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Sat, 01 Aug 2026 07:34:12 GMTSouth Korea baseball league cancels two games over heatwave
The highest level of heat warning -- issued when temperatures are forecast to reach at least 39C -- has been in effect since Friday in Busan and Changwon, where the games had been scheduled.
Saturday's games between Samsung and Lotte in Busan and K...
Sat, 01 Aug 2026 06:40:17 GMTSearch resumes for missing climbers from Pakistan avalanche
The avalanche struck Thursday, cutting off contact with the ten-member international expedition led by renowned British-Nepali climber Nirmal Purja -- who is not among the remains recovered so far.
Those recovered -- flown by helicopter to hospital...
Sat, 01 Aug 2026 06:08:11 GMTUS drops Reflecting Pool case, admits damage due to botched renovation
David Hearn, 67, had been charged with felony vandalism in federal court, which carried a potential sentence of 10 years in jail.
Federal prosecutor Jeanine Pirro had announced the charges in a high-profile press briefing earlier this month, saying...
Sat, 01 Aug 2026 05:08:18 GMTRussian attacks on Kyiv kill 9, wound more than two dozen
Russia and Ukraine have ramped up attacks on each other in recent months.
As Moscow has increased its long-range strikes on Ukrainian towns and cities, Kiev has pressed its allies for air defence support.
The United Nations found June was the dead...
Sat, 01 Aug 2026 04:56:10 GMTIndia PM Modi says he forgives protesters who abused him
The remarks came after the online Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) mobilised large protests in New Delhi and other cities over examination paper leaks, posing the biggest challenge to Modi's government in recent years.
Some protesters featured in widely...
Sat, 01 Aug 2026 02:14:11 GMTInjured Australian swim star O'Callaghan pulls out of PanPacs
The 22-year revealed last month she had spinal stress fractures and had been advised to "stop swimming immediately".
But the reigning Olympic 200m freestyle champion opted to compete at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
She won silver in the 100m...
Sat, 01 Aug 2026 01:56:11 GMTVeteran Wallabies playmaker Quade Cooper eyes World Cup comeback
The 80-Test flyhalf took up a coaching role with Japanese club Kintestu Liners for the 2025–26 season, with many assuming he had hung up his boots.
But Cooper, who was a shock omission by then-coach Eddie Jones from Australia's 2023 World Cup squ...
Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:24:13 GMTFIFA scraps private investment plan after backlash: Infantino
"Our purpose has always been -- and will always be -- to unite and improve," FIFA President Gianni Infantino said in a statement.
"As a result, this proposal will not proceed."
FIFA had floated the plan on Tuesday that it said could raise up to $4...
Fri, 31 Jul 2026 23:30:23 GMTSouth Africa's WAFCON hopes hang in the balance after dramatic draw
The Group B favourites are bottom of the table with just one point after two rounds in Moroccan commercial hub Casablanca. Ivory Coast have four points and Burkina Faso and Tanzania three each.
Former champions South Africa must beat Burkina Faso a...
Fri, 31 Jul 2026 22:01:15 GMTHunter Bell cruises to Commonwealth gold, Pathirage stuns javelin stars
World indoor champion and an Olympic bronze medallist at 1500m, Hunter Bell was in a class of her own at the shorter distance in Glasgow to claim gold for England.
Olympic 800m champion Hodgkinson was one of a number of high-profile athletes who de...
Fri, 31 Jul 2026 20:24:10 GMTNakashima ousts top seed de Minaur, Osaka advances at Washington
Top-seeded Aussie de Minaur was left to rue his missed chances in a 7-6 (7/5), 6-4 loss to 33rd-ranked American Brandon Nakashima.
Chile's 30th-ranked Alejandro Tabilo recovered an early break in the third set to beat US home favorite Shelton 4-6, ...
Fri, 31 Jul 2026 20:12:11 GMTTrump's Iran conundrum
After five months of war, Trump's room for maneuver seems extremely limited, and he gives the impression of increasingly making up his plans as he goes along.
"We're going to be hitting them very hard because it's our turn to hit them," Trump said ...
Fri, 31 Jul 2026 19:54:11 GMTMagaia salvages last-gasp WAFCON draw for South Africa
The Ivorians led 2-0 at half-time in the Group B match thanks to a brace from 18-year-old Grace Sery. Thembi Kgatlana halved the deficit midway through the second half in Casablanca.
Substitute Magaia had a goal ruled offside in added time, then r...
Fri, 31 Jul 2026 19:42:11 GMTRyu leads in bid for third straight major at women's British Open
The South Korean was three over par through the opening five holes of her second round at Royal Lytham and St Annes.
But the winner of the PGA Championship and Evian Championship in the past two months bounced back with five birdies to card a two-u...
Fri, 31 Jul 2026 18:48:10 GMTEddie Howe resigns as Newcastle boss to 'recharge'
Howe revitalised a club that had struggled for decades, securing a first major trophy in 56 years by winning the League Cup in 2025.
The former Bournemouth boss also led Newcastle to Champions League qualification in 2023 and 2025.
But the Magpies...