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FIFA’s Infantino sought Trump backing after World Cup selloff plan: Report

FIFA boss Gianni Infantino turned to Donald Trump to save his job amid revolt against World Cup privatisation plan.

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Why are the Washington wildfires so severe? Spokane fires explained

Why Spokane's wildfires spread so fast, what caused them and why Washington is facing a major fire crisis.

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Can Pakistan keep US-Iran diplomacy alive as mistrust deepens?

New diplomatic push undertaken as repeated ceasefire failures expose limits of mediation.

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US says deal on reopening Hormuz close as Iran, Oman hold ‘positive’ talks

Negotiators are working to expand safe shipping through the strait, though key differences remain unresolved.

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Qatar removed from Fitch’s negative watch list as risks to LNG sites ease

The global ratings agency has also maintained the country’s sovereign rating at AA.

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World No 1 Sinner withdraws from Shanghai Masters as knee injury lingers

Italy's Jannik Sinner has not played since Wimbledon win in July, missing US Open and ongoing ATP 500 event in Beijing.

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Middle East oil exports surpass pre-war levels despite tensions, data shows

IRGC commander says oil flows through US-supervised route in Hormuz are ‘negligible’.

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Ethiopian PM Abiy demands Red Sea access as tensions with neighbours rise

Neighbouring countries say coastal states must govern Red Sea as fighting escalates in northern Ethiopia.

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EU slams critical US security strategy, notes ‘changed relationship’

European Council chief Antonio Costa and German government hit back at US security strategy harshly critical of Europe.

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Francis Halzen wins Nobel Prize in Physics for work on ‘ghost particles’

Belgian physicist worked to build Antarctic observatory that tracks neutrinos from deep space.

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