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Tom Cruise trades stunts for satire as toxic tycoon 'Digger'

Ruthless An retains Asian Games badminton crown as Kunlavut triumphs

MEXC Unveils "WE SEE YOU" Brand Visual Refresh, Putting People Behind Every Trade in Focus

Alonso to stay with F1 team Aston Martin in 2027

Thai capital cleans up after deadly floods

China badminton 'still strong' despite Asian Games slump

NATO, EU allies rally to Estonia after 'sabotage' blamed on Russia

'Exceptional' Turner painting shown in Rome before sale

Families demand justice for Cameroon's 'nightmare' wave of murdered women

European stocks climb as oil dips

Tebas says Man City should face 'most severe' sanctions if guilty of rule breaches

Spain aims to ban evictions until 2030 amid housing protests

Pochettino calls Man City success 'a period of deception'

Kunlavut first Thai man to win Asian Games badminton singles gold

Biden urges US blue-collar resurgence in feisty Congress speech

President Joe Biden urged unity and touted a blue-collar economic resurgence Tuesday in a rousing State of the Union speech before a raucous Congress that doubled as a bid to persuade voters he still has what it takes to seek reelection at the age of 80.

Biden accuses social media companies of exploiting children

President Joe Biden called on US lawmakers Tuesday to restrict how social media companies lure children and collect their data, as he accused Big Tech of conducting a "for profit" experiment on the nation's youth.

Pilots walk away from 737 crash in Australia

Two pilots have made a "miraculous" escape after their Boeing 737 water-bombing plane crashed and burned while fighting a blaze in remote Western Australia.

Police seize enough cocaine to supply N. Zealand for 30 years

Police said Wednesday they had seized enough cocaine to supply New Zealand for 30 years, after snaring a massive bundle of drugs floating in the Pacific Ocean.

Biden warns US will act on China after balloon downing

President Joe Biden vowed Tuesday he would not hesitate to defend US interests against China after he ordered the downing of a suspected surveillance balloon but, delivering his State of the Union address, kept the door open to cooperation.

Upbeat Biden urges US unity and vows to restore blue-collar pride

President Joe Biden touted America's "unbroken" democracy and resurgent economy in an optimistic State of the Union speech Tuesday -- as he sought to persuade skeptical voters that at 80 he still has what it takes to takes to run for reelection.

'Waiting for our dead': Anger builds at Turkey's quake response

With every passing moment, Ebru Firat knows the chances dim of finding her cousin alive under the rubble of a flattened building in the southern Turkish city of Gaziantep.

Ex-Tokyo Olympics official held on alleged bid-rigging: media

Japanese prosecutors arrested a former senior Tokyo Olympics official over alleged bid-rigging, local media said Wednesday, the latest twist in a growing corruption scandal.

Biden urges US unity and vows to restore blue-collar pride

Japan rolls out 'humble and lovable' delivery robots

"Excuse me, coming through," a four-wheeled robot chirps as it dodges pedestrians on a street outside Tokyo, part of an experiment businesses hope will tackle labour shortages and rural isolation.

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