Man City sign Fernandez, Ndiaye as Premier League clubs spend record £3.46bn
Premier League clubs shattered their transfer record of £3.1 billion ($4.2 billion) spent in one window as Manchester City splashed out £125 million to Chelsea for Enzo Fernandez and signed Iliman Ndiaye from Everton.
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Stocks sink, yields at multi-decade highs and oil spikes on Mideast flare-up
Stocks fell and bond yields held at multi-decade highs as investors ramp up rate hike bets amid a fresh flare-up in Middle East tensions that has sparked another surge in oil prices.
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US aircraft carrier approaches Thai port after months at sea
A US aircraft carrier at the centre of controversy over conditions on board approached the Thai coast on Wednesday for its first port call in nine months.
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US defends Trump Venezuela oil deal as energy secretary lands in Caracas
US officials on Tuesday defended President Donald Trump's oil deal with Venezuela, saying it would lower oil prices for Americans and counter Russian and Chinese influence on Washington's doorstep.
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Nepal's young PM faces gravest test after flood catastrophe
Nepal's rapper-turned-prime minister swept to power six months ago promising reform, but his young government now faces its gravest test after a glacial collapse unleashed catastrophe, analysts say.
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Jubilant Monfils celebrates birthday with US Open win
France's Gael Monfils turned back the clock Tuesday, making the most of a US Open wild card and an adoring New York crowd to advance to the second round.
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What rainbow? LGBTQ Indonesians on edge as hostility mounts
Indonesian doctor "Pierre" says he is always on edge. He is gay, but hides it, with anti-LGBTQ sentiment on the rise in the Southeast Asian country.
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The Japanese idealist behind the last deradicalisation NGO in Somalia
Yosuke Nagai was an idealistic teenager who wanted to help war-torn Somalia. He now runs the only foreign-funded reintegration programme for Islamist fighters still operating in the country.
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O'Connor eyes Wallabies World Cup swansong after Force return
Veteran fly-half James O'Connor said on Wednesday he was returning to Super Rugby's Western Force, with the 36-year-old aiming to be part of the Australia squad for next year's World Cup on home soil.
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Rybakina, Gauff advance as Zverev launches US Open campaign
World number two Elena Rybakina and former champion Coco Gauff breezed into the second round of the US Open on Tuesday as men's top seed Alexander Zverev launched his campaign.
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