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Spaniard Aleix Espargaro dodged the showers on Saturday to grab pole position in the Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix at Jerez.

A bronze sculpture was unveiled Saturday in Norway of the walrus Freya who gained global attention last summer after playfully basking in the Oslo fjord until officials euthanised her.

Charles Leclerc will start on pole for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix Sprint race despite crashing on his final flying lap in qualifying on Saturday.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday appeared in public for the first time in three days after a stomach infection kept him off the campaign trail before key polls.

Pope Francis warned on Saturday against indifference while thanking Hungary for taking in Ukrainians despite the anti-refugee policies of nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban.

Warplanes on bombing raids drew heavy anti-aircraft fire over Khartoum on Saturday as fierce fighting between Sudan's army and paramilitaries entered a third week, violating a renewed truce.

Pope Francis warned against indifference while thanking Hungary for taking in Ukrainians on Saturday despite the anti-refugee policies of nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban.

Charles Leclerc will start on pole for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix Sprint race despite crashing on his final flying lap in qualifying on Saturday.

Pope Francis warned against indifference while thanking Hungary for taking in Ukrainians on Saturday despite the anti-refugee policies of nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban.

A huge fire broke out on Saturday at a fuel depot in Sevastopol, the main port in Moscow-annexed Crimea, with authorities saying it was the result of a drone attack.

The grid stars turned up in Baku for this weekend's Azerbaijan Grand Prix with tales to tell of how they had filled in their time off since Melbourne at the start of April.

Warplanes on bombing raids drew heavy anti-aircraft fire over Khartoum on Saturday as fierce fighting between Sudan's army and paramilitaries entered a third week, despite a renewed truce.

Australia's Emily Chancellor said she wants women's rugby union to make professionalism "our own journey" as officials launched plans to help make it a more competitive game globally.

Movie theater owners are confident that previously streaming-focused tech giants Apple and Amazon are now "committed" to putting their films on the big screen -- even if Netflix still declines to -- their trade body's new president told AFP.

When Russia invaded Ukraine, artist Zhanna Kadyrova felt her work was useless.

New Zealand's treasured kiwi birds are shuffling around Wellington's verdant hills for the first time in a century, after a drive to eliminate invasive predators from the capital's surrounds.

India's Aditi Ashok had an eagle and four birdies in a one-under par 70 on Friday to seize a one-shot lead at the US LPGA Tour's LA Championship.

The Sacramento Kings bounced back from three straight defeats with an impressive 118-99 victory over the NBA champion Golden State Warriors on Friday to force a decisive game seven in their first-round playoff series.

By Viktor Zahtila's own count, he has been assaulted at least a dozen times for being gay in Croatia -- where attacks and rampant discrimination towards the LGBTQ community have led to an "alarming" mental health crisis.

Paraguay, which holds a presidential election on Sunday, is a small landlocked nation in South America where corruption and drug trafficking are rampant. It has been ruled for most of the past seven decades by the right-wing Colorado party.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's powerful sister warned Saturday that a US-South Korean agreement aimed at strengthening deterrence against Pyongyang will lead to "more serious danger", state media reported.

Politics is a family affair for the Thienthong clan, one of Thailand's most enduring political dynasties, with five members running in next month's general election, for two different parties.

Pope Francis, on a three-day visit to Hungary, will meet Ukrainian and other refugees on Saturday as many struggle under nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban's policies.

NFTs, the tokens of the crypto world linked to digital artworks, have been granted a show at the Pompidou Centre in Paris, despite an almost total collapse in their price and cultural cachet.

A right-wing economist and a center-left lawyer, both social conservatives, will face off Sunday in Paraguay's most closely-run presidential election in many years.

Twenty-four years after drafting his father, the Pittsburgh Steelers acquired cornerback Joey Porter Jr with the first pick of the second round of the NFL draft on Friday.

Shares of First Republic fell further into an abyss Friday amid mounting speculation over the US regional bank's way forward after it reported a big fall in deposits.

Qatari banker Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani and British billionaire Jim Ratcliffe made their third and final offers to buy Manchester United on Friday.

Qatari banker Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani has made a third and final offer to buy Manchester United, sources told AFP on Friday.

Belgium's Luca Brecel threatened another remarkable comeback win as he prevented China's Si Jiahui from reaching snooker's World Championship final with a session to spare.

Credit ratings agency Fitch downgraded France's debt worthiness a notch to "AA-" from "AA" on Friday, claiming the country's "fiscal metrics are weaker than peers

Global stock markets mostly rose Friday following modestly positive economic data in Europe and the United States, while the yen tumbled after the Bank of Japan maintained its easing policies.