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A 34-year-old man, Clifton Christopher Buchanan, was arrested after his four daughters disappeared last Thursday.

Major sponsor Budweiser is expected to take action over the breach of contract.

Lewis Hamilton says that despite making gains throughout the season Mercedes were still stuck with a fundamentally flawed car until the final race.

Reports circulated ahead of the match saying that Ecuadorian players were paid millions to sabotage their match against the host nation.

In an upscale Seoul neighbourhood two years ago, a white Tesla Model X smashed into a parking lot wall.

Oil prices hovered near two-month lows on Monday as supply fears receded while concerns over China's fuel demand and rising interest rates weighed on prices.

England, who meet Iran in Group B, will be desperate to start strongly as they target an end to their decades-long trophy drought after two near misses in recent years.

A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Jamie McGeever.

Long before the final whistle at the spectacular Bedouin tent-inspired Al Bayt Stadium, the host nation's fans among the 67,372 crowd had started heading for the exits.

Chaotic scenes broke out inside and outside the fan festival at Al Bidda Park in Doha on Sunday an hour before the kick off of the opening World Cup match between hosts Qatar and Ecuador after organisers allowed too many fans to flood the precinct.

Countries closed this year's U.N. climate summit on Sunday with a hard-fought deal to create a fund to help poor countries being battered by climate disasters, even as many lamented its lack of ambition in tackling the emissions causing them.

Asian share markets turned hesitant on Monday as investors fretted about the economic fallout from fresh COVID-19 restrictions in China, while bonds and the dollar braced for more updates on U.S.

Qatar's ruler opened the World Cup on Sunday with a call for people of all races and orientations to put aside their differences, speaking as the host nation faced a barrage of criticism over its treatment of foreign workers and LGBT rights.

Michael Bloomberg apologised last week at a business forum hosted by the news agency he founded for remarks by British former Prime Minister Boris Johnson criticising China as autocratic.

Ramaphosa was last in London for the state funeral of the queen at Westminster Abbey in September.

The NFL great finalised his divorce from supermodel Gisele Bundchen at the end of October.

The announcement came during FIFA President Gianni Infantino's press conference.

Rumours have been circulating that Qatar paid fake fans from Pakistan to don various national team colours and fill World Cup stadiums.

Qatar went back on the agreement which allowed them to secure hosting rights in the first place.

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry reportedly consider themselves top celebs and expect royal treatment in Hollywood.

Princess Diana allegedly told Prince William and Harry that King Charles III cheated on her with men.

German carmaker Volkswagen is holding discussions with investors to join its battery division ahead of a possible partial initial public offering (IPO) of the subsidiary, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters.

Alcoholic beer will not be sold at Qatar's World Cup stadiums, world soccer governing body FIFA said on Friday, a last minute reversal which raised questions among some supporters about the host country's ability to deliver on promises to fans.

Credit funds at Blackstone, Apollo, DZ Bank and Astra Asset Management picked up bargains from UK pension funds during their scramble for cash, and some say pension schemes are still offloading assets as pressures persist.

Say hello to ronnagrams and quettametres: International scientists gathered in France voted on Friday for new metric prefixes to express the world's largest and smallest measurements, prompted by an ever-growing amount of data.

Tesco, one of Britain's largest private-sector employers, is offering its staff advances on their pay in the latest sign of the distress arising from a worsening cost-of-living crisis.

World Cup chiefs on Friday banned beer sales around stadiums in a stunning u-turn just two days before kickoff as Cristiano Ronaldo prepared to jet in to Qatar.

Climate negotiators on Friday were mulling a European Union proposal aimed at resolving an impasse over financing for countries hit by climate-fuelled disasters and pushing the U.N.

The Pitcairn Islands, a volcanic outcrop halfway between South America and New Zealand, is the UK's only overseas territory in the Pacific Ocean and home to only 46 people.