World
Raging wildfires tore through an additional 30,000 hectares (74,000 acres) of western Spain in less than 24 hours, satellite data showed Tuesday, but cooler temperatures have raised hopes of containment.Some 373,000 hectares (922,000 acres) have been scorched in Spain this year as of 0700 GMT Tuesda...
Myanmar and Thailand's busiest trade crossing was closed for a second day on Tuesday after the military junta pledged to throttle black markets funding armed opposition groups ahead of a disputed December election.The military, which seized power in a 2021 coup, controls the Myawaddy bridge that...
Sports,Tennis
Carlos Alcaraz won the ATP Cincinnati Open title on Monday after defending champion Jannik Sinner retired due to illness during the first set. Meanwhile, Iga Swiatek defeated Jasmine Paolini in straight sets to lift the WTA Cincinnati Open women's crown for the first time on Monday. Ai...
Sports
Two boxers in Japan have died from brain injuries they incurred in separate bouts during the same event in Tokyo, officials said.Super featherweight Shigetoshi Kotari and lightweight Hiromasa Urakawa, both 28, fought on the same card in Tokyo's Korakuen Hall on August 2.Both were later rushed to...
Sports,Football
Liverpool sold striker Darwin Nunez to Saudi side Al-Hilal, both clubs confirmed on Saturday, in a move that could allow the Premier League champions to make a fresh bid for Newcastle's Alexander Isak.Nunez joined the Reds for an initial 75 million euros ($87 million, o65 million) from Benf...
European leaders urged more "pressure" on Russia overnight Saturday, after the announcement of a Trump-Putin summit to end the war in Ukraine raised concern that an agreement would require Kyiv to cede swathes of territory.Presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump will meet in the US stat...
More than 600 pilgrims in Iraq were briefly hospitalised with respiratory problems after inhaling chlorine as the result of a leak at a water treatment station, authorities said Sunday.The incident took place overnight on the route between the two Shiite holy cities of Najaf and Karbala, located in ...
The world's largest underground copper mine was set to resume operating on Sunday, after a deadly cave-in suspended work for more than a week.Chile's Mining Ministry ordered El Teniente to halt activity on August 1 to allow rescuers to search for five miners trapped after a "seismic eve...
Ukraine won't surrender land to Russia to buy peace, President Volodymyr Zelensky warned Saturday, after Washington and Moscow agreed to hold a summit in a bid to end the war.Presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump will meet in the US state of Alaska next Friday, to try to resolve the three-y...
Firefighters have contained a massive wildfire in southern France but local officials warned on Sunday that scorching heat and dry conditions could reignite the blaze, as parts of the Mediterranean region face a heatwave.The fire has ravaged a vast area of France's southern Aude department at th...
The Lebanese army said a blast at a weapons depot near the Israeli border killed six soldiers on Saturday, with a military source saying the troops were removing munitions from a Hezbollah facility.Under the truce that ended last year's war between Israel and Hezbollah, Lebanese troops have been...
A Colombian presidential candidate shot at a campaign event in June has deteriorated to critical condition due to a new cerebral hemorrhage, doctors treating him said Saturday.Conservative Senator Miguel Uribe, 39, was speaking to supporters in the capital, Bogota, when a gunman shot him twice in th...
Israel's military will "take control" of Gaza City under a new plan approved by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's security cabinet, touching off a wave of criticism Friday from both inside and outside the country.Nearly two years into the war in Gaza, Netanyahu faces mounting pre...
A fire broke out in the historic mosque-turned-cathedral in Cordoba on Friday but the monument was saved as firefighters quickly contained and then extinguished it, the Spanish city's mayor said.Widely shared videos had shown flames and smoke billowing from inside the major tourist attraction, v...
Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney on Friday announced a multi-billion-dollar military spending package, affirming his government's plan to hit NATO's two percent defense spending target this year.Since taking office in April, Carney has repeatedly warned that Canada's military is n...
Hundreds of firefighters on Saturday battled for a second day a large wildfire near Athens that left one dead, with strong winds raising fears it could spread.A fire department spokesman said over 260 firefighters with nearly 80 fire engines and 12 aircraft were deployed in Keratea, a rural area som...
A landmine blast on Saturday wounded three Thai soldiers on patrol near the border with Cambodia, days after the two sides agreed a ceasefire to end their deadliest military clashes in decades.The blast occurred in Sisaket province at around 10:00 am (0300 GMT), the Royal Thai Military said in a sta...
A historic mosque-turned-cathedral in Cordoba in southern Spain reopened on Saturday, a day after a blaze that was quickly contained by firefighters, a spokesman for the site said.Considered a jewel of Islamic architecture, the site opened at 10:00 am (0800 GMT) and will close at 7:00 pm -- its regu...
Sports,Cricket
Hasan Nawaz made a triumphant ODI debut, going 63 not out on Friday to power Pakistan over West Indies by five wickets in their ODI series opener.Nawaz and Hussain Talat formed a sixth-wicket partnership of 104 not out to rally the visitors in the day-night affair, with game two on Sunday and the co...
Saudi Aramco's profit slid 22 percent in the second quarter to 85 billion riyals ($22.67 billion) as a slump in prices hit revenues, the oil giant said on Tuesday.Aramco, the world's biggest oil exporter and driver of the Saudi economy, has now seen profits decline for 10 straight quarters s...
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