Atletico Madrid earned a solid 2-0 win at Levante on Saturday to move provisionally top of La Liga before Barcelona host Alaves later on.
Thousands of protesters, some dressed as clowns and witches for Halloween, took to the streets of Paris and other cities on Saturday for a third weekend of demonstrations under tight security, as authorities tried to avoid a repeat of the unrest that swept France two weeks ago.
Michael Carrick's stay of execution as Manchester United boss may not last long after his team imploded in a 2-0 Premier League loss at Chelsea on Saturday.
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Politics
Residents of the Russian-occupied city of Oleshky, ravaged by years of war, arrived in Ukraine on Saturday after being evacuated via Belarus during a rare truce brokered by US First Lady Melania Trump.
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Marc Marquez extended his lead in the MotoGP standings when he finished second in a thrilling Malaysian sprint race Saturday behind Pedro Acosta, with title rival Jorge Martin out injured.
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Raids against online scam centres in Madagascar have exposed ties with a criminal group that ran similar operations in Cambodia, also duping African nationals via alleged human trafficking, authorities told AFP.
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Canada's Leylah Fernandez reached the Tokyo final with a 7-5, 6-3 win over Uzbekistan's Kamilla Rakhimova on Saturday to continue her hot streak on women's tennis's Asian swing.
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Marc Marquez capitalised on championship rival Jorge Martin's injury withdrawal to sit on the front row for the Malaysian MotoGP as his brother Alex Marquez took pole position on Saturday.
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Sports
LeBron James scored 20 points including a late tip-in to help seal the Philadelphia 76ers' 98-93 victory over the NBA champion New York Knicks on Friday.
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Jorge Martin's world championship title hopes took a big hit Saturday when he was ruled out of the rest of the Malaysian MotoGP with a broken wrist.
A total of 115 yachts will sail out of Saint Malo on Sunday to begin the Route du Rhum, a daring dash from Brittany to Pointe-a-Pitre on the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe.
The United States, South Korea and Japan reaffirmed their commitment to the "complete denuclearization" of North Korea on Saturday, as Pyongyang continues to reject disarmament ahead of possible talks with Washington.
France on Saturday braced for a third weekend of protests coinciding with Halloween, as shops boarded up and authorities scrambled to prevent a repeat of the street violence that swept the country two weeks ago.
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Politics
Nearly 200 nations struck hard-fought agreements Friday at a UN biodiversity summit hoping to revive a flagging commitment to halt the destruction of nature by 2030.
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Oklahoma City big man Chet Holmgren will miss eight to 10 weeks with a knee tendon tear, the NBA team said Friday, the latest injury blow for the 2025 champions.
US oil companies are investing to squeeze out more fuel from refineries and bringing shuttered plants back online in response to conflicts in Russia and Iran that have crimped supplies.
Max Verstappen slammed his Red Bull stable-mate Liam Lawson as “not very smart” after the pair clashed during a feisty battle in Friday’s second practice for the Mexico City Grand Prix.
Ferrari's Charles Leclerc dominated practice for the Mexico City Grand Prix on Friday, clocking the fastest times in both sessions for the second weekend running.
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