Mirra Andreeva outclassed Sorana Cirstea 6-0, 6-3 to book her spot in the semi-finals of the French Open on Tuesday, a year on from her painful defeat at the same stage when the frustrated teenager blasted a ball into the Parisian crowd.
Eight bottles of a legendary French wine that survived World War II and decades of communist rule hidden under a Czech castle floor have been lovingly restored by the chateau that produced them some 130 years ago.
There is an 80-percent chance of the warming El Nino phenomenon developing between June and August, increasing the risk of extreme weather events, the World Meteorological Organization said Tuesday.
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Politics
Israel warned Tuesday that its US ally would not restrain it from striking Hezbollah's bastions in Beirut's suburbs if the Iran-backed group continues to target northern Israeli towns.
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Southampton head coach Tonda Eckert issued an apology on Tuesday for orchestrating the "spygate" scandal, admitting he is responsible for "everything that has happened".
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Equities mostly rose and oil fell Tuesday as investors assessed the chances of a Middle East peace agreement, while tech firms enjoyed another strong day as the AI bandwagon sped on.
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Russia pummelled Ukraine with hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles early Tuesday, killing at least 13 people, after having threatened a large-scale attack and warning foreign citizens to leave Kyiv.
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Israel conducted strikes on south Lebanon and Hezbollah fired into northern Israel on Tuesday, after US President Donald Trump announced an agreement to halt attacks that neither side has publicly accepted.
June 02, 2026
Sports
Tonda Eckert will remain manager of Southampton despite the spying scandal that cost the Championship club their place in the play-off final last month, their owner Dragan Solak told the BBC.
June 02, 2026
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Equities mostly rose Tuesday as investors assessed the chances of a Middle East peace agreement, though Donald Trump and Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu mixed signals over ending Israel's attacks in Lebanon caused uncertainty.
Russia pummelled Ukraine with hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles early Tuesday, killing at least 11 people, after threatening a large-scale attack and warning foreign citizens to leave Kyiv.
Companies should pay workers "as much as possible", Nvidia boss Jensen Huang said Tuesday ahead of a trip to South Korea, where Samsung Electronics recently averted a strike by making an agreement on bonuses with its union.
Israel and Hezbollah clashed overnight despite US President Donald Trump's announcement that both sides had agreed to halt fighting ahead of US-hosted talks between Israel and Lebanon on Tuesday.
June 02, 2026
Culture
The multi-million-dollar openings of indie horror flicks "Obsession" and "Backrooms" have Hollywood buzzing about the 20-something YouTuber directors who are driving Generation Z audiences to the theater in droves.
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In the wine-making heart of the northern Rhone hills in southeastern France, one of Pierre-Jean Villa's plots is a curiosity.
While drought expands through Cunen as the specter of El Nino climate instability approaches, one fear has seized this indigenous Guatemalan village: death by hunger.
En pointe, demi-pointe, entrechat -- for Jotaro Kanazasi and Haruka Takemi, two Japanese dancers based in Russia's historic city of Nizhny Novgorod, life revolves entirely around their art, even as the war in Ukraine occasionally interrupts their daily routine.
A temperamental lift leads to the apartment in central Ukraine of a 27-year-old poet celebrated in Japan but almost unknown in her own country.
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