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Oil price rises as OPEC backs higher output

Oil price rises as OPEC backs higher output

Oil prices rose Thursday even as major crude producers agreed to boost output by more than the usual amount following an EU ban on Russian imports.

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Cambridge kids step out at first Trooping the Colour

Cambridge kids step out at first Trooping the Colour

Don't upstage the queen is the unwritten rule at royal occasions. Four-year-old Prince Louis of Cambridge might not have got the memo.

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Displaced by rebel clashes, people in east DR Congo make uneasy trek home

Displaced by rebel clashes, people in east DR Congo make uneasy trek home

People who fled fighting between DR Congo's army and M23 rebels have begun to make a nervous return home, with tensions in the volatile east of the country remaining on a hair trigger.

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Swiatek extends winning run to reach second French Open final

Swiatek extends winning run to reach second French Open final

Iga Swiatek booked her place in a second French Open final on Thursday as the world number one outclassed Russian Daria Kasatkina to extend her unbeaten streak to 34 matches.

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OPEC backs bigger output boost amid Russian isolation

OPEC backs bigger output boost amid Russian isolation

Major oil producers led by Saudi Arabia and Russia on Thursday decided to open taps wider than expected amid soaring prices and hard on the heels of an EU ban on Russian oil imports.

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Insta success as Shibahara, Koolhof win French Open mixed title

Insta success as Shibahara, Koolhof win French Open mixed title

Ena Shibahara and Wesley Koolhof won the French Open mixed doubles title on Thursday after only meeting for the first time on the eve of Roland Garros thanks to a social media message.

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Heard 'absolutely not' able to pay Depp $10.4 million in damages: lawyer

Heard 'absolutely not' able to pay Depp $10.4 million in damages: lawyer

Actress Amber Heard is unable to pay her ex-husband Johnny Depp more than $10 million in damages, her lawyer said Thursday, after a US jury took the side of the "Pirates of the Caribbean" star in a bitter defamation trial.

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Blessing at former Franco gravesite sparks Spanish army probe

Blessing at former Franco gravesite sparks Spanish army probe

The Spanish military has suspended an army officer for taking his troops for a blessing at the former burial site of dictator Francisco Franco, military sources said Thursday.

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Stade de France prepares for first match since Champions League chaos

Stade de France prepares for first match since Champions League chaos

Less than a week after the chaotic scenes that marred the Champions League final, the Stade de France in Paris will be the centre of attention again as the French national team play Denmark on Friday before an expected capacity crowd.

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World champion Quartararo extends Yamaha contract

World champion Quartararo extends Yamaha contract

MotoGP world champion Fabio Quartararo has signed a two-year extension on his contract with Yamaha which will keep him as a factory rider until 2025, the Japanese team announced on Thursday.

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