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Emergency exercise

Rescue drill in German train tunnel exposes critical response failures

Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji (R) listens to President Jiang Zemin at the National People's Congress in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing in 2002

Market reformer

Former Chinese premier Zhu Rongji dies aged 97

Fireworks explode over Islamabad as part of celebrations to mark the signing of a trilateral defence agreement with Saudi Arabia and Turkey

Erdogan eyes expansion of regional defence pact

US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on vaccines, alongside US health chief Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (R) and Jayme Leagh Franklin (L), founder of The Conservateur, despite the White House having limited authority on the subject

Following Monday's order

WHO says Trump vaccine shake-up goes against evidence

Zhu Rongji (C) at the opening of a Communist Party Congress in Beijing

Zhu Rongji, trailblazing ex-premier who transformed China's economy

Eclipses present scientists with a rare opportunity to study the Sun's atmosphere and its outermost layer

Eclipse chasers flock to Spain for 'breathtaking' experience

China hopes its homegrown C919 jet will help it gain a foothold in the global aerospace market

Challenging the industry

China's C919 jet makes first international commercial flight

Since July, Russia has hit more than 200 petrol stations across Ukraine

'To make the civilians leave': Russia pummels Ukraine's petrol stations

'Business is coming back, it's normalising,' TUI's chief Sebastian Ebel says

'Business is coming back'

Mideast war impact on travel bookings fading, TUI says

Bangladesh coach Phil Simmons (C) speaks to his players during training in Darwin

Bangladesh get Das fitness boost for daunting Australia task

The passenger ferry had been sailing from Bali to the nextdoor island of Lombok when it caught fire in the early morning hours

One dead, 172 rescued as second ferry in days catches fire in Indonesia

Climate change is changing Britain's topography, such as through coastal erosion, the country's official mapmakers say

Essential knowledge

How Britain's mapmakers track climate change

The order from Australia's Fair Work Commission issued Tuesday will see delivery drivers working for online platforms like UberEats and DoorDash earn Aus$31.30 ($22) an hour

'World-leading'

Australian delivery drivers win 'world-leading' pay rise

New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Luxon, flanked my his caucus, speaks to the media after surviving a second National party leadership vote at Parliament in Wellington on August 12, 2026.

Christopher Luxon

New Zealand PM survives leadership challenge months from election

Morning Roundup

Assad sentenced to death in absentia, solar eclipse happening today, and Ronaldo ties the knot

Tattoo artist Remy performing a scalp micropigmentation procedure on client Koki Hatanaka at his studio in Ginowan

Art or medicine? Japan's cosmetic tattoo artists in limbo

Firefighters and rescue teams carry survivor Daniela Largo from the rubble of a collapsed building after an earthquake in Pereira, Colombia

Colombia rescuers find woman alive as quake death toll passes 200

World number two Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan celebrates defeating Japan's Naomi Osaka to reach the semi-finals of the WTA Toronto Masters, where she will face fourth-ranked Coco Gauff

Rybakina ousts Osaka to book Toronto semi-final against Gauff

Fruit seller Ahmed al Ahmed was hailed as a hero for disarming a gunman during the Bondi Beach attack

Accused of stalking, assaulting his father

Charges dropped against Bondi Beach attack hero

Air Force One prior to Donald Trump's departure from Ankara on July 8 -- though he may have swapped planes via a catering truck due to security threats

'I guess there was a threat'

Trump's secret plane swap triggers questions and confusion

Count Binface could be in line for his biggest share of the vote at Thursday's Clacton by-election

Long-cherished reputation

UK 'joke' candidate Binface pushes serious point about politics

Japan Defence Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (right) speaks to reporters at the Ministry of Defence in Tokyo on August 12 following North Korea's missile launch earlier in the morning

Eleven-day exercise

North Korea fires ballistic missile ahead of US-South Korea drills

Rescuers are still looking for victims under the rubble after the double quakes that struck Venezuela in June

Tectonic positioning

The perfect storm that turbocharged Venezuela's twin quakes

Best days of their lives: Afghan girls taking their midterm exams at a primary school in Kabul

'Gender apartheid'

2.4 million girls banned from Afghan schools since Taliban return: UNESCO

Cristiano Ronaldo with his now wife Georgina Rodriguez and his son Cristiano Ronaldo Jr in 2023

Ending speculation

Cristiano Ronaldo marries long-term partner Georgina Rodriguez

Defending champion Ben Shelton of the United States celebrates a quarter-final victory over Czech Jakub Mensik at the ATP Montreal Masters

World number 10

Defending champion Shelton rolls into Montreal semis

Greece's Miltiadis Tentoglou en route to victory in the European long jump

Double Olympic champion

Tentoglou claims fourth Euro long jump title, injured Jacobs falters

Sharks substitute Ma'a Nonu (C) speaks to teammates during a break in the match against New Zealand.

'Right thing to do'

All Blacks knew Nonu would perform solo Haka - coach Rennie

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