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The Walt Disney Co has returned to a profitable third quarter as its combined streaming business started making money for the first time, while the movie Inside Out 2 did well in cinemas. For the period ending June 29, Disney…

Inquests into the deaths of the three Southport stabbing victims have been opened and adjourned, as a coroner said it was “impossible to adequately articulate the devastating, lifelong effects” of the “truly tragic events”. Bebe King (6), Alice Dasilva Aguiar…

Two activists from animal rights group Peta have interrupted Pope Francis’ general audience at the Vatican, shouting and holding up banners against bullfighting before being escorted out of the Paul VI Hall. The two were wearing t-shirts reading: “Stop blessing…

The ex-partner of Argentina’s former president Alberto Fernandez has accused him of physically and emotionally abusing her, according to a court order. The allegations shocked the country and threaten to further stain the reputation of the moderate leftist whose government…

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…

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…