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Peter Sarsgaard, who won best actor at the Venice Film Festival on Saturday for his performance as a man suffering from dementia, has forged a lauded career as a character actor.

Australia head coach Eddie Jones said Saturday's 35-15 victory over Georgia was the "perfect" start to the Wallabies' Rugby World Cup campaign.

Twenty-two years after the September 11 jihadist attacks on the United States, the remains of two people who died in the collapse of the World Trade Center have been identified through DNA analysis, the authorities said ahead of the latest commemoration of the 2001 disaster.

Britain's Prince William said Saturday the only time he had cried watching sport was when his cousin Zara Tindall won a major equestrian competition.

Morocco's deadliest earthquake in decades has killed more than 1,300 people, authorities said Saturday, as troops and emergency services scrambled to reach remote mountain villages where casualties are still feared trapped.

The Golden Lion in Venice was awarded Saturday to a hilarious and shockingly explicit reworking of Frankenstein, "Poor Things", starring Emma Stone as a sex-mad reanimated corpse, which had festival-goers in stitches.

David Warner and Marnus Labuschagne hit centuries and set up a convincing 123-run win for Australia in the second one-day international against South Africa at the Mangaung Oval on Saturday.

Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Cooper Kupp, a former Super Bowl Most Valuable Player, will miss the first four games of the NFL season, the club announced on Saturday.

World champion Kalle Rovanpera swept into the lead of the Acropolis Rally on Saturday as rivals Sebastien Ogier and Thierry Neuville saw their hopes dashed in Greece's unforgiving heat and dust.

With a catalogue of strange, dark and provocative films, Yorgos Lanthimos has established himself as one of the world's most imaginative directors, capped by his Golden Lion in Venice for a feminist reworking of Frankenstein, "Poor Things".

Cailee Spaeny won the best actress award at the Venice Film Festival on Saturday, at the age of just 25, for her portrayal of Elvis Presley's wife in "Priscilla".

Australia full-back Ben Donaldson scored 25 points as Australia claimed a first win in six games under Eddie Jones as they beat Georgia 35-15 in their World Cup opener on Saturday.

Maldives leader Ibrahim Mohamed Solih was trailing in Saturday's presidential vote, preliminary results showed, triggering a runoff election due later this month.

In the basement of the presidential palace in Chile's capital, Patricia Herrera was detained and tortured for months before being sent into exile. It was early in a military dictatorship that would kill or cause the disappearance of thousands of people.

Kyle Walker spared England's blushes as the Manchester City defender's first international goal rescued a 1-1 draw against Ukraine in Saturday's Euro 2024 qualifier.

Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow signed a five-year contract extension with the NFL club on Saturday that will make him the league's highest-paid player, the team announced.

Sadeera Samarawickrama smashed 93 to set up a 21-run win for Sri Lanka in their opening Super Four clash of the Asia Cup against Bangladesh on Saturday.

Rory McIlroy put himself into contention to win the Irish Open for the second time following a dramatic third round of 66 on Saturday.

Andy Farrell purred on Saturday about Ireland's talisman Johnny Sexton returning to action "firing on all cylinders" at the Rugby World Cup.

Spain's Carlos Alcaraz pulled out of the Davis Cup Finals group stage on Saturday after his US Open semi-final defeat by Daniil Medvedev.

Lahcen sits in the corner of the village dispensary in Moulay Brahim in Morocco's High Atlas mountains. He's inconsolable after losing his wife and four children in Friday night's earthquake.

As Novak Djokovic again stands on the verge of history at the US Open, he has a score to settle with Daniil Medvedev after his loss to the Russian in the 2021 final cost him a calendar Grand Slam.

Millet crisps -- twice over -- and millet pudding: the G20 leaders were served a vegetarian gala dinner on Saturday showcasing Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's favourite grain.

Irish captain Johnny Sexton scored 24 points to make a spectacular injury return as he became Ireland's record World Cup points scorer in a sparkling 82-8 victory over Romania on Saturday.

Remco Evenepoel made a powerful statement with a superb solo stage 14 victory in the Vuelta a Espana on Saturday, the day after his Grand Tour defence crumbled.

Thousands of climate change activists blocked a major motorway in The Hague Saturday in a protest against Dutch fossil fuel subsidies, the latest high-profile action by the Extinction Rebellion group.

The beatification of a Polish family who sheltered Jews during the Holocaust has given the government in Warsaw a chance to promote a one-sided narrative about attitudes of Poles in the war, experts have said.

Morocco's deadliest earthquake in decades has killed more than 1,000 people, authorities said Saturday, as troops and emergency services scrambled to reach remote mountain villages where casualties are still feared trapped.

David Warner and Marnus Labuschagne hit centuries as Australia went on a batting rampage in the second one-day international against South Africa at the Mangaung Oval on Saturday.

Maldives leader Ibrahim Mohamed Solih described Saturday's presidential vote as the "most free and fair" in the Indian Ocean archipelago, as he sought a second term in a tough re-election bid.

The UK government said on Wednesday it would ban Russian mercenary outfit the Wagner Group by listing it as a terrorist organisation.

As legendary English rock band The Rolling Stones launch their first album in nearly two decades, AFP looks back at standout moments in more than 60 years together.