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Iran missile strikes wound over 100 in two south Israel towns
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Iran missiles hit southern Israel, injuring more than 100
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LeBron James breaks record for most NBA games played
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'Perfect' PSG sweep past Nice to reclaim top spot in Ligue 1
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Japan coach says Asian Cup crown 'well-deserved' for inspirational team
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PSG sweep past Nice to reclaim top spot in Ligue 1
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Milan move to within five points of Serie A leaders Inter
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Duplantis masterclass as Kerr and record-setter Ehammer shine
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Rosenior urges Chelsea to 'forget the noise' after damaging loss
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Marquez ambushed Di Giannantonio to win Brazil sprint
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Sweden's Duplantis wins fourth world indoor pole vault title
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Iran missile hits Israeli town home to nuclear site after Natanz strike
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Liverpool, Chelsea slip up in Champions League race
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WHO sends first overland convoy from emergencies hub to Beirut
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Everton rub salt in Chelsea wounds as Champions League race tightens
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Coach Mignoni returns but Toulon crash to Stade Francais
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Robert Mueller, ex-FBI chief who led Trump-Russia inquiry, dead at 81
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Sinner and Pegula advance to third round at Miami Open
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Britain's Kerr outsprints Hocker for world indoor 3,000m gold
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Kane backs Tuchel's call to rest him from England friendly
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NBA fines 76ers' Drummond, Magic's Suggs $25,000 each
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Switzerland's Ehammer sets indoor heptathlon world record
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Pogacar 'relieved' by Milan-San Remo triumph, gunning to complete Monument set
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Kenya, Uganda double down on rail extension burdened by Chinese debt
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World Athletics decision to hand Asia two world indoors 'strategic' - Coe
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Trump threatens to use ICE agents for airport security control
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Kane moves closer to goals record as Bayern sink Union
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Pogacar ends long wait for Milan-San Remo glory after edging epic
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Brighton's Welbeck dents Liverpool's Champions League hopes
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US says 'took out' Iran base threatening blocked Hormuz oil route
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Di Giannantonio takes Brazil MotoGP pole ahead of Bezzecchi, Marquez
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Welbeck scores twice to dent Liverpool's top-five hopes
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Pirovano wins World Cup downhill title, Aicher puts pressure on Shiffrin
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Doroshchuk wins Ukraine's second world indoor gold, Hodgkinson and Alfred coast
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K-pop kings BTS stun Seoul in '2.0' comeback concert
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French prosecutors suspect Musk encouraged deepfakes row to inflate X value
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Mbappe 100 percent, Bellingham fit, says Real Madrid's Arbeloa
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Iranians mark Eid as Tehran reports strike on nuclear plant
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Kenya, Uganda open rail extension burdened by Chinese debt
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K-pop kings BTS rock Seoul in comeback concert
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Invincible Japan edge Australia to win Women's Asian Cup
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Alexander Payne brings Oscars hopeful 'The Holdovers' to Toronto
Director Alexander Payne has entered the Oscars hunt with his new film "The Holdovers," a poignant 1970s-set dramedy about a cantankerous prep school teacher and a troubled student that screened Monday at the Toronto film festival.
Met Opera commissions new work about abducted Ukrainian children
New York's Metropolitan Opera on Monday announced it had commissioned a new work on Russia's abduction and deportation of Ukrainian children.
Musk biography describes troubled tycoon driven by demons
A hotly anticipated biography of Elon Musk describes the turbulent tycoon as a man driven by childhood demons, obsessed with bringing human life to Mars and who demands that staff be "hardcore."
Waititi, Keaton go behind lens at Toronto film fest
Every day at the Toronto International Film Festival features a jam-packed schedule with screenings from morning to midnight at multiple venues, making it a challenge to keep up with all the world premieres on offer.
Lil Nas X thrills Toronto fans as film fest looks at music
Lil Nas X brought his megawatt smile and star power to Toronto for the world premiere of a documentary tracking his meteoric rise -- one of several movies spotlighting the music industry at North America's biggest film festival.
Denzel hangs in but 'Nun' better in N.American theaters
Warner Bros.' new horror movie "The Nun II" floated to the top of the North American box office this weekend with an estimated take of $32.6 million, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations reported Sunday.
France's Ladj Ly back with new film on life in Paris suburbs
Four years after he lit up the Croisette in Cannes with his debut feature film "Les Miserables," Ladj Ly is back with a new searing and very personal take on life in the gritty Paris suburbs.
Yorgos Lanthimos and Emma Stone's 'Poor Things' wins Venice top prize
The Golden Lion in Venice was awarded Saturday to a hilarious and shockingly explicit reworking of Frankenstein, "Poor Things", starring Emma Stone as a sex-mad reanimated corpse, which had festival-goers in stitches.
Yorgos Lanthimos's 'Poor Things' wins top prize at Venice
The Golden Lion in Venice was awarded Saturday to a hilarious and shockingly explicit reworking of Frankenstein, "Poor Things", starring Emma Stone as a sex-mad reanimated corpse, which had festival-goers in stitches.
