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Real Betis's Moroccan winger Abde Ezzalzouli

'We are all Ceutans'

Betis winger Abde defends wearing shirt in support of Ceuta

Demonstrators take part in a 'Stop the AI Race' protest march held in San Francisco in July

Growing concerns

'We unleashed the beast': the world's fears and hopes about AI

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has warned that US trade hostility should be viewed as the new normal and that Canada needs to diversify

Despite hostility

Canada remains 'most important partner' for US in 'key areas': Carney

Extreme weather

EU steps up prevention efforts after summer of wildfires and drought

Israeli ambassador to Thailand Alona Fisher-Kamm said there is a cultural gap between Israelis and Thais but pushed back on claims recent protests were antisemitic

Ambassador to Thailand plays down anti-Israeli protests

Kenya has a rich athletics tradition embodied by triple Olympic gold medallist Faith Kipyegon

Historic moment

'Kenya's moment' as Nairobi to host 2029 world athletics champs in African first

Several states sued Trump, arguing his order on mail-in ballots infringed on their constitutional rights to administer elections

Dealt major blow

US Supreme Court blocks Trump mail-in ballot restrictions

The presence of US weapons in space was seen as an open secret

China warns against space 'battlefield' after US says weapons deployed

The EU wants to ban children under 15 setting up their own accounts on social media and video-sharing platforms

EU to propose curbing social media, online games for under 15s

Former spokesman of Greek ultra-nationalist party Golden Dawn, Ilias Kasidiaris (C-L), was released following a 13-year sentence

Handed 13-year sentence

Prominent Greek neo-Nazi exits prison, vows return to politics

US President Donald Trump spoke about AI while returning from Ireland on Air Force One

Truth Social posts

'I am the hoax buster': Trump rejects AI danger warnings

Assessing ripeness before the grape harvest at the Chizay vineyard in Berehove, western Ukraine

Harvest in full swing

Ukraine winemakers defy war to make a splash at home

The three-person panel is headed by former Constitutional Court judge Mbuyiseli Madlanga (centre)and sits in the capital, Pretoria

People's 'current addicition'

'Obsessed': explosive state crime inquiry grips South Africa

Airlifted to hospital

Motorcyclist found injured in forest after 19 hours near German-Luxembourg border

Sri Lanka's Rumesh Tharanga Pathirage, seen here competing at teh Commonwealth Games in July

Asian Games medal prospect

Sri Lanka's javelin champ returns to 'broken' welcome

Moussa Ndiaye harvested some 20 sacks of rice from his paddy, which was part of a study on rice, fish and the parasitic disease schistosomiasis

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

Finnish President Alexander Stubb poses for a pictures after an interview with AFP in Mäntyniemi on 15 September 2026 in Helsinki, Finland.

Freewheeling interview

Finnish president Stubb speaks to AFP about Trump, Russia and saunas

Members of the Nagoya Omotenashi Bushotai traditional samurai performance group welcome the Costa Serena cruise ship following its arrival in Nagoya to house athletes at the Asian Games

Asian Games cruise ship arrives as accommodation complaints grow

F-15 Eagle fighter jets fly over the race course during the 129th Boston Marathon on April 21, 2025, in Boston, Massachusetts. Four F-15s fighters have been destroyed during the US war against Iran, according to the Defense Department's inspector general.

Contrasting Trump's assertations

US military confirms Iran war has led to munitions shortfall

The Asian Games open in Japan on Saturday

In typhoon season

Asian Games set for liftoff but will everyone have a bed?

Morning Roundup

Students back to school, Emmy winners, and AI slowdown calls hit tech stocks

Lithuania's President Gitanas Nauseda speaks with journalists at the Arktikum science centre during The European Arctic Summit in Rovaniemi, Finland, on September 14, 2026

Latest security incident

Drone shot down by NATO over Lithuania

Saudi Arabia backs the government in Yemen while Iran supports the Houthis

Revived civil war

Saudi Arabia warns it will react 'firmly' to Houthi attacks

Welsh actor Matthew Rhys won an acting double at the Emmys -- best comedy actor for 'Widow's Bay' and best actor in a limited series for 'The Beast in Me'

'Widow's Bay' and 'The Pitt' win big at Emmy Awards

The Asian Games will take place in Japan from September 19 to October 4

Asian Games: Bigger than Olympics, young stars and a cruise ship

China's Yu Zidi is set to take the Asian Games by storm aged just 13

World-class athletes

Eala to Yu Zidi: Six emerging stars set to light up Asian Games

A Kashmiri artisan uses dried aquatic weeds and grass collected from Dal Lake to create sustainable handcrafted papier-mache at a workshop in Srinagar on August 19, 2026

In Kashmir, lake weeds mix with traditional art

Chinese architect and founder of MAD Architects Ma Yansong poses for a photograph in Beijing on August 7, 2026. Over the past two decades, Ma has created dozens of visually striking projects in his home country and abroad, integrating nature with sleek, modern designs.

Look like 'giant spaceships'

Chinese architect Ma Yansong melds nature with 'futuristic feel'

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