Pokrovsk, a city formerly home to around 60,000, is ground zero for Russia's latest offensive in Moscow's nearly three-year-old invasion of its neighbor.

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Thirteen people remain hospitalized after a train collision in Slovakia

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Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy will be released from prison and placed under judicial supervision, a Paris appeals court ruled Monday.

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In just one month the Albanese government’s under-16s social media ban will come into effect. But popular gaming platform Roblox, where children are exposed to inappropriate or violent content and grooming, is not covered under the ban.

Senior correspondent Sarah Martin joins Nour Haydar to talk about her chilling experience posing as an eight-year-old girl on the popular online platform.

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It contains a stain-remover pen, silent fidget toy and a few Band-Aids, and Matilda Boseley never leaves home without it

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As investor jitters grow, the loss-making ChatGPT firm’s vast spending commitments test the limits of Silicon Valley optimism

It is the $1.4tn (£1.1tn) question. How can a loss-making startup such as OpenAI afford such a staggering spending commitment?

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The International Olympic Committee will enact a new policy that will ban transgender athletes from competing against women, according to multiple reports.

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"So we parallel each other," James Remar said. "She married her duty and I married my duty."

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Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy will be released from his “nightmare” in a French jail just 20 days into a five-year sentence for his role in an alleged electoral funding conspiracy linked to the late Libyan leader Moammar Qaddafi’s regime. Read More

Reagan-appointed federal Judge Mark Wolf resigned his lifetime appointment to publicly criticize what he calls President Donald Trump's "assault" on judicial independence and the rule of law.

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President Donald Trump’s legal team said the statements in a BBC documentary were "fabricated and aired by the BBC," giving the president no choice but to take legal action.

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New York Giants rookie quarterback Jaxson Dart set himself apart from those who came before him with his performance on Sunday against the Chicago Bears.

Billy Gilmour has been ruled out of the clash with Greece.

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Pep Guardiola has claimed his side are ready to compete for the Premier League title

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