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Unsociable match times in Asia means monetisation opportunities for broadcasters come down massively

Difficult match times

Asia football fans sweat on broadcast rights as World Cup nears

Top US diplomat Marco Rubio said the offensive stage of the Iran war was over, as a spate of attacks threatened to reignite the conflict

Chief negotiator

US pauses Hormuz escorts, Trump says progress on Iran deal

The UAE wants to project a return to normality, having been the most targeted country during the Middle East war

Fresh UAE attacks blamed on Iran draw new reality in the Gulf

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth (L) conducts a prayer as US President Donald Trump (R) listens during a dinner with state governors in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 21, 2026.

'Our effort is to go to DC'

Hegseth's church brings its Christian nationalism to Washington

Iranians drive past a billboard in Tehran with the image of late supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, killed in the US-Israeli strikes that started the war in February

'Ready to resume'

War in the Middle East: latest developments

The BBC is leading the celebration of David Attenborough's centenary with a full week of programming dedicated to his life and work

100 years on Earth: Iconic naturalist Attenborough marks century

Strasbourg fans celebrate at the end of their win against Mainz in the last round of the Conference League

As turbulent season ends

Strasbourg on verge of European final amid fan displeasure at owners BlueCo

Pope Leo XIV is a baseball and tennis fan who never misses his daily game of Wordle and has clashed with Donald Trump

One year of Leo XIV

Tradition, Trump and tennis: Five things about Pope Leo

A sketch by artist Rocco Fazzari shows accused Bondi shooter Naveed Akram appearing via video link at Downing Centre Local Court in Sydney on March 17, 2026.

Bondi Beach mass shooting accused faces 19 extra charges

Russia launched deadly strikes across Ukraine ahead of its May 9 parade

At least 18 dead

Ukraine reports strike as Kyiv's ceasefire due to begin

Australian women and children linked to alleged Islamic State jihadists have been living in Syria's Camp Roj for years

Australia says 13 citizens linked to alleged IS members returning from Syria

The world's biggest live televised music event will bring together participants from 35 countries

Boycott-hit 70th Eurovision celebrated under high security

This picture taken on September 21, 2023 shows sheep being moved in a paddock at the 6,500-hectare Lake Hawea Station, located on the eastern shores of Lake Hawea, near the town of Wanaka on the South Island of New Zealand. Classical music, soft mattresses and the gentlest touch of a wool clipper: welcome to the New Zealand farm indulging what may be the world's most pampered sheep.

'They have to be real policies'

Court case challenges New Zealand's 'magical thinking' climate plans

FIFA President Gianni Infantino defends ticketing policies for the World Cup at the Milken Institute Conference in Beverly Hills

'We have to apply market rates'

Infantino defends World Cup ticket prices

An HIV awareness poster displayed along a main road in Suva

Over 2,000 new cases

'Spreading like wildfire': Fiji grapples with soaring HIV cases

Students of Instituto Sao Jose school in northeast Brazil take shelter on the roof during a rampage by a teen shooter, who killed two staff memers and injured two other people, including a 11-year-old girl

13-year-old student

Teen shooter kills two at Brazil school

Police block off a street in Germany's Leipzig where a man drove a car into a crowd, killing two people

'Deeply affected'

Judge orders German car-ramming suspect to psychiatric hospital

Los fanáticos del grupo surcoreano de K-pop BTS bailan durante una reunión en la Ciudad de México el 3 de mayo de 2026.

135,000 tickets sold

Mexican BTS fans go wild as concerts grow near

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta hugs Bukayo Saka after the Champions League semi-final win over Atletico Madrid

An incredible night'

Arsenal on cusp of history after reaching Champions League final

'Foreign Tongues' is the Rolling Stones' 25th studio album

Octogenarian rock legends

Rolling Stones announce July 10 release of new album 'Foreign Tongues'

LIV Golf chief executive officer Scott O'Neil says he has confidence the series can find new sponsors after Saudi backers have said they will end their support after this season

LIV Golf boss sees hope for new sponsors beyond 2026

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House

US Secretary of State

Rubio plays down Trump attacks on pope before Vatican trip

US President Donald Trump had announced "Project Freedom" on Sunday

'Project Freedom'

Trump says pausing Hormuz operation in push for Iran deal

OpenAI President Gregory Brockman and his wife Anna Brockman depart court

Musk 'was going to hit me,' OpenAI executive says at trial

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio takes questions from reporters during a press briefing in the White House

'You're the bad guy in this'

Rubio warns against 'destabilizing' acts on Taiwan before Trump China visit

An outbreak of hantavirus has occurred on the Dutch-flagged polar expedition cruise ship MV Hondius

Following deaths

Suspected hantavirus cases to be evacuated from cruise ship

Arsenal's Bukayo Saka scores against Atletico Madrid

In match against Madrid

Saka ends Arsenal's 20-year wait to reach Champions League final

Costa Rica's outgoing President Rodrigo Chaves (L) poses with Costa Rica's President-elect Laura Fernandez as she presents the members of her new Cabinet

Outgoing Costa Rica leader secures top post in new cabinet

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