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Novak Djokovic wants an end to Wimbledon's late, late shows so he does not have to play the same match over two days in radically different conditions.

Aryna Sabalenka backed Elina Svitolina's call for a statement from tennis authorities to explain the absence of handshakes between Ukrainian players and their Russian and Belarusian rivals at Wimbledon to shield players from "so much hate".

NATO's united front at a summit focused on helping Ukraine defeat Russia and Kyiv's push to join the alliance was undermined Monday by a shock Turkish ultimatum on Sweden's membership bid.

Spain's coastguard said Monday it rescued 86 migrants from sub-Saharan Africa from a boat near the Canary Islands that had been spotted earlier in the day by a rescue plane.

BBC representatives met police in London on Monday over allegations that one of the broadcaster's top presenters paid a teenager thousands of pounds for sexual images.

England fast bowler Mark Wood has said he is ready to hit Australia with more "thunderbolts" in next week's fourth Ashes Test at Old Trafford following his impressive return to international duty at Headingley.

Novak Djokovic reached his 14th Wimbledon quarter-final on Monday as Spanish sensation Carlos Alcaraz prepared for a testing battle against Matteo Berrettini.

US comedian Sarah Silverman and two other authors have sued Open AI over copyright infringement in the latest pushback by creatives since the company's release of ChatGPT took the world by storm.

Madonna said Monday she's on "the road to recovery" after a bacterial infection that required hospitalization, in the US pop icon's first statement since landing in the intensive care unit late last month.

Ons Jabeur crushed two-time champion Petra Kvitova 6-0, 6-3 to reach the Wimbledon quarter-finals on Monday, immediately setting her sights on revenge against defending champion Elena Rybakina.

A dangerous heat wave was settling over southern California on Monday, as temperature records continued to fall across the United States, from Texas to Tampa Bay.

The goals the world set to ease extreme poverty, improve access to drinking water and take steps toward sustainable development for all humanity are "in peril," the United Nations has said in a report published Monday.

Teenage sensation Mirra Andreeva vowed on Monday to learn from her Wimbledon temper tantrums and take a leaf out of sinner-to-saint Roger Federer's Grand Slam playbook.

Southern Iraq's fabled marshland is suffering its worst heatwave in the past 40 years, the United Nations warned on Monday, reporting a drastic drop in water levels.

The beginning of July was the hottest week on record for the planet, according to early findings Monday from the World Meteorological Organization, after a series of scorching days saw global temperature records tumble.

NATO's efforts to present a united front at a summit focused on helping Ukraine defeat Russia and Kyiv's push to join the alliance were undermined Monday by a shock Turkish ultimatum on Sweden's membership bid.

The transfer of crude oil from a decaying tanker off Yemen will begin early next week, the United Nations said Monday of an operation aimed at preventing a damaging Red Sea spill.

Stefanos Tsitsipas crashed out of Wimbledon at the hands of unseeded American Christopher Eubanks after a thrilling five-set battle on Monday.

The Tour de France has been a breathless, action-packed affair so far since the race set off from the Spanish Basque country.

The head of the US Marine Corps stepped down Monday, leaving the famed service without a confirmed long-term leader as America's bitter political feud over abortion hampers the approval of scores of military nominees.

Larry Nassar, the former USA Gymnastics team doctor convicted of sexually assaulting hundreds of athletes, was in stable condition Monday after being stabbed multiple times by another inmate, a prison union official said.

Tottenham's new manager Ange Postecoglou said on Monday he will meet with Harry Kane this week to outline his vision for the club after being given no assurances over the England striker's future amid interest from Bayern Munich.

Novak Djokovic breached the previously impregnable defences of Hubert Hurkacz to reach the Wimbledon quarter-finals for the 14th time on Monday.

The European Commission said Monday it has adopted a new legal framework to protect Europeans' personal data in exchanges with the United States -- its third attempt to get past legal challenges.

As scientists make the case that humans have fundamentally transformed the planet enough to warrant our own geological epoch, another question arises: is there anything left untouched by humanity's presence?

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said Monday he was leaving politics after nearly 13 years in charge, in a shock end to his time as the longest-serving leader in the history of the Netherlands.

A host of never before seen work by the late great US artist Saul Leiter is being showcased at one of the world's biggest photography festivals in France.

After several missiles exploded near his house outside Kyiv, Kyrylo Barashkov decided the only way to keep his family safe was to build his own bunker.

A senior Federal Reserve official has proposed raising capital requirements for large US banks as part of a "comprehensive" series of measures to tighten banking regulation and supervision.

Max Verstappen is strolling towards a third drivers’ world title with metronomic consistency, but there is no driver, or team, emerging as a serious rival to his and Red Bull’s current domination of Formula One.

Novak Djokovic was on the brink of his 14th Wimbledon quarter-final on Monday as Spanish sensation Carlos Alcaraz prepared for a testing battle against Matteo Berrettini.

England's thrilling three-wicket win in the third Test at Headingley on Sunday kept the Ashes alive, with Ben Stokes's men now just 2-1 behind with two Tests to play.