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Felicity Hayward will not miss a single show at London Fashion Week, which starts on Friday, watching each model and counting the number of plus-size women on the catwalks.

North Korea has 191 athletes signed up for the Asian Games starting next week, according to organisers, suggesting the country is poised to end its more than three-year isolation from the global sporting arena.

Anastasia Potapova surprised top-seeded Ons Jabeur of Tunisia to reach the quarter-finals of the WTA San Diego Open on Wednesday as second-seeded Caroline Garcia made it safely through.

It's been a bumper harvest so far in the sun-drenched Burgundy vineyards of eastern France, where some of the world's most sought-after wines are produced.

A mixed US inflation report boosted Asian markets Thursday as it soothed fears of a possible Federal Reserve interest rate hike next week, though the still hot reading left open the possibility of one more before year's end.

US President Joe Biden said Wednesday he was "not focused" on an impeachment inquiry announced a day earlier by Republican lawmakers, as his White House blasted "baseless" allegations of wrongdoing.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has accepted an invitation to visit North Korea, Pyongyang's state media said Thursday, as Kim Jong Un wrapped up a rare trip to meet with his ally.

When Sarah Ashton-Cirillo, a trans woman from Nevada, came to Ukraine in March 2022 she planned to report on refugees.

Heatwaves, low rainfall and the threat of wildfires are compounding the woes of people in the forested north of Lebanon, a country where economic pain has long taken prominence over environmental concerns.

Indigenous inhabitants of a small, dusty outback town in remote northern Australia hold out little hope that a historic October 14 referendum on Aboriginal rights will help their "forgotten" community.

Iran's government has warned it will not tolerate any signs of "instability" as the first anniversary nears of the death of Mahsa Amini and the months-long protests it sparked.

Overfishing in international waters has surged in the past five years and demonstrates the need to ratify a recent global treaty to protect the high seas, a Greenpeace report said Wednesday.

New Zealand will bid to bounce back from their opening World Cup defeat by hosts France with a resounding victory over Pool A minnows Namibia in Toulouse on Friday.

The White House on Wednesday rejected "baseless" allegations of wrongdoing against US President Joe Biden after Republican lawmakers launched an impeachment inquiry against him.

Vladimir Putin has accepted an invitation to visit North Korea, Pyongyang state media said Thursday, as he and Kim Jong Un toasted "cooperation and friendship between our countries" during a meeting in Russia.

The head of the US auto workers union announced Wednesday plans to strike against the three major Detroit automakers, saying the two sides remain far from a new agreement.

New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers said Wednesday he is "heartbroken" after suffering a season-ending injury four plays into the NFL campaign but vowed, "I shall rise yet again."

British chip designer Arm is targeting a valuation of more than $52 billion for its initial public offering (IPO) on the Nasdaq exchange on Thursday, according to a company press release.

Anastasia Potapova stunned top-seeded Tunisian Ons Jabeur 6-4, 7-6 (7/4) to reach the quarter-finals of the WTA San Diego Open on Wednesday.

British endurance swimmer Lewis Pugh on Wednesday completed a 315-mile (500-kilometer) journey down New York's Hudson River, highlighting its successful decades-long cleanup as a beacon for other waterways.

Brazil's Supreme Court opened the first trials Wednesday over the January 8 riots by supporters of far-right ex-president Jair Bolsonaro, putting four accused in the dock in one of the buildings invaded that day.

Starbucks said Wednesday its former chief executive Howard Schultz will step down from the coffee chain's board of directors "as part of a planned transition."

Brazil's Supreme Court opened the first trials Wednesday over the January 8 riots by supporters of far-right ex-president Jair Bolsonaro, putting four accused in the dock in one of the buildings invaded that day.

Eight-time All-Star pitcher Max Scherzer of the Texas Rangers will miss the remainder of the Major League Baseball season with a low-grade muscle strain, the team announced on Wednesday.

The November auction of a Pablo Picasso masterpiece, the late Spanish painter's "Femme a la montre" from 1932, is expected to fetch at least $120 million, Sotheby's announced Wednesday.

Canada opened their title defence by downing Italy as Great Britain upset Australia on the second day of Davis Cup final group stage action on Wednesday.

Max Homa is eyeing a third straight title at the PGA Tour Fortinet Championship this week that he hopes could be a springboard to a dominant Ryder Cup performance.

Wall Street stock indices moved in opposite directions Wednesday after a mixed inflation report as European bourses dipped ahead of a European Central Bank decision.

Days after New York marked the 22nd anniversary of the September 11 attacks, it opened a new arts center Wednesday in the last area of Ground Zero that had not yet been redeveloped.

Argentina recorded an inflation rate of 12.4 percent in August, the highest monthly change in over three decades in a country dogged by chronic economic instability, its statistics agency said Wednesday.

Ben Stokes struck the highest score by an England batsman in a one-day international on Wednesday, his 182 setting up a thrashing of New Zealand at The Oval as he sent a warning to the champions' World Cup rivals just weeks before they begin the defence of their 50-over title in India.

US Senator Richard Blumenthal issued a subpoena Wednesday to a US subsidiary of Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF) to better understand the US PGA Tour-LIV Golf agreement and other investments.