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Race to find survivors as Morocco quake deaths top 1,300

Race to find survivors as Morocco quake deaths top 1,300

Morocco's deadliest earthquake in decades has killed more than 1,300 people, authorities said Saturday, as troops and emergency services scrambled to reach remote mountain villages where casualties are still feared trapped.

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Yorgos Lanthimos's 'Poor Things' wins top prize at Venice

Yorgos Lanthimos's 'Poor Things' wins top prize at Venice

The Golden Lion in Venice was awarded Saturday to a hilarious and shockingly explicit reworking of Frankenstein, "Poor Things", starring Emma Stone as a sex-mad reanimated corpse, which had festival-goers in stitches.

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Warner, Labuschagne hit centuries as Australia ease past South Africa

Warner, Labuschagne hit centuries as Australia ease past South Africa

David Warner and Marnus Labuschagne hit centuries and set up a convincing 123-run win for Australia in the second one-day international against South Africa at the Mangaung Oval on Saturday.

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NFL Rams lose star receiver Kupp for first four games

NFL Rams lose star receiver Kupp for first four games

Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Cooper Kupp, a former Super Bowl Most Valuable Player, will miss the first four games of the NFL season, the club announced on Saturday.

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Rovanpera leads Acropolis Rally as Ogier, Neuville hit the rocks

Rovanpera leads Acropolis Rally as Ogier, Neuville hit the rocks

World champion Kalle Rovanpera swept into the lead of the Acropolis Rally on Saturday as rivals Sebastien Ogier and Thierry Neuville saw their hopes dashed in Greece's unforgiving heat and dust.

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Greece's 'wizard of weird' Yorgos Lanthimos wins Venice top prize

Greece's 'wizard of weird' Yorgos Lanthimos wins Venice top prize

With a catalogue of strange, dark and provocative films, Yorgos Lanthimos has established himself as one of the world's most imaginative directors, capped by his Golden Lion in Venice for a feminist reworking of Frankenstein, "Poor Things".

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Cailee Spaeny wins Venice best actress for 'Priscilla'

Cailee Spaeny wins Venice best actress for 'Priscilla'

Cailee Spaeny won the best actress award at the Venice Film Festival on Saturday, at the age of just 25, for her portrayal of Elvis Presley's wife in "Priscilla".

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Donaldson helps end Jones' winless Australia run

Donaldson helps end Jones' winless Australia run

Australia full-back Ben Donaldson scored 25 points as Australia claimed a first win in six games under Eddie Jones as they beat Georgia 35-15 in their World Cup opener on Saturday.

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Maldives set for second round to elect president

Maldives set for second round to elect president

Maldives leader Ibrahim Mohamed Solih was trailing in Saturday's presidential vote, preliminary results showed, triggering a runoff election due later this month.

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50 years later, wounds of Pinochet regime are still raw

50 years later, wounds of Pinochet regime are still raw

In the basement of the presidential palace in Chile's capital, Patricia Herrera was detained and tortured for months before being sent into exile. It was early in a military dictatorship that would kill or cause the disappearance of thousands of people.

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