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'Vande Mataram': Why is India's freedom song in spotlight?

Ukrainian fashion designer debuts art between air raids

Counterculture pop artist Peter Max dies at 88: US media

Gambian businesses struggle under prolonged blackouts

Asian Games chief defends 'functional' rooms after backlash

Fiji declares national HIV crisis

Leader's sister says only 'idiots' think N. Korea to give up nukes

Australia to cut migration to fix housing crisis: minister

World's water cycle becoming more unpredictable, UN warns

NASA scan discovers new, 'once in a century' Moon crater

Where the US-China tariff row stands ahead of White House summit

Most stocks rise as Fed hikes and indicates drive to curb inflation

Croc-habitat gets green light for 2032 Olympic rowing

US again denies Palestinian leader Abbas visa to attend UN assembly

Europe’s arms money maze

Houthis and al-Qaeda

Brazil tests Milei’s gamble

Germany under Weidel

McLaren's Norris snatches Monaco pole with lap record

Lando Norris snatched a spectacular pole position for McLaren at the Monaco Grand Prix with a sizzling late record lap to beat Ferrari's Charles Leclerc by 0.109 seconds in a hotly-contested qualifying on Saturday.

'Outstanding' Dardenne brothers teenage mothers movie has Cannes in tears

Belgian brothers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, whose inspiring new film "Young Mothers" is vying for the top prize in Cannes, said they wanted to show young women defying the fate that was forced on them.

Bashir's six-wicket haul seals dominant England win over Zimbabwe

Shoaib Bashir took six wickets and returned his best figures in Test cricket as England completed a dominant innings and 45-run win over Zimbabwe in a one-off match at Trent Bridge on Saturday.

Cannes hit by power sabotage as film festival draws to a close

Suspected vandalism knocked out power to the French Riviera town Cannes on the final day of its film festival on Saturday, but organisers said the show would go on at their glitzy closing ceremony.

No talks over Spurs future for Postecoglou after Europa glory

Ange Postecoglou is yet to discuss his future with chairman Daniel Levy as the Tottenham manager waits to discover if he will be sacked despite winning the Europa League.

Osaka 'enjoying' battle to get back to top

Naomi Osaka is "enjoying" her fight to climb back to the upper echelons of tennis as she prepares for her French Open campaign, after showing signs of a return to form this year.

Man Utd need to change 'a lot of things': Amorim

Ruben Amorim admits Manchester United need to change "a lot of things" as the beaten Europa League finalists prepare to finish their dismal season on Sunday.

Sexually assaulted and smeared in excrement: Uganda activist details torture in Tanzania

Stripped naked, beaten until she could no longer walk, sexually assaulted and covered in excrement: award-winning Ugandan activist Agather Atuhaire told AFP of the torture she suffered at the hands of security forces in Tanzania this week.

Bangladesh govt calls for unity to stop 'return of authoritarianism'

Bangladesh's interim government, which took over after a mass uprising last year, warned on Saturday that unity was needed to "prevent the return of authoritarianism".

Quartararo takes third successive MotoGP pole

French rider Fabio Quartararo took his third successive pole after posting the fastest time in qualifying on his Yamaha for the British MotoGP on Saturday.

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England end Williams's resistance as Zimbabwe fight hard in one-off Test