Quake comes days after a massive 8.8 magnitude earthquake, the sixth strongest ever recorded, hit the region

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Lebanese dancer Alexandre Paulikevitch wears a dress and corset as he undulates to classical Arabic music at his sold-out performance in Beirut. He dances in a way largely seen as exclusive to women, challenging traditional social and gender norms, and angering fundamentalist Christian and Muslim groups.

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While fantasy coffins have been common among the Ga people of Accra, Ghana, they are becoming a widespread practice offering a colorful alternative to simple wooden boxes.

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Lebanese dancer Alexandre Paulikevitch takes to the stage in Beirut, defying extremist threats

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Scotland will hope to cause a shock as they take on England in the last eight after a tournament defined by their togetherness amid adversity

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Ghana's fantasy coffins are unique creations that embody the essence of a person's life

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Photo highlights from Day 1 of the Tokyo World Athletic Championships. This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.

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A new social media trend satirises the differences between those who are organised and/or stubborn, and those who are laidback and/or feckless. But are we right to separate ourselves into further personality categories, asks Ellie Muir

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As the former Eurythmics superstar publishes a new illustrated memoir of her extraordinary career, she talks to Charlotte Cripps about being diagnosed as neurodivergent, why the American dream is over for many working-class Americans, and how the pop industry is hypersexualised

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After defeat at Eden Park, can the world champions hit back in Wellington?

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Great Britain, who were second-fastest of the two heats, claimed silver in the same event at the last world championships in Budapest,

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World Athletics portrayed gender testing as a common-sense way to protect the female category in track and field

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Around 50 college campuses across the country have been deluged in recent weeks with hoax calls about armed gunmen and other violence, laying bare the challenges of detecting fake threats quickly to prevent mass panic

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A 22-year-old man has been arrested in the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, who was shot at a Utah Valley University event Wednesday

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A lot of us want to reduce our time spent on screens

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The assassination of Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University sent shockwaves through classrooms worldwide

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The Philippine defense and military chiefs have rejected a call for the country’s armed forces to withdraw support from President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. Allegations of massive corruption in flood control projects have implicated several congressmen and public works officials and sparked pockets of street protests

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‘The idea that in California we would have law enforcement officers running around with ski masks is terrifying,’ one Democratic California lawmaker said

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Mike Andrews, an attorney for the families of more than 100 victims, tells Namita Singh that they do not buy the implication that pilot error was to blame

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Sailing could serve as warning to US and others against support for Taiwan, though China plays down any such motive

Designer Christian Siriano transformed a Macy's department store into a New York Fashion Week runway show for his latest collection

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‘You have no idea what you just have unleashed across this entire country,’ said Erika Kirk

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A relic of Carlo Acutis was stolen from a parish in western Venezuela, the coordinator of a youth group devoted to the man known as “God’s Influencer” has confirmed

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John Daly is in the PGA Tour Champions record book for the highest score on a hole

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