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Suspected far-right rioters appeared in British courts on Tuesday as the UK government said 6,000 specialist police were ready to deal with England's worst disorder in over a decade.

Venezuela's military on Tuesday criticized an appeal by the opposition for the support of the armed forces amid the disputed reelection of President Nicolas Maduro, saying it was "desperate and seditious."

Hassan Nasrallah said his Hezbollah group and Iran were "obliged to respond" to Israel as the Middle East braced for the the pair's promised retaliation following high-profile killings last week.

US transportation officials on Tuesday began a two-day hearing into a near-catastrophic January incident on a Boeing 737 MAX operated by Alaska Airlines that required an emergency landing.

Sweden and Germany stormed into the Olympic men's beach volleyball semi-finals on Tuesday in front of a frenzied crowd as stadium temperatures rose in front of the Eiffel Tower.

Russia said Tuesday it deployed air and artillery firepower to quash an armed Ukrainian border incursion after pro-Kyiv fighters stormed across the border with tanks and armoured vehicles.

A rocket attack on a base in Iraq wounded seven Americans, a US official said Tuesday, with the Pentagon blaming Iran-aligned forces for the violence that comes as the region awaits an expected counterattack by Tehran on Israel.

Saint Lucia's Julien Alfred targets an Olympic sprint double on Tuesday, while Nikola Jokic's Serbia made an epic comeback to stay in the basketball tournament.

The 17-year-old diving prodigy Quan Hongchan on Tuesday won her second gold at the Paris Olympics and third of her young career to maintain China's unblemished record in the sport in the French capital.

Nikola Jokic and Serbia erased a 24-point deficit to edge Australia 95-90 in overtime on Tuesday to reach the Olympic men's basketball semi-finals and a potential clash with the United States.

As far-right riots grip England, provocative tech billionaire Elon Musk is posting sympathy for the anti-immigration demonstrators, angering the UK government, which blames social media companies for fuelling the unrest.

Wall Street stocks sought to rebound on Tuesday following a global rout fuelled by US recession fears, but analysts warned that market volatility is unlikely to be over.

Olympic athletes are usually known for their clean living, but British golfer Charley Hull is worried that a possible smoking ban will affect her ability to control her nerves.

The discovery of a tiny arm bone suggests that an ancient human dubbed "hobbits" only shrank down to their diminutive size after they arrived on an Indonesian island a million years ago, scientists said on Tuesday.

Europe's Ryder Cup captain Luke Donald will have six wildcard picks for next year's trophy defence but the breakaway LIV Tour has been shut out of a streamlined qualifying process.

One of the hits of the Paris Games is a free two-hour victory dance accompanied by a thumping soundtrack and a screaming crowd, without any live sport but with a host of medals.

Bangladesh Nobel winner Muhammad Yunus said Tuesday he is ready to head a caretaker government, a day after the military took control as mass protests forced longtime ruler Sheikh Hasina to flee.

The Paris Olympics organising committee said Tuesday it would meet its target to reduce single-use plastics by half compared to the 2012 London Games despite bottles by major sponsor Coca-Cola being widely used on its sites.

More than 40 athletes at the Paris Olympics have tested positive for Covid-19, highlighting a new global rise in cases as vaccination coverage plunges, the World Health Organization said Tuesday.

Nikola Jokic led Serbia into the men's Olympic basketball semi-finals on Tuesday as they rallied from 24 points down to edge Australia 95-90 in overtime and set up a potential showdown with the United States.

Russia said Tuesday it was holding off Ukrainian troops, tanks and armoured vehicles trying to break across the border into its Kursk region, the latest in several such attempted incursions throughout the conflict.

Newly-crowned Olympic 10,000m champion Joshua Cheptegei will not defend his 5,000m title in Paris, he announced on Instagram Tuesday.

The chief executive of the Rugby Football Union (RFU) is adamant the English governing body has not "sold out" by renaming its Twickenham headquarters the Allianz Stadium in a deal worth more than £100 million ($127 million, 116 million euros).

The 17-year-old diving prodigy Quan Hongchan on Tuesday won her second gold at the Paris Olympics and third of her career to maintain China's perfect record in the sport in the French capital.

Argentina international midfielder Guido Rodriguez became West Ham's sixth summer signing on Tuesday.

Say "planche a roulettes" and not "skateboard", s'il vous plait. And stare in amazement at a "figure" rather than a "trick". Merci!

Wall Street stocks sought to rebound on Tuesday following a global rout fuelled by US recession fears, but European equities failed to hold onto early gains.

The US trade deficit narrowed slightly less than analysts anticipated in June, according to government data released Tuesday, helped by an uptick in exports.

Kamala Harris picked Tim Walz as her running mate Tuesday, opting for the Minnesota governor as the partner most likely to complement her in a historic -- and bruising -- bid for the White House.

Romania turned back the clock on Tuesday when they appointed 79-year-old Mircea Lucescu as their new national coach - 38 years after he left the post.

Simone Biles made a triumphant return to Olympic competition after her troubles in Tokyo and Shinnosuke Oka emerged as Japan's latest gymnastics star at the Paris Games.

A group of Austrian climate activists who attacked a Klimt masterpiece and regularly blocked roads said Tuesday that they were ending their protests.