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Two days before the start of the Giro d'Italia, Covid-19 has returned to haunt the peloton, causing several riders to withdraw after testing positive, including three from the Jumbo-Visma team of Primoz Roglic.

Britain's palace has unveiled a special vegetarian "quiche" to mark King Charles III's coronation on Saturday, but purists in France say the festive dish has been mislabelled.

The United Nations is short nearly $24 million needed to safely remove oil from an abandoned tanker off Yemen's coast, officials said Thursday, urging donors to stump up the remaining funds.

Indian spinner Varun Chakravarthy defended eight runs in the last over of Sunrisers Hyderabad's chase to seal a five-run victory for Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL on Thursday.

Belgian police on Thursday arrested seven people suspected of supporting the Islamic State (IS) group and plotting a "terrorist attack", prosecutors said.

Australia batting star Steve Smith was made to wait for his first County Championship innings on Thursday as Sussex team-mate Ollie Robinson ran through Worcestershire with seven wickets.

The White House on Thursday told the CEOs of US AI giants that they have a "moral" responsibility to protect society from the potential dangers of artificial intelligence.

Chile on Thursday confirmed it will send home a planeload of hundreds of Venezuelan migrants that have spent weeks stranded at the northern border with Peru.

City Football Group, the United Arab Emirates-controlled company that owns Manchester City, finalized a deal Thursday to buy a majority stake in Brazilian club Bahia, the two sides said.

British pop phenom Ed Sheeran did not plagiarize Marvin Gaye's "Let's Get It On" when composing his 2014 hit "Thinking Out Loud," a US jury ruled Thursday.

US President Joe Biden on Thursday threatened to impose new sanctions over Sudan's conflict, saying the fighting "must end", as gunfire and explosions rocked Khartoum for a 20th straight day.

Plagues of locusts that darken the skies and devastate all things that grow have been recorded since Biblical times, and today threaten the food security of millions of people across Asia and Africa.

Europe's Ryder Cup captain Luke Donald expressed his sadness Thursday that Lee Westwood, Ian Poulter and Sergio Garcia will be unavailable for the team but insisted his side could yet triumph against the United States.

A few steps from a cliff-edge, Deusimar Batista is hanging clothes to dry in her yard. Near it, a neighbor's house used to stand on a residential street, but they have all collapsed into the abyss.

Italy's foreign minister cancelled a trip to Paris Thursday after a French minister criticised Rome's migration policy, in a fresh spat over the contentious issue between the two nations.

British pop phenom Ed Sheeran did not plagiarize Marvin Gaye's "Let's Get It On" when composing his 2014 hit "Thinking Out Loud," a US jury ruled Thursday.

Undisputed super middleweight boxing king Saul "Canelo" Alvarez will bid to make a triumphant return to Mexican soil on Saturday when he faces British challenger John Ryder in his hometown of Guadalajara.

The White House on Thursday summoned the CEOs of US tech giants to strategize about the dangers of artificial intelligence, afraid that companies are running blindly into a technology that could pose serious harms to society.

Five teachers were among eight people killed in rural Pakistan Thursday as a long-simmering row between Sunni and Shiite Muslims erupted into deadly violence, police and officials said.

Shares of PacWest Bancorp were in free fall Thursday after the bank's attempt to reassure investors fell flat amid another pummeling of US regional bank stocks.

Leicester manager Dean Smith says his team have had to play more to Jamie Vardy's strengths as they battle to avoid relegation from the Premier League.

With the closure of BuzzFeed News and bankruptcy looming at Vice, the once promising world of free digital media finds itself at a crossroads, seeing ad revenues dry up at the same time as disappointed investors begin walking away.

Aryna Sabalenka gave herself an early birthday gift by easing into the Madrid Open final for the second time in three years on Thursday.

Near the battle front in southern Ukraine, photographer Arseniy Gerasymenko lifted a dark cloth over his head and peered into the lense of a vintage camera on a tripod to snap a portrait of posing troops.

Veteran Wales international Aaron Ramsey said on Thursday he was hoping to extend his stay with French Ligue 1 side Nice.

Lion cubs, rhino calves and other baby animals joined Nelson Mandela on new ecology-themed banknotes unveiled by South Africa's central bank on Thursday.

Leftist US senator Bernie Sanders introduced a bill Thursday to raise the minimum wage to $17 an hour, reigniting the battle for better federal pay standards as workers see pandemic-era gains erased by runaway inflation.

US President Joe Biden on Thursday threatened to impose new sanctions over Sudan's conflict, saying the fighting "must end", as gunfire and explosions rocked Khartoum for a 20th straight day.

Global food and beverage giant Nestle said Thursday that it would stop extracting from two mineral water wells in eastern France due to drought and increasingly unpredictable weather conditions.

European and US stocks slid Thursday after the ECB and the Fed again hiked interest rates to fight elevated inflation, as worries about banks and recession continued to cloud sentiment.

Four members of the far-right Proud Boys were convicted of seditious conspiracy on Thursday for their roles in the January 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol, US media reported.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky insisted Thursday that a special tribunal must be created to hold Russia to account for its "crime of aggression", while on a surprise visit to the Netherlands.