The first T20 international between New Zealand and England was abandoned Saturday after rain prevented the tourists from defending their score of 153-6.
The removal of Prince Andrew's royal title following further revelations about his ties to US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein "vindicates" his alleged sexual assault victim, her family has said.
Arm in arm, young people of different faiths perform the dabke, an Arabic folk dance, in the Italian port of Ostia, elated by a visit from Pope Leo XIV.
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Sports
Melbourne Cup favourite Sir Delius has been ruled out of the "race that stops a nation" after vet scans showed the English galloper at "heightened" risk of injury.
October 18, 2025
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China and the United States agreed Saturday to conduct another round of trade negotiations in the coming week, as the world's two biggest economies seek to avoid another damaging tit-for-tat tariff battle.
October 18, 2025
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China's ruling Communist Party will on Monday kick off four days of key closed-door discussions, formulating core economic strategy for coming years as growth flags and trade headwinds mount.
October 18, 2025
Eugenio Suarez belted a go-ahead grand slam in the eighth inning to lift the Seattle Mariners to a 6-2 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays and within one win of reaching a first World Series on Friday.
October 18, 2025
New Yorkers run on coffee. From high-end experimental boutique cafes to the humble sidewalk cart, millions of cups of java are sold every day.
October 18, 2025
Politics
There's no rest for Jose Daniel Ferrer, a Cuban dissident who arrived in the United States this week and is determined to work with other exiles to democratically unseat the communist government in Havana.
October 18, 2025
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A US judge on Friday granted an injunction barring Israeli spyware maker NSO Group from targeting WhatsApp users but slashed a $168 million damages award at trial to just $4 million.
Fabio Quartararo edged Marco Bezzecchi to clinch pole position Saturday for the Australian MotoGP sprint race and grand prix, but needed a new white-knuckle lap record to beat the Italian.
Sixty-four South Koreans who had been detained in Cambodia for alleged involvement in cyberscam operations returned home Saturday and were under arrest, a police official told AFP.
An upbeat Lando Norris shrugged off his disappointment after being beaten to pole position by Max Verstappen in Friday's qualifying for Saturday's sprint race at the United States Grand Prix.
October 17, 2025
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Four-time champion Max Verstappen maintained the pressure on McLaren's nerve-wracked title duellists on Friday when he beat them both to claim pole position for Saturday's sprint race at the United States Grand Prix.
October 17, 2025
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Hamas handed over to Israel the remains of one more hostage on Friday night, after insisting it was committed to returning all the dead captives still unaccounted for under Gaza's ruins after two years of war.
John Bolton has spent decades navigating the halls of power in Washington, earning a reputation as a leading foreign policy hawk.
Red Bull team chief Laurent Mekies, who took over following the dismissal of Christian Horner in July, said on Friday that he felt the team were ready to power Max Verstappen to a sensational fifth Formula One drivers' title.
Donald Trump told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday to make a deal with Russia, pouring cold water on Kyiv's push for Tomahawk missiles as the US leader pursues a diplomatic solution to the war.
October 17, 2025
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