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France announces first curfews as govt grapples with unrest

Saudi airport closure disrupts life in kingdom's capital

Boland sets pace as South Africa struggle

Ramaphosa tells South Africa to prepare for loss of US-Africa trade deal

Nations urged to curb harmful subsidies at UN nature summit

Ukraine on back foot as Kremlin moots US, China meeting

France presses resale platforms to remove 'stolen' goods after unrest

'Stay home!': Tourists find themselves in a France convulsed by protests

Yamal v PSG: Ballon d'Or backdrop to Champions League showdown

Kenyan cult leader guilty on all charges over 191 starvation deaths

Araujo says too soon to talk about permanent Liverpool move

Eagles star Hurts to miss rest of NFL season: reports

US wants to be 'strong partner' for central Asia: Rubio

Oil-rich Alberta votes on Canada breakup

Ukraine sends ground robots

Lyman's surrender crisis

Pakistan’s Taliban dilemma

Venezuela and the Qatar Fund

Ailing Spurs coach Popovich reportedly out indefinitely

San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich will miss the Spurs' two-game road trip starting Monday due to a health issue with US media reporting assistant Mitch Johnson will serve as interim coach for an indefinite period.

Quincy Jones, peerless music giant, dies at 91

Quincy Jones, the polymath hitmaker who ruled the American music industry with a magic touch for well over half a century, has died. He was 91 years old.

Harris, Trump in last campaign push as polls deadlocked

Kamala Harris and Donald Trump launched a final frenzied campaign blitz Monday, hitting must-win Pennsylvania on the last day of a volatile US presidential race that polls say is hurtling towards a photo finish.

Sabalenka advances to WTA Finals last four as Zheng ousts Rybakina

Aryna Sabalenka has secured qualification for the semi-finals stage of the WTA Finals with a 6-3, 7-5 victory over Jasmine Paolini, as Zheng Qinwen ended Elena Rybakina's chances of moving on in Riyadh on Monday.

Noah Lyles fails to make cut for men's world track athlete of year

Olympic 100m champion Noah Lyles is not one of the two finalists for male track athlete of the year, World Athletics revealed on Monday.

Slot braced to face 'special' Alonso in Anfield homecoming

Liverpool boss Arne Slot lauded Xabi Alonso's record at Bayer Leverkusen ahead of the Spaniard's return to Anfield in the Champions League on Tuesday with the German champions.

Striking workers weigh latest Boeing contract offer

Striking workers at Boeing began voting Monday on the aerospace giant's latest contract proposal to end a bruising walkout that has dragged on for more than seven weeks.

Germany's Baerbock offers no Ukraine guarantees as Kyiv sounds alarm

Germany's Foreign Minister visited Ukraine on Monday in a symbolic display of support but offered no concrete assurances as the war-battered country sounds the alarm over diminishing foreign aid and a buckling front line.

Montreux Jazz Festival hails 'godfather' Quincy Jones

Quincy Jones was the godfather of the Montreux Jazz Festival and was instrumental in bringing different styles to the stage, the event's chief executive told AFP on Monday.

Chile football star Vidal accused of sexual assault

Chilean football star Arturo Vidal and players from his first-division Colo Colo side are being investigated for sexual assault, the prosecutor's office in Santiago said Monday.

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