Lindsey Vonn's hopes of claiming the fourth Olympic medal of her career vanished at the first attempt on Sunday after a brutal crash in the Milan-Cortina downhill final which left her with a broken leg.
Researchers announced on Monday that a randomised controlled trial -- considered the gold standard for medical research -- has finally identified something capable of significantly lowering people's risk of developing dementia.
Swiss freeski star Mathilde Gremaud ended Eileen Gu's hopes of a historic Winter Olympics golden treble on Monday, successfully defending her slopestyle crown at Livigno Snow Park.
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US figure skating star Ilia Malinin warned his rivals he was just warming up for his men's Olympic singles bid starting Tuesday after facing the challenge of Japanese pair Yuma Kagiyama and Shun Sato on his way to team gold.
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The EU executive on Monday told Meta to give rival chatbots access to WhatsApp after an antitrust probe found the US giant to be in breach of the bloc's competition rules.
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Debutants Italy had a bruising introduction to cricket's biggest stage as they suffered a crushing 73-run loss to Scotland on Monday in Kolkata.
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Japanese stocks surged to a record high Monday following Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's election win, while healthy gains across the rest of Asia and Europe tracked a rally on Wall Street.
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People of all faiths will overcome "evil" together, Israel's President Isaac Herzog said on Monday as he laid a wreath at Sydney's Bondi Beach to commemorate victims of a shooting that killed 15 people at a Jewish festival.
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Opener George Munsey led a batting charge with his 84 as Scotland made 207-4 against debutants Italy at the T20 World Cup in Kolkata on Monday.
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The scars on Victor's forearm remind him constantly of the day a Ukrainian drone attacked him after he was forcibly conscripted, like hundreds of young Kenyans, into the Russian army.
Venezuela's Nobel peace laureate Maria Corina Machado said on Monday that armed men "kidnapped" a close ally shortly after his release by authorities, following ex-leader Nicolas Maduro's capture.
Japan switched on the world's biggest nuclear power plant again on Monday, its operator said, after an earlier attempt was quickly suspended due to a minor glitch.
Bangladesh's election campaign entered its final day Monday ahead of the February 12 vote, as rival parties invoked the 2024 uprising that ended the autocratic rule of Sheikh Hasina.
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Members of the Philippine clergy filed an impeachment complaint Monday against Sara Duterte, the third to hit the country’s vice president in just over a week.
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Australian cross-code international winger Mark Nawaqanitawase will head to Japan to play rugby union for the Saitama Wild Knights later this year, the club said on Monday.
Thailand's caretaker premier Anutin Charnvirakul was preparing for coalition talks Monday after his conservative Bhumjaithai Party surged to a stunning election victory on a wave of nationalism.
Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel peace laureate Maria Corina Machado said on Monday that armed men have kidnapped one of her close allies shortly after his release by authorities following the capture of the country's ousted leader Nicolas Maduro.
Patriots prodigy Drake Maye was left longing for a do-over after his first Super Bowl appearance ended in misery on Sunday.
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