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Galloway accuser could not foresee publishing-sector fallout, lawyer argues

No. 22 UCLA defeats No. 5 Arizona 84-75 despite Kharchenkov's 38 points

Google Honors Zelda’s Ocarina of Time with 1998 Search Easter Egg

New York City Center revives In the Heights as a timely community story

Vessel operator seeks witnesses after Vancouver grounding

Godzilla Minus Zero shifts focus toward postwar human drama

US Air Force deploys F-16 fighters to remote Aleutian base for readiness drill

Mehbooba Mufti urges dialogue and renewed Central Asia links for Kashmir

Bezos grant helps Seattle nonprofit move thousands of families toward housing

Seacliff Healthcare Seeks Specialist GP in Thirroul

Shrini Srivastava joins crew of Varanasi-Delhi Vande Bharat Sleeper service

US stocks fall before midterm Election Day as technology shares weaken

Nearly Half of Australian Workers Overqualified, Survey Finds

BLS Polymers makes strong market debut at ₹248 per share

Ukraine sends ground robots

Lyman's surrender crisis

Pakistan’s Taliban dilemma

Venezuela and the Qatar Fund

Project 2025: critics decry 'terrifying' agenda for Trump

As Republicans approved their policy platform at the party's national convention, a more radical shadow manifesto led by figures close to Donald Trump has raised fears for the future of American democracy.

Leftover emeralds: the dream of Colombia's poor miners

One man's trash can very well become another man's treasure in the Colombian town of Muzo, the emerald capital of the world.

Duran homer lifts American League to MLB All-Star Game victory

Boston Red Sox outfielder Jarren Duran belted a two-run home run in the fifth inning to lift the American League to a 5-3 victory over the National League in Major League Baseball's All-Star Game on Tuesday.

Stocks, dollar swing as rate bets offset by Trump inflation talk

Equities and the dollar were rangebound Wednesday while gold hit a fresh record as expectations for a US interest rate cut played up against the prospect of another Donald Trump presidency that analysts say could see inflation-fuelling tax cuts and tariffs.

Only Olympian training in Taliban's Afghanistan to fulfil judo dream

Flipping his flailing judo sparring partner to the mat, Afghanistan's Mohammad Samim Faizad is the only Olympic athlete training for the Games inside his Taliban-controlled homeland.

Lozano out as Mexico national team coach after quick Copa exit

Jaime Lozano was dropped as manager of Mexico's national football team after rejecting a plan that included a demotion for the upcoming World Cup cycle, the Mexican Football Federation said Tuesday.

At Republican convention, Trump watches ex-rivals fall in line

Donald Trump returned to the Republican National Convention Tuesday for a night intended to unify the party, as his failed primary challengers displayed their fealty to the now official US presidential candidate.

Australia vows to hold Russia to account for MH17 downing

Australia vowed Wednesday to hold Russia to account for the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 ten years ago that killed nearly 300 people.

NBA owners retain flopping penalty, change NBA Cup tiebreakers

NBA team owners voted on Tuesday to permanently implement an in-game flopping penalty used on a one-year trial basis last season and changed NBA Cup tie-breaking measures.

Rugby league convert Grace to make Wales debut against Reds

Former rugby league star Regan Grace will make his Wales debut against the Queensland Reds after being named by coach Warren Gatland in the starting side Wednesday.

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