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Britain's Prime Minister Andy Burnham called for 'positivity' and hope

Amid recent incidents of violence

Masks banned at planned UK protests: police

A hot consumer inflation report could push the Federal Reserve to hike interest rates, a move sure to draw President Donald Trump's ire

As war drives costs higher

US inflation steady in August, fueling Fed rate hike expectations

Dolly Parton says she has recorded material that could be used in songs well into the future

Country music legend

Nashville airport to be renamed after Dolly Parton

US President Donald Trump and US First Lady Melania Trump bow their heads in prayer during the 25th anniversary commemoration of the September 11, 2001 attacks at the Pentagon

Politics of memory

'That's why we fight': Trump links 9/11 to Iran conflict

Argentina's Dirty War and its lasting effect on survivors is the subject of Marco Bechis's "Return to Buenos Aires".

Latin American dictatorships revisited

Argentina's Dirty War rears its head in Venice film

Lee Cheuk-yan, Albert Ho and Chow Hang-tung have been behind bars since they were charged in 2021

For alleged constitution breach

Hong Kong sentences Tiananmen activists to between 5 and 7 years in jail

Europe saw a record 37,640 flights on July 10, according to the aviation body

Europe saw record summer air traffic despite Mideast war: Eurocontrol

Iranian director Ali Asgari is competing for the Golden Lion with his film 'Kami nour' (A bit of light)

Powerful tool of resistance

'Whatever we do is political' says Iranian director Asgari at Venice

Campaigners hoping for the change in law wiped away tears and comforted each other

'Finish what they started'

UK lawmakers throw out bill to legalise assisted dying

The September 11, 2001 attacks were carried out by mostly Saudi hijackers orchestrated by mastermind Osama bin Laden, a wealthy Saudi who founded Al-Qaeda

Jarring exception

Relatives of 9/11 victims hit out at Saudi Arabia -- and US leaders

Hamza Abdelkarim has made one brief appearance for Barcelona in La Liga this season

Due to sign Tuesday

Egyptian teenager Abdelkarim to extend Barca deal to 2030

Wars, global trade turbulence and oil are expected on the BRICS summit agenda

Russian president

India welcomes Russia, Iran leaders for BRICS summit overshadowed by war

Smoke billows from the M/V June Aster ferry, which sits off the island of Coron, Palawan in the Philippines after a blaze that killed at least five people

'Everything happened in seconds'

Philippines recovers 30 bodies from ferry after blaze

Some 100 million Americans were not even born or are too young to remember the tragic events of 9/11

Apolitical ceremony

New York marks 25th anniversary of 9/11 attacks

Swedish PM Ulf Kristersson secured power in 2022 by making an unprecedented deal with the Sweden Democrats

Upcoming elections

Sweden's outgoing PM wants to 'make Sweden great again'

The Houthis launched a major offensive against Saudi-backed government forces

Key Red Sea island

Yemen's Houthis take over strait vital to global shipping

Thailand began building a wall along part of its border with Cambodia following deadly clashes last year

Following colonial lines

Fenced off: Thailand builds border wall after Cambodia clashes

Max has been pre-installed on phones and tablets sold in Russia since September

Coordination needed

Russia rolls out long-delayed 5G, but not for iPhones

Nearly 1,500 people have died in DR Congo from the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola, for which there are vaccines or treatments

Deadliest in country's history

DR Congo Ebola outbreak spreads to 7th province

Celine Dion greets fans as she arrives in Paris ahead of the concerts

'I'm going to go back onstage'

Celine Dion: the Quebec star's long and painful road to return

Nepal estimates the reconstruction bill after deadly floods sparked by a glacial mountain collapse last month will amount to $4.78 billion, according to the foreign ministry

As reconstruction begins

Nepal flood reconstruction bill to be $4.78 bn: foreign ministry

Emma Bonino (pictured here in 2019) commanded respect across the political spectrum

Italian feminist fighter Emma Bonino dies

AI experts have long described the threat as critical

Superintelligence

Doomsday tech: could AI really kill us all?

North Korean athletes were welcomed in Japan by supporters who sang songs and waved the country's flag

More than 100 athletes

White blazers, pink ties as North Koreans land in Japan for Asian Games

The cast and crew biopic "Being Heumann" attend their film's premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival

Toronto film festival kicks off with ode to political activism

Chow Hang-tung said in a blog post ahead of Friday's verdict that

'Iincitement to subversion'

The Hong Kong Tiananmen vigil activists convicted in security trial

In the wild, orangutans are found only in Sumatra and Borneo

Found in forest

Indonesia seeks to bring back baby orangutans allegedly trafficked to India

President George W. Bush hailed Cheney as 'a patriot who brought integrity' to government

Power & Politics

The Makkah Pact II: The making of the 'Axis of Resistance'

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