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SUZUKA, Japan (Reuters) – Formula One championship leader Max Verstappen put Red Bull on pole position for the Japanese Grand Prix on Saturday with McLaren’s Oscar Piastri joining the Dutch driver on the front row. McLaren’s Lando Norris qualified third with Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc fourth. Mexican Sergio Perez, Verstappen’s closest title rival and team mate but a massive 151 points adrift after 15 of 22 rounds, qualified fifth. Red Bull, […]

PARIS (Reuters) – France captain Antoine Dupont underwent surgery on a facial injury and will return to the Rugby World Cup squad to recover, the French federation (FFR) said on Saturday. The FFR did not say how long Dupont would be unavailable. “Following his injury sustained during the France-Namibia match, Antoine Dupont underwent surgery at Toulouse’s Purpan University on Sept. 22 at around 11 p.m.,” the federation said in a […]

TAIPEI (Reuters) – One person died and 10 were missing after a fire and explosion on Friday at a factory in southern Taiwan that makes golfing equipment, the government said. Taiwan’s fire department said the blaze broke out at a plant in an industrial zone in the county of Pingtung. The person confirmed dead was a firefighter as were three of the 10 missing, the fire department added. Almost 100 […]

BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s opposition Move Forward named a new leader on Saturday after Pita Limjaroenrat, who led the party to a stunning election victory in May, was thwarted in his efforts to become premier. Chaithawat Tulathon, a former political magazine editor, will head Move Forward, which won the most seats in parliament on a wave of youth and urban support over its anti-establishment policies. The progressive party will lead […]

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said China had given an assurance that it would continue to negotiate with Southeast Asian countries over disputed territorial claims in the South China Sea, and avoid actions that risked escalation. Speaking to CNN in an interview broadcast on Saturday, Anwar said Chinese Premier Li Qiang gave him the assurance after Beijing released a map with a “10-dash line” last month […]

SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s opposition leader ended a 24-day hunger strike on Saturday, a party spokesperson said, two days after parliament voted to let prosecutors serve an arrest warrant against him for alleged bribery. Lee Jae-myung, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, will maintain a schedule including court attendance while hospitalised for the time being, the spokesman told reporters. Prosecutors this month sought the warrant in an investigation […]

By Martin Quin Pollard and Ian Ransom HANGZHOU, China (Reuters) – China’s eastern city of Hangzhou stepped up security ahead of the Asian Games opening ceremony later on Saturday as organisers hope to get the sporting extravaganza off to a smooth start with President Xi Jinping among the dignitaries set to attend. Roads in a sizeable ‘traffic control area’ around the city’s Olympic stadium were blocked off, at least one […]

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Handcuffed, a knife still sticking out of his overalls, the Chucky doll hunches against the wall as police hold him by his bright orange hair to take his mug shot. In a bizarre twist, Chucky and his owner were taken into lock-up in a town in northern Mexico earlier this week. The puppet master, identified only as Carlos “N” under Mexican norms, allegedly used the “demon […]

Ronald Acuna Jr. and Austin Riley homered in the first inning, and the Atlanta Braves defeated the host Washington Nationals 9-6 to move closer to the 100-win mark Friday night. Marcell Ozuna smashed a three-run homer in the seventh, and Riley drove in runs on three separate plate appearances to finish with four runs batted in for the National League East champion Braves (99-55). Acuna led off the game with […]