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PSG's Desire Doue: Talented by name and by nature

PSG's Desire Doue: Talented by name and by nature

Paris Saint-Germain have the lowest average age of all sides in this season's Champions League quarter-finals and no player embodies the youthful energy and dynamism of Luis Enrique's team more than the thrilling Desire Doue.

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Death toll from Dominican nightclub disaster rises to 231: minister

Death toll from Dominican nightclub disaster rises to 231: minister

The toll from a nightclub roof collapse in the Dominican Republic last week has risen to 231, the country's interior minister said Monday, after five more people succumbed to their injuries in hospital.

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Phoenix Suns fire Budenholzer after missing playoffs

Phoenix Suns fire Budenholzer after missing playoffs

The Phoenix Suns fired head coach Mike Budenholzer on Monday after the team failed to reach the NBA playoffs despite having the largest payroll in the league.

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Goldman Sachs profits rise on strong equity trading results

Goldman Sachs profits rise on strong equity trading results

Goldman Sachs reported Monday higher first-quarter profits on strength in equity trading, offsetting a hit from losses in investments on public stock markets.

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Zverev shakes off recent funk to beat Muller in Munich

Zverev shakes off recent funk to beat Muller in Munich

World number three Alexander Zverev got his clay court season back on track with a 6-4, 6-1 over Frenchman Alexandre Muller in the first round of the ATP event in Munich on Monday.

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Flick expects Barcelona's 'best' against Dortmund despite first-leg lead

Flick expects Barcelona's 'best' against Dortmund despite first-leg lead

Barcelona coach Hansi Flick said he expects his side's "best performance possible" in the Champions League quarter-final against Dortmund on Tuesday despite holding a 4-0 first-leg lead.

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Hungarian lawmakers back constitutional curbs on LGBTQ people, dual nationals

Hungarian lawmakers back constitutional curbs on LGBTQ people, dual nationals

Hungarian lawmakers on Monday overwhelmingly backed constitutional changes targeting the country's LGBTQ community and dual nationals, the latest step to strengthen longtime nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban's self-styled "illiberal" brand of democracy.

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Nvidia to build supercomputer chips entirely in US for first time

Nvidia to build supercomputer chips entirely in US for first time

Nvidia on Monday announced plans to build top-end artificial intelligence supercomputer chips entirely in the United States for the first time.

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Argentine peso depreciates after exchange controls lifted

Argentine peso depreciates after exchange controls lifted

Argentina's currency dropped 8.4 percent against the US dollar as markets opened in Buenos Aires Monday, after the partial lifting of exchange controls in place for six years.

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Kim Kardashian will testify at Paris jewellery theft trial: lawyer

Kim Kardashian will testify at Paris jewellery theft trial: lawyer

US reality television star Kim Kardashian is to testify in person at an upcoming French trial over an armed robbery of her jewellery in Paris in 2016, her US lawyer Michael Rhodes said Monday.

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