Filming for the fourth season of the hit series "The White Lotus" (HBO Max) has begun on the French Riviera, the show's producers have announced. The producers said on Thursday that filming is taking place in Cannes, St. Tropez and Monaco. Filming is also set to take place in Paris but the plot will remain set on France's Côte d’Azur. The fourth season of the social satire about staff and holidaymakers at a fictional luxury hotel chain is set this time against the backdrop of the Cannes Film Festival. After Hawaii and Sicily, Mike White set the series' third season at an upmarket Thai resort. ...

Home favourite Alexander Zverev held his nerve to beat Francisco Cerundolo on Friday and book a semi-final spot at the Munich Open. The top seed and defending champion recovered after letting slip a double break lead in the first set to claim a 5-7, 6-0, 6-2 win. "I played well, I have to admit. I hope I can stand here again with the trophy on Sunday," Zverev said. He will now take Flavio Cobolli, who cruised to a 6-2, 6-2 victory against Vit Kopriva.

Lebanon's President Joseph Aoun has called on the people in his country to see the ceasefire with Israel as an opportunity to promote stability and reconstruction after weeks of renewed heavy fighting. "The Lebanese people, who have endured so much in recent years, now face a new reality," Aoun told members of parliament on Friday. A ceasefire came into effect in Lebanon overnight, after more than six weeks of fresh fighting between Israel and the Lebanese Hezbollah militia, which saw mutual attacks as well as Israeli ground forces in southern Lebanon. Aoun said the Lebanese military would ext...

VfB Stuttgart coach Sebastian Hoeness said his team will "do everything we can to get something" out of the match against Bayern Munich on Sunday, which could decide the Bundesliga title. "We need courage, belief and efficiency in attack," he said in a news conference on Friday. "We also want to play our game in Munich. We're not going to see a completely changed team. It's about tweaking little things in certain phases of play." The coach won't have forward Deniz Undav, who's suspended, and he refused to reveal his plans for a replacement. Bayern will claim this season's league title if they ...

For some it's an acquired taste, for others, it's part-beverage, part-fashion statement. But one thing Japan's green tea matcha is probably not seen as is a remedy for sneezing and hay fever. In what could be good news for those who dread the onset of pollen season, that is what a team of Hiroshima University believe could be the case following tests suggesting that matcha powder "could reduce the need to sneeze in people with nasal allergies." The researchers said there were already hints that green tea and matcha, with their high levels of biologically active compounds including antioxidants...