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Economy
Toyota on Wednesday posted a forecast-beating net profit of $6.8 billion for the three months to December, even as a global chip crunch and a pandemic-driven parts shortage forced production cuts.
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While the closure of cinemas during the pandemic has eaten into popcorn sales, demand for the microwavable form of the popular snack has reached new records, according to Europe's biggest producer.
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Mikaela Shiffrin said she felt "awful" after the American ski star's Beijing Olympics campaign went from bad to worse on Wednesday when she slid out of the slalom.
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Peru's leftist President Pedro Castillo on Tuesday appointed a new cabinet, the fourth since he came to power six months ago, including replacing a prime minister who lasted just three days in office.
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In the six months since taking back control of Afghanistan, the Taliban have erased all visible signs of the former government from the capital.
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Politics

On the Mediterranean island of Cyprus, grappling with an influx of asylum seekers, the small town of Chlorakas has become the centre of tensions. One-quarter of its residents are refugees.
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The UN's top court will rule Wednesday in a long-running compensation fight between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, which is claiming billions of dollars over a brutal 1998-2003 war.
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"You get used to it. The walls shake," says Sam, a resident of Midland, a town in west Texas where hydraulic fracturing for oil and gas -- known as "fracking" -- is causing more and more earthquakes.
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US President Joe Biden, who has not publicly referred to Tesla when talking about electric vehicles since taking office, finally did so Tuesday after the carmaker's head Elon Musk complained about the lack of attention.
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- Witnesses draw damning portrait of US teen shooter's parents in court
- Thousands protest Argentina's debt deal with IMF
- Three wins for Adele at non-binary Brit Awards
- Colombia's presidential favorite apologizes for drunken speech
- 'Animal lover' Moyes defends decision to pick Zouma after cat shame
- Canada, US business groups call for end to trucker trade route blockade
- Canada provinces move to ease Covid rules as trucker protest hardens
- Man Utd frustrated in Burnley draw, Newcastle boost survival bid