Houston is turning the Texans' NFL stadium into a natural-grass pitch, shielding its streets from punishing heat and preparing its transit police force to respond in 50 languages during the World Cup.
President Donald Trump said Tuesday his US Food and Drug Administration chief, Marty Makary, is leaving his post, a departure that follows weeks of political tumult at the powerful agency.
South Africa's Kagiso Rabada led an inspired pace attack to power Gujarat Titans to the top of the IPL table with an 82-run thrashing of Sunrisers Hyderabad on Tuesday.
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Economy
Kevin Warsh, the incoming chair of the US Federal Reserve, will return to the central bank with an ambitious reform agenda and the looming threat of intimidation by the man who nominated him: US President Donald Trump.
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Oil prices rallied and stock markets fell Tuesday as investors braced for further volatility after talks appeared to stall on ending the Middle East war and re-opening the Strait of Hormuz to tanker and cargo ship traffic.
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Ecuadorian Jhonatan Narvaez sprinted to victory in the fourth stage of the Giro d'Italia on Tuesday with Italian Giulio Ciccone taking the race lead.
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Russia on Tuesday tested a new long-range missile capable of carrying nuclear warheads, months after the last treaty with the United States limiting their atomic arsenals lapsed.
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Jannik Sinner's charge towards a first Italian Open title continued on Tuesday after the world number one calmly dispatched countryman Andrea Pellegrino 6-2, 6-3, while Alexander Zverev suffered a shock exit at the hands of another local hero in Luciano Darderi.
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Politics
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer was battling to remain in his job Tuesday, as four junior ministers resigned their posts and dozens of lawmakers called for him to step down.
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Hollywood should be ashamed of the way it has treated stars like Susan Sarandon, Javier Bardem and Mark Ruffalo for opposing Israel's war in Gaza, a member of the Cannes Film Festival jury said Tuesday, with big studios conspicuously absent this year.
A Singapore-based company and another in India have been indicted on multiple criminal charges over a 2024 ship crash that destroyed a bridge in the US state of Maryland and left six people dead, officials said Tuesday.
Arsenal defender Ben White will miss the rest of the season with a knee injury, ruling him out of the club's Premier League run-in and the Champions League final, the club confirmed on Tuesday.
TikTok's European business should be "in European hands", following the example of the United States, Germany's Culture Minister Wolfram Weimer said Tuesday.
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Sports
LIV Golf's struggle to survive beyond this season after Saudi backers pulled future financing will not be a distraction for Jon Rahm when the PGA Championship begins Thursday at Aronimink.
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Jannik Sinner's charge towards a first Italian Open title continued on Tuesday after the world number one calmly dispatched countryman Andrea Pellegrino 6-2, 6-3.
OpenAI founder Sam Altman was expected to take the stand Tuesday in the blockbuster civil trial in California triggered by a lawsuit from the world's richest man Elon Musk against the AI behemoth.
Rory McIlroy brings a sharper mental focus into the 108th PGA Championship that tees off Thursday at Aronimink than he had a year ago after a historic Masters triumph.
Serie A are to appeal the rescheduling of this weekend's Rome derby which city authorities moved from Sunday to Monday to avoid clashing with the Italian Open men's final.
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- Vladimir Weiss returns as Slovakia coach
- Iran says US must accept peace plan or face 'failure'
- UK PM Starmer defiant as calls to quit grow
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