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Kenya is toasting a golden generation of female track stars after they led the nation to second place in the medal table behind the United States at the 2025 World Athletics Championships.Female runners won six of the East African nation’s seven gold medals in Tokyo, sweeping top spot on the podium in every event from 800m up to the marathon.That remarkable run of victories culminated in a stunning upset as Lilian Odira won the 800m on Sunday, shattering her personal best by nearly two seconds as well as a 42-year-old championship record in the process.What makes the feat even more…

TechCrunch Disrupt has always been where the future takes shape, and nowhere is that more literal than on the Space Stage, launching in San Francisco’s Moscone West on October 27. In partnership with The Aerospace Corporation, this stage brings together the leaders shaping the next orbital frontier, unveiling breakthroughs in rockets, satellites, defense, and AI in orbit.  This year’s agenda brings together founders, investors, and operators who are turning bold visions into enduring businesses, even in a market where capital is tighter and expectations higher. Whether you’re a space junkie, a startup builder, or an investor chasing the edge of…

The Duchess of York has been removed as patron of a children’s charity, in the wake of an email emerging in which she called sex offender Jeffrey Epstein her “supreme friend”.Julia’s House, a children’s hospice charity serving families in Dorset and Wiltshire, has removed Sarah Ferguson, the former wife of Prince Andrew, from her role as a patron.”Following the information shared this weekend on the Duchess of York’s correspondence with Jeffrey Epstein, Julia’s House has taken the decision that it would be inappropriate for her to continue as a patron of the charity,” said a charity spokesperson.”We have advised the…

Canal+ Group, the French media giant behind “Paddington,” has completed its long-gestating $2 billion takeover of South African pay TV company Multichoice and announced its new board. The takeover makes Canal+ the dominant player in Africa’s fast-growing pay TV market, where MultiChoice operates across 50 countries. It also marks a monumental step in Canal+’s strategy. The acquisition of MCG by Canal+ is the largest transaction ever undertaken by Canal+, bolstering the combined new group’s ambition to be a major global media player. “Today marks an important step forward for Canal+, as we begin to integrate MultiChoice to create a group with…

Hundreds of bodies could have been buried at a mass grave discovered in Egypt’s Sinai province by human rights campaigners.Bodies lying on the surface and others buried barely 30cm below were found at a burial site near a military outpost by the Sinai Foundation for Human Rights.The group discovered the mass graves while conducting research into disappearances and extrajudicial killings of civilians during a decade of conflict in the Sinai region between Egyptian security forces and Islamic State-aligned militants.The findings, exclusively shared with the Guardian, provide “rare, documented evidence of enforced disappearances and extrajudicial executions in North Sinai”, said Ahmed…

Joe TidyCyber correspondent andTabby WilsonEPADisruption has continued at some of Europe’s busiest airports as they try to recover from Friday’s cyber attackThe EU’s cyber security agency says criminals are using ransomware to cause chaos in airports around the world.Several of Europe’s busiest airports have spent the past few days trying to restore normal operations, after a cyber-attack on Friday disrupted their automatic check-in and boarding software.The European Union Agency for Cybersecurity, ENISA, told the BBC on Monday that the malicious software was used to scramble automatic check-in systems.”The type of ransomware has been identified. Law enforcement is involved to investigate,”…

new video loaded: Thousands Evacuated as Super Typhoon Ragasa Hits the PhilippinesBy Nader Ibrahim•September 22, 2025Super Typhoon Ragasa struck the northeastern Philippines on Monday with wind speeds equivalent to a Category 5 hurricane. The typhoon was forecast to move south of Taiwan and head toward Hong Kong.

Palestinian Ambassador Zomlot says ‘moment stands as defiant act of truth, a refusal to let genocide be the final word’.The Palestinian flag has been raised outside the premises of what is now Palestine’s embassy to the United Kingdom in London, marking Britain’s historic and long-awaited recognition of a Palestinian state, as Israel’s relentless destruction of Gaza and its military’s crackdown in the occupied West Bank continue.The flag-raising ceremony on Monday followed a speech by Palestine’s Ambassador to the UK, Husam Zomlot, outside what was previously the Palestine Mission to the UK.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of list“Please join me…

Three of the biggest medical schemes have millions of members between them, but they do not publicly disclose how many attend their AGMs, which is where trustees are elected. My email inbox is exploding. Not just my work email, but my personal mailbox that I started as a freelancer back in 2013. That’s right folks, I have 143,657 emails dating back to 2013 – it was a point of pride that I didn’t delete important emails… As you can imagine, I am running out of space and now desperately trying to delete redundant mails. (How did I end up subscribing…

Kiley McDanielSep 22, 2025, 07:00 AM ETCloseESPN MLB Insider Kiley McDaniel covers MLB prospects, the MLB Draft and more, including trades and free agency. Has worked for three MLB teams. Co-author of Author of ‘Future Value’ We’re just about a week away from the start of the 2025 MLB playoffs, and that means this year’s top contenders are lining up their rotations with hopes of making a deep October run.With that in mind, we decided to rank the starting pitching options for the teams currently in the playoff field with an eye for how they will be used in the…