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Osaka vows to return stronger after Tokyo exit

'Call of Duty' slammed for using real Seoul crowd crush footage

Hello Kitty firm apologises, scraps Japan TV tie-up after China anger

TotalEnergies profit hits record on high oil prices

Taiwan says Pakistan briefly closed airspace to Taiwanese flights

Key of seethe: I.Coast row with Sahel juntas spills into concert halls

'My blood was spilled here': a year on, Tanzania unable to mourn election violence

Romanian writer Cartarescu hails books as balm in turmoil

Afghanistan opium poppy cultivation surges despite Taliban govt ban: UN

Mbappe, Real Madrid and La Liga face long road to redemption in China

No World Series miracle for weary Rays

North Korea fires 'around a dozen' ballistic missiles into East Sea

Miami Heat earn first win of NBA season with Antetokounmpo

Brewers catcher Contreras named World Series MVP

Ukraine sends ground robots

Lyman's surrender crisis

Pakistan’s Taliban dilemma

Venezuela and the Qatar Fund

Real Madrid held as Ruibal rocket earns draw for Betis

Leaders Real Madrid stumbled to a 1-1 draw at Real Betis on Saturday as Aitor Ruibal's brilliant strike cancelled out Jude Bellingham's league-best 12th goal of the season.

Man Utd embarrassed by Bournemouth, Liverpool go top of Premier League

Manchester United's shambolic season took another turn for the worse in a 3-0 home defeat to Bournemouth as Liverpool went top of the Premier League on Saturday.

'Remedy against fear': Israel satirists tackle war

For Israeli comedians, the collective trauma of Hamas's deadly attacks on October 7 and the ensuing war has tested the limits of what it is possible to joke about.

Lula warns Maduro as South America nervously eyes Guyana-Venezuela row

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva urged his counterpart Nicolas Maduro Saturday against escalating Venezuela's border row with neighboring Guyana, as South American leaders nervously monitored the deepening dispute.

Bayern thrashed by Eintracht Frankfurt in Bundesliga

Bayern Munich suffered a jolt to their title defence, losing their first league game of the season 5-1 in Frankfurt and handing Bayer Leverkusen the chance to open a six-point lead at the top of the Bundesliga.

Israel pounds Gaza after US blocks UN ceasefire

Israel bombarded targets in Gaza on Saturday after the United States blocked an extraordinary United Nations bid for a ceasefire in the war with Hamas.

Dominant Odermatt wins giant slalom opener in Val d'Isere

Marco Odermatt made it a hat-trick of wins in the giant slalom at Val d'Isere on Saturday, while Joan Verdu, in third place, gave Andorra its first podium finish in the competition.

Last-gasp Exeter stun Toulon in Champions Cup

England centre Henry Slade landed a conversion with the last kick of the game to give Exeter a dramatic 19-18 win over Toulon at the Stade Mayol in the opening round of the Champions Cup on Saturday.

'Great feeling' for Salah after landmark Liverpool goal

Mohamed Salah admitted his 200th Liverpool goal was a "great feeling" as the Egypt star urged his side to do "something special" in the Premier League title race.

'QuadGod' Malinin smashes competition at Beijing Grand Prix Final

The United States' Ilia Malinin said he was "amazed" to have smashed the competition in the men's event at the Grand Prix Final in Beijing Saturday, despite falling on his first trademark jump.

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