Bolivian police and soldiers clashed Saturday with protesters blocking roads into La Paz to press for wage increases and other demands.
The final of the 70th Eurovision Song Contest kicked off Saturday with a burst of Mozart, as 25 countries took to the stage in Vienna to do battle for the glittering crown.
Elina Svitolina won the Italian Open on Saturday after beating Coco Gauff 6-4, 6-7 (3/7), 6-2 to claim her third Rome title, while Jannik Sinner set a date with Casper Ruud in the men's final.
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Politics
Outspoken Spanish star Javier Bardem told AFP he was "getting more work than ever" despite his public campaigning against Israel's war in Gaza, something he attributed to "the narrative changing" around the conflict.
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Rhinestones bejewelling her eyes and star-shaped clips in her hair, 23-year-old Mathea Ndawula was all set on Saturday for the first show of pop superstar Harry Styles' new world tour.
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Ecuadorian Jhonatan Narvaez powered away from his breakaway rivals to win stage eight of the Giro d'Italia on Saturday for his second victory and injury-decimated Team UAE's third so far.
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Forward Harry Kane scored a hat-trick as Bayern Munich celebrated their 35th German title on a gripping final day of the German Bundesliga season on Saturday with a 5-1 win over Cologne.
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Antoine Semenyo produced one of the great FA Cup final goals with an audacious back-flick that sealed Manchester City's 1-0 win against Chelsea at Wembley on Saturday.
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Sports
Football returned to Sudan's war-scarred capital on Friday as the domestic league staged its first matches since the conflict began at battered stadiums on the edges of a largely abandoned Khartoum.
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Latvia's president on Saturday appointed an opposition lawmaker, Andris Kulbergs, to form an interim government following the collapse of the ruling coalition in a row over stray Ukrainian drones.
Forward Harry Kane scored a hat-trick as Bayern Munich celebrated their 35th German title on a gripping final day of the Bundesliga season on Saturday with a 5-1 win over Cologne.
Dutch tech giant ASML signed a deal with Tata Electronics Saturday to help build and scale up a semi-conductor plant in India, overseen by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his tour of the Netherlands.
Wes Streeting, who resigned as UK health secretary this week, announced Saturday he will run to replace Keir Starmer as Labour leader and prime minister, after the party suffered disastrous local election results.
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Economy
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's call to gradually end Israel's reliance on US military aid could boost strategic flexibility, analysts said, though a full break from Washington's support remains unlikely anytime soon.
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RECENT NEWS
Ecuadorian Jhonatan Narvaez powered away from his breakaway rivals to win stage eight of the Giro d'Italia on Saturday for his second victory and injury-decimated Team UAE's third so far.
Michael Kim birdied six of the first seven holes to charge into contention in Saturday's third round of the PGA Championship as Rory McIlroy teed off at suddenly vulnerable Aronimink.
A humpback whale that underwent a rescue operation in Germany two weeks ago after beaching itself there has been found dead near a Danish island, officials said Saturday.
"The Hours" star Julianne Moore said she did not like "explosions and guns" as she bemoaned the drop in leading roles for women in Hollywood Saturday, saying women were being squeezed out everywhere.
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