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Japan defender Takehiro Tomiyasu

Previously at Ajax

Japan defender Tomiyasu joins Crystal Palace

The US has had a 'low-hire, low-fire' labor market for months, with job seekers struggling to break into firms as turnover has remained relatively low in the world's largest economy

After months of steady growth

US unexpectedly loses jobs in blow to Trump ahead of midterms

Cambridge university is investigating the circumstances around Arday's appointment

For senior roles

Cambridge to review hiring process amid plagiarism row

Dust clouds form around a combine harvester at Shimpling park farm in eastern England as it harvests a crop in a parched field

Forced to change eating habits?

Food security fears mount as UK farmers battle drought

Students and parents gathered outside a school in Thailand's Nonthaburi province, just north of the capital Bangkok, after a student shot and killed five students after killing his grandparents

'Still in shock'

Thai students in disbelief after deadly school shooting

Controversial breakthrough

US researchers use AI to design working viruses for the first time

The war in Gaza obliterated the territory's beekeeping sector

Sector 95% destroyed

Gaza beekeeper starts again on rooftop amid ruins of war

Thailand is estimated to have around 10 million firearms in circulation -- one for every seven inhabitants

Shooter reported dead

Thailand teen kills seven in home, school shooting

Chinese activist Zhang Xinyan arrived in Canada after months living in fear of deportation at a Bangkok detention centre

Months living in fear of deportation

Chinese activist held in Bangkok finds Canada refuge

US tech company Meta is facing lawsuits over allegations of children being harmed by its social media platforms

Meta ordered to pay $567 mn in US over 'public nuisance' child harm

Firefighters battle a wildfire in the Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park near Mount Bromo

More than 120 hectares destroyed

Indonesia battles Mount Bromo wildfire as El Nino takes root

Long-tailed macaques are a common sight in Indonesia, even in urban areas where conflict with humans occurs

Dozens of schools closed in fear

Indonesia traps monkey to end rampage that wounded 18 people

D'Hondius op de leschte Meter um Wee an den Hafe vu Rotterdam.

Visited in July

Tourist in France tests positive for hantavirus

Autonomous weapons have come to dominate the war with Russia

Built sprawling industry from scratch

Military shake-up poses little threat to Ukraine's drone revolution

In the Australian outback, camels are used for wild races, an alternative milk source and even to make beer

Camels find unlikely home in outback Australia

Saudi Arabia has led a military coalition backing Yemen's government against the Houthis since 2015

One of country's deadliest days in civil war

Houthi missile attacks kill 58 Saudi-backed Yemeni govt forces

Foreign ministers and top diplomats of the Pacific Islands countries attend a meeting of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) in Suva, Fiji, on August 7, 2026, ahead of the full leaders meeting scheduled for September 2026 in Palau

Ahead of full leaders meeting

Pacific nations fail to agree on statement condemning China missile test

Mourners of Lobga Rangzen erected a makeshift shrine at the scene of his self-immolation outside the United Nations in New York that has become a rallying point for Tibetan activists

First to do so in US

Anguish and hope: why a Tibetan set himself on fire in New York

US-backed political transition talks between Venezuela's interim government and opposition representatives are underway in Caracas

Seven months after Maduro seized

Venezuela's political transition talks wrap first day in Caracas

The Korean peninsula is sweltering through a record-hot summer with 23 deaths attributed to the heat in the South

Record-hot summer

North Korea touts dog soup and other home-cooked recipes to beat the heat

Experts at Chilbolton Observatory monitor UK-licenced satellites and ever-growing fragments of space debris swirling around them

'The whole environment is changing'

UK observatory nervously watches growing space junk threat

South Africa scrum-half Cobus Reinach (C) playing against Wales in a 2026 Nations Championship Test in Durban.

'Massive challenge'

South Africa coach Erasmus wary of struggling Argentina

Clashes broke out between police and protesters during a demonstration against private property legislation outside the National Congress in Buenos Aires

'The homeland is not for sale'

Clashes with police as Argentines protest property bill

Syria's parliament deputy speaker Madonna Beshara poses inside the parliament in Damascus on July 27, 2026

Actress, engineer, jihadist's widow among Syria's new women MPs

Britain's Cameron Norrie makes a backhand return in a victory over Australian third seed Alex de Minaur to reach the fourth round of the ATP Montreal Masters

Battling Norrie survives match point to oust de Minaur

World number one Aryna Sabalenka advanced to the fourth round at the WTA Toronto Masters tournament by defeating China's Zhang Shuai

'I enjoy being the one being chased'

No.1 Sabalenka and Pegula advance at Toronto

Wolbachia bacteria is being used in a bid to control mosquito populations

'Bafflingly effective'

US firm takes on backyard mosquitoes -- with 600,000 mosquitoes

An AFP photographer saw several ambulances heading to the blast site

Responsibility not claimed

2 killed, 13 wounded in bus blast near Syrian capital: state media

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