Danish rider Jonas #Vingegaard is set to ride into Paris on Sunday to be officially crowned the 2022 #TourDeFrance champion after three weeks and 3,350km of relentless struggle up peaks, over plains and through a crushing heatwave u.afp.com/wVic#AFPSports#TDF22
#UPDATE Jonas #Vingegaard set off for Paris on Sunday to be officially crowned the 2022 #TourDeFrance champion -- the final stage a largely ceremonial run -- after three weeks and 3,350km of struggle up peaks, over plains and through a heatwave u.afp.com/wV5N#AFPSports
#BREAKING Denmark's Jonas Vingegaard wins Tour de France as Jasper Philipsen takes home final stage
After a gruelling three weeks and 3,350km of relentless struggle, 25-year-old Jonas Vingegaard of Denmark crossed the finish line Sunday as the winner of the 2022 Tour de France
#BREAKING Anti-UN protester shot dead in eastern DR Congo city: AFP reporter
#BREAKING At least 5 anti-UN protesters killed in eastern DR Congo city of Goma: govt
#UPDATE At least five people have been killed and about 50 wounded during anti-UN protests in the eastern DR Congo city of #Goma, government spokesman Patrick Muyaya said Tuesday u.afp.com/wVs4
#BREAKING EU must act 'as soon as possible' against Gazprom gas threats: Czech minister
#UPDATE Gazprom's plan to cut gas deliveries to Europe shows EU countries must agree to reduce their use of Russian gas this winter, Czech industry and trade minister Jozef Sikela says.
"Putin will continue to play his dirty games in misusing and blackmailing gas supplies"
#BREAKING EU members strike deal to cut Russian gas use by 15%: official
#BREAKING Japan executes man over 2008 stabbing rampage: local media
#UPDATE Japan has executed a man convicted of killing seven people in a stabbing rampage in Tokyo's popular Akihabara electronics district in 2008, local media report.
The Justice Ministry declined to immediately confirm reports that Tomohiro Kato has been executed
#UPDATE Japan's Justice Ministry confirms execution of Tomohiro Kato, convicted of killing seven people in a truck ramming and stabbing rampage in Tokyo in 2008
#BREAKING Tunisia constitutional vote sees at least 27.5 percent turnout, electoral board says
#UPDATE 🇹🇳 Tunisians voted in favour of a new constitution, according to an exit poll, a stamp of approval for President Kais Saied whose rivals accuse him of moving to install an autocracy in the birthplace of the Arab Spring u.afp.com/wVAJ
#UPDATE Tunisian President Kais Saied celebrated early on Tuesday the almost certain victory of the "yes" vote in a referendum on a new constitution that strengthens his powers, and risks the return of authoritarian rule in the Arab Spring's birthplace u.afp.com/wVxD
#BREAKING UK says agrees with Ukraine, Eurovision to host 2023 song contest
#UPDATE Britain said on Monday it had reluctantly agreed to take Ukraine's place as hosts of next year's #Eurovision song contest after organisers said there was no prospect of the event going ahead in the war-torn country u.afp.com/wVfQ
#BREAKING Kyiv welcomes UK hosting next year's Eurovision 'on behalf of Ukraine': culture minister
#BREAKING Kremlin says strikes on Ukraine port of Odessa should not hamper grain exports
#UPDATE The Kremlin said on Monday that Russian strikes on Ukraine's Black Sea port of #Odessa "should not affect" a UN-brokered deal between Moscow and Kyiv to unblock grain exports u.afp.com/wVfp