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Organisers admit there have been cases of official buses turning up at incorrect times, or not at all

Transport mix-up

South Korea team latest to be bussed to wrong Asian Games venue

Emotional occasion

Thousands welcome Pope Leo XIV in Metz

Displaced UNHCR says millions of refugees risk losing vital assistance due to budget cuts

Quarter of workforce cut

8.3 mn refugees at risk due to 'severe' funding cuts: UN

An armoured vehicle patrols RAF Fairford base, southwest England

Investigation ongoing

UK police release on bail five men held over airbase incident

Members of the fishing community tying seagrass shoots onto jute twines for restoration work to protect Kariyachalli Island, off the coast of Thoothukudi in India's Tamil Nadu state

Kariyachalli island

India turns to corals and seagrass to shield against rising seas

Eduardo Metzker, 29, watched in horror as his bank applications were drained of around $15,000 after his cellphone was stolen in an armed robbery

'Completely afraid, constantly on alert'

Brazil's cellphone crime: a security nightmare in every pocket

US President Donald Trump shakes hands with China's President Xi Jinping after a visit with First Lady Melania Trump and China's First Lady Peng Liyuan after a visit the National Archives in Washington, DC on September 25, 2026

White House walkback

Trump denies offering to sell arms to China's Xi

Pio Esposito (left) celebrates scoring Italy's fourth goal with Gianluca Mancini in Bursa

Italy rebound in Turkey as France win late in Belgium

Smiling with her hair loose, the singer performed her 2002 hit to a delighted crowd

Celine Dion wows Paris Fashion Week with surprise gig

Demonstrators have set up around 100 tents in Madrid's busy Puerta del Sol square

'Defend what belongs to us'

Deal for evicted Spanish pensioner as PM seeks new housing law

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Bryan Bedford (R), accompanied by Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy (L) said the Boeing 737 MAX 10 certification will be delayed by a newly discovered software bug

Certification of Boeing 737 MAX delayed by software bug

Protesters gathered outside court with placards reading: 'Release Deniz Goktas'

Satirical defence

Turkish comedian convicted for Erdogan 'insult' freed pending appeal

US President Donald Trump makes an announcement on steel in the Oval Office

$15 billion facility

Trump announces 'biggest' US steel plant in battleground Iowa

Pope Leo XIV defended his opposition to assisted dying

Not in 'panic mode'

Pope says concerns about AI 'should be taken seriously'

Conservative Alito had faced calls to step aside as he had previously done in 2023 earlier on during the same litigation, when the court declined to remove the case from state court to federal court

Due to oil and gas stock holdings

Justice Alito steps aside from major US climate case

Russia's four-and-a-half-year offensive has battered Ukraine's economy

'Resources must be directed toward critical areas'

Ukraine to postpone some spending amid delays in aid: PM

Bardella denied the claims

French far-right's Bardella denies alleged 2013 antisemitic comments

A model presents a creation by MaXhosa Africa for the Women's Spring/Summer 2027 collection fashion show as part of the Paris Fashion Week, in Paris on September 28, 2026.

Amid challenging times

MaXhosa puts South Africa on the Paris fashion map

Pope Leo celebrated mass in St. Stephen's Cathedral, a jewel of Gothic architecture

Pope urges Europe to help combat 'lies and deceit' in world affairs

The black-and-silver behemoth, standing more than 120 meters (131 yards) tall, rose through a thick cloud of smoke shortly after 8:48 am local time (1248 GMT

SpaceX puts Starship megarocket in orbit for first time

More than 3,300 firefighters took part in the operation to tackle the blaze

Two months later

France puts out largest wildfire since 1949

Berendsen said he would meet the ambassador to discuss the move

Loss of diplomatic privilege

Netherlands regrets Israel retaliation in settlements row

Metro said it no longer had "operational control over its Russian subsidiary"

Business takeovers

Moscow seizes Russian assets of German food retailer Metro

Producing rakia in small distilleries is a longstanding tradition in rural Bulgaria

Longstanding tradition

Bulgarian spirits inflamed by new rakia rules

Britain's Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood announced the scheme during her speech at the Labour Party conference

'Safe and legal routes'

UK to reopen refugee resettlement scheme to push 'safe' migration

Trump has sought to undo incentives for Americans to adopt more electric vehicles

EV incentive rollback

Trump admin finalizes reversal of US fuel economy standards

The prize was accepted by Nasrin Sotoudeh's daughter

Months after release

Iranian lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh wins Council of Europe's rights prize

Long queues and quick sales

Souvenirs fly off shelves ahead of Pope Leo XIV's Metz visit

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