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Argentina prop Tomas Rapetti is tackled during a one-off Test against South Africa in Buenos Aires

During Buenos Aires match

Erasmus hopeful Kolisi hamstring injury not 'too bad'

Dozens of bereaved students, parents and teachers queued at a Buddhist temple in Thailand to pray over the body of a 12-year-old girl, one of eight victims of a home and school shooting.

Students, teachers mourn girl killed in Thailand school shooting

Typhoon Dolphin made landfall in densely populated eastern China, after the storm triggered more than 1,000 flight cancellations, evacuations and a top-level alert

Top-level alert

Typhoon Dolphin makes landfall in China after flight cancellations, evacuations

Former South Korea coach Hong Myung-bo (right) and former KFA President Chung Mong-gyu (left) were grilled by lawmakers

South Korea FA apologises after sex scandal adds to controversies

A wildfire has razed 176 hectares in Indonesia's Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park, which lies near Mount Bromo in East Java

Battling flames

Indonesia closes national park as wildfire spreads

Argentina star Lionel Messi's father, Jorge Messi (L) and brother Rodrigo at a 2026 FIFA World Cup South American qualifier in Buenos Aires on November 19, 2024

Passed away on Friday

Lionel Messi's father Jorge dies aged 68

Airports in China cancelled flights and some train services had been affected as China's eastern coast prepared for Typhoon Dolphin

Densely populated eastern coast

Flight cancellations, evacuations in China as Typhoon Dolphin looms

Rafael Jodar of Spain celebrates a fourth-round victory over Czech eighth seed Jiri Lehecka at the ATP Montreal Masters tournament

Spanish teen Jodar ousts eighth seed Lehecka at Montreal

A worker assembles a motorcycle at the ZXMoto factory in Chongqing, southwestern China

Ahead of the curve

ZXMoto leads China's charge to dominate the global motorbike market

This aerial photograph shows boats anchored off Oman's northern Musandam Peninsula near the Strait of Hormuz on June 27, 2026

Set preconditions

Iran issues demands for reopening of Hormuz

An Afghan goldsmith holds gold at a workshop in Fayzabad, in Afghanistan's northeastern Badakhshan province

Northeastern Badakhshan

Afghanistan's gold rush upends lives and landscapes

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi looks on during a memorial at the Peace Memorial Ceremony, on the 81st anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb, at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on August 6, 2026

Anniversary of 1945 atomic bombs

Japan nuclear debate unnerves proponents of pacifism

A Flock camera is seen in the Los Angeles suburbs

Grassroots movement

Angers mounts in US over vast network of car license plate cams

Two people stand atop the debris of a building destroyed by the June 24 earthquakes in Caraballeda, Venezuela, on July 17, 2026

Silver medalist

Olympic weightlifter hoists debris for Venezuela earthquake recovery

FIFA president Gianni Infantino is standing for re-election next March

FIFA condemns 'concerted and ongoing effort' to weaken Infantino

Bulgaria's Prime Minister Rumen Radev said he did not yet know the type of drone, or where it came from, but stated it was carrying a 'significant' amount of explosives

Near Romanian border

Ukraine denies targeting Bulgaria as drone explodes near pipeline

A new species of tree frog that feeds on insects in coffee groves has been found in Costa Rica

New species of tree frog

Nocturnal 'coffee frog' discovered in Costa Rica

Serbia's President Aleksandar Vucic (R) shakes hands with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky during their meeting at the Palace of Serbia, in Belgrade on August 8, 2026.

'Slap in the face for Russians'

Ukraine warns of tough winter as Russia strikes kill 4 in Kyiv region

FIFA president Gianni Infantino has come under fire from UEFA for his private investment plan

A week of scathing criticism

Infantino denies allegations of affair, favouritism while at UEFA: report

Pitso Mosimane has been chosen for a second stint as South Africa coach

National football association announced

Mosimane set to succeed Broos as South Africa coach

Bulgaria's Prime Minister Rumen Radev said he did not yet know the type of drone, or where it came from, but stated it was carrying a 'significant' amount of explosives

Drone enters Bulgaria, explodes near pipeline at Romanian border

De Gardaséi ass eng vun de beléiftste Vakanzendestinatiounen an Italien.

Due to forest fires

More than 200 people evacuated from Lake Garda

The safety measures follows a spike in injuries involving devices like e-scooters

After significant rise in injuries

Paris orders e-scooter users to wear helmets, reflective gear

Experts weigh in

Why is state involvement in cyberattacks so difficult to prove?

People paid hommage to Oleksiy Yukov, a search-and-rescue volunteer who helped retrieve thousands of bodies at the front

Killed stepping on a mine

Kyiv mourns recovery volunteer, whose life 'intertwined with the fallen'

Todd Blanche has already been serving as the top US law enforcement officer in an acting capacity

Politicising justice department?

US Senate confirms Trump's ex-lawyer as attorney general

Exiled Tibetans marked the Dalai Lama's 91st birthday at a school in Kathmandu in July

'Worrying development'

Tibet conference in Nepal pushed online

World number two Elena Rybakina, the reigning Australian Open champion, defeated American Ann Li to reach the fourth round of the WTA Toronto Masters hardcourt tournament

Women's Masters

Rybakina advances while Andreeva exits at Toronto

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