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North Korea weightlifter sets three world records for Asian Games gold

Canada judge to decide prison term for suicide poison seller

A Full Moon for Every Child: STARTRADER's STARCARES Brings Support to SOS Children's Village Ho Chi Minh City

Weinstein faces resentencing in New York for 2006 sex assault

Meta leans into AI, smart glasses amid privacy pushback

Outgoing UN chief makes climate push at New York summit

Battered Duerer masterpiece up for five-year revamp

Badminton no.1 An tells dad to keep it down at Asian Games

Runaway leader Antonelli eyeing third straight win

Italy hope for new dawn under Mancini

Schoolgirl Yu, 13, fastest again in bid for third Asian Games gold

Mongolian herders enlist new tech against harsher, drier climate

Oil prices fall after Trump hails 'good' talks with Iran

Tata turmoil shines light on India succession woes

Mancini eager for 'new adventure' on Italy return

Roberto Mancini said on Monday he was eager for a "new adventure" with Italy ahead of the opening game of his second stint as the national team's coach.

'Best is yet to come,' says De la Fuente after Spain extension

Spain's World Cup-winning coach Luis de la Fuente said he is convinced "the best is yet to come" with the national team after renewing his contract until 2032 on Monday.

Mbappe says having Zidane as France coach 'like a film'

Kylian Mbappe said on Monday playing under new France coach Zinedine Zidane, 15 years after the French football icons first met, is like "something from a film".

Palmer, Rice out of England Nations League squad

Declan Rice, Cole Palmer and Marcus Rashford are among five withdrawals from Thomas Tuchel's squad for upcoming Nations League matches, starting on Saturday with a clash against world champions Spain.

COP31 host says AI's climate footprint to be a summit priority

COP31 host Turkey said Monday that pursuing "climate-responsible AI" and pushing tech companies to power data centers with clean energy would be priorities when it stages next month's summit.

Renewables hit record in 2025, but world must move faster: report

Global renewable power capacity grew by record levels last year, a report showed Monday, hailed as a sign by the UN climate chief that the "brute power of market forces" is making the transition to clean energy irreversible.

US media outlets to sue Trump administration after White House ban

Three leading US news outlets announced Monday they will go to court after being banned from the White House, as President Donald Trump claimed that media critical of his administration is a "Cancer" threatening national security.

Global stocks rally on lower oil prices, US-China hopes

Stock markets climbed on Monday, boosted by falling oil prices and positive signals from trade talks between Chinese and US officials over the weekend.

Spain coach De la Fuente gets new deal after World Cup success

Spain's World Cup-winning coach Luis de la Fuente is to sign a new contract keeping him in the role until 2032, the Spanish football federation (RFEF) announced on Monday.

EU proposes energy rating for data centres

Data centres in Europe will be rated on energy and water consumption under an EU proposal put forward Monday to pre-empt possible public discontent as the bloc pushes to boost its computing capacity.

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