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Dueling interests for Trump and Putin at Alaska summit

Dueling interests for Trump and Putin at Alaska summit

US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin -- and, from a distance, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky -- have dueling interests going into a high-stakes summit in Alaska on Friday.

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Global plastic pollution treaty talks in a 'haze'

Global plastic pollution treaty talks in a 'haze'

Countries scrambled Thursday to secure a global agreement on tackling plastic pollution as 10-day talks headed towards overtime, with one diplomat saying negotiators were in a "haze" on how to find common ground.

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Bristol sign Wales wing Rees-Zammit after NFL dream ends

Bristol sign Wales wing Rees-Zammit after NFL dream ends

Bristol have signed Louis Rees-Zammit following his return to rugby union after the Wales wing gave up on his bid to break into the NFL.

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Gauff cruises into Cincinnati quarter-final with Paolini

Gauff cruises into Cincinnati quarter-final with Paolini

Coco Gauff eased past Lucia Bronzetti on Thursday to book a Cincinnati Open quarter-final meeting with Jasmine Paolini, although the American showed signs of some minor rust after receiving a bye in the previous round.

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Flood kills 56 in Indian Kashmir mountain village, scores missing

Flood kills 56 in Indian Kashmir mountain village, scores missing

At least 56 people have died and dozens more remain missing after torrents of water and mud driven by intense rain crashed through a Himalayan village Thursday in Indian-administered Kashmir, a top disaster management official told AFP.

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Apple rejects Musk claim of App Store bias

Apple rejects Musk claim of App Store bias

Apple on Thursday rejected Elon Musk's claim that its digital App Store favors OpenAI's ChatGPT over his company's Grok and other rival AI assistants.

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Searchers seek missing after deadly Italy migrant shipwreck

Searchers seek missing after deadly Italy migrant shipwreck

Italian authorities searched Thursday for migrants missing at sea after two crowded boats sank off the island of Lampedusa, killing at least 27 people.

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Air Canada cancels flights over strike threat

Air Canada cancels flights over strike threat

Air Canada began cancelling flights on Thursday after receiving a strike notice from the flight attendants' union, warning all operations could be shut down by Saturday.

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Trump turns history on head with Putin invitation to key US base

Trump turns history on head with Putin invitation to key US base

Donald Trump is turning history on its head with his Alaska summit with Vladimir Putin -- inviting Russia's leader to land that once belonged to Moscow, and meeting him at a military base that monitored the Soviet Union.

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Gauff dominates Bronzetti to reach Cincinnati last eight

Gauff dominates Bronzetti to reach Cincinnati last eight

Coco Gauff claimed a 6-2, 6-4 win over Lucia Bronzetti to reach the quarter-finals of the Cincinnati Open on Thursday, with the second seed's game showing some minor rust after a bye in the previous round.

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