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British actress Maggie Smith, an award winning Shakespearian actressand double Oscar winner who later appeared in the Harry Potter films, has died aged 89, the BBC reported on Friday. One of ...

South Africa meet Argentina for the Rugby Championship crown at the Mbombela Stadium on Saturday where a point for the world champions will see them take the title against their ...

More than 30,000 people, mainly Syrians, crossed into Syria from Lebanon in the past 72 hours, the UN refugee agency said on Friday, as the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah intensified. About 80% ...

Greek authorities are investigating the death of a 37-year-old Pakistani migrant while in detention at a police station in central Athens, police said on Friday. The body of Muhammad Kamran ...

Israel will press on with discussions on ceasefire proposals for Lebanon in the days ahead, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday, and Washington warned that further escalation would make ...

U.S. efforts to secure a Gaza ceasefire remain stalled after nearly a year of fighting. Iran-backed Houthi rebels continue to attack Red Sea shipping. And now, despite intense U....

The Turkish Football Federation have condemned an armed attack on former Turkey and Fenerbahce striker turned TV pundit Serhat Akin in Istanbul on Thursday. Akin posted a message on social ...

It has been a slow start to the Serie A season for newly promoted Como but for their deep-pocketed owners, Indonesia’s billionaire Hartono brothers, progress on the pitch is ...

Carlos Alcaraz welcomed the addition of Rafa Nadal to Spain’s Davis Cup team for the quarter-finals in November and hoped the event in Malaga will not mark the end ...

Premier League leaders Manchester City will have a Rodri-shaped hole in their midfield at Newcastle United on Saturday with their title rivals hoping to see early evidence that the Spaniard’...

Ten-man Tottenham Hotspur secured a convincing 3-0 victory over Azerbaijani side Qarabag in their opening Europa League group stage clash on Thursday after the match was delayed by over half ...

Hurricane Helene roared through Florida and into Georgia on Friday as one of the most powerful storms to hit the U.S., with fears of deaths and widespread destruction in ...

Western nations were weighing their options on how to safely get nationals out of Lebanon if a full-scale war breaks out, diplomats said, with Cyprus and possibly Turkey seen as ...

Israel rejected global calls on Thursday for a ceasefire with the Hezbollah movement, defying its biggest ally in Washington and pressing ahead with strikes that have killed hundreds in Lebanon ...

ChatGPT-maker OpenAI is working on a plan to restructure its core business into a for-profit benefit corporation that will no longer be controlled by its non-profit board, people familiar with ...

Germany’s leading economic institutes have downgraded their forecast for 2024 and now see Europe’s largest economy shrinking by 0.1 per cent, they said in their autumn joint economic forecasts. The ...

HSBC said this week that it now expects the European Central Bank to cut interest rates by 25 basis points at every meeting from October through to April next year given ...

The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on alleged Russian money laundering operations that catered to cybercriminals and involved three illegal exchanges. The Justice Department unsealed an indictment charging Russian ...

Norwegian police have issued an international search request for Rinson Jose, a Norwegian-Indian man linked to the sale of pagers to the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah that exploded last week, ...

Donald Trump will meet with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday, according to a source with knowledge of the matter as foreign leaders scramble for face time with the ...

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas urged the U.N. General Assembly on Thursday to stop the war in the Gaza Strip between Israel and Palestinian Hamas militants, saying Israel had almost ...

U.S. prosecutors on Thursday charged New York City Mayor Eric Adams with accepting illegal campaign contributions and luxury travel from Turkish nationals seeking to influence him, capping an investigation ...

British band The Cure released their first new music in 16 years on Thursday, the single “Alone”, and confirmed their long-awaited album would come out on Nov. 1. The melancholic song, almost ...

Premier League champions Manchester City will travel to Tottenham Hotspur for what promises to be a tantalising fourth-round League Cup clash, while holders and 10-times champions Liverpool visit Brighton. The ...