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London’s first licensed robotaxis are preparing to carry passengers, but the person behind the wheel is not disappearing just yet. Transport for London has authorised a small fleet of autonomous electric vehicles developed by British technology company Wayve for journeys booked through Uber. The decision moves autonomous ride-hailing beyond closed demonstrations and engineering tests, while stopping well short of approving a genuinely driverless service.

Europe’s argument over Tesla’s Full Self-Driving Supervised system has moved beyond the familiar contest between technological optimism and regulatory caution. It is now a dispute about evidence: how much the public should be allowed to know when a driver-assistance product is cleared for use on ordinary streets.

South Africa head coach Rassie Erasmus said on Sunday the injury sustained by captain Siya Kolisi in a 17-10 Test victory over Argentina in Buenos Aires "does not look too bad".

Mercedes-AMG’s new electric GT family was introduced with headline-grabbing output figures and a four-figure-horsepower flagship. The GT 53 takes a more measured route. As the new entry point to the 2027 AMG GT 4-Door Coupé range, it trades the three-motor architecture of the GT 55 and GT 63 for two synchronous motors, but retains the 800-volt battery system, all-wheel drive, active aerodynamics and grand-touring practicality.

For much of modern motoring, the luxury-car business rested on a straightforward promise. A prestigious badge offered access to richer materials, quieter cabins, superior performance and technology that ordinary vehicles could not match. In 2026, that promise is becoming harder to defend. Increasing numbers of American buyers are discovering that a generously equipped mainstream vehicle can deliver most of the comfort, digital capability and everyday refinement they want, while leaving tens of thousands of dollars in their bank accounts.

In-form Swiss athlete Audrey Werro said she was focused on winning a medal in a loaded 800m field at the European championships and not on Jarmila Kratochvilova's 43-year-old world record.

Dozens of bereaved students, parents and teachers queued at a Buddhist temple in Thailand on Sunday to pray over the body of a 12-year-old girl, one of eight victims of a home and school shooting two days earlier.

Changan’s appearance at the 41st Luanda International Fair was not simply a product display. By placing the all-electric DEEPAL S05 beside the range-extended DEEPAL G318, the CHANGAN CS75 PLUS and the new CHANGAN UNI-S, the Chinese manufacturer presented a deliberate picture of how it intends to grow in Africa: not through a single propulsion technology, but through a broad portfolio supported by dealers, spare parts, service capacity and increasingly localised operations.

Luke Jacobson will captain New Zealand for the first time when they face the Sharks in Durban on Tuesday in the second match of the 'Greatest Rivalry' tour of South Africa.

Europe has become one of Honda’s smallest major car markets, but the Japanese manufacturer is not preparing to retreat. Under regional president Hans De Jaeger, its new strategy is built around a deliberately modest recovery: move annual European sales back towards roughly 100,000 vehicles within the next two to three years, preserve pricing power and avoid the costly discounting that has become increasingly common as new brands fight for recognition.

Typhoon Dolphin made landfall in densely populated eastern China on Sunday, meteorological authorities said, after the storm triggered more than 1,000 flight cancellations, evacuations and a top-level alert.

Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on Sunday they would not reopen the Strait of Hormuz, vital to the world economy, until the United States met Tehran's conditions set out the day before, including compensation for war damages.

South Korea's under-fire football association has apologised over a series of controversies ranging from accusations of using unfair practices to appoint a coach to allegations that it provided sexual entertainment for foreign referees.

Lionel Messi was absent following the death of his father as Inter Miami lost 2-1 to visiting Monterrey on Saturday in a Leagues Cup match.

Indonesian authorities have closed access to a national park on Java Island as firefighters battle a wildfire raging there for nearly a week.

China's densely populated eastern coast was preparing Sunday for the arrival of Typhoon Dolphin, which has triggered more than 1,000 flight cancellations, evacuations and a top-level alert from authorities.

Zhang Xue wept with joy and furiously waved a Chinese flag as he watched his company's superbike scream across the finish line four seconds ahead of competitors in only its third world championship race.

Iran set preconditions on Saturday for a reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, including compensation for war damages, complicating a potential deal to open the waterway essential to the world economy.

World number one Aryna Sabalenka and Jessica Pegula were both upset in fourth-round matches on Saturday at the Toronto Masters.

In Afghanistan's northeastern Badakhshan province, dozens of excavators operate day and night to extract gold from the mountains where villagers and their livestock once roamed.

As Japan marks the anniversary of the 1945 atomic bombs, its leaders are pushing for a renewed debate on nuclear weapons in a challenge to the nation's long-time pacifist stance.

Lionel Messi was missing following the death of his father as Inter Miami lost 2-1 to visiting Monterrey on Saturday in a Leagues Cup match.

Spanish teen Rafael Jodar defeated Czech eighth seed Jiri Lehecka 6-3, 6-3 on Saturday to reach the quarter-finals of the ATP Montreal Masters.

World number one Aryna Sabalenka was eliminated by Russian 16th seed Ekaterina Alexandrova on Saturday in a fourth-round match at the WTA Toronto Masters tournament.

In only a few years, the surveillance start-up Flock has installed more than 100,000 license plate reader cameras across the United States.

Venezuelan Olympic weightlifting silver medalist Julio Mayora hoisted 151 kilograms (330 pounds) to win two gold medals this weekend at the 2026 Central American and Caribbean Games in Santo Domingo.

Italian Luciano Darderi fuelled himself with an expresso shot during a mid-match changeover in a 4-6, 6-3, 7-5 victory over Nuno Borges on Saturday to reach the Montreal Masters quarter-finals.

FIFA on Saturday condemned "a concerted and ongoing effort by some to undermine" the world game's governing body and its president Gianni Infantino as the controversy over his now shelved private investment plan rumbles on.

Italian Luciano Darderi fuelled himself with an expresso shot during a mid-match changeover in a 4-6, 6-3, 7-5 victory over Nuno Borges on Saturday to reach the Montreal Masters quarter-finals.

World champions South Africa withstood a 15-phase post-hooter attack to edge Argentina 17-10 in a tense one-off Test in Buenos Aires on Saturday and stretch a winning streak to 12 internationals.

Diana Shnaider upset world number three Jessica Pegula 6-3, 6-3 on Saturday to reach the WTA Toronto Masters quarter-finals, where the 15th-seeded Russian will face Poland's Iga Swiatek.

Michael Carrick said he had to be "careful" with Mason Mount after the England midfielder was involved in an injury scare during Manchester United's 1-1 friendly draw with Paris Saint-Germain in Gothenburg on Saturday.