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Kane says Ballon d'Or win 'feels like a dream' as tributes pour in

Norway media take legal action to block Meta from using content

HSBC profit jumps on higher rates, lower costs

Bayern praise 'humble' Kane after Ballon d'Or win

Rams rediscover offensive balance in 35-21 victory over Raiders

Colts retain Daniel Jones as starter despite continued offensive struggles

Mercedes-Benz cuts 2026 profit outlook on tough China market

Madushanka wrecks Pakistan as Sri Lanka press for final slot

Reparations calls follow Charles on tough Caribbean trip

Destructive Abhishek 113 leads India to series win over New Zealand

Jammu and Kashmir ministers resign before planned council expansion

Norway, Finland leaders hold 'frank and substantive' talk with Putin

Germany, EU, stable investment stops despite upheaval: Merz

Wall Street faces earnings and Fed tests after turbulent technology-led week

Ukraine sends ground robots

Lyman's surrender crisis

Pakistan’s Taliban dilemma

Venezuela and the Qatar Fund

Six tops and flops at Cricket World Cup

Australia beat India by six wickets to lift their sixth title in the Cricket World Cup in Ahmedabad on Sunday.

Cricket World Cup: Top 20 quotes

Australia defeated India in the final of the 2023 Cricket World Cup in Ahmedabad on Sunday, bringing the curtain down on a marathon tournament.

Hundreds face sentencing in historic Italian mafia trial

Hundreds of alleged mobsters will be sentenced Monday by an Italian court, the culmination of a historic, nearly three-year trial against Calabria's notorious 'Ndrangheta mafia.

Asian markets mixed as traders eye Fed minutes

Asian stocks were mixed Monday following small gains on Wall Street as investors grow increasingly optimistic that the Federal Reserve has come to the end of its interest rate hiking cycle.

President-elect Milei vows 'end of Argentina's decline'

Libertarian outsider Javier Milei swept to victory in Argentina's presidential election Sunday, vowing to halt decades of economic decline in a country reeling from triple-digit inflation.

President-elect Milei vows 'end to decline of Argentina'

Libertarian outsider Javier Milei swept to victory in Argentina's presidential election Sunday, vowing to halt decades of economic decline as the country reels from triple-digit inflation and record poverty.

Careful what you 'Wish' for: Disney brings back the villain

From Cruella de Vil to Scar, Disney has created many of cinema's most memorable villains -- but bombastic baddies have been notably absent from the studio's recent hits.

Lions rally mauls Bears; Cowboys, 49ers cruise

Jared Goff overcame a shaky start to lead the Detroit Lions to a dramatic come-from-behind win over the Chicago Bears on Sunday as the in-form Dallas Cowboys and San Francisco 49ers cruised to easy victories in the NFL.

Outsider Javier Milei triumphs in Argentina presidential election

Libertarian outsider Javier Milei pulled off a massive upset Sunday with a resounding win in Argentina's presidential election, plunging the country into uncertainty in the midst of a crippling economic crisis.

Joss Ackland, distinguished British star of stage and screen, dies at 95

The British actor Joss Ackland, who excelled in playing film villains in a varied career spanning eight decades, died on Sunday, his family said. He was 95.

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