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Oil prices spike after Trump rejects Iran truce offer

'Pseudo-journalism': Partisan 'news' sites target US midterms

Taylor Swift sets new record at MTV VMAs

'Currently impossible': North Korea defections in freefall

Seoul seeks apology after Ukraine reveals transfer of North Korean POWs

Erasmus sizes up 'improved' Wallabies ahead of 2027 World Cup

Messi on target again but Miami downed by Columbus

Scandal-weary Brazilians to vote as Lula faces Bolsonaro son

In Washington's political cauldron, a fight over foie gras

SpaceX aims to put Starship in orbit for the first time

Flavio Bolsonaro: political heir in his father's shadow

Pope to speak on united Europe from French border town

Ravens grab last-second win in Rio as Commanders stop Seahawks

Scheffler makes sportsmanship stand over tee screamer

Europe’s arms money maze

Houthis and al-Qaeda

Brazil tests Milei’s gamble

Germany under Weidel

Argentina on brink after Almada strike sinks Uruguay

Argentina edged to the brink of qualification for the 2026 World Cup on Friday after a superb strike from Thiago Almada earned them a 1-0 victory over Uruguay in Montevideo.

Trump brand alternately loved, loathed worldwide

His business is booming in India, but his golf courses have been vandalized in Ireland and Scotland, and he has had business setbacks in Indonesia: two months after his frenetic return to the White House, Donald Trump's brand has had mixed success worldwide.

Venezuelan migrant dreams of US national amputee soccer stardom

Juan Carlos Vargas lost a leg in a road accident but that did not stop him from undertaking a perilous journey from his native Venezuela to the United States.

Aid freeze silences Latin America media scrutiny of US foes

A choke on US aid threatens to smother media exposing abuses in Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela, to the unconcealed delight of the very leaders Washington once wanted held accountable.

Prospect of copper mine reopening revives tensions in Panama

Piles of copper concentrate from a Canadian-owned mine closed by the Panama courts in 2023 sit on the shores of the Caribbean Sea and are now approved for export, to the dismay of environmentalists.

Bridgeman leads Valpar by one at halfway

Jacob Bridgeman carded a two-under-par 69 to take a slender one-shot lead at the halfway stage of the US PGA Tour Valspar Championship in Florida on Friday.

Raducanu savours winning feeling after troubled months

Britain's Emma Raducanu won an epic battle over eighth-seeded American Emma Navarro at the Miami Open on Friday and said the win meant even more than some of her victories in her famous run to the US Open title three years ago.

Families say tattoos landed Venezuelan migrants in Salvadoran mega-jail

Lawyers and relatives of Venezuelans flown from the United States to a notorious jail in El Salvador believe the men were wrongly labelled gang members and terrorists because of their tattoos.

Tuchel era off to winning World Cup start, Poland beat Lithuania

Thomas Tuchel made a winning start to life as England coach with a 2-0 victory against Albania in 2026 World Cup qualifying on Friday, while Robert Lewandowski handed Poland a narrow win over Lithuania.

'We have to do better': Tuchel urges England to improve on winning start

Thomas Tuchel admitted lacklustre England must "do better" after the Three Lions boss started his reign with a spluttering 2-0 win against minnows Albania on Friday.

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