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French teens clash with police as school blockades intensify

Slovenia sees surge in '.si' sites after Trump hypes 'super intelligence'

FIFA accuses UEFA of 'misinformation campaign' in bid for World Cup papers

'Like a dream' for An as Games organisers 'sorry' for latest mix-up

Tokyo suffers longest streak of rainy days on record

STARTRADER Raises Lloyd's of London Client Fund Insurance to USD 30 Million in Aggregate

Indonesia charges train driver over crash that killed 16 women

Ruthless An makes history to retain Asian Games badminton crown

Sabalenka 'fresh' for first tournament since losing No.1 spot

Australian central bank lifts key interest rate to 15-year high

Polo makes landfall in Mexico as Category 3 hurricane

South Korea team latest to be bussed to wrong Asian Games venue

South Korea volleyball team latest to be bussed to wrong Games venue

Bears thrash Eagles 27-7 as third-string QB Keenum shines

Starship test flight makes progress, but ship and booster explode

The second test launch of SpaceX's Starship got off to a successful start Saturday, with the booster separating from the spaceship, but both then exploded shortly after over the ocean.

Feller tops Austrian sweep as men's World Cup gets underway

Home skier Manuel Feller led an Austrian podium sweep after two descents of the Kirchenkar slalom for a combined time of 1min 47.23sec in the Alpine skiing World Cup's opening men's race on Saturday.

Rohit says India 'calm and composed' amid World Cup final hype

Captain Rohit Sharma on Saturday said his players understand the pressure of being Indian cricketers and remain "calm and composed" for the World Cup final against five-time champions Australia.

SpaceX launches its mega Starship rocket on second test flight

SpaceX on Saturday carried out the second test launch of Starship, the largest rocket ever built that Elon Musk hopes will one day colonize Mars, while NASA awaits a modified version to land humans on the Moon.

Verstappen stands with Sainz over 'very harsh' Las Vegas penalty

World champion Max Verstappen has given his support to rival Carlos Sainz after the Ferrari driver was hit with a ten-place grid penalty at the Las Vegas Grand Prix.

Injured Murray out of Davis Cup clash with Djokovic

Former world number one and three-time major winner Andy Murray pulled out of the Davis Cup finals on Saturday, depriving the tournament of a likely heavyweight clash against Novak Djokovic.

Feller fastest as men's ski World Cup gets underway

Home skier Manuel Feller of Austria was fastest on the first run of the Kirchenkar slalom in the Alpine skiing World Cup opening men's race on Saturday.

Unlikely captain Cummins on brink of World Cup triumph

Pat Cummins may be an unusual captain, but he heads into Sunday's World Cup final against India in Ahmedabad on the verge of leading Australia to their second global title this year.

Hundreds flee from hospital at centre of Israel-Hamas war

Hundreds of people fled on foot Saturday after the director of Gaza's main hospital said Israel's army ordered evacuation of the facility where more than 2,000 patients, medics and displaced people were trapped by the war between Israel and Hamas.

The lucky ones: sick, wounded children from war-torn Gaza airlifted to UAE

Clutching a blown-up surgical glove as a makeshift toy, a Palestinian child is stretchered onto a plane to Abu Dhabi -– one of the Gaza war's first evacuees to the United Arab Emirates for urgent medical treatment.

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