Dembélé and Bonmati win Ballon d’Or as PSG take team and coach prizes
Barcelona's Aitana Bonmati claimed the women's Ballon d'Or for the third year on the trot on Monday night as Paris...
AI and iPhones likely stars of Apple event
San Francisco - Apple is set to unveil its iPhone 17 lineup on Tuesday, with enhanced artificial intelligence features expected...
China’s Xi at centre of world stage after days of high-level hobnobbing
Beijing – Two blockbuster events in China this week were a successful exposition of President Xi Jinping's vision of a...
China to bolster non-Western alliances at summit, parade
Beijing – China's President Xi Jinping will host world leaders including Russia's Vladimir Putin and India's Narendra Modi from Sunday...
Thai woman jailed for 43 years for lese-majeste freed
Bangkok: A Thai woman who received one of the kingdom's longest ever royal insult sentences was freed from prison on...
India’s Election Commission under fire from opposition
New Delhi – The Election Commission of India, long regarded as the impartial guardian of the world's largest democracy, is...
India celebrates clean energy milestone but coal still king
New Delhi (AFP) – Non-fossil fuels now account for half of India's installed energy capacity -- years ahead of schedule...
Zelensky returns to site of stunning Oval Office shouting match
Washington – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky returns to the Oval Office on Monday for the first time since a spectacularly...
Australian court fines Qantas US$59 million for illegal layoffs
Sydney – An Australian court fined Qantas Aus$90 million (US$59 million) on Monday for illegally laying off 1,800 ground staff...
Putin-Trump summit: What each side wants
Warsaw – The US and Russian presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin are to meet at a US air base...
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