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Stock markets mostly fell Tuesday as investors braced for President Joe Biden's State of the Union address and fresh signals from US Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell about the direction of interest rates.

Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl quarterback Patrick Mahomes says his ankle injury, which hampered him in the AFC Championship win over the Cincinnati Bengals has improved and he is ready to give his all in Sunday's clash with the Philadelphia Eagles.

The devastating earthquake around the Turkish-Syrian border struck an area that is home to millions of refugees already battling desperate circumstances.

Philadelphia Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni will face the man who fired him from his job with the Kansas City Chiefs nine years ago when the two teams meet in Sunday's Super Bowl.

Canada posted a smaller trade deficit in December as both exports and imports fell, but capped off the year with a surplus, the national statistical agency said Tuesday.

British energy giant BP on Tuesday announced record annual profit thanks to soaring oil and gas prices, as it watered down its target for cutting carbon emissions.

Containing and cleaning up environmental pollution, especially in waterways, is crucial to controlling increasingly bullet-proof superbugs which could kill tens of millions by mid-century, a new UN report said Tuesday.

France's Alexis Pinturault delighted his vociferous home Courchevel crowd on Tuesday when he won a second world title in the men's alpine combined.

The US trade gap widened to a record in 2022, though expanding less than expected in December, government data said Tuesday, capping off the year on robust imports and strong spending.

Extended family members pulled a newborn baby alive from the rubble of a home in northern Syria, after finding her still tied by her umbilical cord to her mother, who died in Monday's massive quake, a relative said.

A new generation of AI chatbots has unleashed a titanic battle between Microsoft and Google for the eyeballs of billions of web users, and the dollars they bring.

A UK judge on Tuesday sentenced a former policeman to life in jail, with a minimum term of 30 years, for dozens of rapes and sexual assaults in the latest case to shame London's Metropolitan Police force.

Two men were jailed on Tuesday for robbing British cycling star Mark Cavendish and his wife Peta of their high-value watches in a knifepoint attack at their home in 2021.

Ghanaian footballer Christian Atsu has been rescued from the rubble of the earthquake that killed and injured thousands in Turkey and neighbouring Syria, Ghana's Football Association confirmed on Tuesday.

Belgian police have arrested two suspects after gunmen interrupted a sale of secondhand luxury watches in an underground carpark near the Brussels headquarters of the European Union, prosecutors said Tuesday.

Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo changed her stance on Russian competitors at the 2024 Olympics on Tuesday saying they should be banned "while the war continues" in Ukraine, her office said.

Electric trucks produce far fewer planet-warming emissions than their diesel counterparts over a lifetime, a report in Europe showed Tuesday, emphasizing that the biggest climate impact comes from driving vehicles and not manufacturing them.

Sarah Glenn says England will head into the Women's T20 World Cup determined to emulate the aggressive approach that has proved so successful for their male counterparts as they try to break Australia's stranglehold on the global game.

A massive rescue effort in Turkey and Syria battled frigid weather in a race against time Tuesday to find survivors under buildings flattened by an earthquake that killed more than 5,000 people.

Shares in the flagship firm of troubled Indian conglomerate Adani rose almost 15 percent Tuesday, clawing back some of its recent huge losses after saying it would repay more than $1 billion in loans.

Stock markets largely steadied and the dollar rose Tuesday, with traders forecasting US interest rates to keep climbing following last week's blockbuster American jobs report.

Moscow said Tuesday that Russian forces were advancing towards Bakhmut and Vugledar, two key centres of fighting in the eastern Donetsk region of Ukraine, now the flashpoint of Russia's intervention.

A UK judge on Tuesday began her sentencing of a former London policeman for the "monstrous" rape and sexual assault of several women over decades, as the force vows to end a culture of misogyny and lax vetting.

Home favourite Alexis Pinturault laid down a superb super-G run to set himself up for a second title in the men's alpine combined title in Courchevel on Tuesday.

Richard Cockerill will leave his position as England forwards coach after the Six Nations to take up a similar position with French club Montpellier, the Rugby Football Union said Tuesday.

The UN's cultural agency UNESCO said on Tuesday it was ready to provide assistance after two sites listed on its World Heritage list in Syria and Turkey sustained damage in the devastating earthquake.

The energy industry must play a role in the campaign to tackle global warming, the president of this year's UN climate talks said on Tuesday, denying any "conflict of interest".

Perpignan general manager Patrick Arlettaz, whose team is currently bottom of the French Top 14, is to "step back" at the end of the season, he told Canal Plus late Monday.

In the Turkish city of Sanliurfa, survivors of the massive quake that has wreaked death, destruction and havoc on the region face an invisible but powerful threat -- hunger.

A 10-year-old French-Japanese boy will become the first officially recognised dual-national kabuki actor, following in the footsteps of his grandfather, a star of the traditional art form.

Up to 23 million people could be affected by the massive earthquake that has killed thousands in Turkey and Syria, the WHO warned on Tuesday, promising long-term assistance.

The Dutch master Johannes Vermeer himself never got the chance to see so many of his paintings in the same place.