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Aston Villa manager Unai Emery wants his side to get back to winning ways on home turf when they face Fenerbahce in the Champions League on Wednesday.

Goldman Sachs reported higher third-quarter profit on Tuesday, sending shares higher as CEO David Solomon said there was no plans for a leadership transition.

Brazilian presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro on Tuesday visited his father, former far-right president Jair Bolsonaro, under house arrest with just under two weeks before the country's runoff election.

Apple on Tuesday unveiled HomeView, a voice-driven smart display built around its revamped Siri AI assistant, as the iPhone maker makes a fresh bid for a place in living rooms and kitchens.

France and Equatorial Guinea are locked in a bitter row over a luxury mansion in one of the swankiest districts of Paris, with French authorities putting it up for sale but the west African nation refusing to relinquish the premises.

A top-selling Haitian-Canadian writer who was accused of using AI to write his breakthrough debut novel denied the allegations Tuesday in his first detailed response to the scandal, while acknowleding past plagiarism "mistakes".

Under an overcast sky in southern Israel, Bedouin villagers wandered through the rubble of what used to be their homes, the latest to be demolished after being deemed illegal structures by Israeli authorities.

US President Donald Trump's administration has asked his ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle to resign, the White House said Tuesday, amid allegations that she sought money from a Trump supporter and accepted lavish hospitality from wealthy Greek businessmen.

Josh Hazlewood took six wickets as Australia completed a 214-run win over South Africa on the fifth day of the first Test at Kingsmead on Tuesday.

Eleven people were missing after two merchant ships were struck off the Bulgarian coast on Tuesday in the latest sign of increasing spillover from the Ukraine war in the Black Sea.

The Saudi-led coalition signalled an imminent attack on an oil facility in Yemen's Houthi-controlled capital on Tuesday, warning civilians in the surrounding area to get out.

Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu of France sought Tuesday to dissuade the Socialist Party from derailing the 2027 budget debate in parliament, as the government tries to reassure anxious debt markets while containing public anger over spending cuts.

Top-seeded Alexander Zverev toughed out two tie-breaks to beat Alexander Bublik 7-6 (8/6), 4-6, 7-6 (7/1) at the Shanghai Masters on Tuesday, winning his first match since being guaranteed the year-end world number one ranking.

The head of Britain's domestic spy agency warned Tuesday that artificial intelligence was affecting the security risks faced by the UK, and could "change the stakes" on bioweapons.

Thousands of protesters marched through central Paris on Tuesday as part of nationwide demonstrations supporting high school pupils who have been protesting for better classroom conditions, with Swedish activist Greta Thunberg taking part.

Sweden's Social Democratic party leader Magdalena Andersson said Tuesday she had failed to form a government with the three other parties in the left-wing bloc following last month's election.

Manchester City captain Ruben Dias said on Tuesday "people don't love us winning and we love to win", as he robustly defended his club's raucous celebrations after beating Liverpool, despite being found guilty of a catalogue of Premier League financial rules breaches.

EU economy chief Valdis Dombrovskis told AFP on Tuesday that Russian diesel sales recently authorised by the United States were unlikely to move the price of the commodity, which has spiked since the start of the Iran war.

B2PRIME Group, a global financial services provider for institutional and professional clients, has announced a material expansion of its institutional liquidity architecture.

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Josh Hazlewood took six wickets as Australia completed a 214-run win over South Africa on the fifth day of the first Test at Kingsmead on Tuesday.

At the UK premiere of the drama "Ink" following the makings of media mogul Rupert Murdoch, Oscar-winning British director Danny Boyle criticised US President Donald Trump's tendency to dismiss things as "fake news".

Pope Leo XIV was admitted to hospital in Rome on Tuesday for surgery to remove a nodule on his lung, but cardinals said he appeared "very relaxed" about the operation.

Borussia Dortmund on Tuesday announced a two-year extension to coach Niko Kovac's deal, keeping the 54-year-old at the club until 2029.

Hungarian lawmakers on Tuesday voted to remove anti-LGBTQ provisions in a 2021 "child protection" law adopted under nationalist ex-leader Viktor Orban.

French high school pupils staged fresh nationwide rallies Tuesday urging better learning conditions, supported by university students and Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, with authorities and participants wary of further violence.

Asia's tech-heavy stock markets slumped Tuesday on fresh worries about the outlook for the AI investment boom, while European stocks gained thanks to a retreat in oil prices.

Fast bowler Jofra Archer was included Tuesday in England's squad for the one-day international leg of their white-ball tour of Australia next month, with batsman Jacob Bethell returning from injury.

ePlanet Brokers has published its H1 2026 Transparency Report, providing operational data on withdrawals, deposits, KYC, trading execution and customer support. The publication comes alongside another development for the company in 2026: ePlanet Brokers received the Best Broker 2026 award at Forex Expo Dubai 2026. Together, these developments provide additional information for traders researching the broker and asking questions such as: Is ePlanet Brokers legit? Is ePlanet Brokers safe to use?

Rwanda will host Africa's first Formula One Grand Prix since 1993 in "the early 2030s" after the circuit announced a decade-long deal with the country on Tuesday.

Hundreds of people queued on Tuesday outside a Hong Kong gallery to see a Vincent van Gogh painting on public display for the first time in six decades.