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Pochettino sees positive future for improving Chelsea

Pochettino sees positive future for improving Chelsea

Chelsea manager Mauricio Pochettino said European qualification "would be amazing" for the Blues after turning around a difficult first season in charge at Stamford Bridge.

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Georgia passes 'foreign influence' bill despite protests

Georgia passes 'foreign influence' bill despite protests

Georgia's parliament on Tuesday adopted a controversial "foreign influence" law that has sparked weeks of mass protests against the measure, which Brussels has warned would undermine Tbilisi's European aspirations.

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Ten Hag pleads for patience with out-of-form Hojlund

Ten Hag pleads for patience with out-of-form Hojlund

Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag has defended striker Rasmus Hojlund's record in his first season at Old Trafford.

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US Fed chair says confidence inflation will ease 'not as high as it was'

US Fed chair says confidence inflation will ease 'not as high as it was'

Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell said Tuesday that hot US inflation data has lowered his level of confidence that price rises will slow back down towards the bank's long-term target.

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Giroud a coup on and off pitch: Los Angeles FC

Giroud a coup on and off pitch: Los Angeles FC

Olivier Giroud's arrival at Los Angeles FC is a coup for the club both on and off the pitch, officials said Tuesday after officially announcing the veteran French striker's arrival in Major League Soccer.

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Gerwig says intimacy coordinators are sign of #MeToo progress

Gerwig says intimacy coordinators are sign of #MeToo progress

"Barbie" director Greta Gerwig, heading the jury at the Cannes Film Festival, said Tuesday that women's status in the industry was heading in the right direction and welcomed concrete changes like intimacy coordinators on sets.

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Michael Cohen to face defense grilling at Trump trial

Michael Cohen to face defense grilling at Trump trial

Donald Trump's former personal attorney, turned foe, Michael Cohen will undergo a grueling cross-examination Tuesday while senior Republicans increasingly politicize the trial by filing in to support the White House candidate six months before election day.

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Authorities raid Goodyear sites in Europe over burst tyre deaths

Authorities raid Goodyear sites in Europe over burst tyre deaths

Investigators searched three European sites belonging to American tyre giant Goodyear Tuesday, French prosecutors said, as part of an involuntary homicides probe into crashes caused by burst truck tyres.

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Swiatek cruises into Rome last four, Tabilo fairytale continues

Swiatek cruises into Rome last four, Tabilo fairytale continues

Iga Swiatek strolled into the Rome Open semi-finals with a straight-sets 6-1, 6-3 win over Madison Keys on Tuesday as Alejandro Tabilo followed up his shock elimination of Novak Djokovic by reaching the men's last eight.

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Hostages' plight casts pall over Israel's Independence Day

Hostages' plight casts pall over Israel's Independence Day

On Israel's 76th Independence Day, victory feels far away for many agonising over the fate of dozens of hostages still held in the war-ravaged Gaza Strip.

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