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Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te is set to deliver a key speech on Thursday as part of the self-ruled island's National Day celebrations that is likely to elicit an angry response from China.

Southeast Asian leaders will hold summit talks Thursday with Chinese Premier Li Qiang, with the disputed South China Sea on the agenda after months of escalating clashes between Beijing's vessels and Philippine and Vietnamese fishermen.

England interim boss Lee Carsley has revealed Harry Kane will not be in the starting line-up for Thursday's Nations League clash with Greece as his captain recovers from injury.

Known for its appeal to online renegades, chat platform Discord finds itself in the crosshairs of Turkey and Russia.

A massive ball of plasma and accompanying magnetic field ejected from the Sun is expected to strike Earth on Thursday morning, potentially triggering auroras as far south as Alabama, according to US forecasters.

Mozambique began counting votes on Wednesday at the close of tense presidential and parliamentary elections expected to allow the ruling Frelimo party to extend its 49 years in power.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday announced meetings this week with several European leaders as he pushes for more military aid to repel Russian forces.

Industrialist Ratan Tata, who has died aged 86, was credited with transforming India's Tata Group into a globally renowned conglomerate with a portfolio ranging from software to sports cars.

New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers on Wednesday rejected reports that he played a role in the firing of the team's head coach Robert Saleh.

The remnants of Hurricane Kirk swept into western Europe Wednesday, tearing up trees in Portugal and Spain before dumping heavy rains on France that left at least one dead.

Indian industrialist Ratan Tata, who is credited with transforming the Tata Group into a globally renowned conglomerate, has died at age 86, the company said late Wednesday.

United Nations officials warned Wednesday that Lebanon was staring down a "catastrophic" humanitarian crisis as the number of internally displaced people hit 600,000 and Israel presses its offensive against Hezbollah militants.

The United States warned Israel Wednesday against any Gaza-like military action in Lebanon after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu threatened it with "destruction" like that in the Palestinian territory.

Elon Musk's social media platform X, which was banned in Brazil for 40 days in a legal tussle over disinformation, was available again in the country on Wednesday.

She loves raisin bran and exercise, and is as comfortable talking about abortion as she is about beer. Meet Kamala Harris -- or at least a rather different side that emerged in an unconventional US media blitz this week.

A nude by Lucian Freud that took 16 months to paint sold for £13.9 million ($18.2 million) at a London auction on Wednesday, the first time the work, hailed as a "masterpiece," has come to market.

CONCACAF will host the next two editions of the Nations League Finals at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood near Los Angeles, the confederation said on Wednesday.

PGA Tour stars Rory McIlroy and top-ranked Scottie Scheffler will face LIV Golf's Bryson DeChambeau and Brooks Koepka in an exhibition event in Las Vegas in December organizers announced Wednesday.

The US Federal Reserve's rate-setting committee was divided during interest rate deliberations last month, although most members ultimately voted for a half percentage-point cut, according to minutes of the meeting published Wednesday.

Steve McQueen's latest film "Blitz" is a "sobering" reminder of war's grim realities as people increasingly "look away", the Oscar-winning director told AFP ahead of its premiere Wednesday.

India and South Africa piled up the two highest totals at the Women's T20 World Cup on Wednesday to stay on track for the semi-finals.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday announced meetings this week with several European leaders as he pushes for more military aid to repel Russian forces.

Israel captain Dor Peretz says "it's very difficult" to focus on football with his country at war.

President Emmanuel Macron will on Thursday hold talks in Paris with Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky, a day after he met Ukrainian troops that France is training on its territory to fight the Russian invasion, the presidency said.

Joe Root said there are "many more runs to get" after he surpassed Alastair Cook to become England's greatest Test match run-maker on Wednesday.

Captain Harmanpreet Kaur and opener Smriti Mandhana hit half-centuries as India defeated Sri Lanka by 82 runs to boost their chances of making the semi-finals of the Women's T20 World Cup on Wednesday.

After a year of desperately hoping for positive news or a sign of life, the family of Israeli hostage Idan Shtivi has learnt he was killed on October 7, 2023, the first day of Hamas's attack.

NFL reception yardage leader Nico Collins of the Houston Texans and New England safety Jabrill Peppers will both be absent when the clubs meet on Sunday.

US President Joe Biden held talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday as Hezbollah militants and Israeli forces exchanged fire along the Lebanon-Israel border.

Elon Musk's social media platform X, which was banned in Brazil for 40 days in a legal tussle over disinformation, was available again in Latin America's biggest country on Wednesday.

Rookie all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy smashed 74 and took two wickets to help India thrash Bangladesh by 86 runs for a series-clinching win in the second T20 international on Wednesday.

The winners of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for work revealing the secrets of proteins through artificial intelligence said Wednesday they hoped their research would "open the door to many incredible scientific breakthroughs".