"Resident Evil," a horror movie based on a video game franchise, swept the North American box office with a $60 million opening weekend, industry estimates showed Sunday.
Juventus ended their short Serie A slide with a 2-0 victory over struggling Atalanta on Sunday, while Fiorentina held Napoli and high-flying Como suffered a shock defeat to Frosinone.
Germany's embattled Chancellor Friedrich Merz vowed to stay the course on Sunday despite stinging election setbacks in two states at the hands of the far-right AfD and the far-left Die Linke party.
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Manchester United rescued a 1-1 draw against Fulham thanks to Matheus Cunha's late equaliser on Sunday, but the pressure is mounting on boss Michael Carrick after their latest lacklustre display.
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Already jailed twice for his activism, Yildiz Tar has no doubt: a sweeping operation targeting Turkey's LGBTQ community marks "the start of the election campaign" for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ahead of an expected re-election bid in 2028.
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Monochrome Exchange, a multi-asset trading platform, has announced the Initial Exchange Offering (IEO) of its native utility token, MCR. The platform aims to consolidate crypto, equities, bonds, and real-world assets into a single venue where trades settle on-chain. The exchange is currently live, featuring over 260 active markets.
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Hundreds of drones targeting Moscow and its surrounding region killed at least two people and damaged a major refinery on the final day of Russia's parliamentary elections, the authorities said Sunday.
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South Korea broke Japanese hearts on Sunday when they took Asian Games men's basketball gold with a 67-57 triumph in the final in Nagoya.
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An 82-year-old man died Sunday after he got into a fight over a sun lounger on a beach in Greece near Athens, local media reported.
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KTM's Pedro Acosta chalked up his first ever victory in MotoGP when he won at the Red Bull Ring in Austria on Sunday while Jorge Martin's second place moved the Aprilia rider clear at the top of the championship standings.
The United States warned that fighting between Saudi Arabia and Iran-backed Houthis could "escalate rapidly" after a missile attack targeted Riyadh for the first time since the Yemen conflict resumed.
Nasser al-Khelaifi, the Qatari president of French football club Paris Saint-Germain (PSG), is under investigation in France on suspicion of an illegal conflict of interest, prosecutors in Paris said on Sunday.
Iran withstood a late fightback to beat China 79-70 and win Asian Games men's basketball bronze on Sunday, an achievement that left their players "speechless" after months of war back home.
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The 13-year-old Chinese swimmer Yu Zidi set an Asian Games record as she scorched to gold on Sunday's first full day of competition, after hosts Japan celebrated early success.
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Thirteen-year-old prodigy Yu Zidi announced herself at the Asian Games in stunning style with gold in a record time Sunday as China dominated swimming's opening day in Tokyo.
Russians headed to the polls on Sunday for a third and final day of tightly controlled parliamentary elections set to strengthen the Kremlin's grip on power, as Ukraine launched a barrage at the capital Moscow.
Myanmar's Wai Khin Hnin on Sunday became the first Asian Games gold medallist in teqball, an acrobatic football-table tennis hybrid making its debut at this year's event in Japan.
Newly-appointed England Test coach Stephen Fleming says it would be "wrong" to ask former captain Ben Stokes to reverse his international retirement before next year's Ashes.
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- Russians vote on last day of parliamentary elections
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- Hong Kong pays final respects to former city leader Tung
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