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Hosts Qatar open the 2022 Fifa World Cup in calamitous fashion, easily beaten by Ecuador in a humbling defeat at Al Bayt.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Millions are at risk as winter sets in as many are without power, a WHO official warns.
BBC News – Europe

Bukayo Saka scores twice as England cruise to a comfortable win against Iran in their Qatar 2022 opener.
BBC News – UK

The motive is under investigation but it has “all the trappings” of a hate crime, say officials.
BBC News – US & Canada

The man who shot dead anti-apartheid hero Chris Hani should be freed on parole, judges rule.
BBC News – Africa

One week to go in the regular season and once again the field for the CFP semi-finals shrunk as five of the top 16 ranked teams lost. Overall eight CFP-ranked teams lost, and a couple needed last-minute field […]

Bosses have to decide whether to get behind the controversial World Cup.
BBC News – Business

Operation Claw-Sword targeted sites in Syria and Iraq a week after a deadly bombing in Istanbul.
BBC News – Middle East

Two firefighters were killed in the crash, which happened as the aircraft was taking off.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Reducing electricity use is crucial, head of Ukraine’s biggest private energy firm tells the BBC.
BBC News – Europe

The health secretary says the delay is a “difficult decision” but will allow more funding for social care.
BBC News – UK

The former US president’s account is reinstated – but he says he sees no reason to return.
BBC News – US & Canada

The president of Equatorial Guinea, Teodoro Obiang Nguema, has been in power for 43 years.
BBC News – Africa

The 2022 College Bowl Season is a month all football fans look forward to, even those whose team is not playing. This year it gets underway on the 16th of December 16 in the Bahamas with the aptly named Bahamas […]

It was an exciting penultimate regular season week in the MAC, and the results meant that there is still a bit of interest going into the final games. The big game of the night saw Bowling Green keep their hopes […]

Public sector workers including passport controllers are to strike over the Christmas period.
BBC News – Business

Social media images show crowds cheering as fire engulfs the Islamic Republic founder’s ancestral home.
BBC News – Middle East

The plot to topple Jovenel Moise’s government was unrelated to his killing, Canadian police say.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

As Sweden says the gas lines were blown up deliberately, our Europe editor reports from the scene.
BBC News – Europe

Jordan McSweeney had followed a number of women on the night he attacked the law graduate.
BBC News – UK