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Top Hezbollah commander killed in Israeli strike on Beirut

Rotterdam fatal knife attacker suspected of 'terrorist motive'

Top-ranked Swiatek out of Beijing due to 'personal matters'

Embiid agrees to NBA contract extension with 76ers

Joshua aims to complete road to redemption in Dubois bout

World champion Bagnaia sets pace with lap record at Misano

Court limits screenings of videos in France mass rape case

Gurbaz century takes Afghanistan to 311-4 in 2nd ODI

Central banks face 'difficult balancing act': IMF chief

McLaren's Norris sets Singapore pace as struggling Verstappen 15th

Guardiola tells players to lead change over workload fears

Rain washes out England-Australia T20 series finale

Persistent rain meant the third Twenty20 international between England and Australia at Old Trafford on Sunday was abandoned without a ball being bowled as the series ended all square at 1-1.

Lookman fires Atalanta past Fiorentina ahead of Arsenal clash

Ademola Lookman made sure that Atalanta warmed up for their return to the Champions League with the winner in Sunday's 3-2 victory over Fiorentina in Serie A.

Red Bull boss blames Sainz for crash with Perez Horner blames Sainz for crash with Perez

Red Bull team boss Christian Horner blamed Carlos Sainz of Ferrari for causing the penultimate lap crash with Sergio Perez that wrecked his team's hopes of a podium finish in Sunday's Azerbaijan Grand Prix.

Union says talks with Boeing to resume Tuesday

Talks between Boeing and striking US factory workers will resume Tuesday under a federal mediator, the union said, after workers voted overwhelmingly to reject a proposal from the embattled aviation giant.

Gabriel strikes as Arsenal hit wasteful Spurs with sucker punch

Gabriel Magalhaes headed Arsenal to a 1-0 win at Tottenham on Sunday as the Gunners overcame the absence of key midfielders Declan Rice and Martin Odegaard to extend their north London derby dominance.

French hit detective show comes to US with 'High Potential'

The biggest French television hit of the past 20 years arrives on American screens Tuesday with "High Potential," a family-friendly detective comedy with an ultra-smart twist.

Lebanese novelist Elias Khoury dies aged 76

Novelist Elias Khoury, one of Lebanon's most renowned writers and a fervent advocate of the Palestinian cause, died on Sunday from illness aged 76, sources close to his family told AFP.

Historic private astronaut mission ends with splashdown off Florida

The SpaceX Polaris Dawn mission, which made history when its crew conducted the first spacewalk by non-government astronauts, concluded early Sunday with a splashdown off the coast of Florida.

Cool Piastri wins in Baku as McLaren topple Red Bull in teams' title race

Oscar Piastri delivered a cool performance on and off the track on Sunday after his measured drive to win a tense and dramatic Azerbaijan Grand Prix lifted McLaren past Red Bull in the race for the constructors’ championship.

Czech city awaits the inevitable as floodwave looms

The sun was shining and the sky was bright blue with just a few white clouds, but in downtown Opava in the Czech Republic, most people only talked about the weather with concerned frowns.

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McLaren's Piastri wins Azerbaijan Grand Prix thriller