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New Zealand foreign minister in racism row with Chinese ambassador
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De Minaur tops Tsitsipas to set up Hewitt clash in Washington
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Messi returns to Miami training after World Cup break
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Japanese population below 120 million for first time in decades
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Idi Amin's grandson disqualified from Commonwealth boxing bout
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Meta misses profit expectations, sticks to massive AI spending
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O'Connor wins Commonwealth heptathlon as Australia set new record for swimming golds
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Inequality best predicts how nations handle pandemics: study
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De Minaur beats Tsitsipas to set up Hewitt clash in Washington
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Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro denies authorizing deepfake for election message
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Nigeria dismantles meth lab, but fears of Mexican cartel links linger
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Boaduwaa strikes as Ghana beat WAFCON debutants Cape Verde
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FIFA proposal 'an opportunity but not an obligation', says Infantino
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US actor Jared Leto denies latest accusations of sexual assault
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Campari - king of the spritz - hopes to conquer American heartland
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Danube drops to 'historic lows' as fresh heatwave hits
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Mancini wants Italy back to trophy-winning ways
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US Federal Reserve holds rates steady as inflation hawks call for hike
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Torrey Pines added to new PGA Tour top-level series from 2028
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Eala beats defending champ Fernandez in Washington
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Air France-KLM and Lufthansa bid for Portugal's TAP airline
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US man accused of destroying evidence by wiping phone at airport
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Korda seeks 'control' as she chases history at women's British Open
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BTS pulls out of Grammys after Asian pop category introduction
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Profits soar at Airbus as it delivers more planes
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Judge orders Amy Winehouse's father to pay nearly £1mn to her friends
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US-Saudi strikes in Iraq kill 20, including Iranians
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Crisis-hit Cuba opens pharmacies, gas stations to private firms
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Brazil court scrutinizes Jair Bolsonaro deepfake endorsing son
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Pro-Kremlin TV commentator ordered to leave France, under house arrest
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OpenAI says rogue AI agent attack hit other companies
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Irish singer, musician Glen Hansard killed in motorbike crash at 56
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Former top US Covid expert Fauci declines to answer hostile Senate questioning
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Ukraine appeals against Russian return to Olympics
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Neymar says his time playing for Brazil 'is over'
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F1 boss says season to finish in Europe if Gulf races cancelled
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Israel army hit Gaza mosque, says used for Hamas 'weapons storage'
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Spanish wildfire evacuees go home as France hit by new heat alert
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Trump says US to hit Iran hard
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French DJ Kavinsky, famed for 'Nightcall', found dead in Paris
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UBS second-quarter net profit up 17% to $2.8 billion
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How an AFP beach snap became emblem of Europe's wildfire summer
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FIFA hit by furious backlash over plans to sell stake in competitions
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The United States, the world's biggest donor, froze virtually all foreign aid on Friday, making exceptions only for emergency food, and military funding for Israel and Egypt.
Trump threatens aid cutoff on US disaster zone visits
US President Donald Trump visited disaster zones in North Carolina and California on Friday, using his first trip since his return to office to turn emergency aid into a political cudgel.
US freezes almost all aid except for Israel, Egypt: memo
The United States, the world's biggest donor, froze virtually all foreign aid on Friday, making exceptions only for emergency food, and military funding for Israel and Egypt.
Rubio clashes with China FM on Taiwan
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio clashed with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi over Taiwan on Friday, with Donald Trump's top diplomat denouncing Beijing's "coercive" moves.
The four Israeli women hostages to be freed on Saturday
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Sudan army breaks paramilitary siege on Khartoum HQ, reclaims oil refinery
The Sudanese army said Friday it broke a siege of its headquarters in Khartoum by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, which had encircled it since war broke out in April 2023.
