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Bangkok authorities declared a flood disaster across the Thai capital on Saturday after almost 48 hours of heavy rain left homes, shops and roads waterlogged and residents wading through deep water.

Eel-loving schoolboy Yuki Kurihara, 11, won an Asian Games gold medal in Japan on Saturday, more weightlifting world records were set and organisers admitted they were "not satisfied" with ticket sales after swathes of unsold seats were seen at the athletics.

Pope Leo XIV said on Saturday it was possible to "live together in dignity and peace" as he met migrants in Paris, ahead of a giant open-air mass expected to gather hundreds of thousands of people on the iconic Champs Elysees.

Asian Games organisers admitted on Saturday they were "not satisfied" with ticket sales after swathes of empty seats were seen at the main stadium and other venues in Japan.

For two years after he first arrived in Austria, Iraqi pupil Abdlrahman Aljanabi didn't follow maths, science and other subjects like the rest of his peers.

Bangkok authorities declared a flood disaster across the Thai capital on Saturday after almost 48 hours of heavy rain left canals full, roads submerged and residents knee-deep in water.

Before lacing up her running shoes, Nancy Masha checked the knife and pepper spray she carried to protect herself on her daily jog, a ritual born of fear after the murder of a fellow runner sent shock waves across South Africa.

China and the United States agreed to set up a "communication channel" for artificial intelligence incidents, the White House said Friday, after a Washington summit short on breakthroughs.

Japan's 11-year-old eSports prodigy Yuki Kurihara said he was "embarrassed" after winning Asian Games gold on Saturday by thrashing a series of opponents up to three times his age.

Pulled alive 10 days after catastrophic floods trapped him in a tunnel, Nepali hydropower worker Kabir Maharjan is determined to help rebuild his country despite his own harrowing ordeal.

Wildfires that tore through Indonesian Borneo's vast tropical forests have piled pressure on critically endangered Bornean orangutans, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) said Saturday.

China's 17-year-old sprinter Chen Yujie said she has "no limits" after dominating the women's 100m final for Asian Games gold.

Bangkok authorities declared on Saturday a disaster across all 50 districts of the Thai capital after heavy rain for a third consecutive day caused heavy flooding.

Japan's 11-year-old eSports prodigy Yuki Kurihara won Asian Games gold on Saturday in style after thrashing a series of opponents up to three times his age.

North Korea's weightlifters will flex their considerable collective muscle when they return to the Olympics for the first time in 12 years at Los Angeles in 2028 -- and they could be in for an American gold rush if the Asian Games is any indication.

TikTok on Friday agreed to pay Alabama at least $100 million and enact time limits and other restrictions for teen users, avoiding trial with a settlement modeled on Instagram-owner Meta's recent agreement with US states.

Iran offered a plan to reopen the strategic Strait of Hormuz, Tehran said Friday, but within hours reports indicated that US President Donald Trump rejected the proposal.

In the birthplace of Venezuela's oil industry, thick black crude seeps through cracks in the earth, and the air is heavy with the smell of gas, leaving visitors dizzy.

A record-breaking El Nino will likely force the world's top chefs to rethink their menus ahead of droughts, floods and heatwaves upending global food systems.

Washington and Beijing may have bought themselves breathing space with an extended trade truce, but analysts warn that time is running out for the world's two biggest economies to resolve their strategic rivalry.

Pope Leo XIV is to celebrate an open-air mass for some 600,000 believers on Saturday on the French capital's Place de la Concorde and adjoining Champs-Elysees.

Waving a homemade sign reading, "I can't, I've got the pope," 17-year-old Marie Mabre joined tens of thousands of young Catholics who flocked to see Pope Leo XIV at a stadium near Paris on Friday evening.

TikTok on Friday agreed to pay Alabama at least $100 million and enact limits for teen users, avoiding a trial set to begin next week in the southern US state over claims related to child safety on the platform.

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Friday banned sports betting sites, the biggest sponsor of the country's football clubs, just days before a nailbiter election in which he is seeking a fourth term.

The Internationals completed a sensational foursomes clean sweep Friday to surge into a commanding 7-3 lead over the United States at the Presidents Cup.

In a freshwater canal surrounded by mangroves in southern Guatemala, hundreds of baby tropical gars -- a torpedo-shaped fish with an alligator-like snout dubbed the "fossil fish" -- are released into the wild.

Ten years after a plane carrying Brazil's Chapecoense football team ran out of fuel and crashed in Colombia, the club returned to the disaster site on Friday to attend a tribute to the 71 victims.

Roberto Mancini accepted boos from Italy fans as a normal part of the game but insisted there were positives to take from a 2-0 defeat to Belgium on his return as head coach.

Cities and states across the US celebrated the inaugural Dolly Parton Day on Friday -- 9/25 -- a date that recalls one of the late country icon's most beloved hits.

Zinedine Zidane's debut as France coach was overshadowed by an injury to captain Kylian Mbappe in a 1-0 win away to Turkey on Friday, while Roberto Mancini's first game back in charge of Italy ended in a 2-0 defeat to Belgium.

Carlos Alcaraz helped Europe take a 3-1 lead on the first day of the Laver Cup as the Spaniard teamed up with Jakub Mensik for a doubles victory.

Former France star Patrick Vieira debuted as Senegal coach by drawing 1-1 in Mozambique, and Nigeria survived a scare to edge Madagascar 2-1 in Africa Cup of Nations qualifying on Friday.