Mix of calm and concern as cycling’s Tour heads into riot-hit France
By Julien Pretot
While the vast majority of the Tour de France peloton is not concerned by the riots that have been hitting the country following the fatal shooting of ...
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At 43, evergreen Venus returns to favourite hunting ground Wimbledon
Twenty-six years after Venus Williams made her Wimbledon debut, the five-times champion will be back on Centre Court once again on Monday and the 43-year-old American said she could even ...
Kyrgios tempers Wimbledon expectations with fitness still a concern
Last year’s Wimbledon runner-up Nick Kyrgios will not place any unfair expectations on himself, the Australian said on Sunday as he gears up for the Grand Slam with little ...
Baltimore police say two dead, 28 injured after mass shooting at housing block
By Shivani Tanna and Jahnavi Nidumolu
Police in the U.S. city of Baltimore said that two people had died and 28 others were injured in a mass shooting early on ...
Russia launches first overnight drone attack on Kyiv in 12 days
Russia launched an overnight drone attack on Kyiv and the surrounding region after a 12-day break, with air defence systems destroying all the weapons on their approach, Ukrainian military officials ...
Sporadic violence, but calmer night in France after family buries teenager (updated)
Rioting across France was less intense overnight, as tens of thousands of police were deployed in cities across the country after the funeral of a teenager, whose shooting by police ...
Exxon Mobil expands lithium bet with Tetra Technologies deal
Exxon Mobil (XOM.N) has agreed to develop more than 6,100 lithium-rich acres in Arkansas with Tetra Technologies Inc (TTI.N), the second move this year by the oil giant for ...
Oracle spending ‘billions’ on Nvidia chips this year, Ellison says
Oracle Corp (ORCL.N) is spending “billions” of dollars on chips from Nvidia Corp (NVDA.O) as it expands a cloud computing service targeting a new wave of artificial intelligence (...
Philippines gets $1 billion ADB loan for electric bus programme
The Asian Development Bank approved on Thursday a $1 billion loan to help one of Philippines’ largest cities procure a fleet of more than 1,000 electric buses, in an important step towards ...
CIA chief: armed mutiny shows damage Putin has done to Russia
US Central Intelligence Agency Director William Burns said on Saturday that the armed mutiny by mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin had shown the corrosive effect on Russia of President Vladimir Putin’...
Adam Yates beats twin Simon to win Tour first stage
Britain’s Adam Yates claimed the opening stage of the Tour de France to take the first yellow jersey of this year’s edition at the end of a 182.5-km ...
Verstappen wins Austrian F1 sprint race
Double world champion Max Verstappen ran away with a Saturday sprint race in a Red Bull one-two at the Austrian Grand Prix to increase his Formula One lead over Mexican ...
King apologises for Netherlands’ historic role in slavery
Dutch King Willem-Alexander on Saturday apologised for the Netherlands’ historic involvement in slavery and the effects that it still has today.
The king was speaking at a ceremony marking the 160...
Zelenskiy says ‘serious threat’ remains at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy warned on Saturday that a “serious threat” remained at the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant and said Russia was “technically ready” to provoke a localized explosion ...
France’s Macron halts trip over riots, as family buries teenager
More than 1,300 people were arrested in France during a fourth night of rioting and President Emmanuel Macron cancelled a trip to Germany on Saturday as the funeral took place of ...
Bitter resignation of UK minister underlines Tory divide
British international Environment Secretary Zac Goldsmith resigned on Friday, saying Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was “uninterested” in environmental issues, in a move highlighting the deep split in the ruling Conservative ...
Belarus leader says nuclear arms will not be used
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, the Kremlin’s staunchest ally in its war in Ukraine, said on Friday he was certain Russian tactical nuclear weapons deployed in his country would never ...
Australia in cruise control after England collapse in Ashes
Australia built a lead of 221 on the third day of the second test at Lord’s before rain stopped play on Friday, adding 130 to their first-innings score for the loss ...
Verstappen sees off Leclerc for fourth pole in a row
Formula One’s dominant leader Max Verstappen took his fourth pole position in a row atRed Bull’s home Austrian Grand Prix on Friday while team mate and closest title ...
Alcaraz ready to bite back, Djokovic hungry for more
A rejuvenated Carlos Alcaraz enters Wimbledon as the top seed after reclaiming the world number one ranking but the brightest star of the next generation knows few will look beyond ...
Tooth analysis confirms the megalodon – a huge ancient shark – was warm-blooded
The megalodon, a huge shark that was the scourge of the ancient oceans and is a star in modern movie theaters, is named for its “large tooth” – and for good ...
Indonesia’s Java escapes 6.4 magnitude quake with few casualties
A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck off the Indonesian island of Java on Friday evening, injuring at least 10 people, while one person died of suspected heart attack during the quake, the country’...
Ukraine, US agree: counteroffensive creeps ahead, measured in blood
Ukraine has been publicly cautious in counting gains in a counteroffensive it launched this month to reclaim territory occupied by Russian forces, and on Friday its president and a U....
Japan says Russian warships spotted near Taiwan, Okinawa islands
Japan’s defence ministry said late on Friday it had spotted two Russian Navy ships in the waters near Taiwan and Japan’s Okinawa islands in the previous four days, ...