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Rio favela residents vote with little hope

Three previous two-time Arc de Triomphe winners

Evenepoel puts worlds 'disappointment' to bed with European crown

'Champion' Daryz wins second successive Arc in fine style

Two-time winning Arc trainer Rouget bows out in emotional farewell

Daryz wins second successive Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe

Battling Djokovic stuns top seed Zverev at China Open

England's seven-goal spree sends message to Euro rivals: Kane

Spy chief Clayton, the Trump loyalist tech bosses trust on AI

Trump confirms national intelligence chief as new AI czar

Russian strikes hit Kyiv while Germany's Merz visits

UK's Glastonbury festival tickets sell out in 45 minutes

Up to 500 French schools to be totally or partly closed Monday: minister

Two dead in Catalonia due to torrential rains: Spanish officials

Europe’s arms money maze

Houthis and al-Qaeda

Brazil tests Milei’s gamble

Germany under Weidel

LIV's Pieters on arbitration ruling: 'We had it coming'

Thomas Pieters never expected he might be banned from playing his home-nation DP World Tour event when he jumped to the LIV Golf League, but fears that's what could now happen.

White House blames bad intel, Trump for traumatic Afghan exit

The White House on Thursday released a long-awaited review of the US exit from Afghanistan, laying blame on Donald Trump and a huge intelligence failure, but defending overall US conduct of the traumatic operation.

Brazil mourns children killed in preschool attack

The families of four children killed at a Brazilian preschool held emotional funerals for them Thursday, a day after an attacker murdered them with a hatchet in a crime that has shocked the nation.

Couples turns back the clock at age 63 in Masters

Fred Couples reeled off four birdies in six holes on the back nine at age 63 to make a thrilling run up the leaderboard in Thursday's opening round of the Masters.

W. House admits massive intel failure in traumatic Afghan exit

The White House on Thursday released a long-awaited review of the traumatic US exit from Afghanistan, admitting there had been a massive intelligence failure in not predicting rapid Taliban victory, but defending overall US conduct.

Thakur blitz, Kolkata spin downs Bangalore in IPL

All-rounder Shardul Thakur blitzed a half-century off 20 balls to rally the Kolkata Knight Riders in Thursday's 81-run Indian Premier League win over Royal Challengers Bangalore.

IMF chief calls on central banks to continue inflation fight

Central banks around the world should keep battling inflation by hiking interest rates despite ongoing concerns about financial stability, the head of the International Monetary Fund told AFP on Thursday.

May 8 launch for private mission to ISS with Saudi astronauts

Two astronauts from Saudi Arabia, including the first Saudi woman, will blast off from Florida on May 8 on a private mission to the International Space Station (ISS), Axiom Space and NASA officials said Thursday.

Israel blames Lebanon rocket salvo on Palestinian groups

Israel accused Palestinian groups of firing a barrage of rockets from Lebanon on the Jewish Passover holiday Thursday, just over a day after clashes between Israeli police and Palestinians inside Islam's third-holiest site.