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IPL champions Bengaluru could be sold for 'as much as $2 billion'

Budget impasse threatens Belgium's ruling coalition

New Zealand ex-top cop admits to having material showing child abuse, bestiality

BoE set for finely balanced pre-budget rate call

Australian kingpin obtains shorter sentence over drug charge

Weatherald's unenviable Ashes task: fill giant hole at top left by Warner

Ovechkin first to score 900 NHL goals as Capitals beat Blues

On Mexico City's streets, vendors fight to make it to World Cup

Asian markets bounce from selloff as US jobs beat forecasts

Philippine death toll tops 140 as typhoon heads towards Vietnam

Kyrgios targets 'miracle' Australian Open return after knee improves

Israel: Economy on the edge

Rare Earth Standoff

Gaza on the cusp of civil war

Why Russia can’t end war

Adobe down 40%: Kodak moment?

Boomers: Selfish or Scapegoats?

Tanks in Gaza - Hopes dim?

Poland trusts only hard Power

Where things stand on China-US trade after Trump and Xi talk

China and the United States have recently agreed to lower the temperature in their spiralling trade war, bringing a precarious end to months of back-and-forth measures between the economic and technological powerhouses.

Sri Lanka targets big fish in anti-corruption push

When Sri Lanka's economy collapsed in 2022, politicians and officials were accused of brazenly stealing the island's assets.

NY elects leftist mayor on big election night for Democrats

New Yorkers elected young leftist Zohran Mamdani as their next mayor Tuesday and Democrats won two key state governor races as US voters delivered an early warning to President Donald Trump ahead of 2026's midterms.

Injured Jordie Barrett to miss rest of All Blacks tour

Centre Jordie Barrett will fly home Wednesday after being ruled out of the rest of New Zealand's northern hemisphere tour with injuries suffered in the Test against Ireland.

Asian markets tumble as tech bubble fears grow

Tech companies led a sharp sell-off across Asia on Wednesday as investors grow increasingly worried about an AI bubble following a rally this year that has seen valuations hit record highs.

Pay to protect: Brazil pitches new forest fund at COP30

Tropical countries from Cameroon to Colombia could earn tens of millions of dollars a year under a novel approach to protecting the world's rainforests being launched at the COP30 summit in Brazil.

Australia pick 'impressive' Weatherald in first Ashes Test squad

Chief selector George Bailey hailed "impressive" uncapped opener Jake Weatherald as having all the right attributes after he was named Wednesday in Australia's squad for the first Ashes Test.

Iraq's social media mercenaries dying for Russia

Smiling broadly and clad in military fatigues, young Iraqi Mohammed Imad's last TikTok post was in a field carved up with heavy vehicle tracks in what appeared to be Ukraine. Smoke was rising behind him.

Young leftist Trump foe elected New York mayor

New Yorkers elected leftist Zohran Mamdani as their next mayor Tuesday broadcasters projected, on a day of key local ballots across the country offering the first electoral judgement of Donald Trump's tumultuous second White House term.

Concerns at ILO over expected appointment of close Trump advisor

The expected appointment of a close Donald Trump advisory to a top post at the International Labour Organization has sparked criticism internally, with Washington owing the UN agency tens of millions in dues.

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