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Barca strengthen Liga lead at Villarreal, Atletico go third
Barcelona's Raphinha, Yamal strike in Villarreal win
Barcelona's Raphinha, Yamal strike in Villarreal win

Barcelona wingers Raphinha and Lamine Yamal guided the Catalan giants four points clear at the top of La Liga with a 2-0 win at 10-man Villarreal on Sunday.

December 21, 2025

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Macron, on UAE visit, announces new French aircraft carrier
Macron, on UAE visit, announces new French aircraft carrier

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Sunday he had given the official go-ahead to replace his country's flagship, the nuclear-powered Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier.

December 21, 2025

Barca's Raphinha, Yamal strike in Villarreal win
Barca's Raphinha, Yamal strike in Villarreal win

Barcelona wingers Raphinha and Lamine Yamal guided the Catalan giants four points clear at the top of La Liga with a 2-0 win at 10-man Villarreal on Sunday.

December 21, 2025

Gunmen kill 9, wound 10 in South Africa bar attack
Gunmen kill 9, wound 10 in South Africa bar attack

Nine people were killed when gunmen opened fire at a bar outside Johannesburg early Sunday, police said, in the second such shooting in South Africa this month.

December 21, 2025

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Goggia eases her pain with World Cup super-G win as Vonn takes third
Goggia eases her pain with World Cup super-G win as Vonn takes third

Sofia Goggia banished "the pain in my soul" as she won a wind-swept super-G in Val d'Isere on Sunday as Lindsey Vonn continued to collect podium places on her comeback.

December 21, 2025

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Taiwan police rule out 'terrorism' in metro stabbing
Taiwan police rule out 'terrorism' in metro stabbing

Taiwan police on Sunday ruled out "terrorism" in a metro stabbing in the capital Taipei, where an attacker killed three and wounded 11.

December 21, 2025