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USA start World Cup bid with first game on home soil since 1994

SpaceX: Five key moments, from first launch to Starship megarocket

US clears Paramount's $111 bn Warner Bros. takeover

US deportation flight carrying Iranians lands in C.African Republic

Ohtani held out of Dodgers lineup with sore knee

Ancelotti warns Brazil can compete with anyone at World Cup

Wyatt-Hodge inspires England rout of Sri Lanka in Women's T20 World Cup opener

Venezuelan mining towns devoid of life after army operation

'Really cool' - Anunoby's low-key response to tip-in frenzy

Canada draw with Bosnia-Herzegovina to earn first ever World Cup point

What World Cup? New York gripped by Knicks frenzy

Unexpected economic twist

AI and the Future of Wealth

Beijing's new Taiwan playbook

Russia’s dollar pivot

Adobe down 40%: Kodak moment?

Boomers: Selfish or Scapegoats?

Fentanyl trade unravels

Israel riled by US-Iran pact

Minhas helps Pakistan dismiss Australia for 200 in first ODI

Arafat Minhas became the first Pakistani to take five wickets on his one-day international debut as Pakistan spun Australia out for 200 in the first ODI in Rawalpindi on Saturday.

Gujarat's Gill banks on home advantage in final against Bengaluru

Gujarat Titans captain Shubman Gill on Saturday said he is not burdened by expectations of home fans and will make use of familiar conditions in the IPL final against defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru in Ahmedabad.

Sabalenka, Osaka set up French Open clash, Gauff eyes second week

Top seed Aryna Sabalenka and four-time Grand Slam winner Naomi Osaka on Saturday set up a blockbuster last-16 meeting at the French Open, while defending champion Coco Gauff seeks to join them in the second week.

Vingegaard on verge of Giro glory after powering to penultimate stage

Jonas Vingegaard is set to win the Giro d'Italia after showcasing his power in the mountains to win Saturday's penultimate stage and set up the first victory in what he hopes will be a Grand Tour double.

Heatwave makes conditions 'inhumane', say inmates at overcrowded Paris suburb prison

A damp towel hangs from a barred window, a fan churns the muggy air: Inmates at the overcrowded Villepinte prison outside Paris say enduring a heatwave that has stifled France in recent days in cramped cells is "inhumane".

Sabalenka quells Kasatkina to march on at French Open

World No.1 Aryna Sabalenka continued her pursuit of a first French Open title by easing past Daria Kasatkina 6-0, 7-5 in the French Open third round on Saturday.

Liverpool sack Slot, Iraola in line to take over

Liverpool sacked manager Arne Slot on Saturday, saying the club were seeking a "change of direction", after a disastrous defence of their Premier League title.

Glittering Osaka edges Jovic to prolong French Open run

Naomi Osaka continued to shine in the City of Light as she beat American teenager Iva Jovic 7-6 (7/5), 6-7 (3/7), 6-4, in the French Open third round on Saturday.

Israel launches more south Lebanon strikes after warnings

Israel launched strikes across south Lebanon Saturday after ordering evacuations from more than a dozen locations a day after its premier said Israeli forces had pushed even deeper into Lebanese territory.