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Campaigning for Japan's Oct 27 general election kicked off Tuesday with 465 seats up for contest across single-member districts and proportional representation, reported Xinhua.

A host of events kick off on Monday, though, including synchronised swimming, track cycling, climbing and wrestling.

A procession of barges will take nearly 7,000 athletes along the river past Paris's most famous landmarks.

Taylor Swift's arrival some two hours before kick-off sent an almost palpable frisson around the Allegiant Stadium.

The Rolling Stones held a private launch party for their first new album in 18 years.

Joe Biden landed in London to kick off a three-nation trip that will feature a NATO summit in Lithuania.

The "Renaissance World Tour" will kick off in Stockholm on May 10, travelling across the continent until the end of June.

South Korea held the favoured Uruguay to a scoreless draw to kick off their FIFA World Cup campaign on Thursday, thanks to a combination of stingy defence and a bit of luck.

Polls and analysts say no single party or coalition will win a simple majority in the 222-seat parliament.

The national doubles pair beat the South Koreans 16-21, 21-14 and 21-18 in three games at the Japan Open.

Serena Williams will kick off at the US Open where she will headline opening night in a first-round clash with Montenegro's Danka Kovinic.

The first World Cup ever held in a Middle Eastern country is set to kick off in Qatar on November 20, and will last until December 18.

The start date of the Qatar World Cup 2022 was moved one day earlier, the world governing body of football confirmed on Thursday.

Called "SIXTY", the 14-show tour will kick off in Madrid on June 1 and travel to 10 countries in total, including Britain.

Ng will be the first and likely only person to stand trial in the US over one of the biggest financial scandals in Wall Street history.

UTP has proudly unveiled Malaysia's first multidisciplinary engineering programme.

The US "will make another push, with Turkey, Egypt, Qatar, Israel and others, to achieve a ceasefire in Gaza," says Joe Biden.

Flooding is expected near Sungai Semerak, Pasir Puteh, affecting low-lying villages within 5km of the river, according to PRABN.

Here's a summary of the policies Donald Trump has said he will pursue when he takes office on Jan. 20.

The Taliban-led foreign ministry denies having arrested that number of journalists and added that those arrested had committed a crime.

Many users continue to be tricked and scammed even though police have repeatedly issued warnings about scams proliferating on social media.

Deputy Minister of Education says, those identified with severe emotional issues undergo screening twice a year.

Israel will gradually withdraw its forces over 60 days as Lebanon's army takes control of territory near its border with Israel to ensure that Hezbollah does not rebuild its infrastructure there.

Donald Trump says he would impose the tariffs until China stops the flow of illegal drugs, particularly fentanyl, into the United States.

Topping the demands of Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party is the release of all its leaders, including Khan, who has been jailed on a series of corruption charges since August 2023.