Australia pick Swepson for Sri Lanka spin battle
Australia's Mitchell Swepson will play the opening Test against Sri Lanka, with touring skipper Pat Cummins on Tuesday calling the leg-spinner an "important cog" in their bowling attack.
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Widow reveals Gene Kelly's Cold War mission for JFK
He starred in one of the most iconic musical moments in film history, but his wife told AFP that Gene Kelly also had a cameo in the Cold War.
Read moreStocks bounce as China eases quarantine measures
Stock markets jumped Tuesday and oil prices rallied further as China slashed the quarantine time for visitors, fuelling hopes of recovery for the world's second largest economy.
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Moody's says Russia defaulted on debt
Moody's ratings agency has confirmed that Russia defaulted on its foreign debt for the first time in a century, after bond holders did not receive $100 million in interest payments.
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Indonesian zoo breeds dozens of endangered baby Komodo dragons
An Indonesian zoo has welcomed dozens of new baby Komodo dragons hatched in captivity in recent months as part of a breeding programme, its director said Tuesday, offering hope for efforts to conserve the endangered species.
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Berrettini, 2021 runner-up, out of Wimbledon with Covid
Italy's Matteo Berrettini, the 2021 Wimbledon runner-up and a title favourite this year, pulled out of the tournament on Tuesday after testing positive for coronavirus.
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F1 labels Piquet's racist language towards Hamilton 'unacceptable'
Formula One branded a racist term used by three-time world champion Nelson Piquet against Lewis Hamilton as "unacceptable" on Tuesday.
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French minister apologises for Champions League chaos
French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin on Tuesday made a partial apology for chaos at last month's Champions League final between Real Madrid and Liverpool in Paris, while insisting fake tickets and "delinquency" were mostly to blame.
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Life in the abyss, a spectacular and fragile struggle for survival
Cloaked in darkness and mystery, the creatures of the deep oceans exist in a world of unlikely profusion, surviving on scant food and under pressure that would crush human lungs.
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'Unimaginable': Austria prepares to reopen coal power station
At the Mellach coal power plant in southern Austria, spider webs have taken over the conveyor belts, and plants and flowers have sprung up around the vast lot that once stored coal.
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