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Osaka, Japan, - A towering wooden "Grand Ring" built for Expo 2025 in Osaka pays homage to Japan's architectural history and is a symbol of unity despite criticism over costs, its creator says.The...

Rio de Janeiro - Revellers worldwide ushered in 2025 on Tuesday, with huge crowds waving goodbye to the old year that brought Olympic glory, a dramatic Donald Trump return, and turmoil in the Middle...

Melbourne: Australia ripped out seven Indian wickets in the final session of a dramatic fourth Test in Melbourne on Monday to win a thriller by 184 runs and go 2-1 up in the five-match series.India...

MUAN: South Korea ordered on Monday a "comprehensive inspection" of all Boeing 737-800 aircraft operated by the country's carriers, after a Jeju Air plane crash-landed and burst into flames, killing...

DAMASCUS: New Syrian leader Ahmed al Sharaa held talks on Monday with Ukraine's foreign minister, the official news agency SANA reported, weeks after president Bashar al Assad was ousted from power....

WASHINGTON: The United States announced on Monday a $2.5 billion security assistance package for Ukraine as Washington races to provide aid to Kyiv before president-elect Donald Trump takes office....

WASHINGTON: Joe Biden led US presidents and other world leaders in paying tribute to Jimmy Carter, who died aged 100. "America and the world lost an extraordinary leader, statesman and humanitarian,"...

BAKU: Azerbaijan said on Monday that Moscow had promised to punish those responsible for the downing of an Azerbaijan Airlines plane that Baku says was shot at by Russian air defences. The AZAL...

LONDON: European and Asia stock markets mostly fell Monday in jittery holiday trade ahead of a potentially tumultuous 2025 when Donald Trump returns to the White House.With volumes thin, US futures...

The holiday weekend in North America saw two films battling for box-office supremacy and both emerging with a claim to first place.Disney's animated drama "Mufasa: The Lion King" prevailed in the five...

Lacquerware maker Takaho Shoji hunches over his desk in the disaster-hit city of Wajima in central Japan, applying another layer of coating to a dark, wooden box.One brushstroke at a time, the...

A Jeju Air flight from Seoul on Monday was forced to return after encountering a landing gear problem, the airline said, a day after South Korea's most deadly plane crash.The Boeing 737-800 involved...

Conversational artificial intelligence (AI) tools may soon "covertly influence" users' decision-making in a new commercial frontier called the "intention economy", University of Cambridge researchers...

Nairobi - The death toll from a road accident in southern Ethiopia has risen to at least 71, according to a local police official. In a Facebook post late Sunday, the Sidama Police Commission Traffic...

Melbourne: Indian seamer Jasprit Bumrah unleashed more destructive bowling but Australia stubbornly battled back to reach 228-9 on Sunday, leading by 333 runs in an absorbing fourth Test.Bumrah...

Manchester City provided Pep Guardiola some relief with a 2-0 victory at Leicester to secure just a second win in 14 games for the crisis-hit English champions on Sunday.Savinho and Erling Haaland...

Seoul: A Jeju Air plane flying from Bangkok to South Korea with 181 people on board crashed on landing Sunday, leaving all but two people plucked from the wreckage feared dead.Here's what we know so...

From the second stint in the White House for Donald Trump to a turbo-charged football calendar, here are five things to watch in 2025:- Trump 2.0 -On January 20, Donald Trump will be inaugurated as...

Seoul - A Jeju Air plane carrying 181 people from Bangkok to South Korea crashed on arrival Sunday, killing 179, emergency services said, with a bird strike and adverse weather conditions cited as...

New Delhi - Mourners in India's capital gathered Saturday to pay their respects to former prime minister Manmohan Singh ahead of a state funeral for the man key to the country's economic...