The two-man crew of a firefighting helicopter was killed in a midair collision in Greece Sunday as forces battled multiple wildfires that have devastated swathes of land, with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis warning of "extremely difficult" days ahead.
Donald Trump has made some of the most aggressive public threats about military action of any modern US president. He has walked back many of them too.
Lorena Wiebes sprinted to victory on the second stage of the Tour de France Femmes on Sunday after a hilly 147.9km run from Aigle to Geneva in Switzerland, much of it lakeside.
- Dodgers land Tigers pitching ace Skubal in MLB trade deadline blockbuster
- Suicide attack kills 13 during protest in northern Pakistan: police
Sports
FIFA president Gianni Infantino's leadership has become "radioactive" and his 10-year reign as head of world football "is over", a former head of IOC marketing told AFP.
August 02, 2026
RECENT NEWS
Havana and other parts of western Cuba were plunged into darkness Saturday due to the country's latest power grid failure, the state-run electric company announced.
August 02, 2026
RECENT NEWS
Nine-time Olympic gold medallist Caeleb Dressel and world record-holder Gretchen Walsh closed the US Swimming Championships with impressive 50m freestyle victories in Irvine, California, on Saturday.
August 02, 2026
When Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Rapolas Markevicius was managing a private equity fund in Lithuania -- a country on NATO's eastern flank that fears it might be Moscow's next target.
August 02, 2026
Saudi Arabia, Russia and five other members of OPEC+ are expected to raise their oil production quotas for September when they meet online Sunday as the Middle East war continues to disrupt global energy supplies.
August 02, 2026
Boulevard
The roar of engines fills the night air in China's Chongqing city as tourists awkwardly clamber onto gleaming motorbikes and cling to muscular drivers to star in personalised videos.
August 02, 2026
RECENT NEWS
Tottenham manager Roberto de Zerbi is unsure whether Richarlison will stay at the club, saying the Brazilian forward "sometimes" wants to leave.
Vincent Pastore, the actor best known for mob enforcer-turned-informant Salvatore "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero on HBO's hit series "The Sopranos," has died at the age of 80, his manager told AFP on Saturday.
Tottenham manager Roberto De Zerbi said he was "happy for a lot of things" as they return to London unbeaten in three pre-season games after a 2-1 win over Chelsea in Sydney.
Shirtless and drenched in sweat on his treadmill, Lula runs.
August 02, 2026
Politics
At 80, President Lula on Sunday launches his bid for re-election, casting himself as a defender of Brazil's "sovereignty" as pressure from Donald Trump's administration casts a shadow over the campaign.
August 02, 2026
RECENT NEWS
Recent cyberattacks carried out autonomously by two rogue OpenAI artificial intelligence models raises an untested legal question: who is responsible when AI acts on its own?
Mykhailo Mudryk will be welcomed with open arms when he rejoins Chelsea this week in Hong Kong, manager Xabi Alonso said, but the Ukrainian will not be rushed back after winning his appeal against a doping ban.
Political transition talks in Venezuela will begin in person next week in Caracas, the government and the opposition announced Saturday -- the day when negotiations in the troubled South American country were expected to start.
Shawn, like her sister Whitney dressed as a character from "Demon Slayer", has two words to describe the weather as she waits to watch the grand parade at this year's annual cosplay extravaganza in Japan: "Damn hot".
August 01, 2026
- Colombia truck bomb wounds 14 ahead of presidential inauguration
- Auger-Aliassime playing for hometown pride at Montreal Masters
- Eala stuns Osaka to book Washington final against Pegula
- Commonwealth Games poster boy Kerr delivers mile gold in Glasgow
- 13 dead after small tourist plane crashes in Peru
- Pegula defeats Shnaider to reach Washington Open final
- France's devastating fires now 'under control', says PM
- Gaza officials say Israeli strikes kill seven day after deal