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Kiss tells Wallabies to 'return fire' after first loss as coach

All Blacks learn from 'failed' Springboks series to punish Wallabies

Russian strikes kill 11 including 3 children: Ukrainian authorities

Marquez grabs MotoGP championship lead after Indonesia sprint chaos

Russian teenager Andreeva breezes into China Open final

All Blacks extend Eden Park streak with big win over Wallabies

Major earthquake hits Panama, injures at least 27

Marquez grabs MotoGP championship lead with Indonesia sprint win

India detains 'cockroach' leaders ahead of election protest

Schauffele closes in on leaders after 'weird' round in Japan

'No divisions, no borders', French astronaut says of seeing Earth

Medvedev through at Shanghai Masters in first match since disqualification

India's 'cockroach' movement chief detained ahead of major protest

Trump sows doubt on plan to livestream US military execution

Europeans scramble on air defence after decades of complacency

The intensity of the drone and missile war in Ukraine has laid bare gaps in European states' air defences that experts say will be difficult, time-consuming and costly to plug.

Mitsotakis on course to return as Greek PM in new vote

After an inconclusive election in May, Greece returns to the ballot box next Sunday with conservative former prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on course to win a second straight four-year term.

'Not all cowards': the ordinary Russians on trial over Ukraine criticism

It took about a year for authorities to close in on 51-year-old musician and environmental activist Alexander Bakhtin, one of the thousands of Russians arrested for criticising the Ukraine offensive.

South Korean badminton star dreams of becoming world number one

South Korea's rising badminton star An Se-young flashes a smile when asked about her dream of becoming the women's world number one, and the first woman from her country to achieve the feat in decades.

Two birdies lift Clark to lead midway through US Open third round

Wyndham Clark had two birdies without a bogey in the first nine holes to take a one-stroke lead over Rickie Fowler and Harris English midway through the third round of the US Open on Saturday.

Nepal to win 'most matches' at World Cup qualifier

In-form batsman-wicketkeeper Asaf Sheikh confidently predicted Nepal can "win most of their matches" and secure a maiden place at the World Cup.

Canada captain Hutchinson to retire after Nations League final

Canada's 40-year-old captain Atiba Hutchinson will retire from the national team after Sunday's CONCACAF Nations League final against the United States on Sunday.

Kim climbs US Open leaderboard with sizzling third-round start

Tom Kim turned in a record-equalling front nine at Los Angeles Country Club then found himself holding on for dear life as he tried to play his way into contention at the US Open.

Sainz handed three-place grid penalty for Canadian Grand Prix

Ferrari's Carlos Sainz was given a three-place grid penalty on Saturday for impeding Alpine's Pierre Gasly in qualifying for Sunday's Canadian Grand Prix.

South Africa's Ramaphosa tells Putin Ukraine 'war must be settled'

South Africa's president, in Russia as part of a delegation pushing for peace between Kyiv and Moscow, told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Saturday that the fighting had to stop.

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