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Typhoon Champi knocks out power to thousands in Taiwan

Russian strikes kill 7 in Ukraine after US envoy meets Putin

Rome hospital taps culture to help heal cancer patients

S. Korea warns of 'firm' response after North threatens fresh measures near border

Australia's new Ghost Shark submarines grow some 'teeth'

Vietnam signs free trade deal with four European nations

Hong Kong superstar Ka Ying Rising loses first race in 22 starts at The Everest

Fiji to deploy solar-powered Australian military drones at sea

California puts first US billionaire tax to the vote

IMF chief says Saudi attacks could have negative spillover 'everywhere'

Fiji appoint ex-springboks boss White as coach ahead of World Cup

Brewers edge Dodgers 2-1 in National League Championship Series opener

Indian court releases 'cockroach' movement leaders from detention

Taiwan's leader says increasing defence spending to 'deter war'

Malaysia closes schools in capital, parts of country due to haze

Tenzing Norgay's son says Himalayas sending climate warning

Indian central bank hikes rates for first time since 2023

Myanmar leader to visit Malaysia after migrant returns begin

Zuckerberg skewered again on screen in 'The Social Reckoning'

Myanmar migrants returned to wartorn nation from Malaysia

World powers gather in Pacific to chart climate battle

Israel PM hails Indian pilot of rerouted flight for averting disaster

Nagoya mayor says sorry for Asian Games 'inconveniences'

8.3 mn refugees at risk due to 'severe' funding cuts: UN

Nothing to seal here: NZ police help stranded pup home

Swiss vote on what it means to be neutral

Ukrainian fashion designer debuts art between air raids

In Kyiv's largest art museum, Arina Petrova and her father Serhii busily applied the final touches to their mannequins, anxious that a Russian drone attack could delay her long-awaited debut. The fashion-designing duo from...

Hong Kong unveils plan to align economy with China's goals

Just add fish: Scientists pursue more rice, less disease in Senegal paddies

In DR Congo streets, ex-hoods get tough on litter -- and locals

Crash and burn: Pakistan cricket at a new low after England humiliation

'A legend': Celine Dion poised for emotional comeback in Paris

Business booms as lobbyists push 'priorities' in EU capital

'Hopeless, stuck, afraid': US deportees in limbo in Cameroon

Ayana was deported to Cameroon from the United States where she had legally lived nearly all her life and now faces uncertainty, far from her family in an unfamiliar country. Born in a refugee camp in Sudan, she arrived in the US aged...

'Long live Chairman Mao': Supporters pay respects to founder of Communist China

Fifty years after his death, diehard fans of the Chinese Communist leader Mao Zedong lined up Wednesday in his hometown to pay homage, holding portraits, flags and huge floral tributes. Chairman Mao, the founder of the People's...

Rubio launches Latin America tour to cement US influence

United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrives in Colombia on Tuesday, the first stop on a Latin American tour designed to bolster pro-us leaders and cement influence over the continent. The recent election of Colombian...

Malaysia cancels haze emergency, but warns problems remain

At last: Straight sets win over Tabilo puts Zverev in US Open last 16

Box office magnet Robert Pattinson appears in paedophile thriller

British star Robert Pattinson will look to extend his stellar 2026 box office run by playing a creepy paedophile-hunting TV presenter in "Primetime", which premieres at the Venice Film Festival on Saturday. Ahead of his appearance in...

German Afd's love for Simson mopeds dismays Jewish family behind brand

German far-right AFD politicians like to ride vintage Simson scooters that are icons of the former communist East Germany -- much to the dismay of the Jewish family whose name adorns the machines. Ulrich Siegmund, 35, the top...

Families descend on Nepal in search of missing tourists

US energy secretary arrives in Venezuela to discuss oil deal

US Energy Secretary Wright arrived in Venezuela on Tuesday to finalize an oil deal granting the United States control of about one-fifth of the country's reserves. Wright's visit comes after Venezuela's governmentdominated...

