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Antonio Rattin in 1966. Diego Maradona in 1986. David Beckham in 1998. The matches are the stuff of legend. And on Wednesday, Argentina and England return to the World Cup stage. But this ...

Waterbombing aircraft skimmed the river Seine as firefighters struggled to contain a forest blaze south of Paris raging into its third day on Tuesday amid a spreading heatwave that has ...

The BBC warned its current funding model was not sustainable to fund its public broadcasting mission in its annual report on Tuesday, highlighting the gap between the number of users ...

Some 500 soldiers from the “Coalition of the Willing” backing Ukraine marched down Paris’ Champs-Elysees on Tuesday in the annual Bastille Day parade, in what France said would be a symbol ...

Iran fired ballistic missiles at a U.S. air base in Jordan on Tuesday and the United States attacked Iranian targets for five hours in a battle for control of ...

One Indian crew member was killed and eight others were wounded when two Emirati oil tankers were struck by Iranian cruise missiles in the Strait of Hormuz, the United Arab ...

A heatwave and the men’s World Cup drove up consumer spending in Britain ​in June, according to data published on Tuesday. Barclays ‌and the British Retail Consortium said the ...

France’s march to the World Cup semi-finals has been powered by the goals of Kylian Mbappe and Ousmane Dembele, but the players believe an equally important part of their ...

Spain coach Luis de la Fuente has told Lamine Yamal to pack away the birthday candles and any nerves, saying the teenager’s grandest World Cup moment may come against ...

A new refereeing protocol has added to the powder keg of public perception over fairness at the World Cup, a former FIFA referee said on Monday, with another refereeing controversy ...

The U.S. military carried out a third consecutive night of strikes against Iran on Monday as President Donald Trump reinstated a blockade of Iranian shipping and proposed charging a 20% ...

Stellantis said on Monday preliminary second-quarter vehicle shipments rose 10 per cent from a ​year earlier to nearly 1.6 million units, driven ‌by strong growth in North America, its most important market. ...

Meta has discontinued an AI feature launched last ​week that allowed users to generate images using public Instagram accounts, ‌after drawing widespread criticism over privacy concerns, including from a Hollywood ...

A person was killed on Monday in a shooting involving U.S. immigration agents in Maine, a top state lawmaker said, days after a man was fatally shot by a ...

A wildfire tore through a historic forest near Paris on Monday, forcing highway closures and mobilising water-bombing aircraft, while Spain’s death toll from one of its deadliest wildfires rose ...

President Donald Trump said on Monday the United States was reinstating its blockade of Iranian shipping in the Gulf and would ensure the Strait of Hormuz stays open after the ...

The Iran-aligned Houthi movement that controls northern Yemen accused Saudi Arabia on Monday of launching airstrikes against the international airport in Sanaa, and vowed to retaliate. Houthi military spokesperson Yahya ...

Norway forward Alexander Sorloth has received severe online abuse following the team’s World Cup quarter-final exit against England on Saturday, manager Stale Solbakken said. The abuse started after Sorloth ...

Germany’s Football Association has completed first discussions with coach Jurgen Klopp in New York, and is confident of a deal for him to take over the national team, the ...

British counter-terrorism police officers are now leading the investigation into the suspected murder of former British government minister Ann Widdecombe, interior minister Shabana Mahmood said on Monday. Widdecombe, 78, was found ...

The European Commission and more than a dozen countries launched an initiative on Monday to deliver €883.6 million ($1 billion) in aid projects to help Gaza recover from war. The small coastal ...

Western allies will seek to secure more air-defence commitments for Ukraine when they meet in Paris on Monday, as shortages have left it increasingly exposed to Russian ballistic missiles, despite ...

New Zealand actor Sam Neill died suddenly on Monday at the age of 78. after recovering from cancer, his family said in a statement. Here is some reaction to the news: ...

The European Union will move to limit young children’saccess to social media across the 27-member bloc, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Monday, in what would ...