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Katie Ledecky showed she is still the gold standard in the 800 metres freestyle after ending Summer McIntosh’s bid for five individual titles while fending off Australian surprise package Lani ...

Tottenham Hotspur captain Son Heung-min will bring his 10-year spell with the Premier League club to an end this summer, the 33-year-old South Korean said on Saturday. Son, who is ...

Hamas said on Saturday that it would not disarm unless an independent Palestinian state is established – a fresh rebuke to a key Israeli demand to end the war in Gaza. ...

Ukraine’s military said on Saturday that it had struck oil facilities inside Russia, including a major refinery as well as a military airfield for drones and an electronics factory. ...

The Wallabies restored some pride by finally producing an 80 minute performance to beat the British & Irish Lions 22-12 in a weather-disrupted third test on Saturday, handing the visitors their ...

Archaeologists working on the shores of Ohrid Lake in Albania are convinced they have uncovered the oldest human settlement built on a European lake, finding evidence of an organised hunting ...

One of the key figures behind diplomatic efforts that secured Russian swimmers’ return to elite competition at this week’s world championships is now hoping to end Russia’s sporting ...

Lando Norris completed a Hungarian Grand Prix practice double on Friday as runaway leaders McLaren dominated both sessions while leaving something in reserve and almost colliding at the end. Norris ...

The migration route from Libya across the Mediterranean, used by thousands seeking a way to get to Europe, was a top issue at a meeting on Friday between the leaders ...

When Spain, Ireland and Norway announced in May 2024 that they would recognise a Palestinian state, Israel’s closer allies dismissed the move as unhelpful to solving the crisis in Gaza. ...

Eight children in the UK have been spared from devastating genetic diseases thanks to a new three-person in vitro fertilization technique, scientists from Newcastle University reported on Wednesday. The technique, ...

President Donald Trump on Friday fired a top Labor Department official on the heels of a market-shocking weak scorecard of the U.S. job market, accusing her without evidence of ...

The Dubai International Financial Center (DIFC) has announced that company registrations grew 32 per cent in the first half of the year as the financial hub welcomed 1,081 new companies, including asset ...

A downturn in British retail sales extended into its 10th month in July as rising prices weighed on consumers, although the pace of the fall was less severe than in ...

Saudi Arabia, the world’s biggest oil exporter, may hike crude oil prices for Asian buyers for the second month in a row, with September prices set to hit five-month ...

Six people, including a former minister, were arrested on Friday over their involvement in reconstruction of a railway station, whose roof collapsed last November killing 16 and triggering Serbia’s biggest ...

A United Nations report seeking ways to improve efficiency and cut costs has revealed: UN reports are not widely read. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres briefed countries on Friday on the ...

An international crew of four astronauts launched toward the International Space Station from Florida on Friday aboard a SpaceX rocket, embarking on a routine Nasa mission that could be the ...

President Donald Trump on Friday said he had ordered two nuclear submarines to be positioned in “the appropriate regions” in response to remarks from former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev about ...

Brighton & Hove Albion’s James Milner will don the number 20 shirt this season as a tribute to former Liverpool teammate Diogo Jota, who died in a car crash in ...

The United Kingdom’s top court on Friday overturned a landmark ruling on car finance commissions in a decision that is likely to ease fears among banks about a redress ...

Formula One stewards reprimanded Red Bull on Friday for a bizarre incident involving Max Verstappen throwing a face towel out of his car and onto the track during Hungarian Grand ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that Moscow hoped for more peace talks with Ukraine but that the momentum of the war was in its favour, signalling no shift ...

U.S. President Donald Trump‘s latest wave of tariffs on exports from dozens of trading partners, including Canada, Brazil, India and Taiwan, sent global markets tumbling on Friday as ...