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Red Bull's Max Verstappen drives at the Singapore Grand Prix last year, whert he finished second to George Russell's Mercedes

Verstappen revival to be put to the test in steamy Singapore

Justin Ellis scored for the US in a 1-0 win over Canada

Future football powerhouse?

US beat Canada 1-0 to wrap up four-win international break

Once fully operational, Bangladesh's two nuclear reactors are expected to supply more than 10 percent of its electricity demand

More than a decade in the making

Bangladesh nuclear plant draws hope -- and worry

Turkish Environment Minister Murat Kurum (middle) will chair the COP31 conference next month while Australia's Climate Minister Chris Bowen (right) will steer the negotiations.

Starting November 9

Turkey, Australia's joint COP31 leadership raises doubts

Although hosting COP31 is a major diplomatic win for Turkey, NGOs and civil society groups know the authorities have little appetite for protests or activism

Amid civil crackdown

For Turkish NGOs, COP31 offers rare space for action

Trump had actively campaigned for the prize in 2025

Brazen campaign since 2025

Nobel Peace Prize haunted by the 'spectre' of Trump

Mauritius, which has an established financial services industry, will host the credit rating agency

Rival to 'big three'

Africa launches own credit agency in bid for cheaper borrowing

Haiti has not held elections since 2016

Engulfed by years of gang violence

Crisis-stricken Haiti postpones elections

Australia is one of the world's fossil fuel giants, ranking among the top exporters of both coal and liquefied natural gas

Top fossil fuel exporter

Australia's High Court rules against coal mine in landmark climate case

Palesitnian first responders carry into an ambulance AFP photographer Jaafar Ashtiyeh after he was beaten by Israelis in Aqraba in the Israeli-occupied West Bank

Also fired guns

Israeli settlers beat AFP photographer covering West Bank

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (L) meeting Russia's President Vladimir Putin in Beijing, after attending a military parade marking the 80th anniversary of victory over Japan and the end of World War II on September 3, 2025

Ukraine war 'sacred'

N. Korea's Kim pledges 'invariable support' in Putin birthday letter

US actress Eva Marie Saint presented the Oscar for Best Costume Design during the 90th Annual Academy Awards in 2018

'North by Northwest' actress

Eva Marie Saint, Oscar winner of Hollywood classics, dies at 102

The Norwegian measure comes as smart glasses -- especially those marketed by Meta under popular brands such as Ray-Ban and Oakley -- are causing growing concern in Europe

'Pervert' glasses

Australia probes app used in cheap smart glasses over privacy fears

Russia has denied reports of an outbreak

'Nobody seems to care': Russian city shrugs off plague reports

The combined company, renamed Skydance, brings together Paramount Pictures and Warner Bros. Pictures

Paramount completes Warner Bros takeover, creating Skydance

Paramount completed its takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery, uniting two of Hollywood's most storied studios but sending Skydance shares down by more than 2.5 percent

Tumultuous times

US stocks hit fresh records as oil stabilizes on rising supplies

Quebec's incoming separatist premier, Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, does not want the envoy of the British to participate in swearing in his new government

Returning to power after 12 years

Quebec's incoming separatist leader wants to block Crown from swearing-in

The Emmy Awards will be handed out on September 14, 2026

On Amazon Prime

Emmys gala will now stream its premier television awards

The suspected gang members allegedly jumped onto trucks on French motorways to take pricey electronic goods

Northern city of Bethune

Highway robbery: France arrests vehicle-hopping thieves

Pro-government forces have launched a counteroffensive to retake Houthi-held territory in Yemen

Fighting intensifies

Saudi coalition says intercepted missile fired by Yemen's Houthis

US President Donald Trump has long criticized European immigration policies

Pushing right-wing narrative

Trump blames France unrest on Islam, migration

Students have complained of missing teachers, overloaded timetables, dilapidated classrooms and buildings that cannot cope with rising temperatures

20,000 to 40,000 anticipated

Hundreds arrested in French school protests as Macron summons ministers

Witold Banka, President of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), said his organization would not be naive about Russian athlete doping concerns

WADA seeks tough anti-doping stance from Kenya

Nobel physics prize winner Francis Halzen is the brains behind the IceCube Neutrino Observatory, a telescope embedded in a cubic kilometer of Antarctic ice that detects neutrinos -- particles with almost no mass that seldom interact with other matter

Nobel winner Halzen says years of October 'misery' finally over

August Hanning in 2007. The former head of Germany's foreign intelligence service has been arrested on suspicion of passing sensitive information to foreign powers

'Embarrassing case'

German ex-spy chief arrested for suspected espionage, treason

Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney faces new political challenges after a separatist election win in Quebec

'Canada strong'?

Quebec separatist win rattles Carney's unity push

Carles Puigdemont was accused of using public funds to organise the 2017 independence referendum

Arrest warrant lifted

Exiled Catalan separatist leader Puigdemont cleared to return to Spain

Senior batter Harmanpreet Kaur resigned as India's captain from all three international formats after recently leading the team to their second successive Asian Games gold medal

Mandhana named India women's team captain after Kaur quits

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