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Oscar-winning musician and actor Glen Hansard has been killed in a motorbike crash in Dublin.

French DJ Kavinsky has died aged 50, the Paris prosecutor’s office said in ​a statement.

Pavel Durov, the founder and chief executive of the encrypted messaging app Telegram, has been charged with aiding terrorism by Russia’s security agency.

A Brazilian footballer has been handed an unusual punishment for seriously injuring another player.

FIFA president Gianni Infantino wants to sell shares in a new World Cup spin-off venture in plans already opening up ruptures in world football, with fury at UEFA.

Ebola cases in DR Congo have reached 3,262 – making it the ‘fastest outbreak on record’, according to officials.

A major 7.1-magnitude earthquake has hit Japan, triggering a tsunami alert.

At least 10 people have died as extreme weather conditions, including a powerful typhoon and flash flooding, swept across many parts of China.

FIFA president Gianni Infantino has said critics of the World Cup were “consumed by hate”, accusing them of spreading “false rumours” and obsessing over “strange disciplinary rulings”.