Piastri edges Norris as McLaren dominate Hungarian GP final practice
Formula One championship leader Oscar Piastri beat team-mate and title rival Lando Norris by just three-hundredths of a second as McLaren dominated Saturday's third and final practice session at the Hungarian Grand Prix.
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US envoy meets Israeli hostage families in Tel Aviv
US envoy Steve Witkoff on Saturday met the anguished families of Israeli hostages still held in Gaza, as fears for the captives' survival mounted almost 22 months into the war sparked by Hamas's October 2023 attack.
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McKeown beats Smith again for world backstroke double
Australia's Kaylee McKeown underlined her backstroke dominance with a world championships double after winning the 200m in Singapore on Saturday.
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New dad McEvoy adds 'unreal' world swimming gold to Olympic title
New father Cam McEvoy powered to the 50m freestyle world gold on Saturday in Singapore to go with his Olympic crown.
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Walsh completes world butterfly double in riposte to Phelps
A fit and firing Gretchen Walsh completed a butterfly double at swimming's world championships in Singapore on Saturday, romping to victory in the 50m event.
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Turkey starts supplying Azerbaijani gas to boost Syria's power output
Turkey on Saturday began supplying natural gas from Azerbaijan to Syria, whose infrastructure has been ravaged by a long civil war, with annual deliveries expected to reach up to two billion cubic metres.
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Thousands of young Catholics converge for grand Pope Leo vigil
Thousands of young Catholics began assembling Saturday for an evening prayer vigil led by Pope Leo XIV, the culmination of a week-long pilgrimage and a key event in the Jubilee holy year that is expected to draw up to a million people.
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SpaceX Crew Dragon docks with International Space Station
An international team of four astronauts aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule docked Saturday with the orbiting International Space Station (ISS).
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New push to reach plastic pollution pact
Negotiators will take another stab at reaching a global pact on plastic pollution at talks opening Tuesday in Geneva but they face deep divisions over how to tackle the health and ecological hazard.
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US do talking in pool after Phelps, Lochte slam worlds performance
The United States preferred to do their talking in the pool on Saturday after Olympic swimming great Michael Phelps took a swipe at the team's performance at the world championships in Singapore.
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