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Zverev stunned by Davidovich Fokina in Shanghai semi-finals

Pope to return to Vatican after cancer surgery

France faces day of cost-of-living protests

Haze triggers highest-level alert in parts of Southeast Asia

Zelensky says Trump waiving sanctions 'rewards' Putin, warns Moscow wants 'blackout' in Ukraine

I'd have left Real Madrid if I were Vinicius, says Mourinho

Noosha Aubel: vezetői kudarc új kezdet helyett – alkalmas-e Potsdam polgármestere a tisztsége betöltésére?

نوشا آوبل: ناکامی در مدیریت به‌جای آغازی نو؛ آیا شهردار پوتسدام از عهدهٔ مسئولیت‌هایش برمی‌آید؟

Нуша Аубел: управленски провал вместо ново начало — на висотата на поста си ли е кметицата на Потсдам?

Noosha Aubel: eșec la conducere în locul unui nou început – este primărița Potsdamului la înălțimea funcției sale?

Russia hails Trump waiving sanctions as 'historic'

Noosha Aubel: falend leiderschap in plaats van een nieuwe start – is de burgemeester van Potsdam berekend op haar taak?

Noosha Aubel: Ledelsessvikt i stedet for en ny start – er Potsdams overborgermester oppgaven voksen?

Noosha Aubel: Misslyckat ledarskap i stället för en nystart – är Potsdams överborgmästare vuxen uppgiften?

Europe’s arms money maze

Houthis and al-Qaeda

Brazil tests Milei’s gamble

Germany under Weidel

Turkey ex-minister resigns as investment fund crisis grows

A former minister and senior member of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's ruling AKP party said late Saturday she had submitted her resignation amid a widening investment-fund crisis.

UK police call in bomb disposal team near air force base

British police Sunday declared a major incident and evacuated villagers living near a base used by the US air force after arresting several men on suspicion of explosives offences.

Pope urges French bishops to 'persevere' against clerical sex abuse

Pope Leo XIV on Sunday urged French bishops to keep battling the "scourge" of clerical sex abuse during a trip to France, after repeated accusations against the Church in recent years.

Bangkok floods send thousands into shelters after days of rain

Deep floodwaters in Bangkok drove thousands of residents into shelters as others scrambled to buy groceries or dry out their homes on Sunday after days of heavy rain inundated markets, roads and residences.

Decorated Indian badminton star calls Japan Asian Games 'very sad'

India's multiple badminton medallist H.S. Prannoy described the Asian Games in Japan as "very sad" for athletes and a downgrade from China three years ago.

Assefa just misses women's world record at Berlin Marathon

Ethiopia's Tigst Assefa narrowly missed out on breaking the women's world record at the Berlin Marathon on Sunday, battling through injury to cross the finish line after being on record pace for much of the race.

Asian Games chiefs say lessons learned over accommodation

Asian Games organisers in Japan said Sunday they had been caught off guard by complaints about some of the accommodation and promised athletes coming for the final week a more comfortable stay.

Dramatic winners Zimbabwe to end five-year exile by tackling DR Congo

Zimbabwe will play at home for the first time in five years when they host the Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday in a top-of-the-table Africa Cup of Nations group qualifier.

UK's PM urges 'calm' as thousands seek to thwart flashpoint N.Ireland parade

UK Prime Minister Andy Burnam urged "calm" Sunday as thousands of people gathered in a Northern Irish town seeking to halt a contentious pro-British Protestant march from passing through a mainly Catholic and nationalist area for the first time in 28 years.

Pope to meet victims of clerical sex abuse on France trip

Pope Leo XIV waved at believers on his way to mass on Sunday in the French pilgrimage town of Lourdes where he is to meet victims of clerical sex abuse on a third day of an official visit to France.

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Thousands seek to thwart disputed N.Ireland flashpoint parade