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Torey Lovullo has cast doubt on his future as Arizona Diamondbacks manager after the club missed out on the playoffs on the final day of the regular season. Arizona’s hopes of claiming the final National League wild-card place ended when the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Tampa Bay Rays. The Diamondbacks then lost to the San Diego Padres in their final game in California. Lovullo, whose current contract expires after the season, said he wanted to remain in charge but needed to feel that he was valued by the organisation. “Arizona’s my home. I love Arizona and the people, and the…

Australian shares are set for a cautious start as investors await the Reserve Bank of Australia’s interest rate decision, while higher US bond yields and renewed oil-market uncertainty weighed on Wall Street. ASX futures were up two points at 8,722 early on Tuesday, suggesting a broadly flat opening. The S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.2 per cent on Monday, as gains among banks and defensive sectors including utilities and healthcare offset weakness in mining stocks. Economists widely expect the RBA to raise its cash rate by a quarter of a percentage point to 4.6 per cent at its policy meeting. The decision…

Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa has met his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, as Slovenia’s policy towards Palestine undergoes a sharp change. Mr Jansa’s return to office has been followed by a significant shift in Slovenia’s approach to Israel and the Palestinians. The meeting in New York highlights the country’s turn towards Israel, with the reasons behind the change now under scrutiny.

A University of Georgia student was seriously injured after falling from an eighth-floor apartment window at an off-campus housing complex in Athens, Georgia. Athens-Clarke County Police said the unnamed woman had been dancing on a sofa on Saturday when she fell through an open window at Rambler Athens. She landed in the courtyard and pool area of the apartment complex, which is popular with students. Police said she was taken to a nearby hospital, where she was “conscious and alert but seriously injured.” Management at Rambler Athens later contacted residents to remind them that the building’s windows are fitted with…

Dejan Kulusevski’s injury return is moving closer, with the Tottenham forward continuing his rehabilitation at specialist facilities in Sweden after more than 500 days on the sidelines. The 26-year-old has already resumed full first-team training under head coach Roberto De Zerbi, marking a significant step in his recovery from complex knee surgery. Dejan Kulusevski continues training in Sweden Tottenham correspondent Alasdair Gold reports that Kulusevski has used his time away from the club to maintain his conditioning at home in Sweden rather than take a complete break from training. His progress was briefly interrupted by a minor physical issue as…

King County prosecutors are pushing for tougher copper wire theft legislation after a series of raids on businesses and public infrastructure left owners facing repair bills many times higher than the value of the metal taken. Prosecuting Attorney Leesa Manion is working with Washington’s attorney general, Sound Transit and state lawmakers on measures intended to make it harder for stolen copper to be sold and easier for investigators to trace. Businesses and public infrastructure targeted In Seattle’s Ballard neighbourhood, thieves have repeatedly targeted businesses including the Lockspot Cafe and the National Nordic Museum. Some owners say they have been forced…

An online tool promises to calculate the environmental impact of coal, oil and gas developments, including the additional heat they produce and their contribution to the loss of coral and glaciers. The tool is intended to show the effects associated with fossil fuel projects, allowing the consequences of developments to be assessed across several areas of the environment. Its estimates cover the extra heat linked to fossil fuels, as well as damage involving coral and the loss of glaciers.

A 40-year-old man was shot dead at the Dublin Sports Grounds in the San Francisco Bay Area, with police alleging that his parents-in-law were responsible. Jonathan McKinsey, of Dublin, was found suffering from multiple gunshot wounds in a car park at the sports grounds on Dublin Boulevard over the weekend. He was pronounced dead at the scene. A police sergeant was driving nearby when he saw a man lying on the ground and stopped to investigate. Officers were also responding to several emergency calls about the shooting. Witnesses told local media that a masked man and woman were involved. They…

A US watchdog has identified serious failures in the vetting of Afghan refugees who sought asylum after the chaotic American withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, including two cases involving potential terrorism-related concerns. A review of 678 randomly selected asylum files found errors in 40 per cent of them, according to a report by the Inspector General for the Department of Homeland Security. The audit found that asylum officers had failed to record aliases in a quarter of the files examined. In total, 303 aliases were missed, while 23 files lacked security checks, 45 contained unresolved records and 115 had other…

Certification of Boeing’s 737 Max 10 will be delayed while the US Federal Aviation Administration investigates a software problem that could affect certain landing procedures, the agency’s administrator has said. FAA administrator Bryan Bedford said the regulator had not yet determined whether the issue represented a safety risk, but would not approve the aircraft until its review was complete. “We haven’t concluded whether this is a safety-of-flight issue or not, but we will be delaying the 10 … until we’re satisfied that we don’t have an issue here,” Mr Bedford said at a press conference in Washington DC. The FAA…