The main ice hockey venue for the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics still needs "frantic" work but all scheduled matches will be played there, organisers said on Sunday.
Pope Leo XIV said Sunday that the Winter Olympics -- starting in less than a week's time in northern Italy -- were an opportunity to "rekindle hope for a world at peace".
Detained Iranian protester Erfan Soltani has been released on bail, his lawyer said Sunday, after the United States warned he was on death row and threatened to attack the Islamic republic if any anti-government demonstrators were executed.
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The Democratic Republic of Congo's government said on Sunday it feared "at least 200 dead" in a "massive" landslide that struck a militia-held mine in the country's east.
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Novak Djokovic said it had been "a great ride" and "God knows what happens tomorrow" after losing Sunday's Australian Open final.
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Swiss skier Franjo von Allmen powered to a dominant home victory in the men's downhill at Crans-Montana on Sunday in the final World Cup race before the Winter Olympics.
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Carlos Alcaraz has an easy charm and broad Tom Cruise-like smile, but underneath the cool exterior is a highly driven individual laser-focused on setting records.
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Carlos Alcaraz swept past Novak Djokovic to win his first Australian Open on Sunday and become the youngest man to complete a career Grand Slam, denying the Serbian great an unprecedented 25th major.
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Israel was partially reopening the Rafah crossing between the devastated Gaza Strip and Egypt on Sunday following months of urging from humanitarian organisations, though access is limited to the movement of people.
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French IT giant Capgemini said Sunday it was selling a subsidiary working for the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency amid international controversy over the deaths of two people in ICE operations.
Iran's supreme leader on Sunday likened recent anti-government protests to a "coup", warning that any US attack on the Islamic republic following Washington's military deployments in the Middle East would trigger a regional war.
A second Jeffrey Epstein accuser has alleged the late US sex offender sent her to Britain for a sexual encounter with former prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the BBC reported.
Alberto Tomba is one of the icons of Italian winter sports, a dashing skier who collected three Olympic golds and won over an army of fans for his skills on the slopes and his off-piste personality.
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Chloe Kim arrives at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics on the brink of a historic third straight women's halfpipe gold, her decade-long snowboard dominance defined by as many twists as her gravity-defying tricks.
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Pakistan forces were hunting on Sunday for the separatists behind a string of coordinated attacks in restive Balochistan province, with the government vowing to retaliate after more than 120 people were killed.
Israel partially reopened the Rafah crossing between the devastated Gaza Strip and Egypt on Sunday following months of urging from humanitarian organisations, though access is limited to the movement of people.
Iran has declared European countries' armies "terrorist groups", its parliament speaker said Sunday, following the EU's decision to apply the same designation to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
Travel misery was set to continue Sunday as a powerful snowstorm blasted southern US states, bringing subzero temperatures to regions not accustomed to the deadly winter conditions.
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