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Sun, 09 Oct 2022 09:02:30 GMT
Thai nursery massacre families pray to free children's souls
Sacked police officer Panya Khamrab killed 36 people -- 24 of them children -- on Thursday in a gun and knife rampage in northeastern Nong Bua Lam Phu province, in one of the kingdom's worst-ever mass killings. Saffron-robed monks led prayers for t...

Sun, 09 Oct 2022 09:00:26 GMT
Verstappen retains F1 world title after dramatic Japan win
Red Bull's Verstappen crossed the line first and he was then awarded the title when second-place finisher Charles Leclerc was given a five-second penalty, dropping him to third. The result gave Verstappen an unassailable 113-point lead in the champ...

Sun, 09 Oct 2022 08:15:14 GMT
Thousands in US demonstrate for abortion rights as midterm elections approach
Thousands marched in cities across the United States on Saturday to protest the Supreme Court's overturning of the federal right to abortion and to urge voters to turn out in a Democratic "blue wave" in next month's key midterm elections.

Sun, 09 Oct 2022 07:14:21 GMT
Gasly furious after tractor on Japanese GP track
Gasly said he could have been killed after encountering the vehicle, which was deployed to recover Carlos Sainz's car after the Spaniard crashed in heavy rain on a chaotic first lap. The race was red-flagged on the third lap and had not restarted m...

Sun, 09 Oct 2022 06:01:07 GMT
Live: More than a dozen people killed after missile strike in Zaporizhzhia city
At least 17 people were killed in an overnight "missile attack" in the city of Zaporizhzhia, a local official said on Sunday, the second deadly strike there in three days. Rail and road traffic resumed on Saturday on the Kerch bridge between Crimea...

Sun, 09 Oct 2022 05:48:17 GMT
Verstappen title bid in Japan delayed by red flag
Verstappen was leading Charles Leclerc of Ferrari, with Red Bull teammate Sergio Perez behind in third when a safety car came out on the first lap before the race was halted soon after. Runaway championship leader Verstappen can clinch the title if...

Sun, 09 Oct 2022 04:39:03 GMT
Hey big spenders: Qatar woos the rich with luxury World Cup
A penchant for luxury in the energy-rich Gulf state, which has one of the world's highest GDPs per head, has rubbed off on an unusually high-end edition of a tournament for the masses. If you're able to spring $4,950 for a VIP ticket to a group gam...

Sun, 09 Oct 2022 04:38:52 GMT
Vietnam's VinFast targets US market in 'preposterously hard' gamble
The pivot is a bold move by chairman Pham Nhat Vuong -- Vietnam's richest man -- who started out selling dried noodles in the former Soviet Union before amassing his $5 billion fortune in a range of sectors including real estate, tourism and educati...

Sun, 09 Oct 2022 03:52:13 GMT
All Blacks named for Northern Hemisphere tour
There are no surprises in the 35-man group for the four-Test tour, with experienced midfield back Anton Lienert-Brown the only member not to have played for the All Blacks this year. Foster opted against including any uncapped players, saying the t...

Sun, 09 Oct 2022 03:30:25 GMT
Martinez beats Ancajas in 115-pound title rematch
Martinez defended the crown he took from Ancajas in February by judges' scores of 119-109, 118-110 and 118-110 in the championship rematch at Carson, California. "This was a validation of the first fight," Martinez said through a translator. "Defin...

Sun, 09 Oct 2022 03:08:38 GMT
Israeli forces hunt east Jerusalem checkpoint attacker
The Israeli army said a soldier had been "killed as a result of being critically injured by a shooting attack" that police said had taken place at a checkpoint in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem near Shuafat Palestinian refugee camp. Another Israeli...

Sun, 09 Oct 2022 03:00:16 GMT
'Till' lynching film 'not interested' in showing traumatic anti-Black violence
The movie, in theaters next Friday, tells the horrifying true story of 14-year-old Emmett Till's death and its aftermath through the eyes of his mother Mamie, who reluctantly became an activist and helped to inspire the United States' sweeping civil...

Sun, 09 Oct 2022 02:38:16 GMT
Flamboyant Italy pull away to beat USA at women's Rugby World Cup
Winger Aura Muzzo scored two of her team's four tries as Italy pulled away in the second half of their opening Pool B match, having led 7-5 at the interval. A clash between the teams ranked fifth and sixth in the world was always expected to be tig...

Sun, 09 Oct 2022 02:22:28 GMT
Austrians vote in presidential election with incumbent set to win
Campaigning on a slogan of "clarity", Van der Bellen is widely tipped to clinch a second mandate, with his six challengers -- all men -- lagging far behind. "The biggest competitor on Sunday will be the sofa," the 78-year-old economics professor sa...

Sun, 09 Oct 2022 02:16:41 GMT
Along US Gulf Coast, huge gas plants jostle for space
"It's our life they took here," says Travis Dardar from the doorstep of his camper trailer. An imposing LNG export terminal -- a massive facility that receives and liquefies gas from pipelines, then transfers the LNG to ships for export -- will soo...



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