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Talks to end the war in Gaza were taken up a notch on Wednesday with the expected arrival of senior figures from Israel, the U.S. and regional counties, after ...

Cristiano Ronaldo has become the first footballer to reach billionaire status, according to the latest Bloomberg Billionaires Index, which has valued the Portugal great’s net worth at an estimated $1.4 ...

A top Russian diplomat said on Wednesday that the impetus to find a peace deal to end the fighting in Ukraine which emerged after a summit between President Vladimir Putin ...

The adoption of stablecoins could generate an additional $1.4 trillion in demand for US dollars by 2027, if enough overseas investors want to own these digital assets, analysts at JPMorgan said in ...

England’s golden generation failed to live up to their potential because they were “egotistical losers” who fostered an unfriendly environment and were unable to work together, former Liverpool midfielder ...

The grandson of late South African president and anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela arrived in Johannesburg on Wednesday after being detained and then deported by Israel, which prevented the flotilla he ...

Russia will shoot down Tomahawk cruise missiles and bomb their launch sites if the United States decides to supply them to Ukraine and find a way to retaliate against Washington ...

Scientists Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi won the 2025 Nobel chemistry prize for developing a new form of molecular architecture, yielding materials that can help tackle challenges such as ...

Germany will grant police the power to shoot down rogue drones like those that have disrupted airports across Europe and that some European leaders have attributed to a hybrid war ...

Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir visited the flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem on Wednesday and called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to pursue “complete victory” over ...

Italian fashion house Giorgio Armani on Sunday unveiled the last collection personally worked on by its late designer and founder, at Brera art museum in the heart of Milan. Armani, ...

Midfielder Jordan Henderson hit back at critics of his inclusion in Thomas Tuchel’s England squad, insisting he is not just a “cheerleader” and is still playing at a high ...

Israel’s World Cup qualifiers in Norway and Italy are being overshadowed by security concerns, with the mayor of the northern Italian city of Udine warning about the situation ahead ...

Bold swings and cheeky dropshots can earn amateur tennis players bragging rights and a million-dollar payday when they take on top professionals in a single-point showdown ahead of next year’...

Turkish officials proposed settling a U.S. legal case against state lender Halkbank for some $100 million during a meeting between President Donald Trump and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan at the ...

A group of vessels attempting to deliver aid to the war-ravaged Gaza Strip was intercepted by Israeli forces in international waters on Wednesday, the coalition behind the convoy said, the ...

Hundreds of Texas National Guard soldiers gathered on Tuesday at an Army facility outside Chicago, as Donald Trump’s threat to invoke an anti-insurrection law and deploy troops to more ...

The newly elected mayor of a town in western Germany was in a critical condition after being found with multiple stab wounds on Tuesday, authorities said. Iris Stalzer, 57, dragged herself ...

Hamas said on Tuesday it was ready to reach a deal to end the war in Gaza based on President Donald Trump’s plan but still has demands, as Qatar’...

US-based scientists John Clarke, Michel Devoret and John Martinis won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics for “experiments that revealed quantum physics in action”, paving the way for the development of ...

Britain said on Tuesday that regulatory expert Richard Monks had been appointed as chief executive of the newly established Independent Football Regulator (IFR), tasked with overseeing governance and financial sustainability ...

Nigel Farage, the leader of the populist Reform UK party which leads opinion polls in Britain, told a court on Tuesday an Afghan migrant’s TikTok video about him while ...

U.S. President Donald Trump has left the door open to a pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell, who was convicted of helping the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein ...

With a new baby and a new club, Australia goalkeeper Mat Ryan has landed back in the Socceroos’ fold with a new lease on footballing life despite racking up an ...