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Sun, 25 Sep 2022 08:56:11 GMT
Australian Smyth wins first Asian Tour title at Yeangder TPC
The Australian, who has been a regular presence high on Asian Tour leaderboards this year, finally registered a victory with a 19-under total of 269. Smyth finished two shots clear of defending champion and home favourite Lee Chieh-po of Taiwan at ...

Sun, 25 Sep 2022 08:29:22 GMT
Iranians return to streets in fresh protests despite hundreds of arrests
Protests flared again in Iran Saturday over the death of a woman in morality police custody, despite a crackdown by security forces in which at least 41 people have died, according to official figures. 

Sun, 25 Sep 2022 08:28:12 GMT
Ukraine schools battered by Russian onslaught in south
Small desks are topped with a layer of rubble and dust, while the front of the building, facing enemy lines, has been gutted from repeated shelling. At the back, a collapsed roof and wall expose the school gymnasium to the elements. Charred car wr...

Sun, 25 Sep 2022 08:24:10 GMT
Erasmus set for Springboks return as ban comes to an end
Erasmus, now South Africa's director of rugby, has been unable to be with his long-time lieutenant Jacques Nienaber, the current coach, since being handed a ban by World Rugby in November last year. The ban ends on September 30. World Rugby found ...

Sun, 25 Sep 2022 08:22:11 GMT
Party time as Belgium's Evenepoel goes solo to win road race world title
The 22-year-old finished 2min 21sec ahead of Frenchman Christophe Laporte after an epic 266.9-kilometre (165.4 miles) slog around the coastal city of Wollongong south of Sydney. Australia's Michael Matthews was third after a last-gasp sprint ahead...

Sun, 25 Sep 2022 07:28:24 GMT
France beat Mali to close in on basketball World Cup quarters
France began as strong favourites, but started slowly and were rattled by an aggressive Mali. WNBA player Williams scored 14 points, with seven rebounds and six assists and help from Alexia Chartereau's 12 points as France took their win-loss re...

Sun, 25 Sep 2022 07:18:11 GMT
Belgium's Evenepoel goes solo to win road race world title
The 22-year-old finished 2min 21sec ahead of Frenchman Christophe Laporte after an epic 266.9 kilometre (165.4 miles) slog around the coastal city of Wollongong south of Sydney. Australia's Michael Matthews was third after a last-gasp sprint. Pre-...

Sun, 25 Sep 2022 06:58:20 GMT
In retort to Wagner, 'Mozart' wants to save lives in Ukraine
The two might both be named for famous composers, but those offering their efforts in Mozart say that is where the similarities end. The group is staffed by volunteer army veterans giving humanitarian aid, medical evacuation and training Ukrainians...

Sun, 25 Sep 2022 06:48:17 GMT
Live: Kyiv, Moscow trade accusations of attacks on civilians in southern Ukraine
Ukraine and Russia traded accusations on Sunday of attacks on civilians in southern Ukraine as Russian-occupied territories hold referendums on joining Russia that Western leaders have dismissed as staged attempts to annex more territory. Follow o...

Sun, 25 Sep 2022 06:42:10 GMT
Mayweather knocks out Japan's Asakura in exhibition
Mayweather, now 45 and recently inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame, floored his opponent with a right hand at the end of the second round as his former welterweight foe Manny Pacquaio watched at ringside. The bell to end the round ...

Sun, 25 Sep 2022 05:46:27 GMT
Swiss vote on factory farm ban, pension reform
After aborted attempts in 2004 and 2017, Bern is hoping to garner enough votes to "stabilise" Switzerland's old-age security system, under pressure as life expectancy rises and the giant baby-boomer generation reaches retirement age. The most contr...

Sun, 25 Sep 2022 05:37:50 GMT
Italy heads to polls in elections that could take far-right to power
Italians began voting Sunday in an election expected to usher in the country's first government led by the far-right since World War II, bringing eurosceptic populists to the heart of Europe.

Sun, 25 Sep 2022 05:32:13 GMT
In-form Samsonova beats Zheng to claim Tokyo title
The red-hot world number 30 triumphed in Washington and Cleveland in August and she produced a string of giant-killing upsets in the Japanese capital on the way to another title. Samsonova beat Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina and two-time Grand S...

Sun, 25 Sep 2022 05:22:14 GMT
Metallica, Biden and Mariah Carey come together against poverty
Marking its 10th year, the six-hour festival brought thousands to New York's Central Park and featured a sister show in Ghana's capital Accra, where performers included American R&B great Usher and British grime icon Stormzy. Global Citizen awards ...

Sun, 25 Sep 2022 05:19:04 GMT
Cubans to vote in referendum on same-sex marriage, adoption
Cubans on Sunday will vote in a landmark referendum on whether to legalize same-sex marriage and adoption, allow surrogate pregnancies and give greater rights to non-biological parents.



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