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Russia has stepped up its attacks on the capital in recent months

Mass Russian barrage kills 12 in Kyiv

More than a fifth of the total

Germany tops EU beer production with 7.4 billion litres

Fire and rescue personnel use dogs to search for victims of a mudslide beside the road which leads to Gyirong Port in Gyirong County, in China’s western Tibet region

Underreporting death toll

Tibet activists accuse China of downplaying floods

An Afghan Hazara woman prays near a relative's grave at Tapa-e-Shuhada (Martyrs' Hill) in Kabul. Most civilian victims of Afghanistan’s 2001-2021 war have been left "without justice, reparation or even acknowledgement" of their suffering, the UN says

'No one listened'

Afghanistan war victims left 'without justice', UN says

The resort city of Pattaya, a rest-and-recreation destination for US troops since the Vietnam War, has stepped up security as it prepares to welcome the sailors and Marines from the USS Abraham Lincoln

Steps up security

Thai resort readies for US carrier's 5,000 sailors

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi -- a self-proclaimed workaholic -- adopted a growth strategy in July calling for revisions to the current oversight of work hours

To spur economic growth

Japan to relax overtime regulation under workaholic PM

Dan Driscoll is a former law school classmate of Vice President JD Vance

Following reports of tensions with Hegseth

US Army Secretary Driscoll submits resignation: White House

Base 101 in Niger's capital Niamey, where mercenaries from Russia's Africa Corps helped forces loyal to the ruling junta put down an army mutiny

At odds with nation's sovereignty

Thwarted Niger mutiny exposes junta's Russia dependence

A Quantum Systems drone. The firm is among a crop of fast-growing defence tech firms in the Munich area

New generation of innovative defence firms

Defence tech hub Munich booms as Europe rearms

Den Edouard Balladur ass am Alter vu 97 Joer gestuerwen

French politics

Former prime minister Édouard Balladur dies aged 97

Former gang leader Duane Davis faces possible life in prison if convicted of the murder of rapper Tupac Shakur

Former gang member found guilty of murdering Tupac Shakur

A house overlooks an open pit dug by illegal miners in Bapong, a mining village in North West province

Undermining infrastructure

Illegal mining ravages S.Africa's economic hub

Mental health advocates say the Nigerian national assembly must harmonise laws penalising suicide attempts that vary state by state

'Major public health concern'

Nigeria rethinks criminalisation of suicide

People post photos of missing people on a wall outside a hospital in Nepal's capital

Nearly 4,500 people missing

Nepal's wall of missing offers last hope after Himalayan flood

Visitors gather at an overlook of the Grand Canyon on August 31, after a deadly flash flood hit the famed national park

Popular tourist spot

2 die in Grand Canyon flash flood, only 1 person unaccounted for

New York police swarmed Times Square after the stabbing incident

Knife-wielding woman killed by police

Two dead after stabbing in New York's Times Square

Anthropic is currently at odds with the Trump administration, which has terminated all of its government contracts with the company

Access to cloud computing power

Anthropic signs $35B computing deal with startup backed by Nvidia

The performance shows how the war reshapes popular culture

'Something of a myth'

Drones in Ithaca: Azov's Odyssey turns Ukraine war into modern myth

Employees work on the assembly unit of Shadow 50 drones inside the facility of 'EDGE Group', an Emirati advanced technology and defence conglomerate, in Abu Dhabi

Riding high on wave of new demand

Middle East war a boon for UAE defence giant with global ambitions

Workers in Ibrahim Hyderi town in Pakistan assemble handcrafted vessels timber by timber, despite the rise of industrial shipbuilding

Handcrafted vessels

Boat builders keep Pakistan's fishing heritage afloat

Finance ministers and central bank governors from the Group of 20 major economies are meeting for two days in Asheville, North Carolina

Unexpected appearance

US draws European pushback with Russia G20 finance invite

Several global corporations have announced large investments in India, which has more than a billion internet users

More than $20bn in overcharges

US regulator, 22 states accuse Amazon of 'manipulating' ad auctions: lawsuit

While the ballroom has drawn headlines, the project also includes a military bunker

US Supreme Court allows Trump ballroom project to proceed

US President Donald Trump spoke about the Falklands during an event in the Oval Office

'I always review every position'

Trump says US reviewing position on Falkland Islands

Bets on a Federal Reserve rate hike have surged after Kevin Warsh's speech, with upward pressure on prices coming from the spike in energy costs caused by the Iran war

Oil prices surge on renewed fighting in US-Iran war

Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov made an unexpected appearance at G20 talks in Asheville this week

Russian finance minister makes unexpected appearance at G20

The catastrophic disaster has left many communities, like Nepal's Syabrubesi village along the Trishuli River, virtually unrecognizable

Following tsunami-like flood

Nepal toll surges as rescuers struggle through 'unimaginable' disaster

Heightened Russian drone strikes have brought chaos to the the Ukrainian capital

'Paralysing' Ukrainian capital

Kyiv orders heightened security amid intense Russian drone strikes

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