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Sinner to play rescheduled Saudi Six Kings in December

Canadian youths ask court to impose binding climate protections

Brazilian lawmaker Andre Janones, Lula's social media 'general'

Walter Koenig, who played original Chekov on 'Star Trek,' dies at 90

Swiss Ebola patient repatriated from Nigeria

Townsend urges Scotland to use Nations Championship as World Cup springboard

Microsoft offers voluntary exit packages to 60,000 staff

French court adjourns trial over 2020 death of delivery driver

South Africa select 'enforcer' Coetzee for Australia decider

Botanists comb Gabon's rich rainforests with nature on the line

Anthropic unveils IPO filing showing soaring sales and AI risks

Stocks climb ahead of tech earnings, central bank calls

US singer Chris Brown avoids jail over London nightclub brawl

Part of London's Oxford Street pedestrianised 'forever'

US singer Chris Brown avoids jail over UK nightclub brawl

American R&B singer Chris Brown avoided jail when sentenced by a UK court Monday after pleading guilty to a public order offence during a 2023 brawl at a London nightclub.

Canadian youth seek climate action in landmark trial

Fifteen young Canadians will try to prove the federal government has breached their rights through insufficient action on climate change in a landmark trial that opens Monday in the west coast city of Vancouver.

Man Utd crisis deepens as Carrick faces axe

Winless in eight games and hovering just above the Premier League relegation zone, struggling Manchester United are facing the prospect of yet another managerial change, with Michael Carrick likely to pay the price.

Eala breezes past world number 411 in Tokyo opener

Philippines star Alexandra Eala said "the ball doesn't know what rank you are" after beating world number 411 Mika Stojsavljevic 6-1, 6-2 in her opener in Tokyo on Monday.

Kane tipped to beat Yamal, Mbappe to Ballon d'Or glory

Harry Kane is favourite to become England's first Ballon d'Or winner in 25 years when the award is presented in London on Monday, but he faces stiff competition from La Liga pair Lamine Yamal and Kylian Mbappe.

Barca's big-game defeats pose familiar questions

After a superb start to the season Barcelona were brought crashing back down to earth by Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain last week, raising fresh doubts about the Spanish champions' ability to compete against the strongest opponents.

UK set for 'limited' budget giveaways as borrowing costs surge

British Prime Minister Andy Burnham's new government unveils its first budget Wednesday, testing a commitment to ease the cost of living and ramp up defence spending with little financial room for manoeuvre.

Bangladesh measles crisis 'warning sign' of other outbreaks: report

Experts have warned Bangladesh that deadly outbreaks of diphtheria, whooping cough and polio could follow an ongoing measles epidemic that has already killed over 1,200 children, according to a report seen by AFP on Monday.

Anthropic's AI model accessed US voter data: Axios

Anthropic's Claude AI model bypassed a paywall and accessed publicly available voter data in the US state of Georgia without human authorization, Axios reported on Sunday.