World leaders at UN warn against 'full-scale war' over Lebanon
World leaders lined up at the United Nations on Tuesday to call on Israel to refrain from a full-scale war in Lebanon, with the organization's chief warning the situation was on the "brink."
Read moreStokes open to England white-ball return
Test captain Ben Stokes indicated Tuesday he would be ready to make an England limited-overs comeback.
Read moreNo peak oil demand 'on the horizon', phaseout a 'fantasy': OPEC
OPEC said Tuesday that phasing out oil was a "fantasy", as the Saudi-led cartel forecast that demand would keep growing until at least 2050, a key year in the battle against climate change.
Read moreSri Lanka's new leftist leader dissolves parliament, calls snap polls
Sri Lanka's new leftist president dissolved parliament on Tuesday and called a snap election as he prepares to renegotiate the bankrupt nation's unpopular International Monetary Fund bailout programme.
Read moreEngland scrum-half Mitchell to see specialist on neck injury
England scrum-half Alex Mitchell will see a specialist on Thursday to discover the extent of a neck problem that has sidelined him this season.
Read moreUnder-pressure Masood to lead Pakistan in England Tests
Shan Masood will continue to lead Pakistan in the upcoming series against England, despite losing his first five Tests as captain.
Read moreStorm Helene on track to hit Florida as major hurricane
The US state of Florida on Tuesday was preparing for the arrival of Storm Helene, due to make landfall later in the week as a powerful Category 3 hurricane.
Read moreIOC should reinstate Russia as soon it obeys rules: Samaranch
The International Olympic Committee should start work on ending Russia's suspension from the organisation "the minute" Moscow obeys the rules again, IOC vice-president Juan Antonio Samaranch Junior said on Tuesday.
Read moreDior unleashes arrows and Amazons at Paris Fashion Week
Dior gave Paris Fashion Week a shot of Olympic adrenaline Tuesday with a troop of athletic Amazons striding down its runway amid whizzing arrows.
Read moreUS woman dies in controversial suicide capsule in Switzerland
A 64-year-old US woman took her own life inside a controversial suicide capsule at a Swiss woodland retreat, with police on Tuesday saying several people had been arrested.
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