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Working from before dawn until midnight, farmers Nikoletta Pajsan Nagy and Laszlo Pajsan fought Europe's driest summer ever to save their red pepper harvest in Hungary.

In the northern Finnish town of Muhos, 36-year-old farmer Joni Pitkanen is preparing for life with a new neighbour -- just kilometers away, tech giant Google is planning to build new data centres.

The president of Cornell University voiced support Saturday for an external review of the institution facing widespread outcry over the alleged gang rape of a student in 2024.

Protests by teenagers outside their schools have shaken France in recent days, with students blockading entrances to their institutions and security forces on occasion responding with tear gas.

Partial results from Latvia's parliamentary election released on Sunday favoured Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs' centre-right party, suggesting the country will maintain its pro-European and pro-Ukrainian course.

A one-year-old toddler stumbles around an immigration court in Louisiana, crying. He throws a toy that nearly hits a prosecutor.

In Egypt's North Sinai, Palestinian teacher Hadeel Zourob watches dozens of displaced Gazan children file into the region's only Palestinian school, a place she built after war drove them from their homes.

The Los Angeles Dodgers, chasing a rare World Series three-peat, opened their Major League Baseball playoff campaign with a 5-3 win over Atlanta on Saturday as the Tampa Bay Rays rode a one-hit gem from pitcher Drew Rasmussen to a 1-0 win over the New York Yankees.

President Donald Trump has claimed a "roaring comeback" in American auto manufacturing following aggressive trade policy, but analysts view the cumulative impact as more of a mixed bag.

Brazilians will vote Sunday in a toss-up race between President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Flavio Bolsonaro that will decide whether Latin America's biggest nation follows a regional swing to the right championed by US President Donald Trump.

Yemen's government forces said Sunday they had struck Houthi targets around the country, deepening the conflict ravaging one of the world's poorest nations and the wider region.

Asian Games golf champion Tom Kim revealed he was inspired by a message from Tiger Woods before his sparkling final round in Nagoya.

Pedro Pascal learned to play the cello for his starring role in upcoming film "Behemoth!" from Oscar-winning writer-director Tony Gilroy.

Nearly 1,500 Myanmar migrants from Malaysia arrived in their war-torn home country on Sunday, a Myanmar Navy official said, returned under an opaque repatriation scheme.

Antreprenorul român Alex Bodi (41 de ani) și ambasadorul sud-sudanez Gum Dominic Matiok Matiok (60 de ani) au discutat, la 27 septembrie 2026, la hotelul Ritz-Carlton din Berlin, despre înființarea unui consulat onorific al Republicii Sudanul de Sud la București. Este avută astfel în vedere o reprezentanță consulară care ar putea sprijini schimburile dintre cele două țări, Bodi fiind propus pentru funcția de consul onorific.

Romanian entrepreneur Alex Bodi (41) and South Sudanese Ambassador Gum Dominic Matiok Matiok (60) met at The Ritz-Carlton hotel in Berlin on 27 September 2026 to discuss establishing an honorary consulate of the Republic of South Sudan in Bucharest. The proposed consular office could help foster exchanges between the two countries, with Bodi envisaged as honorary consul.

The Los Angeles Dodgers, chasing a rare World Series three-peat, rode six strong innings from pitcher Tarik Skubal and home runs from Teoscar Hernandez, Kyle Tucker and Max Muncy to a 5-3 win over Atlanta in their Major League Baseball playoff opener on Saturday.

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and his challenger Flavio Bolsonaro concluded their election campaigns Saturday with booming rallies and calls for a resounding victory the following day.

World Cup winners Spain were made to work for a 3-1 win against the Czech Republic in the Nations League on Saturday while England sparkled in thrashing Croatia 7-0.

A much-changed Toulouse edged rivals Castres 8-7 in the French Top 14 on Saturday to move to the summit of the table despite the absence of Antoine Dupont.

Lamine Yamal continued his superb goalscoring form as Spain secured a 3-1 win over the Czech Republic on Saturday in the Nations League.

Munetaka Murakami belted a two-run home run to power the Chicago White Sox to a 3-0 victory over the Cleveland Guardians on Saturday in game one of their Major League Baseball playoff series.

Exit polls from Latvia's parliamentary election published Saturday evening favoured Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs' party, suggesting the country will maintain its pro-European and pro-Ukrainian course.

Israel said on Saturday that it attempted to kill Hamas's top leader in the Gaza Strip in an airstrike on an apartment that local officials said killed five people, four of them women.

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and his rival Flavio Bolsonaro wrapped up their campaigns Saturday ahead of a nail-biter election that has been marred by scandals and mudslinging.

Yemen's Houthis claimed an attack on an oil facility near the Saudi capital on Saturday, where an AFP journalist saw flames and smoke, and accused the Gulf kingdom of striking Sanaa dozens of times.

The Republic of Ireland's press conference on Saturday on the eve of their second Nations League match against Israel in Serbia was cut short as head coach Heimir Hallgrimsson fielded questions from Israeli journalists.

Thomas Tuchel saluted England's "complete" performance in a 7-0 rout of hapless Croatia in the Nations League on Saturday.

Another former OpenAI employee has added his voice to a chorus of frantic calls to make AI safe, saying the industry must mimic the aviation or nuclear power sectors with their layers of safeguards to avoid disaster.

Former heavyweight champion Tyson Fury will invite US President Donald Trump to lead his ring walk before his clash with British rival Anthony Joshua.

Injured New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge was left off the roster for the team's American League Division Series against the Rays that starts Saturday in Tampa, Florida.

Vivienne Westwood creative director Andreas Kronthaler said the fashion industry was in a "precarious moment" as he unveiled his latest Spring-Summer collection for the British house at Paris Fashion Week.