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International Cricket Council (ICC) chairman Jay Shah (C) and Indian politician Nara Lokesh (R)

Politicisation of sport

Wisden laments India's 'Orwellian' control of world cricket

A woman walks past an anti-US mural depicting Iran-US talks near the former US embassy in Tehran

First time in decades

Lebanon, Israel to hold direct talks as Trump blockades Iran

Sony Pictures Entertainment unveiled a new installment of 'Jumanji' at CinemaCon

'Most emotional, grown-up movie'

Sony Pictures offers sneak peek of 'Spider-Man: Brand New Day' at CinemaCon

The war led to the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz, a key global shipping gateway

All other options exhausted?

US blockade of Iran ports threatens already crippled oil supply

Electric car sales have shot up as Southeast Asia buyers try to avoid Mideast war-linked fuel hikes

Few alternatives

Mideast war revs up electric car demand in Asia

Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif (R) was thanked by both Iran and the United States after the conclusion of the Islamabad talks

Riding the momentum

Fresh from conflict, Pakistan plays 'peacemaker' in US-Iran talks

Botswana President Duma Boko visited France last week

Botswana seals energy, mining deals with Oman

Founder of China's Evergrande pleads guilty to fraud

Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike on the Lebanese village of Qlaileh

War in the Middle East: latest developments

EU steel imports

Duty-free quota slashed by 47% as bloc tightens trade rules

Cabin crew joins strike as disruptions set to continue Wednesday and Thursday

The meeting mediated by Secretary of State Marco Rubio will include the Israeli and Lebanese ambassadors to Washington and the US ambassador to Beirut

First in decades

Lebanon, Israel to meet for tough talks in Washington

Britain's Prince Harry (C), Duke of Sussex, and his wife Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, meet people at the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne on April 14, 2026.

Prince Harry and Meghan visit Australia in first trip since royal rift

Israeli strikes have killed more than 2,000 people in Lebanon and displaced more than a million

'We reject negotiations'

Hezbollah leader asks Lebanon to cancel Tuesday meeting with Israel

The Crusaders' team of six horses and knights have fired up the home fans for 30 years

New Zealand rugby

Crusaders retire horses after 30 years due to safety at new stadium

Canadians are voting in three by-elections, including in the Quebec district of Terrebonne, expected to be a nail-biter between Prime Minister Mark Carney's Liberals and the separatist Bloc Quebecois

In by-elections

Carney's Liberals win Canada majority

Andy Corriher examines his crops during spring planting season

'Hit at worst possible time'

'Blindsided': US farmers strained as fertilizer costs surge on war

Over the recent Easter period, which is sacred to Christians, Trump has made a series of eye-opening posts when it comes to religion

US bishops disheartened

President vs. Pope: How feud with Leo could hurt Trump

Millions of ballots were still to be counted in Peru after a second day of voting

Presidential runoff

Fujimori leads chaotic Peru vote, election officials face charges

Liam Gallagher of Oasis, the British band that has been announced as one of the inductees for the 2026 class of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

'Music's highest honour'

Oasis, Phil Collins and Luther Vandross among Rock Hall inductees

The use of cheaper drones mass produced by Iran in the Middle East and Ukraine conflicts has prompted the decision to also boost spending on smaller drones and counter-drone systems

Up to AUD5 billion

Australia to spend billions on drones as warfare changes

In this photo taken on June 29, 1986 Argentina's football star team captain Diego Maradona kisses the World Soccer Cup won by his team after a 3-2 victory over West Germany on at the Azteca stadium in Mexico City. Argentine football legend Diego Maradona will be buried on November 26, 2020 on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, a spokesman said. Maradona, who died of a heart attack Wednesday at the age of 60, will be laid to rest in the Jardin de Paz cemetery, where his parents were also buried, Sebastian Sanchi told AFP.

Late football legend

New trial over Maradona's death begins in Argentina

La cocinera María Torres, en el comedor social en el patio de la casa natal del fallecido futbolista Diego Maradona en Villa Fiorito, en la provincia de Buenos Aires, en Argentina, el 9 de abril de 2026

Argentine football legend

Maradona's birthplace repurposed as soup kitchen for Argentina's hungry

Lebanon says more than 2,000 people have been killed since the war spread there on March 2

War-weary Lebanese weigh giving talks with Israel a chance

The highly combustible nitrate film used from the dawn of cinema in the 1890s until the early 1950s has a permanent home in a vault run by the Library of Congress

Audio-Visual Conservation Center

Inside the fireproof vault housing US movie history

The luxury home of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was hit by a Molotov cocktail before dawn on Friday

Incriminating documents found

OpenAI firebomber was trying to kill boss Sam Altman: prosecutors

Arsenal have suffered three straight domestic defeats

Amid damaging stumble

Fatigue no excuse as Arteta urges spluttering Arsenal to respond

Russian swimmer Kliment Kolesnikov won gold in the 50m backstroke as a neutral athlete at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships in Singapore

Russian, Belarusian swimmers free to compete under own flag

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