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Russians vote as Ukraine war drags on for fifth year

Anthropic says AI systems moving towards building themselves

Backpackers fret over Australian visa crackdown

Asian stocks boosted by falling oil, yen weakens after BoJ rate hike

Most Asian stocks track Wall St rally, yen drops after BoJ rate hike

Pakistan court blocks expulsion of Afghan medical college students

Russians begin voting in controlled election as war drags on

Athletes 'can't take it any more' as Asian Games issues mount

Trump 'clearly' wants dialogue with Pyongyang: South Korean President

Allen lights up Bills' new stadium with 41-31 win over Lions

Bank of Japan hikes rates to 31-year high to battle inflation

Afghan medical students in Pakistan hope court stops college expulsions

Thailand's Muslim separatists vow to fight to the end

AI doomsday warnings unlikely to slow IPOs but questions linger

NFL Saints tight end Graham arrested after 'medical episode'

New Orleans Saints tight end Jimmy Graham was arrested in Southern California late on Friday after a "medical episode" that left him disoriented, the NFL club announced on Saturday.

England's Vunipola sees red as Ireland ease to World Cup warm-up win

Billy Vunipola became the second England player to be sent off in a week as Ireland eased to a 29-10 Rugby World Cup warm-up win in Dublin on Saturday.

Ex-Wales captain Jones shown yellow card on Toulon Top 14 debut

The world's most capped player Alun Wyn Jones was shown a yellow card just three minutes into his French Top 14 debut as his Toulon side lost 27-15 at Lyon.

Spurs stun Man Utd to kick-start Postecoglou era

Tottenham earned their first Premier League win of the Ange Postecoglou era as Pape Sarr inspired an impressive 2-0 victory against Manchester United on Saturday.

Spurs sink toothless Man Utd, 10-man Liverpool get first win

Tottenham showed there is life after Harry Kane with a 2-0 win over Manchester United on Saturday as Liverpool shrugged off a red card for Alexis Mac Allister to beat Bournemouth 3-1.

Kerley keeps his calm as Jacobs scrapes into 100m semi-finals

Fred Kerley's bid to retain his world 100m title remained on track Saturday as the American kept his nerve to progress to the semi-finals while Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs was given an almighty scare.

Malen strikes late to hand Dortmund victory over Cologne

Borussia Dortmund forward Donyell Malen scored two minutes from time to snatch a 1-0 home win over Cologne in their opening Bundesliga fixture on Saturday.

Osimhen hits double in Napoli's winning start to title defence

Victor Osimhen scored twice as Napoli got their Serie A title defence off to a winning start with Saturday's 3-1 victory at promoted Frosinone.

Gauff ends jinx by beating No. 1 Swiatek in Cincinnati semis

World number one Iga Swiatek of Poland lost to seventh-ranked US teen Coco Gauff 7-6 (7/2), 3-6, 6-4 on Saturday in the WTA/ATP Cincinnati Open semi-finals.