When St Pauli take the pitch at Hamburg's Volksparkstadion on Friday, more than just city bragging rights are at stake, with both fighting for promotion to the German top flight.
At least 85 people were killed and hundreds injured in a crush at a Ramadan cash handout in Yemen early on Thursday, as the impoverished country suffered one of its worst tragedies just as optimism was growing over its bitter civil war.
LIV Golf boss Greg Norman said Thursday he had never discussed human rights with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, while urging people to focus on sport and not "white noise".
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Politics
Hundreds of men gather in town squares across Croatia every month to kneel and pray for the modesty of women, the bolstering of patriarchal authority and a ban on abortions.
April 20, 2023
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Asian markets fluctuated Thursday following a tepid performance in New York and Europe as traders fret over the inflation outlook and central bank plans to hike interest rates to tame rampant prices.
April 20, 2023
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The Memphis Grizzlies shook off the absence of star guard Ja Morant to beat the Los Angeles Lakers 103-93 on Wednesday and knot their NBA Western Conference playoff series at one game apiece.
April 20, 2023
Turki finally summoned the courage last year to come out as gay, but his family's refusal to accept him forced the 20-year-old to seek safety -- and freedom -- outside conservative Saudi Arabia.
April 20, 2023
K-pop star Moonbin, a member of the boy band Astro, has died, his music label and South Korean police said Thursday, prompting an outpouring of grief from fans.
April 20, 2023
Sports
The United States and Mexico will bid to co-host the 2027 Women's World Cup, the football federations from the two countries said on Wednesday.
April 20, 2023
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A quarter century after his death, the cultural legacy of Mexican literary giant Octavio Paz is going on display at the poet's former home in Mexico City.
SpaceX is to make a second attempt on Thursday to carry out the first test flight of Starship, the most powerful rocket ever built, designed to send astronauts to the Moon, Mars and beyond.
Some 67 million children partially or fully missed routine vaccines globally between 2019 and 2021 because of lockdowns and health care disruptions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, the United Nations said Wednesday.
Florida on Wednesday extended its controversial ban on lessons related to gender identity and sexual orientation to all school grades, a move pushed by the southern US state's Republican governor and likely presidential candidate Ron DeSantis.
April 20, 2023
Sports
Sacramento's Mike Brown was named the NBA Coach of the Year on Wednesday, becoming the first unanimous winner of the award after guiding the Kings back to the playoffs.
April 19, 2023
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R&B singer Frank Ocean has withdrawn from his scheduled headline slot at the second weekend of the Coachella music festival due to a leg injury, his publicist said Wednesday.
Bayern Munich's Champions League exit on Wednesday has turned the focus on the club's hierarchy and their surprise decision to sack former manager Julian Nagelsmann.
Cuba's President Miguel Diaz-Canel vowed to "resolve inefficiencies" after clinching a second five-year term on Wednesday in a parliamentary vote for which he was the sole candidate in a country where political opposition is illegal.
New York Mets pitcher Max Scherzer was ejected from the team's 5-3 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers Wednesday after an umpire objected to a sticky substance on his glove and hand.
April 19, 2023
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