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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'

Sri Lanka's coastal conservation department has ordered Beach Wadiya to close, but the restaurant is taking the matter to court.

Taking the matter to court

Sri Lanka's famed beach shack battles demolition

Selena Gomez was a vision in gold Louis Vuitton at the Emmy Awards

Television's A-listers glitter on Emmys red carpet

Tom Phillips was shot dead by police in September 2025 after nearly four years hiding with his three children in the rolling hill country of the North Island's Waikato region

New Zealand agencies missed red flags in child kidnapping case: inquiry

Fear of technology's dangerous consequences for society goes back far in history

Doomers and boosters: who's who in the AI wars

Now in his nineties, the Indigenous leader who has spent decades rallying the world to protect the rainforest has forged close ties with President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva

Brazil's Amazon defender Raoni has cancer

The IOC delegation is due to spend three days inspecting the venues that will host the ice sports events at the 2030 Olympics

IOC visits Lyon amid leadership turmoil for 2030 Winter Olympics

Uzbek-born Russian businessman Alisher Usmanov was placed on the EU sanctions list in 2022

Over Ukraine war

EU extends Russia sanction deadline

Several Hollywood actors expressed alarm that their likenesses were used in the disinformation campaign

Using deepfake videos

Russian disinformation campaign sets sights on US midterms

Donald Trump Jr. and his wife Bettina (R) confirmed that a Russian businessman with ties to the Kremlin footed the bill for 'two incredible nights' of wedding parties in the Bahamas

In social media post

Trump's son confirms Russian businessman paid for post-wedding festivities

US President Donald Trump has cracked down on several types of visas and immigration categories

In the nick of time

US judge postpones new visa rules for foreign students, journalists

US fashion designer Bob Mackie has died at age 87

US designer Bob Mackie, known for Hollywood glamour, dies at 87

US Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Lee Zeldin (center) announced Washington has scrapped limits on carbon pollution during a G20 Ministerial meeting on Energy Abundance in Houston, Texas

Back to fossil fuels

At G20 summit, US unravels power plant climate rules

Dominic Calvert-Lewin fired Leeds to victory over Newcastle

Leeds thrash Newcastle to go third in the Premier League

Allegations picked up by the opposition suggest that Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez is reluctant to confront Morocco over the surge because Rabat may be blackmailing him with information obtained by hacking one of his phones

Following Ceuta incident

Spanish PM denies being blackmailed by Morocco

Canadian Finance Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne poses for AFP in Toronto, Ontario

Ahead of summit

Canada makes pitch as safe place to invest in 'uncertain world'

Far-right leader Jimmie Akesson conceded his party had lost support

Unlike other parts of Europe

Why the far right is losing ground in Sweden

Average gas prices have risen above $4 again after US households saw some respite in recent weeks

Disrupted global fuel markets

US invites Venezuela to G20 energy summit

An online boom in non-consensual sexualized deepfakes currently outpaces efforts to regulate AI technology, experts say.

New York seizes 12 celeb deep-fake porn sites

Ukrainian trains have become a growing target for Russian drone and missile strikes

Russian attacks on Ukraine railways escalating every week: rail CEO to AFP

France's President Emmanuel Macron shook hands with Iraq's Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi during the Iraqi leader's first visit to Europe since taking office in May

Amid growing instability

France, Iraq deepen energy, defence ties during Zaidi visit

Senate Democrats have vowed to block government funding measures unless the legislation puts guardrails on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)

Ahead of midterms

Alarm over AI grows as divided US Congress struggles to act

US President Donald Trump speaks to the press aboard Air Force One

No immediate confirmation

Trump says Ukraine, Russia agree not to hit energy targets

Billionaire Aliko Dangote (C) launched an IPO of his refinery, which has become the largest supplier of jet fuel to Europe

Aiming to raise $1.6 billion

Nigeria's Dangote refinery launches continent's biggest IPO

British sprinter Amy Hunt was critical of Sydney Sweeney's commercial

'Kick in the face'

Women athletes condemn 'sexualised' Sydney Sweeney commercial

Actress Laura Linney plays a woman diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in the comedy-drama 'Onwards and Sideways'

'Rattled...in a good way'

For Laura Linney, role in Parkinson's-themed movie marked a turning point

UN High commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk has called on countries and companies to rein in AI development

'Irreversible change'

UN calls for 'urgent action' to rein in AI in face of 'unprecedented risks'

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