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Pakistan plot spin blitz as West Indies return after 19 years

Alcaraz tips 'incredible' Fonseca to be among world's best 'soon'

Stunned Zheng blames lack of warm-up for early Melbourne exit

Ominous Alcaraz 'really, really happy' with Australian Open form

Pakistan's Imran Khan defiant even as longer sentence looms

Bangladesh's Yunus demands return of stolen billions

Relieved Sabalenka defies serve struggles to stay alive in Melbourne

Zheng out in Melbourne shock as Sabalenka, Osaka battle through

Osaka gets 'revenge' on Muchova in Australian Open fightback

Mitchell leads Cavs over Pacers, Thunder beat 76ers

S. Korea's Yoon: from rising star to historic arrest

New Thatcher statue egged in hometown

A new statue of Britain's late former prime minister Margaret Thatcher was fenced off on Monday following an egg-throwing protest shortly after it was installed in her hometown.

Hong Kong triad party raid nets police HK$1mn in Covid fines

A raid on a Hong Kong triad leader's birthday party resulted in police issuing more than HK$1 million ($127,388) in fines for breaching the city's strict coronavirus rules, local media and official reports revealed Monday.

Renault hands Russian assets to Moscow in nationalisation first

French automaker Renault has handed over its Russian assets to the Russian government, both parties announced Monday, marking the first major nationalisation since the onset of sanctions over Moscow's military campaign in Ukraine.

Iran says awaits US response to nuclear talks 'solutions'

Iran said on Monday it awaited the US response to "solutions" discussed with the EU envoy for breaking a stalemate in talks aimed at restoring the 2015 nuclear deal.

Zimbabwe healthcare bleeds amid mass nurse exodus

Virginia Mutsamwira says she treats four times the number of patients she should ideally handle at a township clinic in Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe.

EU struggles to clear path to Russian oil ban

EU foreign ministers on Monday sought to break through Hungary's opposition to an embargo on Russian oil over the Ukraine war, but warned little progress was expected.

Final touches for 75th Cannes film fest

The last touches were being laid in Cannes on Monday for the 75th anniversary edition of the world's leading film festival, promising a return to its full glitz.

Dirty liberal pipe-dream: 3 myths about electric cars

Sceptics say that far from helping save the planet, electric cars are a liberal pipe-dream whose environmental benefits are exaggerated.

Mathews closes on double century to frustrate Bangladesh

Angelo Mathews closed in on a double hundred as Sri Lanka frustrated Bangladesh to reach 375-8 at tea on day two of the first Test in Chittagong on Monday.

Ukrainian women ask West to save trapped Mariupol defenders

Their menfolk are the last pocket of resistance in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol, holed up in a warren of underground tunnels and bunkers at the vast Azovstal steelworks under heavy Russian bombardment.

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