German row over plan for workers to need sick note on first day of illness

A doctors' group says it "borders on madness" that patients will have to obtain the note in person.

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A mayor in Japan announced her maternity leave - and got the whole country talking

In the face of criticism, Shoko Kawata, 35, says she loves her job and is proud to be taking time off to have a baby.

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Turkish police beat us with iron rods before we lost limbs to frostbite, Afghans say

The young migrants heading to Europe say they were stripped and had their hands tied in freezing temperatures.

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Aunt of Venezuelan boy pulled from rubble tells BBC she will give him 'mother's warmth'

Kleiber Moran, 2, was rescued on Wednesday, six days after last week's deadly earthquakes.

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Bibles, Home Alone and perfume: Six surprising ways Trump made money in 2025

Official documents show the US president made billions of dollars as he returned to the White House.

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Businessman goes on trial over murder of Maltese journalist

Yorgen Fenech denies any involvement in the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia in 2017.

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Almost 60,000 far-right extremists in Germany, intelligence agency says

More than a quarter of those identified are believed to be violent, Germany's domestic intelligence agency says.

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