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Chinese swimming prodigy Yu Zidi set an Asian record time in winning gold in the women's 200 metre individual medley at China's National Games in Shenzhen, the second-fastest time in the world this year

China swim sensation Yu, 13, beats multiple Olympic medallist

Morning Roundup

Hungary blocks Ukraine aid, Diesel hits 2 euros, and Luxembourg's sacked women's football coach fights back

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his daughter Kim Ju Ae board a tank

Large-scale military drills

North Korean leader, daughter try out new tank

Farmer Jose Pena looks for belongings amid rubble after a bomb dropped by the Ecuadoran army in the Lago Agrio region of Ecuador on the border with Colombia

'These are homes where we farmers live'

US-backed airstrikes leave Ecuador border communities in fear

US President Donald Trump and China's President Xi Jinping are expected to meet to discuss formalising a truce on tariffs they shook hands on at a meeting in South Korea in October

Ahead of Beijing visit

Trump's Mideast muddle could play into Xi's hands at planned summit

Australia coach Joe Montemurro (L) sits next to player Ellie Carpenter during a press conference in Sydney ahead of the Women’s Asian Cup final

'No favourites in final'

Australia must be 'smart' to beat Japan in Asian Cup final: coach

The scenic ski resorts in Kutchan, Hokkaido have become a flashpoint for immigration after an influx of foreign workers

Japan ski paradise faces strains of global acclaim

WTO economists have been working to revise their annual forecasts since the start of the US-Israeli war against Iran

Seeking road to reform

Weakened WTO set for high-level meet under cloud of Mideast war

Tottenham's Xavi Simons reacts after their Champions League exit

Troubled Spurs face Forest showdown, Chelsea need top-four surge

A phone displaying the commemorative gold coin featuring Trump to mark America's 250th anniversary

Supposed to mark 250th US anniversary

Trump gets approval for gold coin in his likeness

Turkey's is waging an increasingly assertive campaign to recover antiquities illegally taken abroad

Recovering stolen antiquities

Turkey in cultural diplomacy push to bring history home

Taylor Frankie Paul had been due to star in the 22nd season of 'The Bachelorette'

Hurled furniture at ex-partner

'The Bachelorette' canned after star's violent video emerges

The K-pop industry is also marked by intense competition, gruelling training and tight control over stars' lives

Behind the BTS comeback, the dark side of K-pop

Super Micro Computer says a member of its board is among those charged with conspiring to divert servers with Nvidia AI chips to China

Raked in billions

Three charged with sneaking Nvidia AI chips from US into China

Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban has long resisted helping Kyiv to repel Russia's invasion, stalling EU aid and repeated rounds of sanctions

€90 billion loan

'Blackmail': EU leaders round on Orban for stalling Ukraine loan

Cargo ships and tankers ply the Strait of Hormuz

Not a 'war mission'

Italy, Germany and France offer help with Hormuz only after ceasefire

Wall Street stocks cut their losses after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the war with Iran could end sooner than expecetd

As Iran strikes key Gulf energy sites

Netanyahu says Iran 'decimated,' Tehran targets Gulf petro-facilities

Ramadan is ending on a bitter note for millions of Muslims unsettled by the Middle East war

Displacement, bombs and air raid sirens weigh on Mideast Eid celebrations

FIFA president Gianni Infantino was speaking during an online FIFA Council meeting on Thursday

'Looking forward to all teams participating'

FIFA planning for World Cup to 'go ahead as scheduled' amid Iran uncertainty

England's Sarina Wiegman was one of just 12 female head coaches at the 2023 World Cup

Ground-breaking regulations

New FIFA ruling boosts prospects for women coaches

US President Donald Trump with Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in the Oval Office

'Who knows better about surprise?'

Japan PM placates Trump on Iran, but faces Pearl Harbor surprise

US President Donald Trump has threatened to destroy Iran's vast South Pars gas field

US, Israel tactics diverge on Iran as Trump's goals still 'fuzzy'

Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, son of imprisoned former president Jair Bolsonaro, outlined his plans to battle crime in Brazil

Controversial El Salvadorean security model

Brazil presidential hopeful Flavio Bolsonaro praises Bukele

'It takes money to kill bad guys,' Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Thursday

Reportedly cost $11.3 billion

The Iran war and the cost of killing 'bad guys'

Wall Street stocks cut their losses after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the war with Iran could end sooner than expecetd

More than five percent

US stocks cut losses on Netanyahu war comments as energy prices soar again

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent estimates there are around 140 million barrels of oil on the water

In hopes of countering soaring energy costs

US mulls lifting sanctions on Iranian oil at sea despite war on Tehran

Louis Benavides has not seen his wife since she was ordered into pre-trial detention in July 2025

Salvadoran anti-corruption lawyer jailed to 'silence her', husband says

Streets and squares all over California are named after Cesar Chavez, a labor rights activist who has been accused of sexually abusing women and girls in the movement he led

Following New York Times investigation

California to rename Cesar Chavez Day after sex abuse claims

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