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Senator Rodrigo Paz, the surprise top finisher in Bolivia's first-round presidential election, spent years traveling the country, posting hundreds of social media videos and honing his image like a full-time influencer.

It is the highest-grossing movie of the year, and the biggest animated film ever made -- but if you live outside China, you've likely never heard of "Ne Zha II." That may be about to change.

Non-fossil fuels now account for half of India's installed energy capacity -- years ahead of schedule -- but the third-largest greenhouse gas polluter remains deeply reliant on coal for electricity generation.

Tropical wood demand from some of America's top RV brands is fuelling deforestation on the Indonesian island of Borneo, home to Asia's last great rainforest, according to a new investigation by environmental NGOs.

A member of Irish rap band Kneecap was due to appear in court on Wednesday charged with a terror offence for allegedly supporting Hezbollah.

Volunteer Dutch divers are still fishing debris from the North Sea six years after a disastrous shipping accident.

Asian markets mostly fell Wednesday morning, mirroring a rout of US tech titans the previous day as investors await signals of an interest rate cut in the world's largest economy.

A military court sentenced a New Zealand soldier on Wednesday to two years' detention for attempted espionage for a foreign power.

Japan's oldest professional player of the board game Go retired on Wednesday aged 98, saying that she can no longer handle "six hours without a break".

Grinding charcoal with a few drops of goat's milk, 60-year-old Basran Jogi peers at the faces of two small Pakistani sisters preparing for their first tattoos.

Australia lashed Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday after he said the country's prime minister was weak, with a top minister saying strength was more than "how many people you can blow up".

From a fake image of Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin dancing in the snow with a polar bear to a fabricated photo of European leaders waiting somberly outside the Oval Office, AI-enabled disinformation has clouded the diplomatic push to end the war in Ukraine.

Tim Mulligan moved to central Manhattan so he could be closer to work and avoid a daily ordeal on the rattling, screeching subway, just one part of the urban noisescape that tests New Yorkers every day.

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday criticized top museums for their "woke" focus on subjects including "how bad Slavery was," his latest attack on the cultural institutions in a country that fought a civil war over the issue.

The United States has agreed to Brazil's request to enter talks with the World Trade Organization (WTO) to discuss the 50 percent tariffs imposed by Washington, according to a recent letter.

A row between Israel and France over Paris's plan to recognise a Palestinian state next month escalated to crisis level on Tuesday when Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused President Emmanuel Macron of fomenting "antisemitism".

Rust Mobile makes its public hands-on debut at gamescom, located in Hall 06.1 - C-051GThe 1st Closed Beta kicks off in early November 2025, welcoming 30,000 players from North America, Western Europe, and select regions across Asia

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / August 20, 2025 / BioNxt Solutions Inc. ("BioNxt" or the "Company") (CSE:BNXT)(OTC PINK:BNXTF)(FSE:BXT), a bioscience company specializing in innovative drug delivery technologies, is pleased to announce two key milestones in the expansion and protection of its proprietary drug delivery platform targeting neurological autoimmune disorders. The Company has formally initiated the prioritized examination process for its U.S. patent application for BNT23001, a novel sublingual thin-film cladribine formulation for multiple sclerosis (MS), under the United States Patent and Trademark Office's (USPTO) Track One Program. Simultaneously, BioNxt has received acceptance of core claims for a broad international patent designed as a platform-level umbrella protecting the Company's sublingual thin-film delivery technology across a wide range of diseases, drug compounds, and applications.

Acquisition brings together applied artificial intelligence, agnostic solver orchestration, high performance (HPC) and quantum computing to address businesses' most complex challenges faster, smarter, and more intuitively than ever before.

The White House launched a TikTok account on Tuesday, as President Donald Trump continues to permit the Chinese-owned platform to operate in the United States despite a law requiring its sale.

Syria's foreign minister met with an Israeli diplomatic delegation in Paris on Tuesday to discuss "de-escalation and non-interference in Syria’s internal affairs", state news agency SANA reported.

Top US and European military officers met in Washington Tuesday to discuss the mechanics of a possible Ukraine peace deal, after President Donald Trump ruled out sending American troops to back an agreement but suggested air support instead.

Olympic champion Emmanuel Wanyonyi reckons Kenyan compatriot David Rudisha's mythical 800m world record will soon fall, but modestly downplayed his own chances given the current strength in depth in the two-lap race.

Iga Swiatek shrugged off lingering weariness to partner Casper Ruud to back-to-back victories in the revamped mixed doubles competition at the US Open on Tuesday.

Kylian Mbappe struck from the penalty spot as Real Madrid beat a dogged Osasuna 1-0 on Tuesday to make a winning start in La Liga under new coach Xabi Alonso.

The Venezuelan government on Tuesday claimed that 66 Venezuelan children are being illegally held in the United States after being separated from their parents during deportation, as the White House cracks down on immigration.

The head of Brazil's football federation on Tuesday said he had nixed the much-derided idea of the national team wearing red -- the color associated with the ruling leftist party -- in the 2026 World Cup, which will take place months ahead of elections.

Kylian Mbappe struck from the penalty spot as Real Madrid beat a dogged Osasuna 1-0 on Tuesday to make a winning start in La Liga under new coach Xabi Alonso.

Rory McIlroy is backing the format change that will see all 30 players tee off as equals as they battle for the FedEx Cup in the PGA Tour's Tour Championship starting on Thursday.

A twisted futuristic version of "Call of Duty", Batman in Lego form and the "Resident Evil" series' ghoulish monsters had gamers salivating Tuesday as the vast Gamescom trade show opened in Cologne.

Alexander Isak believes his departure from Newcastle is "in the best interests of everyone" after breaking his silence on the saga of the Premier League transfer window amid speculation over a move to Liverpool.

Mohamed Salah became the first player to win the Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) men's player of the year for a third time on Tuesday after guiding Liverpool to Premier League glory.