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Athletics player Zack Gelof sues Detroit Tigers after getting hurt in their stadium

Zack Gelof claims during a slide to catch a fly ball he ‘violently struck’ his knee against a piece of exposed metal fencing and cut his leg

EU Commission floats new safeguards as bloc considers expansion

BRUSSELS, Sept 29 - The European Commission is pitching measures to protect the EU from any efforts by future members to weaken democratic structures and prevent them vetoing decisions, according to a draft document seen by Reuters.

77-year-old man put to death in Florida, 16th person to be executed in the state this year

Curtis Wilkie Beasley was executed for the 1995 killing of Carolyn Monfort, after supreme court declined to intervene

Middle East

Israeli settlers attack West Bank village, blocking family's return home

JALUD, West Bank, Sept 29 - More than 100 Israeli settlers have attacked a village in the occupied West Bank, preventing a Palestinian family from returning home and clashing with troops, witnesses said.

Natalie Harp was ‘devoted’ to Christian minister before finding Trump, brother reveals

Trump’s close aide reportedly spent her Sundays as a girl going to megachurch Pastor David Jeremiah’s sermons

Americas

US visa wait for Indians hits 346 days: Why are queues so long?

Indian applicants faced a 346-day weighted average wait for a US visitor-visa interview in FY2025, more than eight times the pre-pandemic figure.

Americas

UN Security Council extends mandate of anti-gang force in Haiti into 2027

The United Nations Security Council on Tuesday extended by six months the mandate of an international security force in Haiti intended to fight powerful armed groups that have taken control of much of the country.

Americas

Trump’s own America.gov chatbot contradicts US president on 2020 polls, climate

The AI-powered America.gov website launched by US President Donald Trump on Tuesday gave factual answers to several politically sensitive questions,

Africa

South Africa to clean up high-risk areas after women's murders

The deaths sparked a national outcry about the scale of violence against women in the country.

Six Flags shuts down X2 rollercoaster after hundreds allege brain injuries

The announcement comes after multiple lawsuits alleged that hundreds of riders suffered brain injuries from X2, a ride with seats that spin 360 degrees.

A Utah man who spent 41 years behind bars after being sentenced to death in a 1985 murder case has been ordered released on bail after new DNA tests excluded him from crime-scene evidence

A 71-year-old man who spent 41 years on death row has been ordered released on bail by a Utah judge after new DNA testing excluded him from evidence found

Trump renames AI to ‘super intelligence’ and tells Americans they have no choice but to trust it

With tech leaders smiling and nodding beside him, Donald Trump stands athwart a wave of populist anti-AI sentiment yelling ‘calm down,’ writes John Bowden

Venezuelan man shot by ICE agent in Texas charged with assaulting an officer

Garcés Pérez, who was shot in his car by agents, is accused of striking officer with side mirror while trying to drive away

How Russia's ballistic missiles, jet-powered drones have kept Ukraine under pressure

Russia launched ballistic missiles and several jet-powered drones at Kyiv, Ukraine's air force reported on Tuesday, as Moscow tries to force Ukraine to

Oceania

Australia news live: Shoebridge and Hodgins-May ticket expected for Greens leadership; Home Affairs orders ‘rapid’ cyber stocktake

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More than 575 Nevada volunteers worked across 26 Truckee River watershed sites and removed 120,125 pounds of waste in one day, including 2,500 pounds pulled directly from the river and 64,320 pounds of invasive weeds

A single day of community cleanup across Nevada’s Truckee River watershed resulted in more than 60 tons of waste being removed from public spaces,

In 2011, Taylor Swift purchased her former Beverly Hills estate where she wrote ‘1989’; the 1.5-acre property is now on the market for $7.995 million after renovations, featuring four bedrooms and five bathrooms

Taylor Swift’s connection to Beverly Hills real estate is back in the spotlight, with the sprawling estate she once called home now on the market for

'Let them be scared': Moscow sends EU message with widening corporate crackdown

MOSCOW, Sept 29 - Russia has singled out European firms in its latest drive to strip foreign owners of the right to manage their Russian assets, government and company sources said, with the Kremlin accusing the European Union of involvement in the war in Ukraine.

In 2002, a 3.5km sea wall was breached in five places at a 283-hectare Essex arable farm; seawater returned to the land, creating new habitat and helping double saltmarsh across the Greater Thames estuary

A 3.5km stretch of sea wall along the Essex coast was deliberately breached in five places in October 2002.

France’s Le Pen defiant after top ally hit by anti-Semitism claims

Jordan Bardella is the leader of Le Pen’s National Rally and her de-facto No. 2.

Europe

Burnham's big reset: UK PM vows new social contract, closer EU ties

United Kingdom Prime Minister Andy Burnham on Tuesday unveiled an ambitious reform agenda, promising a \"new social contract for the 21st century,\" changes

Europe

Spain plans stricter rules on asylum seekers in Ceuta, draft decree shows

MADRID, Sept 29 - Spain is planning to override standard migration procedures and tighten rules on asylum seeking for migrants who arrived in its North African enclave of Ceuta in July's mass crossing, a draft decree seen by Reuters showed, prompting outcry from legal experts and NGOs.

Americas

Trump says top tech firms have signed accord to 'self-police' AI development

U.S. President Donald Trump has signed a voluntary pact with artificial intelligence companies to "self-police" the technology's development.

Europe

France school students blockade hundreds of schools in protests

More than 400 people, mainly minors, were arrested on Tuesday, the country's interior minister says.