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French Open - Roland Garros, Paris, France - June 4, 2026 Poland's Maja Chwalinska in action during her semi final match against Russia's Diana Shnaider. Photo: Reuters

Fairytale ends in defeat, but Chwalinska's Roland Garros story will never be forgotten

Maja Chwalinska lost the French Open final; but she won everything else.

The Crew was released by Ubisoft in 2014, and discontinued in 2024. Photo: Collected

'Stop Killing Games': Gamers fight back against publishers' rights to shut down purchased games

A 70-year-old driver stands beside her stranded SUV on an elevated light rail track in Seattle after following GPS directions that led the vehicle onto the railway line, disrupting train services for around two hours on 2 June 2026.Photo: Collected

Following GPS, woman drives car onto elevated train tracks in Seattle

Screengrab of the blue air-conditioned autorickshaw spotted in Gurgaon. Photo: Dipanshi/Instagram

Air-conditioned autorickshaw spotted in India's Gurgaon, goes viral

Photo: Collected

Olympics on steroids: Enhanced Games sparks global doping debate

Buffalo named ‘Donald Trump’. Photo: TBS

How global media covered Bangladesh's viral 'Donald Trump' buffalo

On this day in 1498: Vasco da Gama lands in Calicut, charting a new era of European trade with Indian subcontinent

On this day in 1498: Vasco da Gama lands in Calicut, charting a new era of European trade with Indian subcontinent

Matthew Perry. Photo: BSS

Matthew Perry memorabilia to be auctioned for charity

Rail roko and street protests following police firing; children pay tribute to the martyrs. Photo: ABP archives

On this day in 1961: The forgotten language martyrs of India's Silchar who died defending Bangla

Dominique Verdier watches Carlota, a former laboratory rat she adopted, walk on her bed in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Friday, 15 May, 2026. Photo: AP/UNB

Argentine group helps former lab rats find new homes

A full-length portrait of Napoleon in his robes of state, Jean Baptiste Borley. Photo: Collected

On this day in 1804: Napoléon Bonaparte is proclaimed Emperor of the French

The three original photograph plates used to make this photograph now reside in a small museum at 14 India Street, Edinburgh, the house where Maxwell was born. Photo: Collected

On this day in 1861: The first colour photograph changed how the world would see itself

Robert Bevan. Credit : idaholottery/Instagram

Idaho man wins lottery 18 times