an alert about the attack,...

About 50 vehicles have been smeared with what appears to be human blood in the German city of Hanau near Frankfurt, police say.Cars, walls and postboxes were defaced, sometimes with swastikas, they said in a statement.Police say they were...

Miss Universe contestants walked out of a pre-competition briefing on Tuesday, after an official from the host nation Thailand publicly berated Miss Mexico. Miss Universe Thailand director Nawat Itsaragrisil called Miss Mexico, Fatima Bosch, a 'dumbhead' for failing to...

Laura Gozzi and Paul Kirby,Europe digital editorLibkos/Getty ImagesBut losing Pokrovsk would be a blow for Ukrainian morale at the start of a winter of Russian attacks on power supplies. It would also come at significant cost to manpower, resources...

ReutersSouth Africa's government says it has received distress calls from 17 citizens who have joined mercenary forces in the Russia-Ukraine conflict.The men are between the ages of 20 and 39 years and are trapped in Ukraine's war-torn Donbas region.President...