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Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil's presidential front-runner, stabbed at rally.The controversial politician, who has outraged many in Brazil with racist and homophobic comments, has performed strongly in recent polls. Footage of the incident in the city of Juiz de Fora shows Mr Bolsonaro making a thumbs-up gesture and being held aloft by supporters when he is stabbed with what appears to be...

That figure is down from more than 40,000 in the 18 months prior from "push-backs", a process that allows border police to physically remove asylum seekers within 8km of the border without due process. According to HHC, Hungary accepted just 430 asylum applications from January to July, down from 3,397 for all of 2017, while granting asylum to only 310...

  New York Fashion Week opened with a bang with a master class from Tom Ford, A-list models oozing subdued sophistication in neutral palettes with Tom Hanks and break-out rom-com star Henry Golding front row. The US city kicks off a month-long fashion merry-go-round in which editors, celebrities and influencers descend first on the Big Apple before jetting off to fashion...

President Maithripala Sirisena says the government of good governance has been committed to build a system to boost clean governance free of fraud and corruption while taking many decisions against fraud, corruption and malpractices, that were not taken during the period of 70 years since the country gained independence. He made these remarks addressing the awards ceremony of the...

Obama is a co-chair of the group along with several celebrities. She appeared with fellow co-chairs including Lin-Manuel Miranda and Tom Hanks in a public service announcement in July encouraging people to register to vote and to participate in elections. Former first lady Michelle Obama is set to attend events hosted by the group When We All Vote later this month...

Asked if Putin had responsibility, Wallace said: "Ultimately he does in so far as he is the president of the Russian Federation and it is his government that controls, funds and directs the military intelligence, the GRU, via his ministry of defence." He told BBC radio: "I don't think anyone can ever say that Mr Putin isn't in control of...

India's Supreme Court on Thursday struck down a colonial-era ban on gay sex at the centre of years of legal battles. "The law had become a weapon for harassment for the LGBT community," Chief Justice Dipak Misra said as he announced the landmark verdict. Section 377 of the Indian penal code, enacted by British rulers in 1861, banned "carnal intercourse against...

Facebook said Thursday it will invest over $1 billion to build a data centre in Singapore, its first in Asia, powered by renewable energy and adapted to the city-state's tropical climate. The centre is expected to be operational around 2022, and will host Facebook servers and centralize its IT operations, Thomas Furlong, Facebook vice president of infrastructure data centre’s, told...

Two-time champion Novak Djokovic ended John Millman's fairytale US Open run on Wednesday, beating the 55th-ranked Australian in straight sets to book a semi-final clash with Kei Nishikori. He lifted the trophy in 2011 and 2015 The Serbian star, who ended a 54-week title drought with his 13th Grand Slam title at Wimbledon, defeated the tenacious Aussie 6-3, 6-4, 6-4...

Japan's northern island of Hokkaido has been hit by a powerful earthquake, triggering landslides that engulfed houses. Two people had been killed and about 40 were missing, according to public broadcaster NHK. The earthquake comes on the heels of a deadly typhoon lashing the west of Japan over the past few days. The 6.7 magnitude quake cut power to around 3 million homes and...