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An iconoclastic filmmaking legend and one of the world’s most enduring musical acts headline this year’s crop of Kennedy Centre Honours recipients. Director Francis Ford Coppola and the Grateful Dead will be honoured for lifetime achievement in the arts, along…
Justin Rose has backed Ryder Cup team-mate Rory McIlroy to respond to criticism of his US Open near miss by playing his best golf at the Open. The Northern Irishman briefly held a two-shot lead with five holes to play…
In a 158-man field it would be a stretch to suggest all eyes will be on Rory McIlroy in the British Open at Royal Troon, but maybe not much of one. One of the game’s biggest draws at the best…
Chelsea defender Wesley Fofana has described a video posted on social media by his club teammate Enzo Fernandez as “uninhibited racism”. The video, posted by Argentina international Fernandez on his Instagram account, featured a song sung by some of the…
Ursula von der Leyen won support from MEPs on Thursday for another five-year term as president of the European Commission, the EU’s powerful executive body. The 720-member European Parliament approved her with 401 votes in favour, 284 against and 15…
Israel’s national security minister visited Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site on Thursday, threatening to disrupt Gaza ceasefire talks. Itamar Ben-Gvir, an ultranationalist settler leader, said he had gone up to the contested Jerusalem hilltop compound of Al Aqsa Mosque to…
