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Pope Leo's four-nation Africa tour has pushed towards ​a dramatic close, with the pontiff braving a heavy rainstorm to greet prisoners in Equatorial Guinea.

A robot has become so good at playing table tennis that at times it defeated elite human players, in what has been hailed as "a longstanding milestone for AI".

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The British Army has used a civilian ferry to send troops to mainland Europe en masse for the first time in a generation.

Monkeys in Gibraltar have learned to eat soil to settle their stomachs from all the junk food they consume, research suggests.

The owner of a gun which was used to kill eight children told investigators the firearm was stolen from his truck in the weeks before the shooting.

Tesla defied expectations, profiting more and spending less than expected in closely watched results as the company shifts focus from electric vehicles to artificial intelligence (AI).

A widow died in a car crash in Ghana after losing up to £1m in several romance frauds that saw her lose her life savings and home, an inquest heard.

South Korean police are seeking to arrest the music mogul behind K-pop supergroup BTS over an alleged £100m investor fraud scheme.

Two Israeli soldiers have been jailed for 30 days and removed from combat duty after a statue of Jesus was destroyed.