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British singer-songwriter Sam Fender performs at the BRIT Awards in 2022. Fender won the 2025 Mercury Prize for his third album, "People Watching."
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Oct 18, 2025

Indie singer Sam Fender wins U.K. Mercury Prize

The British singer-songwriter won for his album "People Watching," as the awards moved out of London for the first time.
An excavator digs deep into the ground, reportedly searching for bodies in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on Friday.
WORLD
Oct 18, 2025

Hamas gives Israel another hostage body and vows to return rest

The militant group said it was committed to returning all the dead captives still unaccounted for under Gaza's ruins after two years of war.
Hamas senior official Mohammed Nazzal speaks during an interview in Doha on Wednesday
WORLD
Oct 18, 2025

Hamas aims to keep grip on Gaza security and can't commit to disarm, senior official says

These views are not new, but the timing of Mohammed Nazzal's comments reflect the difficulties of finding a path to end the war in Gaza.
Ami Nakai performs during the women's short program at the Grand Prix de France in Angers on Friday.
MORE SPORTS / Figure skating
Oct 18, 2025

Teen Nakai leads favorite Sakamoto at Grand Prix de France

Nakai, 17, competing in her first season on the senior circuit, nailed a triple axel and triple lutz-triple toe combination to earn a personal best 78.00 points.
Beijing claims to have "irrefutable evidence” of cyber attacks by the U.S. on a Chinese government agency.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 19, 2025

China says it found evidence of U.S. cyber attack on state agency

The accusations follow repeated allegations from the of West of Chinese cyberattacks on their computer systems.

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