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Wed, 24 Dec 2025 08:20:29 GMTAFCON 2025: Senegal off to perfect start win comfortable win over Botswana
Senegal had an easy game against Botswana (3-0). Nicolas Jackson scored twice.
Wed, 24 Dec 2025 07:53:10 GMTStranger Things set for final bow: five things to know
Shattering streaming records since it first hit screens in 2016, the Netflix show follows a group of teenagers in a small American town as they take on supernatural creatures and a parallel universe.
Here are five things to know.
Star-studded cast
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Wed, 24 Dec 2025 07:37:22 GMTGrief, trauma weigh on survivors of catastrophic Hong Kong fire
Yip, 68, is among thousands grieving the 161 killed at the Wang Fuk Court housing complex, a disaster few could imagine happening in one of Asia's safest and most developed cities.
Even as the Hong Kong government forges ahead with investigations a...
Wed, 24 Dec 2025 06:59:10 GMTIndia space agency launches its heaviest satellite
The LVM3-M6 rocket launched the US-built AST SpaceMobile communications satellite into low-Earth orbit.
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said it was the "heaviest payload to be launched from Indian soil".
The launch is a boost for In...
Wed, 24 Dec 2025 05:19:14 GMTAustralia's Lyon determined to bounce back after surgery
The 38-year-old faces an extended period on the sidelines after damaging his right hamstring saving a boundary on day five of the third Ashes Test in Adelaide.
McDonald said Lyon remained a key part of their plans as reports speculated that his 141...
Wed, 24 Dec 2025 04:55:11 GMTStokes says England player welfare his main priority
Stokes was peppered with questions ahead of the fourth Test in Melbourne about the team's behaviour at Noosa between the second and third Tests after British media reports compared it to a "stag-do".
Unverified social media footage appeared to show...
Wed, 24 Dec 2025 04:27:16 GMTNorth Korean POWs in Ukraine seeking 'new life' in South
Previous reports have indicated that the two men, held captive by Kyiv since January after sustaining injuries on the battlefield, were seeking to defect to the South.
But the letter represents the first time the two of them have said so in their o...
Wed, 24 Dec 2025 04:23:11 GMTJapanese golf star 'Jumbo' Ozaki dies aged 78
Ozaki won 94 times on the Japan Tour -- his first title coming in 1973 -- and won the Order of Merit a record 12 times.
Nicknamed "Jumbo" because of his length off the tee, he was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2011 after being named ...
Wed, 24 Dec 2025 04:17:09 GMTJohnson, Castle shine as Spurs rout Thunder
Ten days after eliminating the Thunder from the NBA Cup semi-finals, the Spurs once again proved too strong for the Western Conference leaders as they powered to their seventh straight victory in San Antonio.
Starting shooting guard Castle finished...
Wed, 24 Dec 2025 04:13:18 GMTThai border clashes hit tourism at Cambodia's Angkor temples
The UNESCO heritage site lies in Siem Reap city, just a two-hour drive from the Thai border, which for more than two weeks has been roiled by military combat that has killed dozens.
Travel cancellations due to the conflict have left the centuries-o...
Wed, 24 Dec 2025 02:49:32 GMTFrom predator to plate: Japan bear crisis sparks culinary craze
Cooked on a stone slate -- or in a hot pot with vegetables -- the meat comes from bears culled to curb maulings that have killed a record 13 people this year.
Suzuki's eatery in the hilly city of Chichibu near Tokyo also serves deer and wild boar, ...
Wed, 24 Dec 2025 02:41:11 GMTAsian markets mixed after US growth data fuels Wall St record
After a healthy start, regional stocks stuttered into the close, although gold topped $4,500 for the first time amid US military and economic pressure on Venezuela.
Traders in New York pushed the S&P 500 to an all-time high in response to figures s...
Wed, 24 Dec 2025 02:29:21 GMT'Happy milestone': Pakistan's historic brewery cheers export licence
Bottles and cans clatter along the production lines at Murree Brewery, a singular scene in the Muslim-majority country where alcohol is largely banned.
But Murree, founded in 1860 to quench the thirst of British soldiers and the colonial community...
Wed, 24 Dec 2025 01:31:10 GMTChevron: the only foreign oil company left in Venezuela
Washington's total blockade of oil tankers, added last week to punishing US sanctions, has put Chevron and its presence in Venezuela back in the spotlight.
Why is Chevron in Venezuela?
The Venezuelan Gulf Oil Company, Chevron's predecessor in Venezu...
Wed, 24 Dec 2025 00:05:17 GMTUS denies visas to EU ex-commissioner, four others over tech rules
"These radical activists and weaponized NGOs have advanced censorship crackdowns by foreign states -- in each case targeting American speakers and American companies," the department said in a statement announcing the sanctions.
The measure targete...