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Key events Swimming: Goggles on – they’ve entered the pool. First up is the women’s 400m freestyle heats. Ariarne Titmus – the Australian great who retired last year – claimed …

Nuclear experts and former officials in Israel – the US’s top ally in the Middle East – have voiced concern that the plan could ultimately lead to Saudi Arabia being …

Here in France, authorities are waging an increasingly intense battle against rising drug crime. That fight took a new turn this week – as the mayor of the southern town …

2 min readJul 21, 2026 03:16 PM IST The United States and Iran escalated their weeks-long confrontation on July 20, with both sides launching fresh military action. Both the countries …

Andy Burnham is on stage after he was announced as the new leader of the Labour Party on July 17, at the Trades Union Congress in London. Burnham, a member …

Venezuelans rushed outside. Some fled for their lives. But others ran to help, impromptu bands of volunteers heading into earthquake-devastated neighborhoods. Some, among them retired firefighters, nurses and paramedics, and …

New York City – It’s dubbed “Little Argentina”, but lifelong resident Christian Gimenez says much has changed in the neighbourhood he grew up in. Once an epicentre of the Argentinian …

Key events Wandering around the course this week I can’t stop catching sight of Lucas Herbert’s caddie. I live in Saltaire, West Yorkshire, the creation of Titus Salt. Herbert’s caddie, …

Eleven people have died in a fire at a foster care facility in Algiers, Algeria’s capital city. The country’s civil protection department said 19 others were injured in the blaze, …

After closing the Strait of Hormuz, Tehran on Wednesday threatened to shut additional energy export routes including the Bab el-Mandeb gateway to the Red Sea, a major global shipping route …