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Australia’s Ariarne Titmus won a thrilling 400m freestyle duel with American great Katie Ledecky in the Olympic pool Monday as Caeleb Dressel launched his bid for a seven-gold spree in … Read More

Novak Djokovic eased into the third round of the Tokyo Olympics tennis tournament Monday following a 6-4, 6-3 win over Germany’s Jan-Lennard Struff.

The head of Tunisia’s Islamist-inspired Ennahdha, the largest party in parliament, led a sit-in protest Monday in front of the legislature after the army blocked him from entering, AFP photographers … Read More

President Michel Aoun began Monday binding parliamentary consultations to designate a new prime minister for crises-hit Lebanon, with former premier Najib Mikati set to easily win the nomination.

Japanese 13-year-old Momiji Nishiya clinched the Olympic title in the women’s street skateboarding competition Monday, shedding tears of happiness after nailing her final trick and becoming the country’s youngest-ever gold … Read More

The great pool rivalry between Australia and the U.S. passed to a new generation on Monday when a 20-year-old known as “Terminator” hunted down the U.S. dominator of women’s distance … Read More

Aoun starts binding parliamentary consultations to appoint new PM-designate

The Lebanese pound gained on the black market Monday, trading at LL18,750 against the dollar, buoyed by the imminent appointment of a new prime minister-designate in the crises-hit country.

Hosts Japan moved within touching distance of qualifying for the men’s soccer knockout stages with a 2-1 win over Mexico at Saitama Stadium on Sunday, while France staged a remarkable … Read More

Israel’s environmental protection ministry said Sunday it was delaying implementation of a proposed oil transport deal with the United Arab Emirates, freezing a project that has angered environmentalists.