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Pope in Metz, Easyjet suspends Luxembourg-Lisbon, and scooter rider suffers memory loss

India’s P.V. Sindhu in action this year

Intense competition

'Hurting' badminton star Sindhu says Asian Games schedule 'took toll'

No flood-related deaths have been reported in Bangkok, where officials have declared a city-wide disaster

Over 500,000 housesholds impacted

Eight dead in Thailand floods since mid-September

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

$30 billion in goods

White House releases list of products US, China could tax less

US singer-songwriter Taylor Swift was among the celebrities at this year's MTV Video Music Awards

Taylor Swift sets new record at MTV VMAs

Pope Leo XIV waves to the crowd while riding in the Papamobile (popemobile) through the streets of Metz on 28 September 2026 on the last day of his visit to France.

Pope Leo XIV's visit to Metz

'Pink slime' outlets, many secretly backed by partisan groups, now outnumber US newspaper sites

'Pink slime' sites

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

Voters in Washington DC will vote in November on a proposal to ban the sale of foie gras, the French culinary delicacy made from the enlarged livers of ducks

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

North Korea has cracked down on defections to the South which are now fraction of pre-Covid levels

'Currently impossible': North Korea defections in freefall

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei issued a rare warning about AI

Anthropic CEO Amodei to dine with Trump at White House

Brazil's Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva grew up in deep poverty, the seventh of eight children born to a family of illiterate farmers in the arid northeastern state of Pernambuco

Dominant figure

Lula, Brazil's political titan, races against time

Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, pictured wearing a photo of his father's face, has struggled to break free of the shadow of the former president

'More moderate Bolsonaro'

Flavio Bolsonaro: political heir in his father's shadow

A US Air Force B-1 Lancer bomber is seen on the tarmac at RAF Fairford base in southwwest England as UK counter-terrorism police investigate an incident in a nearby village after arresting five men

UK village on edge over threats to air base in terror alert

Pope Leo XIV said he was committed to preventing further sex abuse in the Catholic Church

800,000 in attendance

Pope promises French sex abuse victims to prevent further harm

The Atlantic City Fire Department responded to calls as a powerful storm pummeled New Jersey and other states in the northeast US

Nor'easter lashes US east with punishing rain and wind

Jurgen Klopp was made to wait for his maiden victory in charge of an ineffective Germany as Dimitrios Kourbelis's deflected strike settled the game in Augsburg

Greece stun Klopp's Germany as Ireland show sorrow for Gaza

Tigrai TV's headquarters was hit by a drone on Sunday

Amid heavy clashes

Tigray TV station hit by drone, rebels advance in north Ethiopia

Portadown Orangemen and supporters gather at Drumcree Church in a tense standoff after being stopped by police from marching to Garvaghy Road, in Portadown, Northern Ireland

Tense standoff over flashpoint N.Ireland parade lasts into night

A Fedex plane carrying Ping Ping and Fu Shuang, two giant pandas from China, arrives in Atlanta, Georgia where the bears are beginning a 10-year residency at the city's zoo

After leaders' summit

Two giant pandas, emblems of China soft diplomacy, arrive in US

Minutes before resigning, President Aleksandar Vucic used his constitutional powers to pardon dozens of people

After pardoning dozens

Serbia's President Aleksandar Vucic announces resignation

To his supporters, Vucic represents stability, development and patriotism in a country long overshadowed by war

14 years in power

Aleksandar Vucic: from Milosevic minister to long-serving Serbian statesman

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi had met for talks on Tuesday with US President Donald Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff, and previously set out seven conditions for ending the war and reopening the strait

Offering to re-open

Trump expects new Iran talks despite rejecting deal offer

This summer collection looked weathered by seawater and wind

Traditional elegance

Armani sprinkles glitter on discreet elegance at Milan show

Authorities in the Odesa region said a 'massive strike' there had killed one more person and damaged many buildings

In the Odesa region

Russian strikes on Ukraine kill 8

The protesters say they will remain in the camp until solutions are found to the housing crisis

Maricarmen Abascal

Madrid housing protest camp enters second night as PM vows action

Police declared a major incident and sealed off the area

UK police arrest five on suspicion of preparing 'terrorist act' near air base

England opener Tom Banton celebrates his century during the third ODI against Sri Lanka at the Oval

Banton hundred paves way for England ODI series win over Sri Lanka

Switzerland's neutrality dates back to 1516 and has been internationally recognised since 1815

Neutrality vote

Swiss reject plan to toughen neutrality

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