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The Olympic Games must strengthen their role as an event that brings the world together in peace as conflicts around the world escalate, International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Kirsty Coventry ...

US President Donald Trump said on Friday that he will host Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan at the White House on Sept. 25 and that he expected to conclude trade and ...

A cyberattack on a provider of check-in and boarding systems has disrupted operations at several major European airports including London’s Heathrow, the continent’s busiest, causing flight delays and ...

The Merseyside derby returns this weekend with Premier League leaders Liverpool hosting a stronger-looking Everton in what promises to be a fiery clash at Anfield. Arne Slot’s Liverpool side ...

Three Russian military jets violated NATO member Estonia’s airspace for 12 minutes on Friday in an “unprecedentedly brazen” incursion, its government said, the latest in a series of recent military ...

Intel this week said that it has lowered its full-year 2025 adjusted operating expense target to $16.8 billion, from $17 billion earlier, to reflect the deconsolidation of its programmable chip business, Altera. Shares ...

Tesla shares jumped 6 per cent earlier this week after CEO Elon Musk disclosed his purchase of about $1 billion worth of the electric vehicle-maker’s stock, in the latest vote of ...

Banished from Eurovision, Russia will launch the final of its own international song contest at President Vladimir Putin’s behest on Saturday, with a Soviet-era name and acts intended to ...

New U.S. Federal Reserve Governor Stephen Miran, on leave at the central bank from the Trump administration, on Friday defended himself as an independent policymaker after dissenting in favor ...

Femke Bol put the seal on a fantastic season by retaining her world 400 metres hurdles title in emphatic style on Friday as the Dutchwoman stormed home in a world-leading 51.54 seconds. ...

Noah Lyles scorched to a fourth successive world 200 metres gold on Friday as he delivered his trademark drive to the line to triumph in 19.52 seconds, pipping compatriot and perennial bridesmaid ...

Film and TV writers held a free-speech demonstration in New York on Friday to protest Disney’s suspension of talk-show host Jimmy Kimmel and President Donald Trump’s efforts to ...

The United States has held talks with Gulf Arab states about the possibility that they could administer Gaza once the war is over, U.S. Ambassador Mike Huckabee told Reuters ...

Ukraine is making progress in intensive talks to formalise legally binding security guarantees with the United States and European allies, a key part of its bid to end the war ...

France’s top military space official has warned of intensifying “hostile or unfriendly” activity in space, particularly by Russia, joining a growing chorus of Western powers publicly warning about a ...

With many Arab nations feeling a rising threat from Israel, the Saudi-Pakistan defence pact announced this week brings Pakistan – and its nuclear umbrella – into the region’s security equation. The “...

A British couple who were detained by the Taliban in Afghanistan in February have been released and flown to Doha following Qatari mediation, an official with knowledge of the matter ...

David Howman, chairman of the Athletics Integrity Unit, says his organisation’s anti-doping work is having a tangible impact on the sport and the evidence is to be seen in ...

President Donald Trump on Thursday celebrated the suspension of talk-show host Jimmy Kimmel from the airwaves and said TV broadcasters should lose their licenses over negative coverage of his administration, ...

US credit rating agency Moody’s Ratings flagged several potential risks in Oracle Corp’s (ORCL.N) $300 billion of recently signed artificial intelligence contracts, but stopped short of taking ratings ...

The Securities and Exchange Commission voted this week to approve proposed rule changes by three national securities exchanges, enabling them to adopt generic listing standards for new cryptocurrency and other ...

Two strikers at very different stages of their careers defined the opening games of this seasons Champions league competition. In Manchester, Erling Haaland broke another record as Pep Guardiola’s ...

The World Health Organisation on Thursday said 48 cases of Ebola have been confirmed in the Democratic Republic of Congo and 31 people have died. “It has been two weeks since the ...

The Italian Adriatic port of Ravenna on Thursday refused entry to two trucks said to be carrying arms to Israel, as protests mount among Italian dockworkers and other labour groups ...