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Juventus denied at the death, Sunderland make point in Poland in Europa League

Red Bull advisor Marko slams Horner memoir as 'collection of untruths'

Tens of thousands rally as Serbia heads to pivotal poll

France reports first human Shamonda virus case, says no health risk

Monet's 'Iris' fetches 50 mn euros at Paris auction

Rekindled Gucci desirability fails to light flame under Kering sales

L'Oreal sees double-digit sales growth

Thousands rally as Serbia heads to pivotal poll

Sri Lanka stun England with huge chase after Brook's 202

Marathon star Aga banned six years for doping and misleading investigation

Guatemala sentences former police officers in gay couple's killings

USA to host women's football Club World Cup in 2028 - FIFA

Nelson's erotic dream letter features in London auction

Finland grants licence for world's first nuclear waste repository

Japan go full Samurai for must-win Argentina match

Japan have called on their inner Samurai spirit to take on Argentina in a mouth-watering winner-takes-all climax to Pool D of the Rugby World Cup in Nantes on Sunday.

Dozens of rockets fired from Gaza towards Israel

Dozens of rockets were fired from the blockaded Gaza Strip towards Israel on Saturday, an AFP journalist in the Palestinian territory said, as sirens warning of incoming fire blared in Israel.

Suspects in Ecuador candidate assassination killed in prison

Six suspects in the August assassination of Ecuador presidential candidate and anti-corruption crusader Fernando Villavicencio were killed in prison on Friday, officials said.

Wartime scholars debate silence of Pope Pius XII on Jews

The Vatican may have saved thousands of Jews during the wartime papacy of Pius XII but the late pope's silence on genocide will be debated this week during an international conference.

Spain's first private rocket successfully lifts off

A Spanish company launched the country's first private rocket on Saturday in a step towards bringing Spain into the exclusive club of space-faring nations.

Catching a break: Inner city Californians try surfing

As Dianne Finez helps her Latino and African American students through their first surf lesson, she remembers the time she first took to the waves, trying out a sport she barely even knew existed.

Welcome to Robertsport, Liberia's surfing paradise

With his broken surfboard pointed skywards, a child steps out into the sea.

Kim Hyo-joo maintains two-shot lead in The Ascendant LPGA

South Korean Kim Hyo-joo fired four birdies in a three-under par 68 on Friday to maintain a two-shot lead in The Ascendant LPGA in Dallas, Texas.

RIP Stoneman Willie: US mummy to be buried after 128 years

After more than a century living with a macabre mystery, the US town of Reading, Pennsylvania is finally closing the casket on its oddest-ever resident -- a mummified man set to be buried Saturday.

Griffin grabs two-shot PGA Tour lead in Mississippi

Ben Griffin posted an eagle and seven birdies in his nine-under par 63 on Friday to seize a two-shot lead midway through the US PGA Tour's Sanderson Farms Championship.

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