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Sun, 11 Jan 2026 09:03:08 GMTAFCON 2025: Egypt knock out Ivory Coast to set up Senegal semi-final
Inspired by a Mohamed Salah masterclass – a goal and an assist – Egypt saw off defending champions Ivory Coast at the quarter-final stage to book their place in the last four. The Pharaohs will now face Senegal on Wednesday as they chase a recor...
Sun, 11 Jan 2026 08:41:14 GMTSabalenka fires Australian Open warning with Brisbane domination
Sabalenka scored a dominant 6-4, 6-3 win over Marta Kostyuk in just 78 minutes.
"Every day you go out there and prove your level, and I think this week I did it really well," said Sabalenka after a tournament in which she powered to the title witho...
Sun, 11 Jan 2026 08:25:14 GMTIn Gaza hospital, patients cling to MSF as Israel orders it out
Last month, Israel announced it would prevent 37 aid organisations, including MSF, from operating in Gaza from March 1 for failing to provide detailed information on their Palestinian staff.
"They stood by us throughout the war," said 10-year-old A...
Sun, 11 Jan 2026 07:43:09 GMTNew protests hit Iran as alarm grows over crackdown 'massacre'
The protests, initially sparked by anger over the rising cost of living, have now become a movement against the theocratic government that has ruled Iran since the 1979 revolution and have already lasted two weeks.
The mass rallies are one of the b...
Sun, 11 Jan 2026 07:07:09 GMTSvitolina powers to Auckland title in Australian Open warm-up
Ukraine's Svitolina won 6-3, 7-6 (8/6) for a 19th career title in a battle between two baseline specialists which featured only one service break.
The world number 13 reached the quarter-finals at Melbourne a year ago, the third time she had made t...
Sun, 11 Jan 2026 06:43:09 GMTKeys draws on happy Adelaide memories before Australian Open defence
The American swept to the 2025 Adelaide International trophy and it sparked her run to an Australian Open triumph, won in an epic final against Aryna Sabalenka at Melbourne Park.
"It definitely helped a lot," the 30-year-old American told reporters...
Sun, 11 Jan 2026 06:25:14 GMTScores of homes razed, one dead in Australian bushfires
Temperatures soared past 40C as a heatwave blanketed the state of Victoria, sparking dozens of blazes that ripped through more than 300,000 hectares (740,000 acres) combined.
Fire crews tallied the damage as conditions eased on Sunday. A day earli...
Sun, 11 Jan 2026 06:25:13 GMTUgandan opposition turns national flag into protest symbol
Analysts say it is almost a foregone conclusion that President Yoweri Museveni, 81, will win a seventh term in Thursday's vote, given his near-total control over the state apparatus in the east African country.
But his opponent, 43-year-old Robert ...
Sun, 11 Jan 2026 06:13:53 GMTTens of thousands protest in Minneapolis, other US cities over fatal ICE shooting
Tens of thousands of people marched through Minneapolis and other US cities on Saturday to decry the fatal shooting of Renee Good, a 37-year-old mother, by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent. More rallies are planned this weekend in...
Sun, 11 Jan 2026 04:55:12 GMT'Quad God' Malinin warms up for Olympics with US skating crown
After an electrifying short program gave him a mammoth lead in St. Louis, the 21-year-old known as "Quad God" performed a relatively modest, by his own standards, three quadruple jumps.
His free skate score of 209.78 gave him victory with 324.88 po...
Sun, 11 Jan 2026 03:39:10 GMTGrateful Dead co-founder and guitarist Bob Weir dies aged 78
Weir was diagnosed with cancer in July and had beaten the disease, but "succumbed to underlying lung issues," his family said in a statement on his personal website, without specifying where or when he died.
"For over sixty years, Bobby took to the...
Sun, 11 Jan 2026 03:21:14 GMTIndia eyes new markets with US trade deal limbo
Relations between Washington and New Delhi plummeted in August after President Donald Trump raised tariffs to 50 percent, a blow that threatens job losses and hurts India's ambition of becoming a manufacturing and export powerhouse.
That pressure, ...
Sun, 11 Jan 2026 02:21:14 GMTNew York's Chrysler Building, an art deco jewel, seeks new owner
The building, affixed with gargoyles, stainless steel design nods to early Chrysler vehicles and a celebrated crown and needle top, has been put up for sale after a New York judge expropriated the property in September 2024 from prior leaseholders w...
Sun, 11 Jan 2026 02:19:12 GMTAI toys look for bright side after troubled start
That need was made clear by a recent Public Interest Research Groups report with alarming findings, including an AI-powered teddy bear giving advice about sex and how to find a knife.
After being prompted, a Kumma bear suggested that a sex partner ...
Sun, 11 Jan 2026 02:19:11 GMTAI pendants back in vogue at tech show after early setback
The return of the wearable tech comes about a year after the discontinuation of a Humane AI Pin panned by reviewers after it was launched amid high expectations in early 2024.
It also comes as OpenAI chief Sam Altman and renowned industrial designe...