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Foxtel chief executive Patrick Delany can exhale a little. The pay TV company struck a deal last week with ESPN to continue as the local go-to broadcaster for top sport played in the United States.

FUKUOKA, Japan (Reuters) -French youngster Leon Marchand produced a dazzling performance to shatter American great Michael Phelps' long-standing 400 metres individual medley record on the opening day of swimming events at the World Aquatics Championships on Sunday.

free trade agreements (FTAs), steel secretary Nagendra Nath Sinha told ET. This provision ensures that any steel which benefits from tariff concessions under FTAs is manufactured only in the countries that have an arrangement with India. It helps curtail attempts to use FTA countries as transit points to dump steel, from non-FTA ones, such as China, into India.

England's bid to force a series-levelling win in the fourth Ashes Test against Australia was left hanging by a thread as rain continued to keep the players off the field on Sunday's final day at Old Trafford. A heavy overnight downpour left the outfield sodden and meant play was unable to start as scheduled at 11:00 am (1000 GMT) in Manchester. But with hardy spectators still sheltering beneath umbrellas, ground staff began removing the covers at 1045 GMT as mopping-up operations got underway.

Tour de France reaches its thrilling conclusion with stage 21, fans worldwide are eager to witness the riders' final journey into Paris. There are numerous options available for free live streams, complete with commentary in English, Spanish, Italian, and French. Stage 21, today's procession race event, starts from Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, covering a relatively short 115 km route to Paris, culminating at the iconic Champs-Élysées finish line. Due to the shorter distance, the race is scheduled for a much later start at 4:30 p.m. local time, with an estimated arrival in Paris three hours later. Jonas Vingegaard leads the pack, firmly holding the yellow jersey after an impressive performance in the previous stage, securing a dominant overall lead of nearly seven and a half minutes.

New Delhi: The redeveloped Indian Trade Promotion Organisation (ITPO) complex, which will host G20 leaders' meetings in September, will be inaugurated on 26 July. "With a campus area of approximately 123 acres, the Pragati Maidan Complex proudly holds the title of India's largest MICE (meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions) destination," read a tweet by the Press Information Bureau.

Netflix’s revenues in Asia-Pacific countries are falling, putting the region at odds with the company’s overall outlook, with the streaming giant recording a large increase in the number of subscribers in the United States after it put in place measures to prevent the sharing of accounts.

In a black jacket, white shirt and blue patterned tie, Westpac executive Chris de Bruin sat aside his boss, chief executive Peter King, as parliament’s House of Representative Economics Committee held court this month.

In a little over three years, EQT has gone from zero to some $8 billion in deals around the country. Now the Swedish private equity firm is growing again, launching its first private wealth fund in Australia.

Viewers watching a game of rugby or their favourite NRL team stand a good chance of seeing an advertisement promoting US Powerball.

inflation readings in the US, Australia, New Zealand, and the UK came in short of forecast, which has given rise to a possibility of key central banks soon hitting a pause button in their rate hike mission aimed at reining in inflation. Apart from inflation, the somewhat weaker-than-expected US nonfarm payroll report for June has also played a key role in reinforcing peak rate possibility. The narrative of the peak rate pushed the US yields sharply lower.

Australia’s richest person Gina Rinehart and the nation’s fourth-richest woman, Angela Bennett, square off on Monday to settle their differences in a dispute over billions of dollars in iron ore assets and royalties.

The ABC, battered by years of criticism about its political balance by the right and increasingly the left, has ordered staff to log everyone they get to speak on the Indigenous Voice to parliament down to 15-second increments.

ASX-listed Dexus is ploughing ahead with its asset-diversification strategy, securing fresh funds for its $1.8 billion unlisted healthcare property fund.

One of the world’s biggest airlines, Turkish Airlines, has been forced to put its plans of expanding services into Australia indefinitely on hold after it failed to win government approval in time for an expected launch of highly sought after capacity to Europe from Melbourne and Sydney.

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to inaugurate on July 26 the redeveloped ITPO complex here, which will host the G20 leaders' meeting in September, official sources said on Sunday. The venue, also known as the Pragati Maidan complex, has a campus area of approximately 123 acres and is India's largest MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, and Exhibitions) destination.

Australia have set their sights on retaining the Ashes at Old Trafford after a Marnus Labuschagne century and Manchester’s rain gave them hope of holding on for a draw.

SYDNEY (Reuters) -The United States commissioned a warship in Sydney, Australia, on Saturday, the first time a U.S. Navy vessel joined active service at a foreign port, as the two close allies step up their military ties in response to China's expanding regional reach.

Australia and the United States rehearsed precision missile strikes during war games on Saturday as Canberra overhauls its military strategy in favour of long-range firepower. A series of live-fire drills were held at the Shoalwater Bay military complex in the northeastern region of Queensland, showcasing the American-made HIMARS missile system recently sold to the Australian Defence Force. More than 30,000 troops will take part in the biennial Talisman Sabre exercises over the next two weeks, including soldiers from Japan, France, Germany, and South Korea.

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“These are so sweet, I can’t manage very many," said a friend at my table one summer’s evening a couple of years ago. She wasn’t talking about dessert but about a bowl of glossy-dark fresh cherries. I bit into the taut skin of another luscious cherry with its sweet crimson juices and realized that she was right.