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Kazakhstan's Elena Rybakina, already assured of rising to number one in the world after reaching the US Open semi-finals, faces Coco Gauff for a place in the title match

Ending Zheng Qinwen's run

Rybakina books US Open semi against Gauff, secures No.1 ranking

South Korean haenyeo Jin So-hee dives into the sea in the South Korean coastal town of Geoje

Seafood harvest

Women quit South Korea's grind for diving tradition

A six month-old leaf monkey that was intercepted by the Wildlife Crime Intelligence Unit at Suvarnabhumi airport

Exotic souvenirs

Online and undercover: saving trafficked wildlife in Thailand

A mining area believed to be the Man Maw mine, located in autonomous Wa State in eastern Myanmar, near the Chinese border

Suspended since 2023

Myanmar tin mega-mine restarts operations: think tank

In 1987, Sweden adopted a new strategy to distribute refugees more evenly across the country, and asked Sjobo, then a town of around 15,400, to take in around 15 people

Sjobo, cradle of Sweden's now-mainstream anti-migrant sentiment

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (C) and his wife, Jeanette Rubio, prepare to depart Quito, Ecuador and head to Peru for the third and final stop on his tour of Latin America

Shoring up conservative allies

Rubio defends anti-drug boat strikes, warns of cartel 'cancer'

Venice Film Festival organisers have selected several films about the Gaza conflict as part of this year's programme

Israeli-made film about Gaza civilian deaths to debut in Venice

Some coral species with fast-growing branches are planted onto "coral trees" that look like old television antennas and are suspended in the water column, with floats to keep them upright

As oceans warm, Florida scientists hunt for heat-resistant coral

Roy Thomson Hall is one of the main venues for the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF)

Stars ready for busy Toronto International Film Festival

The close economic relationship between Canada and the United States has fractured since Trump returned to office

David against Goliath

How hot can the US-Canada trade war get?

Pounding surf has created a sinkhole on one side of a multi-million dollar house in swanky Malibu that reports said belongs to Nicholas Cage

Celebrity real estate

Evacuations in Malibu after waves open sinkhole at Nicolas Cage's house

Ben Shelton and Carlos Alcaraz embrace as their record-breaking US Open quarter-final ends at 3:34am -- the latest finish in tournament history

As late as 3:34 am

'Not normal' US Open scheduling under-fire after late-night finishes

Ferran Torres scored a hat-trick as PSG thrashed Slovan Bratislava

PSG thrash Slovan in Champions League opener, Liverpool down Atletico

Ralph Lauren's Spring 2028 collection heavily features his signature navy blue and white color palette

Ralph Lauren opens fur-free New York Fashion Week

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent unveiled a long-term bond-buying program three times last month's level, but bond yields still rose

Three-year high

Bond yields jump despite $6 bn US government intervention

Thousands of Cubans took part in week-long celebrations of the island’s patron saint, Our Lady of Charity

US-blockaded Cubans appeal to 'Cachita' for divine intervention

Oil prices exended losses after Donald Trump said Venezuela would ship millions of barrels to the United States

Brent oil passes $100 on Mideast flare-up, stoking inflation fears

A fisherman finds relief from the over 100 degrees Fahrenheit temperature in the lake in Hart Memorial Park in Bakersfield, California, in June; the contiguous United States endured its hottest summer on record in 2026

'Alarm bells ringing': US summer heat shatters record

Apple CEO John Ternus holds the iPhone Duo

Starting at $1,999

Apple unveils its first foldable smartphone iPhone Duo

In Nepal, 1,367 bodies have been recovered and 5,132 people are missing, its disaster authority said two weeks after the deadly floods

Nepal seeks survivors two weeks after deadly floods

The resolution marks the first time Iran has been referred to the Security Council in 20 years for failing to comply with its nuclear reporting obligations

Nuclear 'non-compliance'

IAEA board refers Iran to UN Security Council

Anthropic is currently at odds with the Trump administration, which has terminated all of its government contracts with the company

Dangerous territory

'Gambling with our lives': AI researcher quits Anthropic

A member of the Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces fires a heavy machine gun during clashes with Houthi fighters in Taiz province

'Dangerous escalation'

Yemen rebels report fresh Saudi strikes as conflict deepens

Belgian customs officials raided an illegal cigarette factory in the centre of the country

Belgium raids illicit cigarette factory in push to stub out growing trade

Twenty-six Meta employees filed a lawsuit accusing the tech giant of using AI to select workers for mass layoffs, a claim denied by the company

Amid right-wing turn

Meta tests fact-check replacement in Latin America

A fisherman finds relief from the over 100 degrees Fahrenheit temperature in the lake in Hart Memorial Park in Bakersfield, California, in June; the contiguous United States endured its hottest summer on record in 2026

US had warmest summer on record: climate agency

An Israeli army soldier stands at a winery in the Israeli settlement of Shaar Binyamin in the occupied West Bank

Israeli settlement winemaker defiant after UK-led trade sanctions

The casket was carried to the royal mausoleum in the crypt at Akershus Castle

Norway bids farewell to King Harald V, 'grandfather' of the nation

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