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Deadly virus stalks South Africa's sardines

Malaysia's Sarawak eyes cloud seeding as haze worsens

South Korea women's football body probes 'period' insult

World leaders need to see rising oceans in Pacific: UN official

Transitional Fashion Essentials for Autumn: Key Pieces from M&S and Joe Browns

Xiaomi Pad 9 Pro Leak Suggests 12.5-Inch Display and Massive Battery

China's Xi and Iran's Pezeshkian in Kyrgyzstan, Putin expected

UK Homeowners Advised to Use Peppermint Tea Bags to Deter Spiders

Rescuers hunt for missing after deadly N.Cyprus ferry accident

Iran, US trade fire in first exchange for a month

Nepal toll surges as rescuers struggle through 'unimaginable' disaster

Ethiopia's Abiy could consolidate power as 'executive president'

Mauled Australian swimmer recalls punching shark

Crude prices rise on US-Iran strikes, equities mixed after Warsh remarks

ECB to match historic inflation with bumper rate hike

European Central Bank policymakers could reach for a historically large interest rate hike at their meeting on Thursday as they seek to tame soaring inflation.

Potter hot favourite to replace sacked Tuchel at Chelsea

Brighton and Hove Albion boss Graham Potter is odds-on favourite to take over at Chelsea following the surprise sacking of manager Thomas Tuchel just seven games into the season.

Dark reality of Marilyn Monroe comes to Venice

The film with the biggest buzz going into the Venice Film Festival, a dark new portrait of Marilyn Monroe starring Cuban actress Ana de Armas, finally gets its world premiere on Thursday.

Spielberg off to Toronto as film festival hails LGBTQ 'breakthrough year'

Steven Spielberg will lead a host of Hollywood A-listers across the border to Toronto this week for North America's biggest film festival, which organizers say will celebrate a breakthrough year for LGBTQ cinema.

'Help wanted': businesses struggle to fill jobs

Germany has a shortage of plumbers. The United States needs more postal workers. Australia is lacking engineers. In Canada, hospitals are looking for more nurses.

Bolivian indigenous women break barriers through mountaineering

A sudden gale drowns out the crunching sound of footsteps on the ice and makes skirts billow in the freezing night.

'A matter of honour': Women forced to stay in flooded Pakistan village

The 400 residents of Basti Ahmad Din, a tiny Pakistani village left surrounded by floodwater after torrential monsoon rains, are facing starvation and disease.

Swiatek, Sabalenka into US Open semi-finals

Iga Swiatek reached her third Grand Slam semi-final of 2022 on Wednesday and first at the US Open with an error-strewn triumph over Jessica Pegula, the last remaining American woman in the tournament.

Miandad to Naseem: Five Pakistan six-shooting heroes

Pakistan fast bowler Naseem Shah smashed Afghanistan left-arm seamer Fazalhaq Farooqi for successive sixes in the last over Wednesday to take his team to the final of the Asia Cup in a thrilling encounter.