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Spain began three days of mourning on Thursday after its second high-speed rail collision this year killed 68 people and injured scores, with relatives desperately seeking news about their loved ones.

England face their earliest Rugby League World Cup exit ever this weekend with their fate in the hands of Tonga and Samoa during bumper games that will decide the semi-final line-up.

Between the hundreds of migrants arriving every day to seek asylum, chases of those fleeing, and the encounters with drug traffickers, Jason Mercado was overwhelmed during his time working for the US Border Patrol under Joe Biden.

Kimi Antonelli will take his place in Formula One’s record books as the youngest champion and Italy’s first since 1953, barring a wild swing of unexpected misfortunes amid a fiesta atmosphere at this weekend’s Mexico City Grand Prix.

Australian Defence Minister Richard Marles said Thursday that China's military build-up was creating a "condition of pressure" in Southeast Asia, and urged allies and partners to deepen cooperation.

Canada and the European Union will craft "a new chapter" in their alliance at a Montreal summit that opens Thursday, the EU chief said, as they navigate uncertain relations with the United States.

Enzo Maresca admitted Manchester City did not practice penalties at all this season before beating Brighton & Hove Albion in a League Cup fourth round shoot-out on Wednesday.

An Argentine court jailed a football supporter for seven and a half years on Wednesday for threatening Angel Di Maria in 2024 in a bid to stop the World Cup winner returning to Argentina at the end of his career.

Microsoft shares popped more than five percent Wednesday afternoon after it reported better than expected revenue and profit, fueled by its Azure cloud computing division which grew by 48 percent in the September quarter.

Liverpool beat Chelsea in a dramatic penalty shoot-out to reach the League Cup quarter-finals, while holders Manchester City survived a scare against Brighton on Wednesday.

Goals from Ellie Carpenter and Kadeisha Buchanan were enough to give Chelsea their second win in this season's Women's Champions League on Wednesday to join Arsenal and Lyon at the top of the table.

Inter reclaimed top spot in Serie A with a nervy 2-0 win at Venezia on Wednesday, while Samuel Mbangula's hat-trick inspired Bologna to a 4-2 victory at AC Milan and Juventus stumbled again at Genoa.

Newly-crowned Ballon d'Or winner Harry Kane was left on the bench as Bayern Munich sailed to a 6-1 win over second-tier Magdeburg in the German Cup last 32 on Wednesday.

Shares in Google parent Alphabet fell more than 10 percent in after-hours trading Wednesday as the company reported lower-than-expected profit and a slowdown in its advertising business while it maintained big spending on AI.

Brazil's defeated right-wing presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro insisted Wednesday he is his country's rightful leader after arriving in the United States to start a self-imposed exile.

Bayern Munich sporting director Max Eberl said Wednesday coach Vincent Kompany had been discharged from hospital, revealing the Belgian had been suffering from meningeal irritation.

US tech tycoon Elon Musk is "truly a genius" for deploying thousands of satellites into orbit, President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday, as Moscow seeks to develop its own satellite internet network.

Shares in Google parent Alphabet fell more than seven percent in after-hours trading Wednesday as the company reported lower-than-expected profit and a slowdown in its advertising business.

Wall Street stocks finished higher Wednesday after a choppy session, digesting a status quo Federal Reserve decision as markets monitored the latest earnings from US tech giants.

Goals from Ellie Carpenter and Kadeisha Buchanan were enough to give Chelsea their second win in this season's Women's Champions League on Wednesday while Bayern Munich came from two goals down to draw with Real Madrid.

The US Federal Reserve on Wednesday held interest rates steady, even as its Chairman Kevin Warsh said inflation remained "too high" but insisted that politics played no part in the central bank's decision not to continue raising rates days before crucial midterm elections.

أحدهم، للتو استيقظ، لاحظ وجهه في المرآة، كأنه مختلف عن الأمس، فمه مشدود لليسار، أو ربما حدقة عينه لم تعد في المنتصف! حينما حاول أن يرفع رجله خانته قواه، خدر، لم يشعر به من قبل، كأن النمل يمشي على قدميه، تكون قد نامت!؟

Combining the remnants of shell casings and other items from the Falklands War, Argentine silversmith Juan Carlos Pallarols is crafting a "Chalice of Peace" to give to Pope Leo XIV when he visits Argentina next month.

Rwanda should not be a "scapegoat" for events in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda's foreign minister said Wednesday, as the neighbours battle over responsibility for fighting in eastern DR Congo.

تخلت شركتان كبيرتان في الصين، أمس، عن نجم المنتخب الفرنسي لكرة القدم، كيليان مبابي، بعد تداول مقطع فيديو على الإنترنت بدا فيه كأنه يمزح بشأن الزعيم الصيني السابق ماو تسي تونغ. وتُعتبر النكات حول ماو، مؤسس الصين الشعبية الذي توفي عام 1976، في الصين أمراً مسيئاً، ولاتزال من المحظورات الاجتماعية.

Dolores Huerta, the US labor leader and civil rights icon whose union work changed the lives of migrant workers, has died, her family said Wednesday. She was 96.

Inter Milan returned to the Serie A summit with a nervy 2-0 win at bottom side Venezia on Wednesday, while a Samuel Mbangula hat-trick sealed a 4-2 win for Bologna at San Siro to inflict a first league defeat of the season on AC Milan.

ضمن جهود «دبي للثقافة» لحماية المواقع الأثرية وتعزيز حضورها على خريطة التراث العالمي نظمت هيئة الثقافة والفنون في دبي (دبي للثقافة) «الورشة العلمية حول المشهد الثقافي في سهيلة - حتّا»، بهدف تعزيز المعرفة بتاريخ منطقة حتّا وقيمتها الأثرية، ومناقشة نتائج الدراسات والتنقيبات الحديثة، والاطلاع على أفضل الممارسات العالمية في حماية المواقع الأثرية وإدارتها وتوثيقها، ويأتي ذلك في إطار جهود الهيئة الرامية إلى توسيع آفاق التعاون مع الخ

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Wednesday slammed a "shameful" decision by a judge dismissing accusations against a campaigner arrested on terrorism charges for allegedly seeking to organise violent protests.

لترسيخ قيم الشيخ زايد وإرثه ونقلها عبر الأجيال وجّه صاحب السمو الشيخ محمد بن زايد آل نهيان، رئيس الدولة "حفظه الله"، باعتماد يوم السابع من شهر يناير من كل عام "يوم زايد المؤسس"، مناسبة وطنية سنوية للاحتفاء بسيرة المغفور له الشيخ زايد بن سلطان آل نهيان، مؤسس دولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة، "طيب الله ثراه"، وإرثه وقيمه، وتناقلها وترسيخها عبر الأجيال، على أن يقام الاحتفاء الأول بهذا اليوم في 7 يناير 2027. ويجسد اختيار هذا التاريخ

Flavio Bolsonaro's clandestine escape to the United States bewildered Brazil and triggered a frantic search for his whereabouts.

Oscar-nominated film producer Kathleen Kennedy was named on Wednesday to oversee preparations for the opening and closing ceremonies at the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Los Angeles.