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Japan gymnasts under injury cloud for home Asian Games

Stocks sink as oil rally fans inflation and rate hike fears

India trailblazer won't 'let go' of chance for Asian weightlifting glory

Argentine industry reels from Milei's free-market revolution

Zverev cruises past van de Zandschulp into US Open semis

Women quit South Korea's grind for diving tradition

Myanmar tin mega-mine restarts operations: think tank

Bayeux Tapestry 'mania' sweeps UK as sold-out exhibition opens

Online and undercover: saving trafficked wildlife in Thailand

August hottest month ever recorded globally: EU monitor

Antonelli faces new challenge after stirring triumph in Monza

Duplantis leads creme de la creme at 'game-changing' Ultimate Championship

Korda leads US bid to win first away Solheim Cup since 2015

Eurozone rate-setters to hike borrowing costs as energy prices jump

Hong Kong's first post-colonial leader Tung Chee-hwa dies aged 89

Hong Kong's first post-colonial leader Tung Chee-hwa has died aged 89, his office said Wednesday.

Sabalenka holds of Noskova to reach US Open semi-finals

Two-time defending champion Aryna Sabalenka rallied from a break down in the final set to hold off Wimbledon winner Elena Noskova 7-6 (7/1), 3-6, 7-6 (10/7) and reach the US Open semi-finals on Tuesday.

Rangers captain Shankland sidelined for up to four months

Rangers manager Derek McInnes confirmed striker Lawrence Shankland is set to be sidelined for up to four months due to a hamstring tear that will also rule him out of Scotland's Nations League campaign.

NY failed to disclose what it knew on 'toxic air' after 9/11

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced on Tuesday the release of tens of thousands of documents showing the city did not disclose all it knew about air toxicity after 9/11.

Wasim Akram urges 'fair treatment' for jailed Imran Khan

Cricket great Wasim Akram has urged authorities to give Imran Khan, his jailed former captain and ex-prime minister of Pakistan, "fair treatment".

What we learned from 'lacerating' four-hour Musk documentary

A "lacerating" documentary about Elon Musk from acclaimed US director Alex Gibney premiered at the Venice Film Festival on Tuesday with one critic saying it had "thrashed" the erratic provocateur.

No. 1 in reach as Rybakina battles for US Open semi-final spot

Elena Rybakina is one win away from the world number one ranking, but the Kazakh star says her main goal in her US Open quarter-final clash with Zheng Qinwen on Wednesday is to advance toward a third Grand Slam title.

Pakistan's drastic squad upheaval 'news' to skipper Babar Azam

Pakistan captain Babar Azam said Tuesday he had no input into the dramatic reshaping of his squad ahead of this week's third and final Test against England, adding the raft of changes was "news to me".

French police hunt Renoir thieves after lightning museum heist

French police on Tuesday hunted for two thieves who escaped with two Renoir paintings from a museum, after abandoning two others as they fled, in a burglary that reignited concerns about the protection of France's cultural heritage.

Hurricane Lowell lashes Hawaii's western islands

Hurricane Lowell lashed Hawaii with damaging winds, heavy rainfall and powerful floods, knocking out power for 91 percent of a western island as it pushed out further into the Pacific on Tuesday.

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