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Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison would lead the company after its planned merger with Warner Bros. Discovery

Hollywood empire

Paramount settles with US states to clear Warner Bros. mega-merger

South Africa accounts for about 75 percent of the global ostrich market

South African ostriches plucked alive for luxury fashion: report

Vladimir Putin's United Russia party has dominated Russian politica for 25 years

Record supermajority

Putin's party secures record score in Russia election

Two women appeared in court over the killing of Kempton Park's ninth victim

Kempton Park murders

South Africa arrests three more suspects, after nine women murdered

The loan of the Bayeux Tapestry from France has sparked huge interest with the British Museum selling 100,000 tickets so far

Sold-out exhibition

British Museum bans photos of Bayeux Tapestry as crowds linger

Petronila Munoz, a Filipino chieftain, pointing at the proposed land where the Pax Silica Hub might be built in Capas, Tarlac province

'Still no clarity'

Philippine tribe in limbo over US-led tech hub

This year's climate summit is being held in Turkey but the negotiations steered by Australia in a unique co-hosting arrangement.

Annual climate conference

COP31 host says AI climate footprint to be a summit priority

Cyrus is accused over a song on her new album 'Bass Persuades'

Following album release

French singer accuses Miley Cyrus of plagiarism

The far-left Die Linke party's main candidate for the Berlin state election, Elif Eralp with party co-leader Ines Schwerdtner

'Absolutely unacceptable'

Berlin's far-left vote winners reject anti-semitism charges

The cases against Google are part of a broader effort by the US Department of Justice to curtail the competitive dominance of big tech companies, including Apple, Amazon and Meta

Fourth largest EU fine

EU fines Google 403 mn euros for location data breach

Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping will discuss a range of issues at the summit, with trade likely top of the list

China confirms Xi to visit US this week for Trump talks

Large queues have formed at TotalEnergies filling stations in France as the energy giant has been offering cut-price fuel

'Crisis in petroleum products'

Why diesel prices are rising more than crude oil

Auto workers demonstrated at sites including this car plant in Hanover

Nationwide demonstrations

German auto workers stage mass protests in bid to save jobs

Global renewable power capacity grew by a record level last year, an energy agency report shows, even as more needs to be done to displace fossil fuels

Transition to clean energy

Renewables hit record in 2025, but world must move faster: report

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has faced growing pressure after the latest bruising election results

Approval ratings plummet

Embattled Merz vows to keep ruling for 'democratic future' of Germany

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz faces massive pressure after his CDU party suffered humiliating defeats in two regional elections

After regional elections

Merz vows to keep ruling coalition together for 'democratic future' of Germany

China's Yu Zidi in the final of the women's 200m individual medley

Fastest time this year

Schoolgirl Yu scorches to second gold as doping case rocks Games

People alight from a public bus in Singapore on September 21, 2026. Riders who eat on public buses or put their feet on the seats now face a nearly Sg$500 ($392) penalty in Singapore, officials said September 21, a new example of no-nonsense rules in "Fine City".

Renowned for strict rules

Propping feet on bus seats carries $400 penalty in 'Fine City' Singapore

Auto workers demonstrated at sites including this car plant in Hanover

Calling for government action

Tens of thousands of German auto workers protest to save jobs

Aleema Khan, sister of Pakistan's jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan, pictured outside the Islamabad High Court in June 2024

Sisters of jailed Pakistan ex-PM Imran Khan arrested

Indonesia has deployed 54,000 personnel to fight to blazes raging on Borneo and Sumatra islands

Deploying thousands of personnel

Indonesia doing 'everything' but struggling to curb fires

A Venezuelan national was shot by a US immigration agent, Austin officials say, as they voiced outrage and demanded a thorough investigation

Venezuelan national

Officials say man shot, wounded by ICE agent in Texas

Fire burns on San Marcos Hill in the municipality of Villa de Leyva

Forest fire threatens tourist town in Colombian Andes

The Trump administration's third-country deportation drive has come under criticism from rights groups

With 35 countries

US has deported 25,000 to third countries under secretive deals: report

Antoine Semenyo (R) scores the fourth goal for Manchester City in a 5-3 Premier League win over Sunderland.

Across the continent

African players in Europe: Semenyo brace helps City top table

Sumit Kundu (far right) with other members of the India boxing team during a training session earlier this month

'I will win for my family'

'For my family': India boxer beats hardship, injury to go for Games gold

National flags of South Korea (R) and North Korea (L) are seen within the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) dividing the two Koreas, from Paju on September 12, 2026

Near North Korean border

Three South Korean soldiers injured in DMZ blast: military

Morning Roundup

BIL bank up for sale, Merz's CDU hit in state elections, and no action after new Luxembourg drone reports

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