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Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Are you weird? According to Democrats—who have made “weird” a new term of art for Republicans—you’re weird if you get overexercised about the genitalia of Olympic athletes, think childless people shouldn’t…
Indonesian security forces have recovered the body of a New Zealand pilot who was killed in an alleged separatist attack in the restive Papua region, according to officials. Glen Malcolm Conning, a helicopter pilot for Indonesian aviation company PT Intan…
Movies by Steve McQueen and Pedro Almodovar are among the highlights at this year’s New York Film Festival. Some 33 features will make up the central line-up of the 62nd edition of the annual event presented by Film at Lincoln…
Minnesota governor Tim Walz – who has been selected by Kamala Harris as her running mate in the race for the White House – is a military veteran and union supporter who helped enact an ambitious Democratic agenda for his…
Elon Musk’s social media platform X has sued a group of advertisers, alleging that a “massive advertiser boycott” deprived the company of billions of dollars in revenue and violated antitrust laws. The company formerly known as Twitter filed the lawsuit…
US vice president Kamala Harris has picked Minnesota governor Tim Walz to be her running mate in the presidential election, sources have told the Associated Press. In choosing Mr Walz, she is turning to a Midwestern governor, military veteran and…
The trial of a Polish man accused of punching Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen in the shoulder in June began on Tuesday, with Ms Frederiksen not expected to appear in court. She suffered a minor whiplash injury when a man…
More than 120 people died of heatstroke in the Tokyo metropolitan area in July, when the nation’s average temperature hit record highs and heat warnings were in effect for much of the month, Japanese authorities have said. According to the…
The athlete training session for the Olympic marathon swimming was cancelled on Tuesday as concerns over the water quality of the River Seine continued at Paris 2024. Athletes had been due to take to the water for familiarisation sessions ahead…
Boxing Kellie Harrington will bid to become the first Irish woman to successfully defend her Olympic title this evening. The Dubliner is up against China’s Wenlu Yang in the final of the 60kg division at Roland Garros. Yang came out…