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France boss Deschamps confirms Ekitike to miss World Cup

France father who kept son in van faces 30 years in jail, says prosecutor

Bonjour! 'The White Lotus' starts filming season 4 in France: HBO

Impact sub Kohli shines as Bengaluru move top of IPL

BBC to cut up to 2,000 jobs under 'financial pressures'

Hormuz shipping muted as US blockade takes hold: tracking data

Swiss watchmakers say time will tell on effects of Mideast conflict

Alcaraz pulls out of Barcelona Open with wrist injury

World Bank announces water security plan covering one billion people

Man Utd's Maguire out of Chelsea match after extra one-game ban

Doubles champion Jamie Murray retires from tennis

Pope to walk in Augustine's footsteps on day two of Algeria visit

Pope Leo XIV is expected in the Algerian city of Annaba on Tuesday, where he will walk in the footsteps of influential Christian theologian Saint Augustine on day two of a historic trip to the north African country.

Prince Harry and Meghan visit Australia in first trip since royal rift

Prince Harry and wife Meghan arrived in Australia on Tuesday for their first visit down under since their headline-dominating rift with Britain's royal family.

Bayern veteran Neuer primed for one final battle with rivals Real

Bayern Munich veteran Manuel Neuer is saddling up for Wednesday's Real Madrid quarter-final second leg at home in what could be his final season before riding off into the sunset.

Paris-Roubaix straggler Thomas tells of 'awful' ordeal

Benjamin Thomas is an Olympic cycling champion who has ridden the Tour de France and won a Giro d'Italia stage, but nothing had prepared him for the "awful" cobbles of Paris-Roubaix.

Mideast war revs up electric car demand in Asia

Electric vehicle sales have jumped in Southeast Asia as cost-conscious buyers have poured into dealerships looking to dodge the fuel price spikes driven by the Middle East war.

China's economy likely picked up pace in first quarter: AFP survey

China's economic growth likely picked up in the first three months of the year, according to analysts surveyed by AFP, boosted by exports now impacted by the Middle East war, while domestic demand remains weak.

Crusaders retire horses after 30 years due to safety at new stadium

The Canterbury Crusaders said Tuesday that their cavalry of mascot knights and horses, beloved by spectators, had been retired after 30 years because of next week's move to their new stadium in Christchurch.

Asian stocks rally, crude drops on lingering hope for a peace deal

Stocks rose and oil fell Tuesday on hopes for a deal to end the Middle East war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, with Donald Trump saying Tehran had called to seek an agreement even as a US naval blockade around Iran's ports began.

Oasis, Phil Collins and Luther Vandross among Rock Hall inductees

Dad rocker Phil Collins and reformed Britpop princes Oasis led the 2026 class of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees who were announced on live US television on Monday.