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Asian Games chief defends 'functional' rooms after backlash

Fiji declares national HIV crisis

Leader's sister says only 'idiots' think N. Korea to give up nukes

Australia to cut migration to fix housing crisis: minister

World's water cycle becoming more unpredictable, UN warns

NASA scan discovers new, 'once in a century' Moon crater

Where the US-China tariff row stands ahead of White House summit

Most stocks rise as Fed hikes and indicates drive to curb inflation

Croc-habitat gets green light for 2032 Olympic rowing

US again denies Palestinian leader Abbas visa to attend UN assembly

Indonesia cash-for-photos scheme turns animal hunters into protectors

Lula says he will go to UN to tell Trump to 'stay out' of Brazil's elections

'Left-field' life: Briton becomes Thailand's top foreign monk

Messi heads Inter Miami to Campeones Cup triumph

Springbok full-back Le Roux joins Bulls

Springboks full-back Willie le Roux has joined the Bulls on a three-year contract after spending four seasons with Japanese club Toyota Verblitz.

Philipsen wins second straight Tour de France stage

Jasper Philipsen won a second consecutive stage of the Tour de France in a sprint at the Nogaro racetrack on Tuesday marred by three high-speed falls.

'It's going to be different': Alcaraz fires Wimbledon warning to Djokovic

World number one Carlos Alcaraz has warned Novak Djokovic he won't crack under pressure if the title rivals meet in the Wimbledon final.

As Olympics brace for Seine dip, rogue swimmers say water's fine

While the 2024 Olympics will stage events in the Seine river from the ornate Alexandre III bridge, a proud declaration of the waterway's environmental renewal, many swimmers in the capital are already defying decades-long bans to take the plunge.

UK court hears Spacey kissed accuser's neck and said 'be cool'

A man accusing Kevin Spacey of sexually assaulting him said the Hollywood actor told him to "be cool" as he kissed his neck and grabbed his crotch, a London court heard on Tuesday.

Russia says drone attack near Moscow a 'terrorist' act by Kyiv

Russia said Tuesday it had downed five Ukrainian drones in the Moscow region, calling it a "terrorist act" that briefly disrupted air traffic at an international airport near the capital.

Alcaraz launches Wimbledon bid in style, Rybakina survives scare

Top seed Carlos Alcaraz made a flying start to his Wimbledon campaign on Tuesday as defending women's champion Elena Rybakina recovered from a set down to reach the second round.

We may be underestimating the climate risk to crops: researchers

The risks of harvest failures in multiple global breadbaskets have been underestimated, according to a study Tuesday that researchers said should be a "wake up call" about the threat climate change poses to our food systems.

Defending champion Rybakina survives Wimbledon scare

Defending champion Elena Rybakina survived a Centre Court scare to reach the Wimbledon second round on Tuesday.

Carbon 'capture' climate tech is booming, and confusing

Humanity's failure to draw down planet-heating carbon dioxide emissions -- 41 billion tonnes in 2022 -- has thrust once-marginal options for capping or reducing CO2 in the atmosphere to centre stage in climate policy and investment.

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