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Sri Lanka’s Rumesh Pathirage won Asian Games javelin gold on Monday, finishing an extraordinary season with a best throw of 88.55 metres in Nagoya. India’s Yashvir Singh took silver with a personal best of 85.72m, while compatriot Rohit Yadav claimed bronze with 84.35m. Pakistan’s Olympic champion Arshad Nadeem finished fourth after managing 80.29m. Pathirage made a difficult start, recording 73.53m with his opening attempt. It was the only throw below 80m he had produced throughout the season. The 23-year-old recovered with 88.33m in the fourth round, moving ahead of the Indian pair and effectively securing the title. After a no-throw…

Donald Trump defended a pending US arms sale to Taiwan by telling Xi Jinping that Washington sells weapons around the world and, at one point, asking whether the Chinese president wanted to buy American arms, the US ambassador to China has said. David Perdue disclosed the exchange days after Mr Trump hosted Xi for a state visit in Washington. He did not say when the offer was made or indicate that China had expressed an interest in purchasing US weapons. Speaking on Fox News Sunday, Mr Perdue rejected suggestions that delayed aid packages and weapons orders for Taiwan were intended…

Elizabeth Holmes says she is fighting to prove her innocence after more than three years in prison, as the former Theranos chief executive seeks to return to her husband, Billy Evans, and their children. Holmes, who is serving her sentence at the Federal Prison Camp in Bryan, Texas, made the comments in a post on X. “I was silenced for a long time … and then imprisoned,” she wrote. She said she was “fighting to prove my innocence and come home to my babies and the love of my life”, referring to Mr Evans. Holmes said she had spent “1,216…

Neiman Marcus’s historic flagship store in downtown Dallas will close on Wednesday, September 30, ending more than a century at the corner of Main and Ervay streets. The luxury retailer, founded in Dallas, has operated from the landmark location for more than 100 years. Its final closure follows a decision by parent company Saks Global to concentrate its Dallas operations at the Neiman Marcus store in NorthPark Center. Saks Global said the decision followed a review of its retail estate and was intended to align the company’s future presence with customer demand. The announcement came after earlier efforts by city…

An interior designer who spent six weeks renovating a reportedly haunted house in Ohio has said the experience turned him into a believer in ghosts. John Ryan, a property expert from Florida, was tasked with updating Bihl Manor in Fremont, a historic home built in 1898. The work was filmed for the television series A Very Haunted Renovation. Ryan said the house had an unsettling atmosphere from the moment he arrived, recalling: “It was like a home that you see in a horror movie. There’s just this eerie feeling about it… It was straight out of a movie.” He said…

Five men have been arrested near a Royal Air Force base in Gloucestershire on suspicion of preparing a terrorist act, police said. The arrests were made on Sunday near the base, which is used by US forces. The men are suspected of targeting the RAF installation, although no further details about the alleged plot or the arrests were provided.

Chancellor John Healey has warned Labour it cannot repeat the spending splurge of the Tony Blair era, as he sought to calm growing concern that taxes will rise in next month’s Budget. Addressing activists at the party conference in Liverpool, Mr Healey said the money available to New Labour in the 1990s was “simply not there now”. He also insisted that the Government would obey its fiscal rules, increasing pressure on ministers to find savings or raise additional revenue. The Chancellor said Britain faced a tougher economic environment after 14 years of what he described as “flatlining Tory growth and…

Bessent has appointed Jefferies strategist David Zervos as an adviser, bringing the financial markets specialist into his advisory team.

Caleb Flynn’s murder trial has entered its seventh day, with proceedings being streamed live as the American Idol alum faces allegations that he killed his wife earlier this year. Flynn has pleaded not guilty. His defence maintains there is not enough concrete evidence connecting him to the murder. The trial has included evidence from Alleigha Botner, described as Flynn’s mistress, who took the stand and read aloud messages exchanged between them. The court has also heard alleged AI-generated songs Flynn wrote for Botner about their relationship. Prosecutors allege that Flynn shot and killed his wife before staging the scene to…

Bernardo Silva’s tackle on Martin Odegaard became the defining flashpoint of Portugal’s 2-1 win over Norway, as the pair carried their club rivalry into international football. The match had been billed as a contest between Cristiano Ronaldo and Erling Haaland, but attention instead centred on the midfield duel between Portugal’s Silva and Norway captain Odegaard. Silva was shown making a late challenge after Odegaard had played the ball away, catching the Arsenal midfielder on the back of the heel with his left leg. The tackle appeared to be deliberate, although no further details about any disciplinary action were given. Odegaard…