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Lyon coach Jonatan Giraldez told AFP his side will draw more on their victory over Champions League holders Arsenal in this season's league phase match than the loss to them in last term's semi-finals when they meet in Sunday's last four first leg match.

Iran's foreign minister wrapped up a diplomatic visit to Islamabad on Saturday before the planned arrival of US negotiators, as Pakistani mediators pushed for new talks to end the Middle East war.

Reigning champion Marc Marquez triumphed in a chaotic and rain-lashed Spanish MotoGP flag-to-flag sprint on Saturday in Jerez.

US envoys were expected in the Pakistani capital on Saturday to kickstart a new round of peace negotiations with Iran, although Iranian state media said Tehran's representatives had no immediate plans to hold face-to-face talks.

The army in junta-ruled Mali on Saturday battled what it called "terrorist groups" that launched surprise attacks around the capital Bamako and other parts of the west African nation.

The army in junta-ruled Mali on Saturday battled "terrorist groups" it said had launched attacks across the west African nation stricken by more than a decade of jihadist conflict.

US envoys headed to the Pakistani capital Saturday to kickstart a new round of peace negotiations with Iran, although Iranian state media said Tehran's envoys had no immediate plans to hold face-to-face talks.

Gunfire rocked several districts of the junta-ruled west African country of Mali on Saturday, including Kati, the home of military ruler General Assimi Goita, witnesses and a security source told AFP.

Welsh football great Aaron Ramsey hung up his boots earlier this month but that did not mean easing up as on Sunday he will don his running shoes and compete in the London Marathon -- for a charitable cause.

Australian Rules football said Saturday it has fired the chair of its appeals board after it reduced a player's penalty for using a homophobic slur because offensive language was "commonplace" on the field.

The Los Angeles Lakers, fueled by 29 points from LeBron James, beat the Houston Rockets 112-108 in an overtime thriller on Friday to take a 3-0 stranglehold in their NBA playoff series.

Nikolay Solovyov was on shift the night of April 26, 1986 when the Chernobyl nuclear power plant exploded. Instead of fleeing, he chose to fight his "first war" against radiation.

AI developers are ramping up efforts to win over the hearts and minds of officials in Europe and the United States, hoping to sway governments as they weigh high-stake regulatory frameworks for the ever more powerful technology.

New Archbishop of Canterbury Sarah Mullally, the first woman to lead the world's Anglican Christians, heads to Rome and the Vatican this weekend for an audience with Pope Leo XIV.

Hundreds of firefighters were battling wildfires in the forests of northern Japan on Saturday, as authorities urged more than 3,200 people to evacuate from their homes, government officials said.

Palestinians in the West Bank and a central area of Gaza began voting Saturday in municipal elections in a first vote since the Gaza war, marked by a narrow political field and widespread disillusionment.

The Los Angeles Lakers, fueled by 29 points from LeBron James, beat the Houston Rockets 112-108 in an overtime thriller on Friday to take a 3-0 stranglehold in their NBA playoff series.

US envoys headed to the Pakistani capital Saturday in a bid to kickstart a new round of peace negotiations with Iran amid a fragile ceasefire, though the prospect of direct talks remained uncertain.

Before the puck dropped in Friday's pivotal NHL playoff match, hundreds of Montreal Canadiens fans took their seats in two century old Catholic cathedral.

Jury selection is to begin Monday in a high-profile legal battle between billionaire Elon Musk and artificial intelligence startup OpenAI, which he accuses of betraying its non-profit mission.

Signatories of the landmark nuclear non-proliferation treaty will meet at the UN from Monday as hopes fade they can reach agreement and tensions soar between the atomic powers.

Things could get awkward Saturday night when US President Donald Trump takes his seat at the White House Correspondents' Dinner, his first time attending the gala while in office.

The Wikimedia Foundation said Saturday it has found a compromise with the Indonesian government, which had threatened to block Wikipedia over domestic registration rules the foundation feared were overly invasive.

When Paddy Dwyer arrived in China in 1976, crowds jostled to catch a glimpse of him and his companions -- the first Western football team to play in the country.

San Antonio star Victor Wembanyama was ruled out of the Spurs' NBA playoff game against the Portland Trail Blazers on Friday, three days after he suffered a concussion.

Palestinians in the West Bank and a central area of Gaza head to the polls Saturday for municipal elections in a first vote since the Gaza war, marked by a narrow political field and widespread disillusionment.

Outside a high school classroom in Vilnius, several students look apprehensive as they discuss their looming futures -– university, the job market and, for many of them, serving in the military.

SUNNY ISLES BEACH, FL / ACCESS Newswire / April 25, 2026 / Elektros, Inc. (OTC PINK:ELEK), a hard-rock lithium mining and emerging energy technology company, today announced continued progress in positioning itself within the rapidly expanding global demand for critical minerals.

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MMJ International Holdings, an FDA IND-stage pharmaceutical cannabinoid developer, is a plaintiff in landmark litigation before the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia challenging CMS's Substance Access Beneficiary Engagement Incentive - a program that, for the first time, introduces non-FDA-approved cannabinoid products into the Medicare delivery system without notice, public comment, or safety review.

New data demonstrate that transgenic American chestnuts produce significantly smaller blight cankers than their wild-type counterparts

SAN FRANCISCO, CA / ACCESS Newswire / April 25, 2026 / Good Driver Club is a membership community where careful drivers share auto losses and keep what isn't spent. Alongside its rebrand from Good Driver Mutuality, the company has redesigned its website and mobile app.