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Lion queen Werro focused on Euro medal, not 800m world record

Students, teachers mourn girl killed in Thailand school shooting

Changan uses FILDA 2026 to accelerate its African expansion

Jacobson to lead New Zealand for first time against Sharks

Honda plots a profitable European comeback without a price war

Typhoon Dolphin makes landfall in China after flight cancellations, evacuations

Iran Guards say won't reopen Hormuz without US meeting all Tehran's conditions

South Korea FA apologises after sex scandal adds to controversies

Messi absent after father's death as Miami lose in Leagues Cup

Indonesia closes national park as wildfire spreads

Flight cancellations, evacuations in China as Typhoon Dolphin looms

ZXMoto leads China's charge to dominate the global motorbike market

Iran issues demands for reopening of Hormuz

Top-ranked Sabalenka, Pegula stunned in Toronto fourth round

Moroccan carrier launches Israel flights after Covid delay

Royal Air Maroc took off from Morocco's economic capital Casablanca bound for Tel Aviv on Sunday, in the carrier's first direct flight to the Jewish state since the two countries normalised ties in 2020.

Iran says missile attack on Iraq's Abil targeted Israeli site

Iran claimed responsibility for a missile strike Sunday on the northern Iraqi city of Arbil, saying it targeted an Israeli "strategic centre".

Hertha Berlin sack Korkut as relegation looms

Hertha Berlin sacked Tayfun Korkut as coach on Sunday, the morning after a 2-0 loss to Borussia Moenchengladbach stretched their winless streak in 2022 to nine games and pushed them closer to Bundesliga relegation.

Thousands of Russians scramble to leave Thailand as sanctions hit

Thousands of Russian tourists in Thailand are struggling to find a route home, Thai officials said Sunday, as international sanctions imposed over the war in Ukraine hit holiday-makers.

Russia strikes Ukraine military target near Polish border

Russian air strikes killed nine people at a military base outside Ukraine's western city of Lviv, local officials said Sunday, in an attack that brings the conflict dangerously close to the Polish border.

Syrian doctor fleeing one war is caught by another

Syrian doctor Ossama Jari fled Damascus in 2014 to find peace with his Ukrainian wife in the Black Sea port of Mykolaiv. But now war, and Russian bombs, have caught up with him.

BAFTA awards held under cloud of Ukraine war

London hosts the star-studded BAFTA film awards on Sunday with sci-fi epic "Dune" and dark Western "The Power of the Dog" leading the nominations at the red carpet event held under the cloud of the war in Ukraine.

Naomi Osaka's Indian Wells ends in tears

Four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka was reduced to tears by a heckler Saturday on the way to a 6-0, 6-4 second-round loss to Veronika Kudermetova at Indian Wells.

Nadal escapes, Medvedev cruises, Osaka exits Indian Wells in tears

Rafael Nadal pulled off another great escape Saturday, rallying from two breaks down in the third set to beat young American Sebastian Korda in the second round at Indian Wells.

Campion wins top Hollywood director prize for 'Power of the Dog'

Jane Campion hailed the shattering of Hollywood's glass ceiling as her movie "The Power of the Dog" was named the year's best film by her fellow directors Saturday -- a major accolade which historically leads to Oscars glory.

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