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Thursday, August 21, 2025
TopicReuters wire

Topic: reuters wire

Olympics-Decathlon world record holder Mayer crashes in Paris

PARIS (Reuters) - France's Kevin Mayer, a two-time Olympic silver medallist in decathlon, crashed heavily during the 110-metre hurdles leg of a triathlon at the Paris Diamond League on Sunday.

Cycling-Tour of Austria’s final stage cancelled after Drege’s death

(Reuters) - The final stage of the Tour of Austria was cancelled on Sunday after Norwegian cyclist Andre Drege died following a crash, with the organisers holding a neutralised ride in his memory

France votes in parliamentary election with far right seeking power

By Gabriel Stargardter and Tassilo Hummel PARIS (Reuters) -French voters turned out in force for the second round of a parliamentary election on Sunday that could see the far-right National Rally (RN)

Motor racing-Perez to start from the pitlane at Silverstone

SILVERSTONE, England (Reuters) - Sergio Perez will start Sunday's British Grand Prix from the pitlane as the last driver on track after Red Bull changed his car's engine and power unit elements. The

Soccer-France team shrug off critics as they look ahead to semis

PADERBORN, Germany (Reuters) - France’s players are having none of the criticism of their team at the European Championship after reaching the semi-final, insisting they have done sufficiently well to

Motorcycling-Bagnaia wins German GP after Martin crash, Marquez brothers on podium

(Corrects to say Bagnaia takes championship lead in paragraph 3, not level on points) HOHENSTEIN-ERNSTTHAL, Germany (Reuters) -Ducati's reigning world champion Francesco Bagnaia won the German Grand

Erdogan to invite Assad for talks to restore Turkey-Syria ties

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey will extend an invitation to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad "any time" for possible talks to restore relations between the two neighbours, Turkish President Tayyip

Voices from France’s parliamentary election

CONFLANS SAINTE-HONORINE/TOURS/CHANTILLY, France (Reuters) -Following are some views of some voters as France voted in a parliamentary election on Sunday that could see the far-right National Rally(RN

Iranian warship capsizes during repairs in port of Bandar Abbas

DUBAI (Reuters) - The Iranian navy frigate Sahand capsized during repairs in the southern port of Bandar Abbas, Iranian state media reported on Sunday. "As Sahand was being repaired at the wharf, it

High voter turnout in French parliamentary runoff elections, far-right expected to lead

Opinion polls suggest that the leading far-right party RN may fall short of majority in the Assembly causing a hung parliament that may dent President Macron's authority.

On Camera

What a Tamil town tells us about votes, caste, and fraud in medieval India

Nepotism seems to have been a concern in Uttaramerur elections. That's why the drawing of ballots was done by a child and executives' relatives were banned from being elected.

New insolvency frameworks to shorter timelines, how 2025 amendment bill proposes to transform IBC

New bill aims to fix key issues with IBC 2016, including delays & patchy implementation, and protect creditors, with window for genuine promoters to retain control of their companies.

First-of-its kind tri-services conference Ran Samvad to take place in Army War College next week

Billed as the military’s own version of Raisina Dialogue, the event will spotlight on tech-driven warfighting, lessons from Operation Sindoor and release of three new doctrines.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?