Pope Francis acknowledged being fragile and "facing a period of trial", as he thanked well-wishers Sunday for prayers in a message from hospital, where he has been slowly recovering from pneumonia.
Juan Ayuso sealed his victory at the Tirreno-Adriatico on Sunday after cruising home in the final procession stage won in a bunch sprint by Jonathan Milan.
US officials on Sunday vowed further strikes in Yemen until the Huthi rebels decide to end their attacks on Red Sea shipping, while also threatening action against the group's backer Iran.
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Several thousand supporters of Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro packed Copacabana beach in Rio on Sunday to show their backing for the right-wing firebrand, who is accused of attempting to overthrow his left-wing successor.
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Russia and the United States have discussed the "next steps" of how to end the war in Ukraine, the Kremlin said on Sunday, hours after Kyiv's European allies urged Moscow to commit to an unconditional 30-day ceasefire.
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Australian sprinting prodigy Gout Gout ran the fastest men's 200m in the world this year on Sunday, with the 17-year-old saying he felt "literally free".
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When Roki Sasaki makes his Los Angeles Dodgers debut next week, the pitcher will dedicate it to those who supported him after his father and grandparents were killed in Japan's 2011 tsunami.
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Greece is riding a weather "rollercoaster", with weekend temperatures spiking to a record high for March just ahead of a forecast bout of snow and frost, meteorologists said on Sunday.
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World champion Max Verstappen said his second place at the Australian Grand Prix Sunday was "a decent starting point" for the season, but admitted Red Bull still had work to do.
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McLaren's Oscar Piastri admitted he had no one to blame but himself after blowing a golden opportunity to win the Australian Grand Prix on Sunday.
Lewis Hamilton said Sunday he found his new Ferrari "really, really hard to drive" in the wet as the seven-time world champion endured a difficult start to his career at the Scuderia.
Joaquin Niemann won LIV Golf Singapore by five shots on Sunday to rise to the top of breakaway league's standings and stay on course for a place at the US Open.
An ecstatic Lando Norris said learning from past mistakes in similar situations allowed him to cling on and win a dramatic first Grand Prix of the season in Melbourne on Sunday.
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Shohei Ohtani thrilled Tokyo baseball fans again on Sunday despite a brief hitless performance from the Japanese superstar as his Los Angeles Dodgers lost their second exhibition game.
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A pair of astronauts stranded for more than nine months on the International Space Station were a step closer to returning home Sunday after a replacement crew docked with the orbital outpost.
Chinese internet search giant Baidu released a new artificial intelligence reasoning model Sunday and made its AI chatbot services free to consumers as ferocious competition grips the sector.
Lando Norris kept his cool in a rain-hit and incident-packed season-opening Australian Grand Prix Sunday to edge world champion Max Verstappen with Lewis Hamilton 10th on his Ferrari debut.
With a few taps on his phone, Dandam Nangor knows exactly what temperature his greenhouse is at, when to water his crops and even the pH of the soil.
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