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Mets advance on Lindor blast, Dodgers stay alive in MLB playoffs

Injury-ravaged Krygios aiming to return at Australian Open

Greek international Baldock, dead at 31: family

S. Africa offers a lesson on how not to shut down a coal plant

China opens $71 bn 'swap facility' to boost markets

Mets advance on Lindor grand slam, Yankees and Tigers win

China's solar goes from supremacy to oversupply

Asian markets track Wall St record as Hong Kong, Shanghai stabilise

'Denying my potential': women at Japan's top university call out gender imbalance

China's central bank says opens up $70.6 bn in liquidity to boost market

Youth facing unprecedented wave of violence, UN envoy warns

'A casino in every kitchen': Brazil's online gambling craze

Fernanda, a cleaner from Rio de Janeiro, lists off the items she sold to feed her online gambling addiction, one of millions of Brazilians caught in a betting craze that has swept the nation.

Nobel chemistry winner sees engineered proteins solving tough problems

Whether it's battling tumors or breaking down plastic, American scientist David Baker, co-recipient of this year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry, has an answer: engineering proteins that don't naturally exist -- a concept once dismissed as "crazy."

Monster Hurricane Milton makes landfall, walloping coast of Florida

Hurricane Milton blasted ashore in Florida Wednesday night with furious winds, life-threatening rain and storm surge, as people who endured another hurricane just two weeks ago braced for a long, violent night.

Lindor powers Mets past Phillies into NL Championship Series

Francisco Lindor belted a grand slam in the sixth inning to propel the New York Mets to a 4-1 victory over Philadelphia on Wednesday and into Major League Baseball's National League Championship Series.

Wildlife populations plunge 73% since 1970: WWF

Wild populations of monitored animal species have plummeted over 70 percent in the last half-century, according to the latest edition of a landmark assessment by WWF published on Thursday.

Florida braces for monster Hurricane Milton

Hurricane Milton closed in on Florida Wednesday, unleashing tornadoes and threatening a wide swath of the state with life-threatening flooding, as residents made last-minute preparations for impact and the country's top politicians sparred over relief efforts.

Tigers beat Guardians and on brink of advancing in MLB playoffs

Riley Greene and Spencer Torkelson drove in runs with hits and Detroit blanked Cleveland 3-0 on Wednesday to reach the brink of advancing in the Major League Baseball playoffs.

Argentina MPs back Milei's veto of university funding

Argentine lawmakers on Wednesday upheld President Javier Milei's veto of funding increases for public universities, handing him a key victory in his months-long standoff with teachers and students.

Man City sink Barca in Women's Champions League as Bayern outgun Arsenal

Manchester City made a spectacular return to the Women's Champions League on Wednesday, defeating holders Barcelona 2-0 in the opening round of group stage matches as Bayern Munich downed Arsenal 5-2.