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French President Emmanuel Macron's ruling party on Monday dropped plans to curb the freedom to share images identifying police officers, after more than 100,000 people took part in weekend rallies for free speech and against police violence.

Al Qaedalinked Islamist fighters rocketed French military bases in Kidal, Menaka and Gao in northern Mali within the space of a few hours on Monday morning, a rare sign of coordinated raids on international forces.

France's top health advisory body said on Monday it had recommended COVID19 vaccinations should target retirement homes residents and their staff first when doses reach the country.

Crude oil prices fell on Monday, amid investor jitters ahead of a meeting of producer group OPEC+ to decide whether to extend large output cuts to balance global markets, but vaccine hopes helped keep them on track to rise more than a fifth in November.

The foreign minister of the Gulf state of Oman expressed his condolences to Iran's foreign minister by phone over the killing of Iran's top nuclear scientist on Friday, Oman state television said on Sunday.

The exacting standard to which New Zealand rugby fans hold All Blacks coaches is evident again at the end of a turbulent 2020 season in which the national team played only six test matches.

Ethiopian forces will take control of the Tigray region's capital Mekelle in coming days, the military said late on Friday, a day after the Prime Minister announced the "final phase" of an offensive in the region.

The Italian government will ease antiCOVID restrictions in five regions from Sunday, including in the country's richest and most populous region Lombardy, the Health Ministry said.

A federal appeals court on Friday rejected an attempt by U.S. President Donald Trump's campaign to block Presidentelect Joe Biden from being declared the winner of Pennsylvania, dealing another significant setback to Trump's bid to overturn the Nov. 3 ele...

Beijing Guoan brushed aside Melbourne Victory on Friday as they handed the Australians a 20 defeat to confirm their place in the last 16 of the Asian Champions League while South Korea’s Ulsan Hyundai also moved to the verge qualifying for the competition...

A savage spell of fast bowling from Lockie Ferguson and an unbeaten 48 from Jimmy Neesham propelled New Zealand to a fivewicket win over the West Indies in the seriesopening Twenty20 international on Friday.

The number of COVID19 infections in Germany surpassed the one million mark and the daily death toll hit a record of 426, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Friday.

New Zealand won the toss and fielded Friday in the seriesopening Twenty20 international against the West Indies.

Russia should consider revising the terms of its participation in the International Space Station, a Russian space industry executive said on Thursday, because it wants to focus on forming its own orbiting outpost after 2024.

Burkina Faso President Roch Kabore has won reelection by a comfortable margin, preliminary results showed on Thursday, after an election marred by insecurity that prevented swathes of the West African country from voting.

Thailand is set to sign a purchase agreement for AstraZeneca's potential COVID19 vaccine this week, its prime minister said on Thursday, in the country's first coronavirus vaccine procurement deal.