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Rays defeat Guardians to level MLB playoff series

What is holding up the US-India trade deal?

Western brands under pressure as 'pre-owned' luxury booms in China

France rocked by nationwide clashes, blazes and looting

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'Never seen anything like it': mass looting grips Paris

Messi brace lifts Inter Miami to 3-1 win in Atlanta

All Blacks back on track after South Africa wake-up

Japan to launch historic round-trip mission to Mars moon

Met Opera goes for big and bold, despite shaky finances

Musk back in the spotlight, but politics dims the awe

Hollywood's fresh take on tech titans: from heroes to villains

England Rugby League World Cup hopes hang by a thread

St. Louis City's unbeaten MLS run ends at 19, Union's reaches 15

Ukraine sends ground robots

Lyman's surrender crisis

Pakistan’s Taliban dilemma

Venezuela and the Qatar Fund

England secure Nations League promotion, France beat Italy

England blew away 10-man Republic of Ireland 5-0 to wrap up promotion to the Nations League top flight as four players netted their first international goals on Sunday, while Adrien Rabiot scored twice as France beat Italy.

Star power fails to perk up France's premiere wine auction

Hollywood stars including Eva Longoria and Dominic West on Sunday attended a centuries-old charity wine auction in the French town of Beaune, the capital of Burgundy wines, though the sums raised fell short of expectations.

Rabiot brace fires France past Italy and top of Nations League group

Adrien Rabiot fired France to first place in Nations League Group A2 with a headed brace in Sunday's 3-1 win over Italy at the San Siro.

Carsley relieved to sign off with Nations League promotion for England

Lee Carsley admitted he was relieved to end his reign as England interim boss with the stylish 5-0 rout of Ireland that sealed Nations League promotion ahead of Thomas Tuchel's arrival.

Sinner says room to improve in 2025 after home ATP Finals triumph

Jannik Sinner says he still has areas where he can improve next year after winning the ATP Finals for the first time Sunday to cap a near-perfect season for the world number one.

Senegal counts votes as new leaders eye parliamentary win

Senegal began counting votes Sunday after parliamentary elections in which the new government is aiming for a resounding majority to deliver the ambitious reform agenda that swept it to power eight months ago.

Biden clears Ukraine for long-range missile strikes inside Russia

US President Joe Biden has cleared Kyiv to use long-range American missiles against military targets inside Russia, a US official told AFP on Sunday, hours after Russia targeted Ukraine's power grid in a deadly barrage.

Lebanon says second Israeli strike on central Beirut kills two

Lebanon said an Israeli strike on a central Beirut residential and shopping district killed two people, the second such raid targeting the capital Sunday.

Puerto Rico's Campos wins first PGA title at Bermuda

Puerto Rico's Rafael Campos captured his first US PGA Tour title on Sunday, winning the Bermuda Championship by three strokes over American Andrew Novak.

Harwood-Bellis risks wedding wrath from Keane after England goal

Former Ireland star Roy Keane joked that Taylor Harwood-Bellis's debut goal for England had put the Southampton defender's wedding to his daughter in jeopardy.

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