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The Basketball World Cup starts Friday, spread out across three countries for the first two rounds before all the biggest games get played in Manila to decide which nation will go home with gold medals and the Naismith Trophy on Sept. 10

Full-back Blair a Kinghorn is fit but being rested after recovering from a minor quad injury suffered against France two weekends ago.

The French government is pushing a bill that could destroy the free internet, and could force Microsoft and others to act as government censors.

A new four-part Apple TV+ docu-series charts the rise and fall of former Nissan and Renault boss turned disgraced international fugitive

Temperature records broken in France and red alerts issued in Italy as late summer heatwave continues in southern Europe

The Scots face Georgia in their final warm-up match.

The US has no precedents for a former president in the dock, but there are echoes of France’s pursuit of Marshal Pétain, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

Fifteen years ago this month, while all eyes were set on Beijing for the opening of the 29th Olympic Games of the modern era, war broke out between Russia and Georgia over South Ossetia. Officially part of Georgia since the country gained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, it…

A protracted heatwave crawling across much of Europe has brought scorching temperatures to France this week, dealing a further blow to ecosystems already weakened by drought – while also putting human health at risk.

Action starts September 8 with host France against New Zealand’s mighty All Blacks

Most of the south of France is now on red alert for extreme heat, with temperatures forecast to reach 42 degrees Celsius on Wednesday and Thursday. It marks the first time that France has experienced a severe heatwave in late August, and climate experts say it is a worrying sign…