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Swedish police name 17-year-old girl as victim in school sword attack

Man Utd humiliated by Hull in dismal start to Premier League season

South Korea sends first container ship through Arctic route

Anthropic market debut could break SpaceX IPO record: media

Trescothick eager to keep England job despite Hussey approach

Pope's 'couturier of the sacred' fueled by faith

Indonesia deploys hundreds of soldiers to tackle Borneo fires

Duplantis locked in on 'grinding' for big bars

The last lap: Fans, drivers bid fond farewell to Dutch GP

Stokes says decision to leave Headingley off Ashes roster 'shambolic'

Silesia Diamond League: four events to watch

New arrival Rodri to miss Elche opener: Barca's Flick

Russell wins Dutch GP sprint race, Antonelli fourth

Atletico's Alvarez to return against Villarreal: Simeone

India's island choke point

China’s lithography leap

China’s cartel lifeline

Australia limits migration

Sea of ultra-Orthodox attend Israel rabbi's funeral under heavy guard

An estimated three quarters of a million ultra-Orthodox Jews attended the funeral Sunday of influential rabbi Chaim Kanievsky, known to followers as the "Prince of Torah", with Israeli authorities warning of dangers from massive overcrowding.

Brignone wins final giant slalom as Worley takes title

Federica Brignone won the last race of the women's World Cup season and Tessa Worley grabbed the giant slalom title as Mikaela Shiffrin blew a big lead on the second leg on Sunday.

Rabada takes five but Afif Hossain shines for Bangladesh

Fast bowler Kagiso Rabada took five for 39 as Bangladesh were restricted to 194 for nine in the second one-day international against South Africa at the Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg on Sunday.

Six killed in Belgium as car drives into carnival crowd

A car ploughed into a crowd of early morning carnival-goers in Belgium on Sunday, killing six people and injuring dozens of others, authorities said.

France set down World Cup marker with superb Grand Slam

France's first Six Nations title for 12 years showed that Fabien Galthie's impressive team, who beat England in a party atmosphere at the Stade de France, will be hard to stop at the World Cup on home soil next year.

Shiffrin in control after World Cup giant slalom first run

American skier Mikaela Shiffrin crushed her rivals in the first run of the giant slalom at Meribel on Sunday, leaving the door open for her to clinch a last-gasp World Cup small globe as the overall winner of the discipline

Saudi Aramco says annual profit more than doubled in 2021

Saudi Aramco's net profit soared 124 percent last year as global growth recovered from the Covid-19 downturn, the oil giant announced Sunday, hours after Yemen's Huthi rebels targeted some of its sites.

Oliveira wins rain-hit Indonesian MotoGP from Quartararo, Zarco

Miguel Oliveira held his nerve to win a rain-affected Indonesian MotoGP on Sunday and then promised to give the trophy to his baby daughter.

Russia accused of bombing school sheltering hundreds in Ukraine

Ukrainian authorities said on Sunday that Russia had bombed a school sheltering 400 people in the besieged port of Mariupol, as Moscow claimed that it had again fired a hypersonic missile in Ukraine, the second time it had used the next-generation weapon on its neighbour.

France's Michelin, the go-to guide on fine dining

France's prestigious Michelin Guide is among the world's most influential references on gourmet dining, its star ratings highly coveted and sometimes controversial.

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Michelin Guide returns to celebrate 'resilient' French food scene