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Arsenal suffer major title blow as Liverpool earn vital win

Arsenal suffer major title blow as Liverpool earn vital win

Arsenal's shock 2-1 defeat by Bournemouth on Saturday blew the Premier League title race wide open, as Liverpool beat Fulham to boost their chances of qualifying for next season's Champions League. The Gunners could have opened up a 12-point lead at the top of

Sabrina Carpenter transforms Coachella into her own 'Sabrinawood'

Sabrina Carpenter transforms Coachella into her own 'Sabrinawood'

Pop princess Sabrina Carpenter took fans on a nostalgic journey through a Hollywood-themed fantasy world dubbed "Sabrinawood" on Friday as Coachella wrapped up its first day in the California desert. The 26-year-old headliner packed 20 songs into a Tinseltown-inspired set complete with A-lister

Planes fly from Beirut airport despite Israeli bombing

Planes fly from Beirut airport despite Israeli bombing

Smoke from an Israeli strike still lingered in the air as a plane from Lebanon's national carrier took off from Beirut airport, which has stayed open despite the latest war between Israel and Hezbollah. The country's only international passenger facility, whose departure boards are now largely

UK puts Chagos handover deal in 'deep freeze' after Trump criticism

UK puts Chagos handover deal in 'deep freeze' after Trump criticism

Britain indicated Saturday it is shelving plans to return the Chagos Islands -- which hosts the strategic Diego Garcia US-UK military base -- to Mauritius, after US President Donald Trump strongly criticised the deal. Britain struck a deal with Mauritius last year to hand back the Indian Ocean islands to its

UK to shelve Chagos handover after Trump criticism

UK to shelve Chagos handover after Trump criticism

Britain is shelving its plan to hand back the Chagos Islands -- which hosts the strategic Diego Garcia US-UK military base -- according to a government spokesperson Saturday, following strong opposition from US President Donald Trump. "We have always said we would only proceed with the deal if it has

After Artemis II, NASA looks to SpaceX, Blue Origin for Moon landings

After Artemis II, NASA looks to SpaceX, Blue Origin for Moon landings

With Artemis II successfully completing its historic lunar mission on Friday, NASA is banking on billionaires Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk for the next step: landing astronauts on the Moon. The Apollo program -- which sent the first and only humans to the Moon's surface between 1969 and 1972

Benin leans into painful past to attract tourists

Benin leans into painful past to attract tourists

Tourists crowded beneath the Door of No Return, an arch built by the beach at Ouidah in southern Benin in memory of those crammed onto slave ships bound for the New World. Benin, which holds a presidential election on Sunday, has in recent years leaned into its painful past to