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Leicester's King Power Stadium

Leicester's Thai owners put troubled club up for sale: reports

Death toll grows: Zimbabwe police said 46 people are confirmed to have died in the disaster

Emotional ceremony

Survivors tell of horror of Zimbabwe ferry sinking as death toll hits 46

Sales of Porsche's electric Taycan have been sliding in recent years

Porsche to end production of flagship electric car: report

Jump for freedom

Kangaroo leads Aachen police on a merry chase

'I know it's very upsetting to the community, but this is where we are,' Twitch's chief product officer said

Twitch sparks gamers' wrath with Amazon AI sharing deal

Rédange, France

Suspected repeat offender arrested for starting fire in woodland, sent home with small fine

The mystery affliction has killed at least 19 elephants, mostly females or young males, since June in Kenya

At least 19 dead

'How many will die?': the mysterious ailment killing Kenyan elephants

The children's tour boat in flames near the resort of Fethiye in southwestern Turkey

Children's entertainment tour

Blaze forces families to abandon Turkish tour boat

Hundreds of people were left stranded in Japan's Chiba station due to suspended train services as torrential rain pummelled the region

Landslides and power outages

Heavy rain soaks eastern Japan, prompting highest-level warning

A Tunisian woman looks at her phone as she pushes a pram in La Marsa near Tunis on July 28, 2026.

Maghreb sees demographic shift with fertility at historic low

The Rhine river bed near Thyssenkrupp's steel works in Duisburg has partially dried up

Disrupted deliveries

German steel giant Thyssenkrupp weighs options as Rhine drops

Palestinian students hoping to study in Italy, Turkey, the Netherlands, Germany and Belgium face unexplained delays, students have told AFP

Scholarship winners

'Dreams disappear' as Gaza students await evacuation to Italy

Patrice Motsepe (left) said Gianni Infantino had remained loyal to Africa

'Follow the process'

Infantino future should be decided by election says African football chief

Smoke visible from Luxembourg

Firefighters tackle forest blaze in Habay-la-Neuve, Belgium

People take shelter in an underground subway station during a simulation attack in Taipei

Millions forced indoors

Taiwan chokes mobile internet speeds in drill for Chinese attack

Overseas hackers used AI agents to help carry out a wave of cyberattacks targeting Taiwanese government agencies in July, the island's digital affairs ministry said

Overseas hackers

Taiwan says AI agents used in cyberattacks targeting island

Celestial event

Luxembourg witnesses its most spectacular solar eclipse in 27 years

London steam ship enthusiast Peter McLaughlin began recreating a boat's boiler room in his back garden shed after retiring early with ill health

Steam ship enthusiast

British eccentrics push humble garden shed to new heights

Some 33 countries recorded their hottest July since records began, according to a detailed analysis of Copernicus data

Massive droughts

Germany's dry rivers spark battle on engineering vs restoration

The USS Abraham Lincoln departed San Diego, California on November 21, 2025 for duty in the South China Sea and was rerouted to the Middle East before US-Israeli attacks on Iran that began February 28

Following reports of harsh conditions

Senators demand inquiry into conditions aboard USS Abraham Lincoln

Former world number one Iga Swiatek of Poland is through to the final of the WTA 1000 event in Toronto

'Against Elina it's always tough'

Swiatek downs Svitolina to reach first WTA final of 2026

Inter Miami's Argentine superstar Lionel Messi reacts during their Leagues Cup loss to Mexican club Leon

Hinting at retirement

Messi returns after father's death but Miami knocked out of Leagues Cup

Defending champion Ben Shelton of the United States is through to the final of the ATP Montreal Masters

Bloodied but unbowed, defending champ Shelton reaches Montreal final

US actor Matthew McConaughey ended a yearslong break from acting with 'The Rivals of Amziah King,' which premiered at the 2025 SXSW film festival

'The Rivals of Amziah King'

Matthew McConaughey on his sweet return to the big screen

Song Oh-soon, 86, is one of the last members of a South Korean community of visually impaired fortune-tellers

Prophesying tradition

Outflanked by AI, stars fade for South Korea's blind fortune-tellers

The Taliban authorities have taken steps to control Afghans' access to technology

Afghan students divided over smartphone ban at universities

Venezuela's oposition representative Dinorah Figuera reads a statement next to National Assembly leader Jorge Rodriguez

Venezuela govt, opposition wrap up round of post-Maduro talks

Fourteen candidates are vying to become Zambia's next president in Thursday's election

Who are the main contenders in Zambia's presidential vote?

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