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LONDON: Newcastle United have signed Ireland midfielder Jeff Hendrick on a four-year contract, the Premier League club said yesterday. Hendrick,...

JOLO: At least 14 people were killed and 75 wounded—including members of the security forces and civilians—in twin bombings today...

WELLINGTON: The daughter of a woman killed in the New Zealand mosque shootings challenged white supremacist Brenton Tarrant at his...

NEW YORK: Slovan Bratislava have forfeited their Champions League first qualifying round tie against Faroe Islands side KI Klaksvik after...

HAVANA: Tropical Storm Laura pounded Cuba with heavy rains yesterday as it barrelled toward the US, where forecasters predicted it...

SAN FRANCISCO: More dry-lightning storms hit California yesterday after sparking 625 fires last week as authorities warned the state was...

BUENOS AIRES: Argentina confirmed a record 8,713 new cases of coronavirus yesterday and 381 resulting deaths in just 24 hours,...

SYDNEY: The Australian state at the centre of the country's coronavirus second wave today reported 148 new Covid-19 cases, more...

NEW YORK: Fourth-seeded Naomi Osaka of Japan battled back to beat Karolina Muchova 6-7 (5/7), 6-4, 6-2 yesterday and reach...

ASUNCION: Former Brazil star Ronaldinho was released yesterday by a Paraguayan judge after five months in detention over a forged...

NEW YORK: Serena Williams shook off some Covid-19 layoff rust to grind out a 7-6(6) 3-6 7-6(0) win over Dutch...

NEW YORK: Third seed Daniil Medvedev launched the defence of his Western and Southern Open title with a tidy 6-4...

PARIS: Paris Saint Germain have asked the French League to once more postpone what would be their first match of...

LONDON: Arsenal have agreed permanent deals with defenders Pablo Mari and Cedric Soares after their loan spells in the second...

VIENNA: Austria is expelling a Russian diplomat for breaching the Vienna Convention governing diplomats’ privileges and immunities, an Austrian Foreign...

TOKYO: Japan's longest-serving prime minister, Shinzo Abe, visited a Tokyo hospital today, as concerns grew over his ability to continue...

MANILA: Twin blasts that killed 15 people in the volatile southern Philippines could both have been suicide bombings, the military...

The attack happened in Jolo in Muslim-majority Sulu, where government-backed security forces have long been fighting the Abu Sayyaf group....

The sentencing hearing for Brenton Tarrant opened in a Christchurch court with testimony from members of the Muslim community that...

MANILA: China's “nine-dash line” used to claim most of the South China Sea is a fabrication, the Philippine defence minister...