Japan v Ireland: Four set for debuts as Andy Farrell rings changes

Four players are set to make their debuts for a much-changed Ireland side in Saturday's Nations Championship game against Japan in Australia.

Having beaten Australia 33-31 in a dramatic opener on Saturday, Ireland boss Andy Farrell has made nine alterations to his starting line-up before next week's blockbuster Auckland meeting with the All Blacks.

‘History in the making’: Lord’s set for first-ever women’s Test

England host India in a women’s Test at the iconic Lord’s Cricket Ground – the first of such a kind at the venue.

Lord’s will finally host a women’s Test, 142 years since staging its first such men’s match, when England face India in a four-day game at the “Home of Cricket” starting on Friday.

Graham Platner's Platner's disastrous candidacy exposes rifts that could dampen Democrats' Senate hopes

Graham Platner's meteoric rise from relative obscurity to the Democratic nominee in this year's marquee US Senate contest has now ended in catastrophic collapse.

The oysterman and former Marine who beat a popular governor and built a grassroots network of more than 15,000 supporters in Maine announced he was suspending his campaign on Wednesday night.

Kay Kay Menon’s ‘Adarsh Baal Vidyalaya’ Sets July Prime Video Premiere (EXCLUSIVE)

Prime Video will premiere Hindi-language series “Adarsh Baal Vidyalaya” worldwide on July 24, unveiling a seven-episode comedy-drama led by Kay Kay Menon as a headmaster attempting to revive a failing school.

Wimbledon 2026: How Gauff, Kostyuk, Muchova and Noskova have found their feet on grass

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Jensen Huang says his software engineers prefer building agents to writing code

Jensen Huang says his software engineers love how AI is changing their role.

Mbappe and France kick off World Cup quarterfinals with Morocco clash

Three wins to go. How can your team reach the final and win the World Cup 2026? Click here to find out – or click here to follow our live coverage of France vs Morocco.

A vitamin A discovery is changing what scientists know about vision

Scientists at Johns Hopkins University have uncovered how humans develop sharp central vision before birth, identifying a carefully timed interaction between a vitamin A derived molecule and thyroid hormones in the retina. The discovery challenges a decades old explanation for how key light sensing cells form and could guide future treatments for macular degeneration, glaucoma, and other diseases that damage vision.

Crypto still 'off the table' for Singapore's Temasek, four years after FTX flop

Temasek Holdings Pte Ltd. signage during the Singapore FinTech Festival in Singapore, on Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023. The festival runs through Nov. 17.

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