Floods, landslide kill 14 in Nepal

Lashing rains in Nepal causing flash floods and landslides have killed at least 14 people across the country, with disaster teams searching for nine missing, police said Sunday. Flooding in neighbouring India,
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Australia's Alex De Minaur reacts after winning a point against Spain's Jaume Munar during their men's second round singles tennis match on the fourth day of the 2024 Wimbledon Championships at The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, southwest London, on July 4, 2024. (Photo by Glyn KIRK / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE

Injured Pouille hands De Minaur Wimbledon walkover

Australia’s Alex de Minaur reached the Wimbledon last 16 on Saturday when injury-plagued Lucas Pouille withdrew from their third round tie. Pouille, a former top 10 player who is now ranked 212,
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Serbia's Novak Djokovic returns the ball to Britain's Jacob Fearnley during their men's singles tennis match on the fourth day of the 2024 Wimbledon Championships at The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, southwest London, on July 4, 2024. (Photo by Ben Stansall / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE

Djokovic eyes sweet 16 at Wimbledon

Novak Djokovic will look to reach the Wimbledon fourth round for the 16th time on Saturday as Iga Swiatek faces an opponent who once described herself as a “gangster” when she’s playing
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Portugal's forward #07 Cristiano Ronaldo reacts after the UEFA Euro 2024 quarter-final football match between Portugal and France at the Volksparkstadion in Hamburg on July 5, 2024. (Photo by PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA / AFP)

End beckons again for Ronaldo after Portugal Euros KO

Time is up — again — for Portugal’s ageing superstar Cristiano Ronaldo after an inglorious Euro 2024 exit. France ousted the 2016 winners 5-3 on penalties after a goalless quarter-final in Hamburg
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US President Joe Biden speaks during a campaign event in Madison, Wisconsin, on July 5, 2024. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)

Biden dismisses calls to quit in key TV interview

Joe Biden fended off questions about his mental fitness and electability on Friday in a TV interview meant to draw a line under a disastrous debate performance that triggered calls for him
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Billionaire tycoon and Chairman of Reliance Industries Mukesh Ambani (R) with his wife Nita Ambani attends a mass wedding ceremony of underprivileged couples ahead of their son Anant Ambani's wedding to Radhika Merchant, at Reliance Corporate Park in Navi Mumbai on July 2, 2024. - Asia's richest man, billionaire Indian tycoon Mukesh Ambani, launched on July 2, the start of the lavish finale of his son's wedding celebrations with mass nuptials for 52 "underprivileged" couples. (Photo by Punit PARANJPE / AFP)

Justin Bieber heads wedding gala thrown by Asia’s richest man

Canadian pop star Justin Bieber entertained some of India’s biggest celebrities in the latest instalment of months-long wedding celebrations thrown for the son of Asia’s richest man Mukesh Ambani. Bieber, who shot
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France's head coach Didier Deschamps and France's forward #10 Kylian Mbappe celebrate after winning the UEFA Euro 2024 quarter-final football match between Portugal and France at the Volksparkstadion in Hamburg on July 5, 2024. (Photo by Ronny HARTMANN / AFP)

Deschamps savours ending penalty hoodoo, defends Mbappe

France coach Didier Deschamps savoured seeing his side win a penalty shoot-out for the first time since the 1998 World Cup as they beat Portugal in Friday’s Euro 2024 quarter-final after another
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Venezuela's forward #09 Jhonder Cadiz (L) fights for the ball with Canada's defender #13 Derek Cornelius during the Conmebol 2024 Copa America tournament quarter-final football match between Venezuela and Canada at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on July 5, 2024. (Photo by JUAN MABROMATA / AFP)

Canada stun Venezuela to reach Copa America semis

Canada reached the semi-finals of the Copa America on Friday after beating Venezuela 4-3 on penalties after the 90-minute game finished 1-1. Jacob Shaffelburg fired Canada into the lead in the 13th
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(FILES) Iranian reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian raises his fist as he arrives for his campaign rally, two days before a presidential election runoff following a first round marked by a historically low turnout, at a stadium in Tehran on July 3, 2024. - Masoud Pezeshkian, Iran's only reformist candidate in the latest presidential election, has risen from relative obscurity to become the ninth president of the Islamic republic on July 6, 2024. Pezeshkian, 69, won around 53.6 percent of the vote in a runoff election against the ultraconservative Saeed Jalili. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP)

Iran reformist Pezeshkian wins presidential election

Iran’s reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian on Saturday won a runoff presidential election against ultraconservative Saeed Jalili, the interior ministry said. Pezeshkian received more than 16 million votes and Jalili more than 13
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