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NBA inks deal with Kalshi and Polymarket, citing safeguards

Nadal returns for Vegas hardcourt event

Fainga'anuku named as loose forward for All Blacks northern tour

Anthropic points to AI dangers, soaring sales in IPO filing

Sinner to play rescheduled Saudi Six Kings in December

Canadian youths ask court to impose binding climate protections

Brazilian lawmaker Andre Janones, Lula's social media 'general'

Walter Koenig, who played original Chekov on 'Star Trek,' dies at 90

Swiss Ebola patient repatriated from Nigeria

Townsend urges Scotland to use Nations Championship as World Cup springboard

Microsoft offers voluntary exit packages to 60,000 staff

French court adjourns trial over 2020 death of delivery driver

South Africa select 'enforcer' Coetzee for Australia decider

Botanists comb Gabon's rich rainforests with nature on the line

Grieving parents fight to make Bulgaria's killer roads safer

Standing next to a memorial for her 14-year-old son, mowed down by a drunk driver in downtown Sofia a year ago, Nikolina Petkova vowed to work to make Bulgaria's roads less lethal.

Cuba's Buena Vista trumpeter Manuel 'Guajiro' Mirabal dies

Celebrated Cuban trumpet player Manuel "Guajiro" Mirabal of the music collective Buena Vista Social Club, died in Havana on Monday, the Cuban Music Institute said. He was 91.

Spain seeks ground-breaking law for great apes

For decades Achille, 50, eked out a miserable existence living alone in wretched conditions in a cramped circus cage.

Japan nuclear reactor near Fukushima to restart

A Japanese nuclear reactor with an upgraded anti-tsunami wall was set to restart Tuesday in a region near the crippled Fukushima plant, according to its operator.

Manchester United target Amorim after axing Ten Hag

Manchester United are reportedly in talks with Portuguese coach Ruben Amorim to become their next manager after sacking Erik ten Hag following a disastrous start to the season.

Suns scorch Lakers, Celtics stay perfect

Kevin Durant and Devin Booker combined for 63 points as the Phoenix Suns sent LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers tumbling to their first defeat of the season in NBA action on Monday.

HSBC reports $8.5 billion pre-tax profit in third quarter

Banking giant HSBC said Tuesday that pre-tax profit in the third quarter rose 10 percent year-on-year, citing revenue growth in two of its divisions, days after the lender announced an organisational overhaul.

A rare rehab centre fixes victims of Ethiopia's war

Aregawi Mezgbe limped and grimaced as he finished his exercises at a rehabilitation centre in Mekele, the capital of Ethiopia's war-ravaged Tigray region.

The growing scourge of plastic pollution: in numbers

Nations could agree in December on a world-first treaty to reduce the amount of plastic leaking into the environment which, if nothing is done, is forecast to triple by 2060.

Plastics: lifesaver turned environmental threat

Before it threatened biodiversity, the oceans and the global food chain, plastics saved lives and transformed societies as a durable, malleable and cheap material.

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