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A massive wildfire that has scorched through 16,000 hectares of forest and villages in southern France since Tuesday is spreading more slowly but is still not under control, officials said on ...

Leroy Carter’s dream call-up to New Zealand’s Rugby Championship squad nearly turned sour when he discovered his passport had been chewed up by his dog days before leaving ...

South Korean forward Son Heung-min said he is “here to win” after he joined Los Angeles FC for a record Major League Soccer transfer fee, ending a decade-long stint at ...

Teenager Victoria Mboko survived a first-set wobble to battle to a 1-6 7-5 7-6(4) win over 2022 Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina and set up a Canadian Open showdown with Naomi Osaka, ...

U.S. President Donald Trump’s higher tariffs on imports from dozens of countries kicked in on Thursday, raising the average U.S. import duty to its highest in a ...

President Donald Trump said he may use the National Guard to police the streets of Washington, D.C., and a White House official said federal law enforcement would increase its ...

As US tariffs on Brazilian goods jumped to 50 per cent on Wednesday, Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva told Reuters in an interview that he saw no room ...

Birmingham Airport reopened its only runway on Wednesday, more than six hours after a small aircraft made an emergency landing due to landing gear failure, leaving one person with minor ...

A dinner for senior administration officials at Vice President JD Vance’s residence to discuss topics including the Trump administration’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case has been cancelled ...

The US Open announced $90 million in prize money will be on offer at this year’s final major, marking the largest purse in tennis history, up 20 per cent from 2024. Top ...

The man suspected of shooting and wounding five US soldiers on Wednesday at the Fort Stewart base in the state of Georgia is also a US soldier, a US official ...

President Donald Trump could meet Vladimir Putin as soon as next week, a White House official said on Wednesday, as the U.S. continued preparations to impose secondary sanctions, including ...

U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday issued an executive order imposing an additional 25% tariff on Indian goods citing New Delhi’s continued imports of Russian oil, sharply escalating tensions ...

Israel’s military chief has pushed back against Benjamin Netanyahu’s plans to seize areas of Gaza it doesn’t already control, three Israeli officials said, as the prime minister ...

A sex toy was tossed onto the floor of a WNBA game on Tuesday night, continuing an unwanted trend around the league. The latest incident occurred in the second quarter ...

Turkey has arrested an LGBTQ+ youth activist over criticism he made abroad at Europe’s main rights body about the repression of opponents by President Tayyip Erdogan’s government. Enes ...

Italy’s government was set on Wednesday to give the final approval to the multi-billion-euro project to build a bridge connecting Sicily to the mainland, paving the way for works ...

Exactly 80 years since an atomic bomb was used in war for the first time, thousands bowed their heads in prayer in Hiroshima on Wednesday, as the city’s mayor warned ...

Formula One’s August break will be a welcome getaway for Lewis Hamilton after he triggered fresh speculation about his Ferrari future with self-critical and cryptic comments in Hungary at ...

Former Porto captain Jorge Costa died on Tuesday at the age of 53 after suffering a cardiac arrest at the club’s training centre, the Portuguese side said. The former defender, ...

Former world number three Elina Svitolina said she was flooded with online abuse, including death threats, after her Canadian Open defeat on Tuesday and blamed the “shameful” behaviour on disgruntled ...

Firefighters in southern France were battling on Wednesday to control the country’s biggest wildfire so far this year, local authorities said. One person died in the village of Saint-Laurent-de-la-Cabrerisse, ...

U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff arrived in Moscow on Wednesday on a last-minute mission to seek a breakthrough in the Ukraine war, two days before the expiry of a deadline ...

President Donald Trump declined to say whether he supports a potential Israeli military takeover of Gaza, emphasizing instead his administration’s focus on expanding humanitarian aid to the besieged enclave. “...