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Japan's ultra conservative prime minister is set to seize more power after an exit poll suggested she has secured a big majority in the lower house following a snap election.

Pro-democracy campaigner Jimmy Lai has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after being convicted of national security offences in Hong Kong.

However you cut it, this is a one-woman story.

Lindsey Vonn, 41, said she was willing to risk everything to become the oldest Alpine skiing medallist.

The face of a "vampire" whose remains were posthumously mutilated to prevent them rising from the dead can be seen for the first time in more than 400 years.

Lindsey Vonn is recovering from surgery on a leg fracture after her Olympic comeback ended with her being airlifted to hospital following a terrifying crash in the women's downhill skiing final.

A Russian citizen has been detained in Dubai over the shooting of a general in Moscow.

Social media is on trial in Los Angeles. What happens next could change the way they operate.

Thailand's incumbent party has taken the lead in the country's general election, according to preliminary and unofficial results from the state Electoral Commission.

Italian police have fired tear gas and water cannon at protesters who threw firecrackers, smoke bombs and bottles at them near a Winter Olympics venue.