Asian Games: Bigger than Olympics, young stars and a cruise ship
The 20th Asian Games open in Japan on Saturday bringing together a bumper 17,000 athletes and officials, among them Olympic and world champions.
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Eala to Yu Zidi: Six emerging stars set to light up Asian Games
Some of the brightest talents in sport will be going for gold when the Asian Games open in Nagoya-Aichi on Saturday.
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Asian Games set for liftoff but will have everyone have a bed?
The Asian Games open in Japan on Saturday with 2028 Olympics places up for grabs, fast-rising talents of world sport in action and thousands of athletes staying on a cruise ship in typhoon season.
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Brady and Bündchen’s former Brentwood estate combined luxury and resource-saving systems
Tom Brady and Gisele Bündchen’s former Los Angeles home combined a large French Provincial-style estate with solar electricity, water recycling, composting and extensive use of reclaimed building materials.
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Most markets drop as oil extends gains ahead of expected US rate hike
Most Asian stock markets struggled again Tuesday as oil prices extended gains and investors bet on a Federal Reserve interest rate hike this week, though tech firms saw a slight recovery from a sell-off fuelled by fears over the AI boom.
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In Kashmir, lake weeds mix with traditional art
A Kashmiri artisan is turning weeds pulled from Srinagar's famous Dal Lake into a new ingredient for the centuries-old craft of papier-mache, one of Kashmir's best-known traditional art forms.
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Kate Beckinsale challenges assumptions about her beauty routine
Kate Beckinsale has questioned reports that she regularly receives facials and manicures, saying the public description of her beauty routine did not reflect her own experience.
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Sri Lanka's famed beach shack battles demolition
Sri Lanka's famed seafood shack Beach Wadiya has hosted royalty including Britain's Princess Anne and sporting legends such as cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, but now faces demolition under a government-ordered coastal clean-up.
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Trump says he will decide whether US pursues Iran deal
President Donald Trump said on September 14 that Iran wanted an agreement and that he would decide whether the United States took part in efforts to reach one.
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Drone shot down by NATO over Lithuania
NATO fighter jets shot down a drone over Lithuania, the Baltic state's president said Tuesday, in the latest security incident on the alliance's eastern flank during Russia's war with Ukraine.
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