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Pochettino leaves Chelsea after just one season in charge

One dead, dozens injured as Singapore-bound flight hits turbulence

Frida Kahlo museum denies lending painter's clothes to Madonna

Veteran Dutch woman's football star Martens says to retire

After player hides anti-homophobia logo, Monaco apologise

Starc stars as Kolkata thrash Hyderabad to reach IPL final

Olympic torch ascends Cannes red carpet

Istanbul's century-old streetcar gets a makeover

Djokovic backs Nadal for French Open title

China warns Taiwan of reprisals over Lai inauguration speech

Rasoulof, director who fled Iran, will attend Cannes

India shuts schools as temperatures soar

Indian authorities in the capital have ordered schools shut early for the summer holiday, after temperatures hit 47.4 degrees Celsius (117 degrees Fahrenheit) with Delhi gripped by a "severe heatwave".

Muted on world stage, Taiwan speaks up at Cannes

A slew of Taiwanese movies at the Cannes Film Festival offer the island an increasingly rare chance to tell its stories on the global stage.

Crunch time looms for BHP's bid to buy Anglo American

Mining behemoth BHP must overcome major hurdles to salvage its faltering pursuit of rival Anglo American, analysts said Monday as a midweek deadline over the seismic takeover bid approaches.

'Heart of the left': ruling party fights to keep Mexico City

A cable car soars above brightly painted houses, winding streets and evocative murals in a densely populated Mexico City neighborhood pivotal to the ruling party's chances of keeping control of the capital in upcoming elections.

First tourist rescue flight lands in riot-scarred New Caledonia

A military transport aircraft landed in riot-hit New Caledonia to evacuate trapped tourists Tuesday, the first rescue flight since looting, arson and deadly gunfire enveloped the French Pacific territory eight days ago.

New Caledonia tourists 'ecstatic' as rescue planes arrive

Tourists trapped by rioting, looting and separatist roadblocks in crisis-wracked New Caledonia expressed joy that they may soon be rescued after the first military evacuation flights landed on Tuesday.

Atalanta's Gasperini stands in way of Alonso's rise in Europa League final

Bayer Leverkusen's Xabi Alonso can confirm his status as the rising star of coaching in Wednesday's Europa League final, but he will come up against a wily old fox in Atalanta's Gian Piero Gasperini.

Funerary procession to be held for late president in Iran's northwest

Iranians gathered on Tuesday to mourn at the funerary procession of president Ebrahim Raisi in the northwestern city of Tabriz, the capital of East Azerbaijan province where he died unexpectedly in a helicopter crash.

Taliban poets sing praise of new Afghan order

Taliban poets, long fuelled by fervour for jihad against foreign forces, have focused their efforts on flattering the men who now rule Afghanistan.

Asian markets slump as traders take profits, eye commodities' spike

Asian markets suffered a downturn Tuesday after racking up a series of gains as profit-takers stepped in, while traders were also spooked by a surge in commodity prices.

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