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Spain's Fernandez 'cannot believe it' after maiden MotoGP win

Spain's Fernandez 'cannot believe it' after maiden MotoGP win

An overjoyed Raul Fernandez surged to a maiden MotoGP victory in Australia Sunday in his 76th race while Alex Marquez finished fourth to shore up his bid to finish the season second in the world championship.

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Crisis-hit Bolivia looks to the right for economic salvation

Crisis-hit Bolivia looks to the right for economic salvation

Bolivia chooses between two pro-business candidates in presidential elections on Sunday, ending two decades of socialist rule that have left the beleaguered South American nation deep in economic crisis.

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Spain's Raul Fernandez surges to maiden MotoGP win in Australia

Spain's Raul Fernandez surges to maiden MotoGP win in Australia

Spain's Raul Fernandez surged to a maiden MotoGP victory in Australia on Sunday while Alex Marquez finished fourth to shore up his bid to finish the season second in the world championship.

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New deal puts Takaichi on track to be Japan's first woman PM: reports

New deal puts Takaichi on track to be Japan's first woman PM: reports

Japan's ruling party is set to sign a new coalition deal on Monday, paving the way for Sanae Takaichi to become the country's first woman prime minister, media reports said.

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Colombia accuses US of violating sovereignty in strike

Colombia accuses US of violating sovereignty in strike

Colombia's president accused on Saturday Washington of violating his country's sovereignty and killing a fisherman, shortly after US leader Donald Trump confirmed that US forces carried out another strike in his military campaign against "narcoterrorists."

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France's ex-president Sarkozy goes to jail

France's ex-president Sarkozy goes to jail

France's ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy is to be jailed Tuesday over a scheme to acquire Libyan funding for his 2007 presidential run, becoming the first former head of an EU country to serve time behind bars.

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Israel receives bodies of two more hostages returned by Hamas

Israel receives bodies of two more hostages returned by Hamas

The Israeli government said on Sunday that Hamas has handed over more hostage remains, as delays in finding bodies buried under the rubble of Gaza threatened the fragile ceasefire.

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Pope Leo to proclaim seven new saints, including three nuns

Pope Leo to proclaim seven new saints, including three nuns

Pope Leo XIV is set to create seven new saints Sunday, including the first from Papua New Guinea, an archbishop killed in the Armenian genocide and a Venezuelan "doctor of the poor".

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Bollywood's favourite romance still going strong after 30 years

Bollywood's favourite romance still going strong after 30 years

India's longest-running film celebrates 30 years in the same cinema on Monday, a Bollywood romance so beloved that fans know it simply by its acronym "DDLJ".

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Withering vines: California grape farmers abandon fields as local wine struggles

Withering vines: California grape farmers abandon fields as local wine struggles

For more than a century, Lodi's grape growers have supplied the old wineries that make this Californian city famous. But rocketing costs, falling demand and competition from imports mean some are now abandoning their vineyards.

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