An elderly British couple released by the Taliban authorities after almost eight months in detention in Afghanistan arrived back in the UK on Saturday, telling the press that they feared "we would never be released".
The world championships in Tokyo produced two standout performances from pole vaulter Armand Duplantis and Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone.
A project to build a facility to store highly radioactive nuclear waste in the French countryside drew a protest by hundreds of people on Saturday, with police firing tear gas to break up rowdy demonstrators.
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The White House issued a major clarification Saturday to its new H-1B visa policy that had rattled the tech industry a day earlier, saying a $100,000 fee will be a "one-time" payment imposed only on new applicants.
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Lando Norris said he and his pit crew would be punching themselves for failing to take advantage of McLaren team-mate and title rival Oscar Piastri's misfortune on Saturday when he qualified only seventh for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.
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Harry Kane scored his second Bundesliga hat-trick of the new season as Bayern Munich downed Hoffenheim 4-1 on Saturday, while Hamburg won in the top flight for the first time in seven years.
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Lewis Hamilton believed he was in the fight for pole position on Saturday before Ferrari ran out of fuel and were unable to put him on 'medium' tyres as he exited Q2 at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.
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Sri Lanka urged people on Saturday to catch and cook invasive fish species, including the giant snakehead and piranhas, that threaten fragile freshwater ecosystems and are now banned.
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A deal for the Chinese parent company of popular video-sharing app TikTok to sell its US operations would see the creation of a board dominated by Americans, the White House said Saturday.
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Emmanuel Wanyonyi and Beatrice Chebet made it a memorable night for Kenya at the world championships on Saturday as they produced outstanding performances to win the men's 800 metres and women's 5,000m respectively.
Max Verstappen tip-toed through the hazards of a wild qualifying session featuring six red-flag stoppages on Saturday to claim pole position for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Saturday he would meet US counterpart Donald Trump on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly next week as Russia intensified deadly strikes across his country.
Comeback victories from Jessica Pegula and Emma Navarro against Great Britain sent the United States through to their first Billie Jean King Cup final since 2018 in Shenzhen on Saturday.
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Max Verstappen grabbed his sixth pole position of the season for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix after a crash-marred qualifying session on the Baku street circuit Saturday.
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An elderly British couple released by the Taliban authorities after almost eight months in detention in Afghanistan arrived back in the UK on Saturday.
Monaco captain Denis Zakaria has been ruled out for two months with a thigh injury which already sidelined the Swiss midfielder for their midweek Champions League defeat at Club Brugge, coach Adi Hutter said Saturday.
Kenya's Olympic champion Emmanuel Wanyonyi added the world crown to his laurels with a hard-fought victory in the men's 800 metres on Saturday.
An elderly British couple released by the Taliban authorities after almost eight months in detention in Afghanistan arrived back in the UK on Saturday.
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