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Gabriel Jesus scored the decisive spot-kick as hosts Brazil beat Paraguay on penalties to reach the Copa America semi-finals. Paraguay had Fabian Balbuena sent off after 58 minutes for a foul on Roberto Firmino, but the match ended goalless. Gustavo Gomez and Derlis Gonzalez missed from the spot for the visitors as Brazil won the shootout 4-3. The eight-time winners ...

Money spent on audiobooks in the UK almost doubled in 2018, helped by the likes of Michelle Obama, Mel B and Stephen Fry. Figures from The Publishers Association show audiobook sales were worth £69m, up by 43% on the previous year. One of the top titles with online book library Audible was Becoming by former US First Lady Michelle Obama. ...

The Kenyan government has signed agreements with oil major Total, Tullow Oil and Africa Oil Corp to develop a 60,000-80,000 barrels per day crude processing facility for oil discovered in the country’s northwest. The Petroleum and Mining Ministry said on Twitter on Tuesday that the heads of term agreements were for discoveries in Blocks 10 BB and 13T in South ...

A 23-year-old former beauty queen in The Gambia, Fatou “Toufah” Jallow, has said she was raped by ex-President Yahya Jammeh when he was in office. Her testimony is part of a Human Rights Watch and Trial International report that details another alleged rape and sexual assault by Mr Jammeh. The BBC tried to contact Mr Jammeh, who now lives in ...

News of a medical emergency involving Michael Jackson started filtering through at around 22:00 BST on Thursday 25 June 2009. I know because I was on my way to watch cheesy 90s boy band East 17 in the Dance Tent at the Glastonbury Festival. They were a warm-up act the day before the event properly began. My editor called. Michael ...

The author Judith Krantz, who found success by writing about “sex and shopping”, has died in California aged 91. Krantz wrote her first novel, Scruples, at the age of 50. The nine that followed all embraced a similar formula – romance and sex in lavish settings surrounded by expensive objects. They have sold more than 85 million copies and been ...

Atletico Madrid announced a deal to buy Real Madrid midfielder Marcos Llorente on Thursday in a move that could pave the way for Rodrigo Hernandez to join Manchester City. Llorente still has to pass a medical but, barring any late problems, will sign a five-year contract with Atletico and leave their city rivals, where the 24-year-old has struggled for regular ...

Sajid Javid has been knocked out of the Tory leadership race, leaving three contenders vying for the job and to be the next PM. The home secretary received 34 votes coming behind Jeremy Hunt with 59 votes. Michael Gove received 61 votes and frontrunner Boris Johnson got 157. A fifth round of voting will take place between 15:30 BST and ...

Maxwell Konadu has revealed he was hurt when he discovered he had been axed from the Black Stars backroom staff. The former Asante Kotoko trainer who had been Ghana assistant coach since 2012, was laid off from the Black Stars technical team early this year. However, Konadu said he has since moved on from the incident. “You know initially when ...

Australian sperm donor is the legal father of an 11-year-old girl after being actively involved in her life, Australia’s top court has found. The man had fought to stop the girl’s biological mother and her wife from moving to New Zealand with the child. It overturns a lower court’s ruling that the man did not have such rights. Experts say ...