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Currently, 11.6% of all New Zealanders aged over 15 smoke, a proportion that rises to 29% among indigenous Maori adults.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Moscow would send ideas to Washington within a week to follow up his talks with Biden on Tuesday about the Ukraine crisis.

Burkina Faso President Roch Kabore fired his prime minister on Wednesday amid an escalating security crisis that has killed thousands and led to street protests calling for his ouster.

Benfica did its part, and that proved more than enough to secure its return to the knockout stages of the Champions League after four seasons.

Lille qualified for the Champions League last 16 for the first time in 15 years as the French champion beat Wolfsburg 31 on Wednesday to win its group.

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Attorneys for entertainer Flavor Flav said Wednesday hes working to stay sober following dismissal of a misdemeanor domestic battery charge stemming from a scuffle with his girlfriend at home in suburban Las Vegas.

New York Jets rookie wide receiver Elijah Moore is dealing with a quadriceps injury that could sideline him for the game against the New Orleans Saints on Sunday.

A 31yearold Ottawa man has been arrested on suspicion of mounting ransomware attacks in the United States and Canada after a joint probe that took almost two years, police said on Tuesday.

The Quebec City company said it will seek Canadian approval imminently and has also begun the process to file with regulators in the US, UK and other countries.

All Blacks captain Sam Cane has agreed a new contract that will keep him in New Zealand until the end of the 2025 season, New Zealand Rugby (NZR) said on Tuesday.

When Jamie Vardy was cut by his local youth team at 16, the rejection certainly stung. But it didn't deter him.

Guatemala's president on Monday called his country a U.S. ally that backs Taiwan over China, emphasizing his government's alignment with U.S. policy at a time of uncertainty over how the incoming Honduran government will handle China relations.

Dan Campbell had been waiting for 2,160 days to celebrate another win as an NFL coach.

Kenneth Moffett, the federal mediator during the 1981 baseball strike who briefly succeeded Marvin Miller as the second head of the players association, has died. He was 90.

The Manguinhos neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, a slum where addicts once smoked crack and residents dumped trash, has been transformed into a community vegetable garden that now feeds some 800 families struggling with rampant food inflation.