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The European Central Bank is mulling its next move as inflation eases

ECB set to hike interest rates as Iran war flares anew

Computers inside data centers get hot and keeping them cool takes water

AI data centers are less thirsty now, tech giants say

Days-long clashes have erupted in Yemen over control of a gateway to the Red Sea in the deadliest fighting in the Arabian Peninsula country since a 2022 ceasefire between the two sides collapsed in July

Since ceasefire collapse

Toll from Yemen clashes passes 300 as civilians flee homes

Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, Snapchat and Reddit are forbidden from creating or keeping accounts belonging to users in Australia under 16

Cracking down on big tech

Australians could opt out of social media algorithms under new law

Both Russia and Ukraine need to make 'compromises' for war to end, Witkoff told Zelensky

US envoys have 'more effective proposals': Ukraine official

'We have made history today,' said a jubilant Ulrich Siegmund

Far-right AfD claims crushing victory in east German state vote

Iran's Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, middle, threatened to up the intensity of Iranian strikes

Iran threatens greater force if US launches more attacks

Jubilant scenes erupted at a post-election party in Magdeburg, capital of the state of Saxony-Anhalt

German AfD supporters jubilant at far right's thumping win

Indonesia halted operations at its main international airport outside Jakarta after ash spewed from the Anak Krakatoa

Outside Jakarta

Indonesia's main airport suspends operations after volcanic eruption

Arsenal's Martin Odegaard scores the winner against Chelsea

Emphatic response

Arsenal deliver statement fightback to end Chelsea's flying start

Alina Marazzi was among the directors using journalism as her subject

Focus on journalism

Venice festival turns gaze on war reporters, media industry

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party's top candidate for the regional elections in Saxony-Anhalt, Ulrich Siegmund, waves during a moped ride in Jessnitz, eastern Germany on June 28, 2026

'We have made history today'

Smiling face of Germany's far-right AfD: Ulrich Siegmund

Israel attacked a site in the southern village of Arab Salim it said was a Hezbollah facility

Lebanon president calls for US help as Israeli strikes kill 7

Kimi Antonelli is the first Italian winner at Monza since Ludovico Scarfiotti in 1966

First time in six decades

Sensational Antonelli wins Italian GP from back of grid

Sarandon said some agenices were telling people not to hire her

Over criticism of Israel's war

Susan Sarandon says still losing roles over Gaza stance

De Spëtzekandidat vun der AfD Ulrich Siegmund, hei zesumme mat senger Fra, huet zu Tangermünde seng Stëmm ofginn

Historic turnout

AfD at 41% in Saxony-Anhalt election with sights on first far-right state government post-WWII

Flash flood survivors rest inside a relief shelter at Devighat in Nepal's Nuwakot district on September 6, 2026. Sheltering with relatives or in temporary camps, survivors of devastating floods in Nepal say they can no longer rebuild their homes after the landscape was violently transformed, leaving them focused simply on survival.

5,500 people missing

Nepali rescuers buoyed by miracle finds but tough conditions persist

Kimi Antonelli bedcame the first Italian to win the Italian GP since Ludovico Scarfiotti in 1966

Championship leader Antonelli wins Italian Grand Prix

Gianni Infantino was first elected FIFA president in 2016

FIFA presidency

'Nothing has changed': FIFA confirms Infantino to run for re-election

The devastating August 26 floods in Nepal wiped out villages and killed more than 1,300 people

Tragic aftermath

UN's Nepal chief makes emotional plea for flood-ravaged country

Gianni Infantino was first elected FIFA president in 2016

Following controversies

FIFA confirms Infantino will run in presidential election

The Palestinian Football Association resumed activity after a nearly three-year pause due to the Gaza war

Bittersweet moment

With joy and grief, Palestinian football marks return

Indonesian firefighters on Borneo island are struggling to keep up with the blazes that have spread haze across the region

Shrouding communities in cloying haze

'Truly scared': Blazes outpace firefighters in Indonesian Borneo

The young maple replaced a tree damaged in the July attack on the Pride march

Planted in August

Vandals uproot Berlin tree commemorating Pride attack victims

German director Wim Wenders sparked controversy with his response to a question about the Gaza war at the Berlin film festival

Speaking in Venice

German director Wenders clarifies views on film and politics

China's Qinwen Zheng is the first qualifier to reach the US Open women's singles fourth round since Emma Raducanu -- who went on to win the title in 2021

Zheng stuns Keys as US Open upsets dim American hopes

US nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) is seen docked at Laem Chabang Port, near the city of Pattaya on September 3, 2026

Thousands of US sailors aboard

US aircraft carrier departs Thailand after port call

Acrid smoke hung heavily over Serian, seeping into homes and cloaking roadside stalls, as residents navigated an air-quality emergency fuelled by haze from Indonesia's fires

Haze emergency grips Malaysian Borneo town

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