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A court in Portugal on Monday convicted the hacker Rui Pinto over his “Football Leaks” revelations that exposed dodgy dealings in international football, sentencing him to a suspended four-year prison term.

Spanish football federation chief Luis Rubiales quit his post on Sunday after three weeks of scandal over allegations he gave an unsolicited kiss to a player on the women’s national team as they celebrated their World Cup victory last month.

Morocco has been mourning victims of its strongest earthquake in more than a century and trying to rescue more survivors from the rubble.

Luis Rubiales, suspended by FIFA for giving a forced kiss to Spanish international Jenni Hermoso, announced on Sunday that he would resign.

Almost 50 passengers in the bus were reportedly taken to hospital after being injured in the collision.

Mike Evans, affectionately nicknamed ‘Little Mike’ for his short stature, was pronounced dead at the scene at the Santa Cilia aerodrome on Saturday.

Moroccans worked on Sunday to rescue survivors and prayed for victims of the nation’s strongest earthquake in more than a century.

Another Rugby World Cup match with England, another loss. Nothing seems to go right for Argentina when they meet.

And the winner is…

A new study has found that difficult financial constraints fueled by inflation have made Europeans cut off meals and consider themselves in a “precarious” condition.

Residents stepped nervously through the dust and rubble after a powerful earthquake struck near the historic city of Marrakesh.

The world is grappling with a mental health crisis. In Europe, antidepressant consumption has more than doubled in the last 20 years.

A disturbing spyware discovery by the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab prompted Apple to push out a significant iOS update.

President Joe Biden opened his visit to India on Friday by meeting privately with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Indian leader’s home in a session the White House said was marked by “undeniable warmth and confidence” going into the annual Group of 20 summit.

The death toll from severe flooding in central Greece rose to 10 people Friday, while another four remained missing, the country’s civil protection minister said. Rescue crews in helicopters and boats ferried hundreds of people from inundated villages to safety.

The world is perilously off course in meeting the Paris climate deal’s goals for slashing carbon pollution and boosting finance for the developing world, according to the UN’s first progress report on the accord.

He thought it was ‘chocolate money’.

France will launch a EUR49 public transport ticket. Here’s everything you need to know.

Faruk Fatih ?zer, CEO of collapsed Turkish crypto exchange Thodex, was sentenced to 11,196 years in jail on Thursday.

Mark Dickey, an American researcher and experienced caver, was exploring the Morca Sinkhole when he became ill with gastrointestinal bleeding.

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Wildfires across the world are devastating huge areas. Often humans are the culprits with campfires, cigarettes and even arson attacks. But the question is: Is there is a link to climate change as well, to drought and heatwaves?

Greek rescue services were trying to reach dozens of villagers in central Greece Thursday, after deadly storms that saw more than a year’s worth of rain fall there in 24 hours.Emergency services were using divers, lifeboats and at least one helicopter to reach the stranded residents. FRANCE 24’s Shona Bhattacharyya tells us more.

France’s highest administrative court ruled Thursday that a school ban on abayas, traditional over-garments worn by some Muslim women, was legal.

The start of the new school year marks the introduction of the “teachers’ pact” for French schools, a new scheme enabling teachers to take on additional better-paid assignments. But unions have denounced the measure, calling for unconditional pay rises.