Jewellery with Nazi links fetches over $155 mn at controversial auction
Jewels belonging to an Austrian billionaire whose German husband made his fortune under the Nazis raked in more than $155 million Wednesday at an auction held amid criticism from Jewish groups.
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Tiger out, Spieth in doubt as PGA Championship field set
Tiger Woods was confirmed out for next week's PGA Championship following right ankle surgery while injured Jordan Spieth, chasing a career Grand Slam, was on the entry list released Wednesday.
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Australian bushfires may have helped trigger La Nina
Australia's "Black Summer" bushfire catastrophe coughed up so much smoke it may have fuelled the global onset of La Nina in 2020, according to new research published Thursday.
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F1 faces the price of success in new Concorde talks
Formula One teams are set to start talks with the sport's governing body and owners on a new collective agreement with wrangles over a number of thorny issues expected as the sport faces up to the price of success.
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Germany says controversial Chinese stake in Hamburg port to go ahead
The German government said Wednesday that it would allow a Chinese firm to buy a stake in a Hamburg port, after the terminal was classed as critical infrastructure.
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French PM demands cuts from biography for violating private life
French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne has filed a suit with a court demanding the withdrawal of parts of a biography published this month, arguing they violate her private life, the publishing house said on Wednesday.
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Groves wins wet Giro stage as dog unseats Evenepoel
Australian Kaden Groves won a ferocious sprint at the end of a rain-soaked and crash-filled fifth stage of the Giro d'Italia on Wednesday as Andreas Leknessund retained the overall lead and favourite Remco Evenepoel fell twice.
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UK scraps deadline to ditch EU laws
The UK government on Wednesday scrapped an end-of-year deadline to ditch remaining European Union-era laws from the statute book -- angering Brexiteer Conservatives.
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Slain AFP reporter's frontline act of kindness
One telling thing stands out among AFP journalist Arman Soldin's coverage of devastation in Ukraine. It was a humane act of tenderness amid the brutality of war -- the rescue of a wounded hedgehog.
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Finland's PM Sanna Marin files for divorce
Finland's Prime Minister Sanna Marin, set to leave office after losing a general election, announced Wednesday that she and her husband have filed for divorce.
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