Greece's 'wizard of weird' Yorgos Lanthimos wins Venice top prize
With a catalogue of strange, dark and provocative films, Yorgos Lanthimos has established himself as one of the world's most imaginative directors, capped by his Golden Lion in Venice for a feminist reworking of Frankenstein, "Poor Things".
Cailee Spaeny wins Venice best actress for 'Priscilla'
Cailee Spaeny won the best actress award at the Venice Film Festival on Saturday, at the age of just 25, for her portrayal of Elvis Presley's wife in "Priscilla".
Venice to award Golden Lion after strongly political 80th edition
The Hollywood strike may have robbed Venice of its usual bevy of stars, but the world's oldest film festival, which concludes Saturday, proved it is still a launchpad for major awards contenders and political statements.
Conspiracy theories falsely link wildfires to 'smart cities'
Disinformation about deadly wildfires in the United States and Canada has run rampant across social media, with posts falsely blaming coordinated arson, lasers -- and plans to develop "smart cities."
GameStop stock frenzy, true crime in focus at Toronto film fest
Frenzied stock trading in shares of a shopping mall video game store? Check. A serial killer who appeared on a 1970s game show? Check. Real-life drama takes center stage Friday at the Toronto International Film Festival with two world premieres.
Sylvester Stallone pretends to box with Pope at Vatican
American actor Sylvester Stallone travelled to the Vatican on Friday for a brief private audience with Pope Francis.
Vienna tour aims to demystify 'Hitler balcony' after far-right clip
A guided tour is seeking to demystify the so-called "Hitler balcony" in Vienna after the notorious landmark appeared in a video promoting Austria's far-right party.
Chastain backs strikes as she closes political Venice fest
Oscar-winner Jessica Chastain arrived at the Venice Film Festival Friday with a provocative new film, "Memory", and an impassioned message in support of the Hollywood strikes by actors and writers.
No progress on resolving actors' strike: union negotiator
Hollywood's major studios and streamers have made no contract overtures to striking actors since they walked off the job in July, the performers' chief negotiator said Thursday, urging the companies to make a good-faith effort.
Miyazaki's likely swan song charms Toronto as film fest opens
The Toronto International Film Festival opened Thursday with admiring applause for "The Boy and the Heron," Japanese animation master Hayao Miyazaki's likely last movie -- a meditation on love, loss and the horrors of World War II.
Chastain closes out strongly political Venice festival
Has the Venice Film Festival saved its best for last? Oscar-winner Jessica Chastain is back on Friday with a provocative romance between a recovering alcoholic and dementia patient in "Memory".
Toronto film fest opens with Miyazaki's likely swan song
The biggest film festival in North America opens Thursday in Toronto with the international launch of Oscar-winning Japanese animation master Hayao Miyazaki's likely last movie, as the twin Hollywood strikes drag on.
Japan boyband agency admits founder's sexual abuse
The president of Japan's biggest boyband agency admitted on Thursday that its late founder sexually abused young aspiring stars, decades after the allegations against him first emerged.
Syria's ancient adobe houses threatened by war, displacement
Traditional mud-brick houses that the people of northern Syria have built for thousands of years risk disappearing, as 12 years of war have emptied villages and left the buildings crumbling.
Google to require political ads to disclose AI creations
Google on Wednesday said it will mandate that political advertisements on its platforms disclose when images and audio have been altered or created using tools such as artificial intelligence (AI).
Iconic Freddie Mercury memorabilia sells for over £3 mn
The piano Queen frontman Freddie Mercury used to compose almost all of his greatest songs and the original manuscript for "Bohemian Rhapsody" were snapped up for over £3 million Wednesday when they went under the hammer in London.
Honorary Oscars gala postponed until January amid strikes
The Governors Awards gala, at which honorary Oscars are handed out for lifetime achievement, has been pushed back from November to January, organizers said Wednesday, as Hollywood reels from the ongoing actors' and writers' strikes.
Iconic Freddie Mercury memorabilia goes under the hammer
The baby grand piano Queen frontman Freddie Mercury used to compose almost all of his greatest songs and the original manuscript for "Bohemian Rhapsody" were snapped up Wednesday when they went under the hammer in London.
Hard-hitting migrant films tighten Venice race
The blistering tale of an African's journey to Europe and a moving film about refugees at Poland's border, which has angered its government, have tightened the race at the Venice Film Festival.
Thousands of Freddie Mercury's personal items go on sale
A sale of thousands of items belonging to the charismatic Queen frontman Freddie Mercury got under way Wednesday in London, with the graffiti-covered green door of Mercury's home first to go under the hammer.
Rolling Stones album of new songs out next month
The Rolling Stones will release their first album of new music in 18 years next month, lead singer Mick Jagger, fellow founding bandmate Keith Richards and bass guitarist Ronnie Wood announced Wednesday in London.
'Door is open' says first black US director at Venice
US director Ava DuVernay said she hoped that her entry in Venice on Wednesday, "Origin", would set a precedent as the first by "an African-American woman" at the world's oldest film festival.
The Rolling Stones in dates
As legendary English rock band The Rolling Stones launch their first album in nearly two decades, AFP looks back at standout moments in more than 60 years together.