Carney's Liberals sweep Canada byelections as US trade war rages

Venice film preview: Clooney, Oasis and Musk

The missing in Nepal-tibet flash floods

From forced labour to living heritage: Sao Tome's colonial plantations

Nepal seeking to reach survivors in tunnel as risk of new floods rises

Japan's 'polka dot queen' artist Yayoi Kusama dies aged 97

Pakistan hospital fire kills 14 infants

A fire erupted in a hospital's maternity ward in Islamabad on Wednesday, killing 14 infants, Pakistani authorities said, with the prime minister calling for an investigation. The fire broke out on the third floor of the Mother...

Trees 'giving up': climate change hammers historic English gardens

'His feet are his pillars': Nepal para swimmer gives all for Asian glory

Starc bags 10 as Australia thrash Bangladesh in second Test

'Aura' battles leap from social media to Latin America streets

In the middle of a cheering crowd in Mexico City, two teenagers are limbering up for battle. Staring at each other intently, they look as if they could come to blows. Instead, they take turns to silently perform a series of moves and...

Hong Kong convicts Tiananmen vigil activists of inciting subversion

Fallout far-reaching for Australian Rules after latest scandal

Pakistan summoned Washington's top envoy in Islamabad and "strongly condemned" remarks by the US ambassador to New Delhi calling disputed Kashmir "an important part of India". "(A) strong demarche was lodged over the factually...

Southern African mothers plead for sons lured to Russia's war

Mary TARUVINGA with Chris MAKHAYE and Jeanette CHABALALA in South Africa Instead of celebrating her son's birthday this month, Zimbabwean mother Rodwin Chitewere spent the day praying for his body to be brought home from Russia, where he...

Asian allies stress 'critical cooperation' as Trump slashes Korea drills

Japan underlined on Tuesday that security cooperation with the United States and South Korea was "critical" for the region's stability, after President Donald Trump alarmed allies by scaling back military drills with Seoul...

Axe hangs over Australian batters after Darwin 'disaster'

Australia's humiliating nine-wicket loss to Bangladesh has accelerated calls for regeneration of its ageing Test team with opener Jake Weatherald and the inconsistent Marnus Labuschagne in the firing line. The clash in Darwin...

Rampant Bangladesh make history with first-ever Test win in Australia

A dominant Bangladesh stunned Australia to win the opening Test by a crushing nine wickets in Darwin on Sunday for a historic first-ever Test victory on Australian soil. After bowling Australia out for 284 and needing 57 to win, the...

India's Modi woos youth with free coaching, AI training

Thai schools step up security after deadly shooting

British eccentrics push humble garden shed to new heights

"Welcome to the Shanty Shed," shouted steam ship enthusiast Peter Mclaughlin over the din of pistons lunging back and forth as clouds of white vapour billowed from his London garden hideaway. As an ear-splitting whistle blasted out,...

New Zealand PM survives leadership challenge months from election

Charity races to raise millions to buy historic English estate

Energy transition threatens to wipe Dutch village from map

Residents of Moerdijk, a small Dutch port village that survived WWII bombing and subsequent flooding, are facing a new existential challenge: the threat of being bulldozed in the name of clean energy. Much of the 1,150-strong...

Lionel Messi's father Jorge dies aged 68

Jorge Messi, the father and agent of Lionel Messi, has died aged 68, the eighttime Ballon d'or winner's childhood club Newell's Old Boys announced on Saturday. Argentine media reported Jorge Messi had passed away on Friday in a...

Rybakina advances while Andreeva exits at Toronto

Reigning Australian Open champion Elena Rybakina advanced to the fourth round of the WTA Toronto Masters on Friday while French Open winner Mirra Andreeva was eliminated by Canada's Leylah Fernandez. World number two Rybakina...

Four dead, 15 injured in Thailand school shooting: deputy minister