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Sun, 25 Oct 2026 05:02:52 GMT
Last MotoGP race at Phillip Island cancelled due to weather in Marquez setback
Organisers pulled the plug despite a sell-out crowd with persistent rain and poor visibility making racing unsafe. The Moto3 and Moto2 races were also called off. "Limited visibility has resulted in the cancellation of the Australian MotoGP," organ...

Sun, 25 Oct 2026 04:10:52 GMT
Comeback kings Brewers down Rays to take 2-0 World Series lead
The top-seeded Brewers recovered from 4-0 down after an early Tampa Bay onslaught to complete a rally that edges Milwaukee closer to a first Major League Baseball crown. The win marked the seventh time during this season's playoffs that the Brewers...

Sun, 25 Oct 2026 03:26:53 GMT
Sri Lanka seeks faster green energy shift after oil shocks
"There are some wake-up calls... pushing us to move more to renewable energy," Anura Karunathilaka said. "If we can get as much as possible from renewable energy, that would be our policy in the next few years." The island nation, which imports al...

Sun, 25 Oct 2026 03:24:55 GMT
Sri Lankan turbine project fuels anger as fish hauls plunge
"I've been fishing here since I was a boy," said Venkatasamy Kalimuththu, 65, looking disappointedly at the catch -- a few good fish, some small fry, and several clumps of seaweed. "Before the wind turbines were installed, we caught a lot of fish,"...

Sun, 25 Oct 2026 03:20:53 GMT
Riyadh airport resumes flights following Houthi attacks
The Flight Radar monitoring site showed a plane taking off from Riyadh airport early Sunday, heading to the Saudi city of Jeddah. Saudi Arabia, along with Yemen's internationally recognised government that it backs, has faced a wave of Houthi attac...

Sun, 25 Oct 2026 03:16:52 GMT
No LeBron, no problem as Sixers roll on
Despite resting veteran new signing LeBron James the Sixers comfortably pulled away from the Bucks to move to 3-0 in the Eastern Conference. Joel Embiid led the Sixers scoring with a 28-point triple-double that included 11 rebounds and 10 assists. ...

Sun, 25 Oct 2026 03:12:53 GMT
On Israeli kibbutz, October 7 tears at leftist heritage
"I'm probably the most left-wing person here," he said. If that was true before October 7, 2023, when Hamas fighters stormed the border and carried out their unprecedented attack, it is even more true today, as Israel readies to vote in its first e...

Sun, 25 Oct 2026 02:46:53 GMT
'Call of Duty' North Korea invasion edition tops sales charts in South
"Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4", the latest edition of the globally popular franchise is set against a backdrop of tensions between the United States and Russia. Its Friday release comes on the heels of an explosion inside the heavily fortified De...

Sun, 25 Oct 2026 01:26:54 GMT
'Tech debt coming due': AI-found flaw signals chaos ahead
The vulnerability to potential hackers was found by using a powerful model from OpenAI in one of the most high-profile demonstration of AI's cyber capabilities. AFP spoke with Michael Daniel, president of the Cyber Threat Alliance and a former Whit...

Sun, 25 Oct 2026 01:26:53 GMT
Fed expected to hold rates steady days ahead of US midterms
The central bank's Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) will meet over two days, announcing its decision at 2:00 pm local time (18:00 GMT) on Wednesday. The Fed has missed its long-term two-percent target for inflation for more than five years, and...

Sun, 25 Oct 2026 01:20:57 GMT
More Lula, or back to the Bolsonaros? Brazil votes in cliffhanger
It is the final electoral battle for Lula, who turns 81 next week and is hoping to pull off a dramatic turnaround after a shock second-place finish in the first round to the son of former president Jair Bolsonaro. Final polls showed the two candida...

Sun, 25 Oct 2026 01:20:54 GMT
Stop-motion 'Wildwood' showcases 'human creativity' in AI age
This is the fanciful tale told in "Wildwood," from the stop-motion animation studio Laika -- an ambitious project that took 16 years to make it to the big screen, and already a frontrunner for next year's Oscars. "To put that in perspective, 16 yea...

Sat, 24 Oct 2026 23:30:52 GMT
Jorge Martin out of Australian MotoGP with fracture: team
The Spanish Aprilia rider came off his bike at high-speed during Saturday's sprint race while challenging eventual winner Marc Marquez for the lead on lap eight, sliding through the gravel. He was taken to the circuit medical centre following the c...

Sat, 24 Oct 2026 22:52:53 GMT
Bolsonaro leads Lula in final Brazil election polls
Bolsonaro, the son of jailed ex-leader Jair Bolsonaro, is the narrow favorite to win Sunday's runoff after nabbing 47 percent of the vote over Lula's 45 percent in the first round. Saturday's polls published by the Datafolha institute and Quaest gi...

Sat, 24 Oct 2026 22:22:53 GMT
Antonelli storms to US Grand Prix pole on weekend he can take title
The 20-year-old Italian will wrap up the drivers' championship if he wins in Austin on Sunday, his Mercedes teammate George Russell finishes outside the top eight and Lewis Hamilton finishes outside the top four. Antonelli secured his seventh pole ...

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