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The Cup is being held outside the sport's traditional strongholds for the first time in a bid to expand rugby's fanbase

The hosts overcame a nervous start to run out winners

Outgoing IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde gives an exclusive interview to AFP journalists at the IMF headquarters in Washington

The highest levels of trust were found in China, followed by India and then Canada.

Oil hub Comodoro Rivadavia, in the Patagonian province of Chubut, is bearing the brunt of Argentina's economic crisis

Nicolas Batum feels that the Boston Celtics landed a gem in French teammate Vincent Poirier.

Joe Schmidt will be pleased Ireland go to the Rugby World Cup with dampened expectations from those when they beat the All Blacks last year, Tony Ward told AFP

Andrew Bogut of Australia is under fire for his profanity-laced outburst after the Boomers lost to Spain in the FIBA World Cup semifinals.

Aerial view of a truck on a road crossing the flooded southern zone of the Uyuni Salt Flat, Bolivia

Siya Kolisi is the first black player to captain South Africa at a World Cup

Argentina's newly appointed Economy Minister Hernan Lacunza will discuss next steps with the International Monetary Fund in Washington

The demonstrators plan to camp for 48 hours on the 9 de Julio Avenue in the heart of Buenos Aires

Dagna Avia walks through the poverty-hit Buenos Aires district of Villa 21-24 where her soup kitchen feeds 200 people a day

Jayson Tatum will reportedly suit up against Argentina on Wednesday if the team USA beats France to advance to the semis.

After weighing on Embraer's profit in recent years, the KC-390 military jet could drive substantial earnings growth for the company over the next five years and beyond.

Margaret Atwood released the much-anticipated sequel to her award-winning 1985 novel "The Handmaid's Tale" on Tuesday, with "The Testaments" set to become a similar smash.A terrifying, misogynistic dystopia set in the US northeast in the near-future, "The Handmaid's Tale" has been turned into a major television series and become a feminist rallying point for the #MeToo generation."It's a question of things escaping from a book to the real world and the author has zero control," Canadian author Atwood told a press conference in London.

A recent graph shows that Lionel Messi has been dominating his soccer rival Cristiano Ronaldo since age of 21.

Joe Schmidt says there will be no repeat at the World Cup of the limp Irish performance in the 57-15 thrashing by England

Uber is facing unique challenges all over the world, from local competitor Ola in India to a government ban in Romania.

Pope Francis on Friday told tens of thousands of faithful at a packed stadium not to resort to "vengeance" as he wound up a visit to Mozambique, ravaged by a 16-year civil war and now the target of jihadist attacks.His maiden visit to the poor former Portuguese colony came a month after the government and the former rebel group Renamo, now the main opposition party, signed a historic peace treaty.

Meghan Markle shared details about her romance with a US marine.