Francesco Molinari powered into a two-shot lead after the first day of the Dubai Desert Classic on Thursday, as four-time champion Rory McIlroy stumbled to an over-par round.
Lens coach Pierre Sage says he is waiting for champions Paris Saint-Germain to turn on the after-burners as the surprise Ligue 1 pace-setters bid for a ninth straight league win to maintain their championship lead.
US officials on Thursday presented their vision for a "New Gaza" that would turn the shattered Palestinian territory into a glitzy resort of skyscrapers by the sea, a project that could start emerging in three years.
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Investors appeared unimpressed Thursday by a drastic restructuring and further cost cuts at French game giant Ubisoft, with shares plunging and employees saying they are uneasy.
January 22, 2026
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An error-riddled Naomi Osaka left her parasol, hat and veil in storage Thursday before the Japanese superstar ground into the Australian Open third round with a nervy win that ended in acrimony.
January 22, 2026
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The commander of Iran's Revolutionary Guards on Thursday warned Israel and the US against "miscalculations" in the wake of mass protests, saying the force had its "finger on the trigger".
January 22, 2026
Two-time reigning champion Jannik Sinner wasted no time in barrelling into the Australian Open third round with a demolition of home player James Duckworth on Thursday.
January 22, 2026
Severe storms and a rain-triggered landslide have killed at least nine children across southern and eastern Afghanistan, officials said, with residents facing further risks on Thursday as heavy snow hit the country.
January 22, 2026
Economy
Trading in French video game giant Ubisoft was briefly suspended Thursday following a dramatic fall in its share price, a day after the firm announced it expected to make huge losses this year.
January 22, 2026
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Exhausted 40-year-old Swiss warhorse Stan Wawrinka battled to an epic five-set win to scrape into the third round on Thursday in his Australian Open farewell.
Young protesters shot in the back, shotgun pellets fired in a doctor's face, wounded people afraid to go to hospital: "Every family has been affected" by the deadly crackdown on Iran's recent wave of demonstrations, said one protester.
NATO chief Mark Rutte appeared to have pulled off a diplomatic coup by talking US President Donald Trump down from his Greenland demands -- but swirling questions over a purported deal left European allies wary Thursday.
Australians fell silent and lit candles on a national day of mourning on Thursday for the 15 people killed by gunmen who opened fire on a Jewish festival at Bondi Beach.
January 22, 2026
Politics
A former Austrian intelligence official went on trial in a Vienna court on Thursday charged with handing over sensitive devices and selling secret information to Russia.
January 22, 2026
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The restart of the world's largest nuclear power plant was suspended in Japan Thursday just hours after the process began, its operator said, but the reactor remains "stable".
Nature-lover Novak Djokovic strolled into the Australian Open third round on Thursday as an erratic Madison Keys did enough to keep her title defence on track and Iga Swiatek also triumphed.
Landslides ploughed into a home and a campsite in rain-swept northern New Zealand on Thursday, killing at least two people and leaving others missing under tonnes of mud.
US President Donald Trump will show off his new "Board of Peace" at Davos on Thursday -- burnishing his claim to be a peacemaker a day after backing off his own threats against Greenland.
January 22, 2026
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