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Myanmar win first Asian Games teqball gold as Spain great Puyol watches

New England boss Fleming says 'wrong' to ask Stokes to end retirement

China's 13-year-old Yu scorches to first major gold at Asian Games

Japan win first Asian Games gold as China's 13-year-old Yu sets pace

Japan triathlete Hojo wins first gold of Asian Games

Typhoon put people off Asian Games opening ceremony, official says

IOC president impressed by 'beautiful' Asian Games wooden huts

China's 13-year-old Yu cruises as Asian Games swimming begins

First Asian Games gold goes to Japan as China's 13-year-old Yu lights up pool

AI 'warning shots' focus Beijing on national security risks

Data centre command hub keeps AI up and running

Philippine tribe in limbo over US-led tech hub

Pope Leo in France: the issues on the table

Leo XIV, first US pope transcends his restrained style

Putellas in line to play for Spain in World Cup boost

Spain hope to have Alexia Putellas fit for their Women's World Cup opener against Costa Rica on Friday, coach Jorge Vilda said, but warned they will have to carefully manage her fitness.

Heat-struck Mediterranean is climate change 'hot spot'

Struck by near-record temperatures and wildfires during this week's heatwave, the Mediterranean region is ranked as a climate-change "hot spot" by scientists.

Iraqi protesters torch Swedish embassy in Baghdad

Protesters set fire to Sweden's embassy in the Iraqi capital Baghdad early Thursday, an AFP journalist said, ahead of a planned burning of a Koran in Sweden.

New Zealand shooting rattles teams hours before World Cup kickoff

Women's World Cup squads in Auckland were shocked but safe after a deadly shooting near several team hotels overshadowed the opening day of the tournament Thursday.

'Oppenheimer' a warning to world on AI, says director Nolan

The story of the invention of the atomic bomb told in the new film "Oppenheimer" is a "warning" to the world as we grapple with artificial intelligence, insists the movie's director Christopher Nolan.

Wallabies axe Wright, Hodge for All Blacks Tests

Wallabies backs Tom Wright and Reece Hodge were axed Thursday for Australia's two Bledisloe Cup Tests against New Zealand as coach Eddie Jones looks to reinvigorate his flailing side.

Rapper's Delight as New York celebrates 50 years of hip-hop

From a display of Jay-Z lyrics on the facade of the Brooklyn Library to a concert of rap pioneers at Yankee Stadium, New York is celebrating 50 years of hip-hop, a genre born in its ghettos and now dominant around the world.

'Life or death': Arizona heat wave poses lethal threat to homeless

On a sidewalk in Arizona's capital Phoenix, where a record-setting heat wave has prompted warnings for people to limit their time outside, Dana Page struggles to stay hydrated in her tarpaulin shelter.

Flooded US town fights to stop repair of its leaking canal

Fixing a crucial but leaking, century-old canal that severely flooded the city of Fernley might have seemed like a no-brainer.

Gullah Geechee, descendants of enslaved, fight to protect US island

Ed Atkins holds a basket filled with small, wriggling shrimp, fresh examples of the catch that the African-American fisherman has drawn from the waters off South Carolina's Saint Helena Island for more than 60 years.

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