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All Blacks must get 'everything right' to beat Springboks, says legend Fitzpatrick

Golden Shoe winner Kane hopes for Ballon d'Or after 'best season ever'

Robinson and Tongue star as Pakistan all out for 171 in England opener

Kyiv's ex-defence chief makes risky bet by venturing into electoral grounds

Lake Zurich sees water level hit record low amid drought

Coventry have survival inspiration says Lampard

Merck and Moderna's tailored cancer drug curbs melanoma recurrence in trial

Reijnders leaves Man City for Saudi's Al Qadsiah

Referees chief Webb wants clamp-down on Premier League set-piece grappling

Trump says will meet North Korea's Kim later this year

Robinson makes history as Pakistan collapse against England

Stocks waver, dollar drops as US Treasury moves to lower bond yields

Alvarez can win back Atletico fans in two games: club chief

France recalls rare disease drug Tavneos after deaths

India's island choke point

China’s lithography leap

China’s cartel lifeline

Australia limits migration

Israeli spytech firm NSO sues newspaper for defamation

The embattled Israeli spytech firm NSO Group filed Sunday a defamation lawsuit against a newspaper that reported its Pegasus software had been used by police against dozens of prominent Israelis.

Ukraine's actor-president grows on stage as war-time leader

Volodymyr Zelensky was at the height of his career as an actor and comedian before giving it all up to become president in 2019. After three difficult years in politics, he is now the face of national defiance, winning rave reviews as a war-time leader.

'Unimaginable tragedy': Ukrainians find refuge in Poland

Moved to tears by the plight of the Ukrainian people, Polish volunteer Katarzyna Jasinska was offering a warm children's jacket to a refugee who had just crossed into Poland's eastern border village of Medyka.

Nations ban Russian planes from their 'democratic skies'

European countries from north to south are banning Russian planes from transiting through their airspace in protest over Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

French ballet director quits Russia company over Ukraine invasion

French ballet master Laurent Hilaire has resigned from his position as director of the Stanilavski Theatre company in Moscow over the Russian invasion of Ukraine, he told AFP on Sunday.

Ukraine says will meet Russia as Putin puts nuclear defences on alert

Ukraine said Sunday it had agreed to talks with Russia after four days of conflict, as Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his defence chiefs to put nuclear "deterrence forces" on alert.

Pressure group says Francis case a 'clear breach' of HIA protocol

The decision to let Wales prop Tomas Francis play on during Saturday's Six Nations match against England has been castigated as a "clear and flagrant breach" of rugby union's head injury assessment procedure by a pressure group.

Israeli PM speaks to Putin about Ukraine conflict

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett held a phone call Sunday with Russian President Vladimir Putin about the conflict in Ukraine, the premier's office said, following reports Kyiv has asked Israel to mediate.

Guns, blasts and smiles in Kyiv under military curfew

Men with long guns peered out of slow-moving cars Sunday after a night of booms and gunfire under Kyiv's state-of-war curfew -- imposed with shoot-on-sight orders.