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Analysis and commentary on current events around the world.
Man Utd humiliated at Hull to open Premier League account
Manchester United lose 2-0 at newly promoted Hull City to open their Premier League campaign.
Fans and police injured in pitch invasion during ‘high risk’ German Cup tie
Waldhof Mannheim and Kaiserslautern game halted for 30 minutes as eight people hospitalised with about 100 injured.
Indonesia bolsters troop numbers to combat Borneo wildfires
Fires between January and July burned more than 200,000 hectares of land, says the government.
Is Trump making Latin America great again?
A right-wing wave is sweeping through the region and that is not good news.
As families retrieve bodies, Gaza is running out of places to bury the dead
Israel's genocidal war on Gaza has seen thousands of bodies buried in makeshift sites.
Jewish activists push back against Israeli settlers
Jewish activists provide a ‘protective presence’ to deter settler violence in parts of the Occupied West Bank.
CONCACAF asks Infantino to skip youth event amid FIFA governance crisis
The pressure on Gianni Infantino has led CONCACAF to reportedly ask the FIFA president to skip upcoming tournament.
The Berlin Wall separated his family. Its legacy still endures
When Germany was divided, the Guetingers were among the 70 million people split between two opposing nations.
Russian strikes kill 6 people in Ukraine, day after shopping complex attack
Meanwhile, Ukrainian drone hits home in southern Russia, killing two children and injuring their parents, officials say.
Opinion: Mr. Rogers keeps finding a new neighborhood
MLB catcher Jake Rogers probably didn't know if he was coming or going the last several weeks: he's been a Detroit Tiger, a Baltimore Oriole, a Boston Red Sox, and now he's a Chicago White Sox.
Hundreds of children take part in swimming class on Gaza’s shore
On Gaza’s shore, 1,300 Palestinian children joined a swimming class to cope with the trauma of Israel’s genocidal war.
As Flock battles public scrutiny, other police surveillance companies see an opening
Dozens of cities have canceled their contracts with Flock. Some are switching to other companies, but privacy experts say they're no better than Flock.
Usain Bolt’s 100m record broken at World Humanoid Robot Games
Chinese robot reaches peak speed of 14.5 metres per second to beat Bolt's 100m record in Beijing, says state media.
Ebola continues to spread in the DRC as 16,000 vaccine doses arrive
Health authorities are warning that ‘approximately one person has been dying from Ebola every thirty minutes’.
More than 16,000 doses of Ervebo vaccine arrive in Ebola-hit DR Congo
The doses are the first of 70,000 allocated for Kinshasa as experts warn of the virus's exponential spread.
Pakistan’s PTI seeks contempt action over jailed Imran Khan’s hospital move
Party launches legal action after authorities take ex-PM to state hospital for check-up before returning him to jail.
Manchester City preview: Five key questions heading into 2026-27 season
Enzo Maresca faces the formidable challenge of following the legendary manager Pep Guardiola as new season starts.
Former world champion boxer Zolani Tete shot and killed in South Africa
Zolani Tete, who held WBF flyweight and WBO bantamweight world titles, killed at his home in Eastern Cape, South Africa.