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Less than 20% of eligible Italian voters cast their ballot in the first hours of parliamentary elections on Sunday, in what looks set to become a new historic low in voter turnout. Polls opened at 7 am (0500 GMT). At 12 pm, turnout stood at 19%, down o…

Germany players will receive a bonus of €400,000 ($388,000) each if they win the World Cup in Qatar later this year, the nation’s governing football body DFB said on Sunday. The DFB said the agreement reached with team representatives led by captain Ma…

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Sunday that conditions for migrant workers in the World Cup host nation of Qatar have improved in recent years but remain far from ideal. Scholz is in Qatar after visiting Saudi Arabia and the Social Democrat said …

Voter turnout in Italy was low in the first hours of parliamentary elections on Sunday, with the country’s right-wing parties predicted to win the vote triggered by the collapse of Prime Minister Mario Draghi’s government. After polls opened at 7 am (0…

Kenyan great Eliud Kipchoge bettered his own marathon world record by half a minute on Sunday as he stormed to a record-equalling fourth triumph in Berlin. Two-time Olympic champion Kipchoge clocked 2 hours 1 minute 9 seconds to erase the record of 2:0…

Kenyan great Eliud Kipchoge bettered his own marathon world record by half a minute on Sunday as he stormed to a record-equalling fourth triumph in Berlin. Two-time Olympic champion Kipchoge clocked 2 hours 1 minute 9 seconds to erase the record of 2:0…

Kenyan great Eliud Kipchoge bettered his own marathon world record by half a minute when he won for a record-equalling fourth time in Berlin. Two-time Olympic champion Kipchoge clocked 2 hours 1 minute 9 seconds to erase the record of 2:01:39 hours he …

Belgium’s Remco Evenepoel followed up on his recent Spanish Vuelta triumph with an emphatic solo ride to the road race world championship gold medal on Sunday in Australia. Evenepoel, 22, was first part of a leader group and then shook off his last riv…

As Germany’s documenta contemporary art show comes to an end on Sunday, the International Auschwitz Committee has slammed the exhibition for its handling of allegations of anti-Semitism in the curation of this year’s show. “At the end of the documenta …

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz wants to increase cooperation with the United Arab Emirates in the energy sector, saying “a whole series” of diesel and liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects are already lined-up with the Gulf state. During a visit to Abu D…