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Winning starts for Arsenal, Marseille and Betis as new league seasons begin

Newcomer Christos Tzolis helped set up two goals as defending champion Arsenal opened the Premier League season by dismantling promoted Coventry 3-0

Tesla recalls nearly 3 mn vehicles in China over door handle safety risks

China has stepped up scrutiny recently on hidden, or flush, car door handles following EV accidents, in which cars' hidden electronic doors failed and trapped people inside

Gauff, Tiafoe, Nakashima and Pegula reach 2026 Cincinnati Open semifinals

Tiafoe beat Italian Lorenzo Musetti, 7-6 (2), 7-5, and Nakashima beat fellow American Taylor Fritz, 7-6, 4-6, 6-3, marking the first time two Americans have reached the men's semifinals in Cincinnati

Trump loyalist Ed Martin leaves DOJ to focus on election legal battles

Trump said in a social media post that Martin is leaving his role as the Justice Department's pardon attorney to "fight Legal Battles" surrounding this year's midterm elections and the 2028 presidenti

US SC allows Trump's $400 mn White House ballroom work to continue for now

The administration has argued that the president has total authority to renovate the White House and other federal buildings as he sees fit and that the ballroom project must be completed

TikTok reaches $400 mn settlement with US DOJ over children's privacy

The DOJ said Friday that TikTok will pay $300 million immediately and another $100 million after an order vacates an earlier consent decree against its predecessor company, Musical.ly

US plans to pay $850 million of $5 billion it owes United Nations

The US is behind on about $ 5 billion in dues related to its UN membership, with more than $ 2 billion owed toward the regular budget and $ 3 billion for peacekeeping operations

Indonesia, China discuss increasing defence cooperation and energy security

Wang said their new bilateral dialogue will "send a clear signal to the world of solidarity and cooperation between our two major emerging-market countries"

The world already knows his name: Ronaldinho arrives at 3rd-tier Ravenna

Brazil great Ronaldinho has landed in Ravenna, a city more famous for its nearby beaches than its soccer team.

New York Jets owner Woody Johnson acquires stake in F1 team Aston Martin

Johnson will join Aston Martin's board of directors as vice chairman but won't undertake any day-to-day management duties, the team said

ENG in charge against PAK as Root, Brook's fifties take them to 366/8

In general, it has been a poor showing by Pakistan, which was bowled out for 171 in barely two sessions on Wednesday.

Mondo Duplantis enjoys lakeside pole vault win, falls short of world record

The Olympic and world champion then took two attempts at a new world record of 6.32 meters and just failed to delight a noisy crowd at a pop-up venue near the Olympic Museum in Lausanne

Alcaraz set to return from wrist injury as he prepares to defend US Open

The seven-time Grand Slam champion has been sidelined since April because of a right wrist injury, forcing him to miss both the French Open and Wimbledon

Rybakina stops playing during Cincinnati quarterfinal clash against Swiatek

Elena Rybakina stopped playing during the first set of her quarterfinal match against Iga Swiatek at the Cincinnati Open.

Arteta enjoying being 'hunted', urges players to show desire to retain PL

Mikel Arteta is enjoying the view from the top of English soccer as Arsenal's players "start from scratch" in their bid to retain the Premier League title.

Rio's Maracana Stadium to host opening game and final of 2027 Women's WC

The Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro will host the opening match and the final of the Women's World Cup next year, FIFA announced Thursday.

More than 40 people dead after boat capsizes in northwestern Nigeria

The boat was carrying people who were heading to farms for work in Gorau town in the Goronyo local government area of the state

Canadian provincial leader calls Trump a 'bad person' amid trade talks

Manitoba Premier Kinew said Canada has leverage in talks even as his province weighs restoring US alcohol sales at PM Carney's urging to help secure a deal that would avert threatened 50% US tariffs

Powerful earthquake of magnitude 6.7 strikes Peru's southern Andes

Earthquakes are frequent in Peru which is part of the Pacific 'Ring of Fire,' an area of frequent seismic activity

North Korea fires suspected ballistic missile toward sea, says Japan

The launch came a day after Pyongyang dismissed Washington's move to scale back military exercises with South Korea as Kim Yo Jong rejected Trump's overture