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US strikes Iran in latest tit-for-tat attacks

Canadian minister says Russia's G20 presence sparked 'discomfort'

China's Xi arrives in Egypt as US sanctions threat looms over Iran links

IMF reaches agreement with Senegal on new $2.2 bn loan programme

Car bomb at Colombian police station kills one, injures 11

Germany blames Russia for airport drone incident, hits back with sanctions

Rain delays start of play on US Open

Iran president urges return to truce, hails Russian support

Man City agree blockbuster deal to sign Chelsea star Fernandez: reports

Aster and World Liberty Financial Launch USD1 RWA Boost: Phase 1, Offering 125M $WLFI + 6.25M USD1 in Rewards

Alkemya Metacore Secures $50M via Tokenised Equity to Scale Nickel Energy and Security Tech

Tronchon sprints to Vuelta stage 10 win, Mas keeps red jersey

Man City chase Fernandez, Arsenal sell Jesus on deadline day

Germany defender Rudiger announces international retirement

OPEC+ stays the course on oil output boost

Major oil producers led by Saudi Arabia and Russia stuck to a previously decided output boost on Thursday, despite calls for bigger increases to tame crude prices.

Gilchrist to lead Scotland in first Pumas Test

Grant Gilchrist will captain Scotland for the first time since 2018 when he leads them out for the opening Test against Argentina in San Salvador de Jujuy on Saturday.

Green, Khawaja put Australia on top in Galle Test

Cameron Green and Usman Khawaja hit half-centuries to put Australia ahead by 101 runs against Sri Lanka after abysmal weather set back the second day of the opening Test on Thursday.

Nadal centre stage at Wimbledon as Covid forces third withdrawal

Rafael Nadal tops the bill at Wimbledon on Thursday after Roberto Bautista Agut became the third player to withdraw from the Championships following a positive coronavirus test.

Vesely says Davidovich Fokina is Wimbledon 'nutter'

Jiri Vesely on Thursday described his second-round Wimbledon opponent Alejandro Davidovich Fokina as "a bit of a nutter" after the Spaniard was knocked out of the tournament on a point penalty.

Wales captain Jones on bench for first Springboks Test

British and Irish Lions captain Alun Wyn Jones will start on the bench and flanker Tommy Reffell will win his first cap for Wales against South Africa on Saturday.

Israel parliament dissolves, sets fifth election in less than four years

Israeli lawmakers dissolved parliament on Thursday, forcing the country's fifth election in less than four years, with Foreign Minister Yair Lapid set to take over as caretaker prime minister at midnight.

France holding 10 suspects over Channel migrant disaster

French police are holding 10 people suspected of involvement in the November 2021 Channel drowning of migrants in which 27 people died, a judicial source said Thursday.

Badosa sets up Wimbledon third-round tie with Kvitova

Spanish fourth seed Paula Badosa beat Romania's Irina Bara 6-3, 6-2 on Thursday to set up a third-round clash against two-time champion Petra Kvitova.