India's cricket board names Gautam Gambhir as head coach
India's cricket board named Gautam Gambhir as head coach on Tuesday, with the former opener taking over from Rahul Dravid, tasked with building on their recent World Cup triumph.
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UK govt hopes to unlock prisons crisis with reform advocate
Keir Starmer has made a flurry of ministerial appointments since becoming UK prime minister last week but one name has stood out: new prisons minister James Timpson.
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Vekic beats qualifier Sun to reach Wimbledon semi-finals
Donna Vekic shrugged off a service meltdown on Tuesday to reach the Wimbledon semi-finals and end the fairytale run of New Zealand qualifier Lulu Sun.
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Alec Baldwin arrives in court for start of 'Rust' manslaughter trial
Alec Baldwin arrived at a New Mexico courthouse on Tuesday for the start of his long-awaited involuntary manslaughter trial over a fatal shooting on the set of a Western movie.
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England skipper Stokes says Ashes countdown behind Anderson axe
England captain Ben Stokes said Tuesday the need to build a side capable of winning an Ashes series in Australia lay behind the decision to call time on James Anderson's extraordinary Test career.
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Fed's Powell says US making 'modest' progress on inflation
The US Federal Reserve is making "modest" progress in its inflation fight, the head of the US central bank told lawmakers Tuesday, on the first of two days of testimony in Congress.
Read moreStocks diverge before Powell's Fed testimony
New York shares were mostly higher Tuesday as traders awaited testimony from Federal Reserve chief Jerome Powell, while Europe's main stock markets fell as investors fretted about the new political landscape in France.
Read moreUkraine, Russia set for UN showdown over strikes
Ukraine is set for a fiery clash with Russia at the UN Security Council Tuesday after Kyiv's allies called for an emergency meeting in the wake of deadly strikes by Moscow.
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Strike call threatens Paris airports' Olympics preparations
A dispute between aviation workers and management at the French capital's airports threatens to overshadow years of preparations and a 50-million-euro investment for visitors and athletes arriving for the Paris Olympics this month.
Read moreModi tells Putin at Kremlin 'war cannot solve problems'
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday told President Vladimir Putin that "war cannot solve problems" and urged peace on a trip to Moscow over two years into the Ukraine offensive.
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