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Real Madrid coach Xabi Alonso said Kylian Mbappe was edging closer to full fitness ahead of the Club World Cup quarter-finals after his side eliminated Juventus 1-0 in the last 16 on Tuesday.

World number one Jannik Sinner eased effortlessly into the second round at Wimbledon, as neither the stifling heat nor fellow Italian Luca Nardi could knock him out of his comfort zone in a 6-4 6-3 6-0 victory on Tuesday.

All-rounder Corbin Bosch took a first five-wicket haul in test cricket to go with his maiden century as a much-changed South Africa defeated hosts Zimbabwe by 328 runs on day four of the first test in Bulawayo on Tuesday.

Marcos Leonardo scored his second goal of the match in the 112th minute to give Al Hilal a 4-3 upset victory over Manchester City on Monday night in Orlando, sending the Saudi Arabian side into the quarterfinals of the Club World Cup.

Four-times Grand Slam winner Naomi Osaka overcame some first-round jitters to survive a scrap with Australian qualifier Talia Gibson and advance at Wimbledon with a battling 6-4 7-6(4) first-round win on Monday.

Dubai Airshow has officially opened registration for its 19th edition, taking place from November 17-21 at Dubai World Central.

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday threatened to cut off the billions of dollars in subsidies that Elon Musk's companies receive from the federal government, in an escalation of the war of words between the president and the world's richest man, one-time allies who have since fallen out.

Dubai Holding and Select Group, a real estate development and investment firm, have partnered to develop two "large-scale" residential and hospitality establishments in Palm Jebel Ali and Dubai Design District (d3). 

Air Arabia has announced the return of direct flights between Sharjah and Damascus, starting July 10.

Emirates REIT (real estate investment trust) has recorded total property income of $19 million in the first quarter of 2025, marking a 24 per cent year-on-year growth.

Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has completed a series of rapid upgrades to improve traffic flow between Sheikh Zayed Road and Al Khail Road via Al Meydan Street.

Reem Adel Ahmed Al Zarouni, a seventh-grader from Al Ittihad National Private School in Abu Dhabi, has been named the UAE champion of the 9th Arab Reading Challenge

UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and his South Korean counterpart Lee Jae-myung have held a phone call to discuss strengthening ties between their nations.

The Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE) has unveiled gold and silver commemorative coins to honour the legacies of the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, and Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum.

Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, has discussed regional developments during a phone call with Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, on Tuesday.

Sharjah Police announced it seized more than 1,200 kg of narcotics worth more than AED 279 million and arrested 680 suspects in 2024.

A programme has been launched to prepare Emirati youth to take part in UAE-led social missions around the world, including humanitarian, developmental and cultural.

The UAE has expressed solidarity with India over a factory explosion that killed at least a dozen people.

Russian President Vladimir Putin had a "substantial" phone call with French President Emmanuel Macron on the Iran-Israel conflict and Ukraine, the Kremlin said on Tuesday, the first such exchange between the two leaders since September 2022.

US President Donald Trump urged Hamas on Tuesday to agree to what he called a "final proposal" for a 60-day ceasefire with Israel in Gaza that will be delivered by mediating officials from Qatar and Egypt.

The Republican-controlled US Senate passed President Donald Trump's tax and spending bill on Tuesday, signing off on a massive package that would enshrine many of his top domestic priorities into law while adding $3.3 trillion to the national debt.

More than a thousand schools were closed in France on Tuesday and the top floor of the Eiffel Tower was shut to tourists as a severe heatwave continued to grip Europe, triggering health alerts across the region.

Thailand's Constitutional Court on Tuesday suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra from duty pending a case seeking her dismissal, in a major setback for a government under fire on multiple fronts and fighting for its survival.

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order terminating a US sanctions programme on Syria, allowing an end to the country's isolation from the international financial system and building on Washington's pledge to help it rebuild after a devastating civil war.

Former criminology graduate student Bryan Kohberger has agreed to plead guilty to killing four Idaho college students in 2022, a move that would spare him the death penalty under a deal with prosecutors, according to the family of one of the victims.

US President Donald Trump plans to host Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on July 7, a US official said, as the American leader pressed for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, and the return of remaining hostages.