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Czech duo Muchova and Mensik win US Open mixed doubles title

Once a top export, prized Kashmir carpet fades

Japan's 'polka dot queen' artist Yayoi Kusama dies aged 97

Search for 1,000 missing after deadly Nepal-Tibet floods

Nepal-Tibet disaster: what we know

Park So-yeon first woman to play for eSports powerhouse South Korea

China deploys record number of ships around Taiwan as pressure grows

Yayoi Kusama: Japan's kaleidoscopic, troubled 'polka dot queen'

Ruthless Bayern target treble as rivals reboot on Bundesliga return

Euro champ Hunt 'on her toes' against world's best in Zurich 100m

What experts know so far about Nepal's deadly floods

Asian chip firms lifted by Nvidia forecast but broader markets struggle

UEFA set to withdraw FIFA boycott threat ahead of Champions League draw

Search for missing after Nepal-Tibet floods kill 165

Myanmar junta executes two pro-democracy rivals

Myanmar's junta has executed four prisoners including a former lawmaker from Aung San Suu Kyi's party and a prominent activist, state media said Monday, in the country's first use of capital punishment in decades.

Asian markets drift lower as traders eye big week

Asian markets slipped Monday at the start of a key week for equities as the Federal Reserve prepares to lift interest rates again and some of the world's biggest companies report earnings.

France's Kevin Mayer wins second world decathlon gold

France's Kevin Mayer won his second world decathlon gold on Sunday, benefiting from the withdrawal through injury of Olympic champion Damian Warner.

Macron confronts concerns over Paris 2024 Olympics

French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday holds a meeting of ministers to tackle issues overshadowing preparations for the Paris 2024 Olympics, almost two years to the day before the sporting extravaganza opens.

Pretenders eye dethroning Vingegaard in 2023 Tour de France

As the dust settles on the 2022 Tour de France, where champion Jonas Vingegaard's Dutch team Jumbo-Visma delivered a collective masterpiece, their defeated rivals are already plotting revenge for 2023.

Nigeria's Amusan storms to 100m hurdles gold

Tobi Amusan became the first Nigerian athlete to win a World Athletics Championship gold as she stormed to victory in the women's 100m hurdles in Oregon on Sunday.

Olympic champion Mu holds off Hodgkinson for 800m gold

Athing Mu held off a fierce late challenge from Britain's Keely Hodgkinson to add World Athletics Championships 800m gold to her Tokyo Olympic crown on Sunday.

Vanilla spice: arid Israel produces potent tropical pods

In his busy Tel Aviv restaurant, chef Yair Yosefi adds a magic ingredient to his signature cake: Israel's first commercially produced vanilla providing what devotees claim is perhaps the strongest ever flavour.

Tunisians vote on constitution set to bolster one-man rule

Tunisians vote Monday on a constitution seen as a referendum on President Kais Saied, whose charter would give his office nearly unchecked powers in a break with the country's post-2011 democratic trend.