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NASA's dress rehearsal: Spacecraft crashes into asteroid in defence test

A NASA spacecraft rammed an asteroid at blistering speed Monday in an unprecedented dress rehearsal for the day a killer rock menaces Earth.

Biogen agrees to pay $900 mn to settle doctor kickback allegations

Biogen has agreed to pay $900 mn to resolve allegations that it violated federal law by paying kickbacks to doctors to persuade them to prescribe its multiple sclerosis drugs

Meta disables sprawling Russian propaganda network targeting Europe

The operation involved more than 60 websites created to mimic legitimate news sites including The Guardian newspaper in the United Kingdom and Germany's Der Spiegel

Hurricane Ian strikes Cuba, Florida braces for Category 4 damages

Ian sustained top winds of 205 kmph as it moved over the city of Pinar del Rio. As much as 14 feet of storm surge was predicted along Cuba's coast

He's back: Italy's Silvio Berlusconi wins Senate seat after tax ban

Just in time to celebrate his 86th birthday, former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi is making his return to Italy's parliament, winning a seat in the Senate

Pound stabilises but turmoil in stock markets continues for UK economy

The instability began to have real-world impacts, with several British mortgage lenders withdrawing deals amid concern that interest rates may soon rise sharply

Former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe honoured at divisive state funeral

Japan's assassinated hawkish former leader, Shinzo Abe, was given a rare state funeral that was full of military pomp and surrounded by throngs of mourners as well as by widespread protests

Rescue operation on for American ski mountaineer missing in Nepal mountain

Rescuers in a helicopter were searching on the world's eighth-highest mountain Tuesday for a famed US ski mountaineer a day after she fell off the mountain near the peak.

Japan protests Russia's expulsion of official, denies spying allegations

Japan protested to Russia on Tuesday over the detention of a Japanese consulate official on espionage allegations, denying the allegations and accusing Russian authorities of abusive interrogation

Hurricane Ian lashes Cuba, likely to hit Florida coast as Category 4 storm

A strengthening Hurricane Ian's rain lashed Cuba, where authorities have evacuated 50,000 people, as it roared on a path that could see it hit Florida's west coast as a Category 4 hurricane

'New epoch' is arriving, says UN President Korosi on general assembly meet

The war in Ukraine and its global fallout transfixed the meeting of world leaders at the UN General Assembly this year. When it wasn't out front, it lurked in the background of virtually every speech

Maria Sakkari, Sloane Stephens win openers at Parma Ladies Tennis Open

Top-seeded Maria Sakkari rallied past Ukrainian qualifier Kateryna Baindl 6-7 (2), 6-2, 6-3 in the opening round of the Parma Ladies Open

A divided Japan holds funeral for assassinated former PM Shinzo Abe

A tense Japan prepared for a rare and controversial state funeral for assassinated former PM Shinzo Abe, the longest-serving leader in his nation's modern history and one of the most divisive.

US expands, extends legal status for Myanmar immigrants to May 2024

The Biden administration has said it is expanding and extending temporary legal status in the US for several thousand people from Myanmar after a military coup last year in the Asian country.

Cuba approves same-sex marriage despite strong opposition in referendum

Cubans have approved a sweeping "family law code that will allow same-sex couples to marry and adopt as well as redefining rights for children and grandparents, officials said on Monday

Russia detains Japanese diplomat for exchanging sensitive information

Russia said Monday that it had detained a Japanese diplomat based in the eastern city of Vladivostok for soliciting "restricted" information, Russian news agencies reported

Germany loses 1 of 5 glaciers; scalding summer melts Southern Schneeferner

Scientists in Germany have stripped the Southern Schneeferner in the Alps of its status as glacier after extreme heat this summer hastened its demise.

Putin grants Russian citizenship to US whistleblower Edward Snowden

Snowden, a former contractor with the US National Security Agency, has been living in Russia since 2013 to escape prosecution in the US

UK: TikTok may face $29 million fine over children's data protection

It said TikTok may have processed the data of children under 13 without appropriate parental consent, and processed special category data without legal grounds to do so

Italy's EU partners vigilant as far right party set to take power

Italy's European Union partners are signalling discomfort, even vigilance, after Italy, one of the bloc's founding members, swung far to the political right