Zelensky warns Putin wants to 'manipulate' Trump on Ukraine
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Hamas says four women soldiers to be freed in next swap with Israel
Hamas on Friday said it would release the following day four Israeli women soldiers held hostage since October 7, 2023, in a second exchange under a ceasefire deal that has halted the Gaza war.
US anti-abortion rally celebrates Trump's return
Tens of thousands of anti-abortion activists, joined by masked neo-Nazis, converged in Washington on Friday to hear President Donald Trump address a rally.
Opening arguments expected in A$AP Rocky shooting case
Opening arguments were expected to begin Friday in the trial of rapper A$AP Rocky, who is charged with pulling a gun on a former friend during an argument in Hollywood.
Trump visits North Carolina and California disaster zones
US President Donald Trump visited disaster zones in North Carolina and California on Friday, using his first trip since his return to office to turn emergency aid into a political cudgel.
Migrants held in US sanctuary city as Trump moves army to border
The mayor of a major US city said Friday immigration officers raided a seafood business, detaining undocumented migrants alongside an American citizen as President Donald Trump pressed actions against undocumented people and deployed troops to the Mexican border.
Israel says Lebanon troop pullout 'will continue' beyond 60-day deadline
Israel announced on Friday that the withdrawal of its forces from southern Lebanon would continue beyond the 60-day period stipulated in a November ceasefire agreement with Hezbollah.
Hamas names hostages to be freed in next swap with Israel
Hamas named on Friday four Israeli "women soldiers" held hostage since October 7 whom it plans to release from captivity in a second exchange under a ceasefire deal that has halted the Gaza war.
Putin says he is ready for talks with Trump on Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday he was ready for talks with US counterpart Donald Trump on Ukraine, praising him as a "smart" leader who might have prevented the conflict from starting in 2022.
Sudan army breaks paramilitary siege on key base: military source
The Sudanese army broke a paramilitary siege on one of its key Khartoum-area bases on Friday, paving the way to also freeing the besieged military headquarters, a military source said.
DR Congo battles intensify, Western nations ask citizens to leave Goma
The DR Congo army and M23 on Friday clashed outside Goma as the UK, US and France urged citizens to leave the main city in DR Congo's volatile east, warning the situation could deteriorate rapidly.
Trump heads to disaster zones amid emergency funding row
US President Donald Trump made his first trip Friday since returning to power, heading to fire-scorched California and hurricane-hit North Carolina as a row blazed over disaster funding.
Hamas says to give names of hostages on Friday for next swap with Israel
A senior Hamas official told AFP that his group will provide on Friday the names of four Israeli women hostages to be freed the following day in the second exchange of a ceasefire agreement.
UN says more staff detained by Huthi rebels in Yemen
Yemen's Huthi rebels have detained another group of UN personnel, a United Nations statement said on Friday, after 13 staff were held last June.
400,000 displaced this year as conflict rages in DRC's volatile east
The DR Congo army and M23 on Friday clashed near the main city in the country's volatile east as the UN warned the raging conflict had displaced over 400,000 people this year and could spark a regional war.
Putin ready to talk to Trump, waiting for 'signals', Kremlin says
Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready to talk to US counterpart Donald Trump but is waiting for signals from Washington first, the Kremlin said on Friday, fuelling expectations the two would be in contact.
Global stock markets build on Trump rally
Global stock markets rose Friday after a record day on Wall Street in response to US President Donald Trump's tax-cut pledge and his more friendly comments with regard to China.
Philippines turns to comic book to assert South China Sea claims
The Philippine government launched a comic book Friday asserting its claims in the disputed South China Sea, amid rising tensions with Beijing over the strategic waterway.
Meta guru urges Europe to gamble more on AI
Europe should take greater risks and plough more money into artificial intelligence, Meta's chief AI scientist Yann LeCun told AFP at the World Economic Forum.
Trump's deportation operation underway, hundreds of migrants arrested: White House
Hundreds of migrants in the United States were arrested Thursday and others flown out of the country on military aircraft as President Donald Trump's promised mass deportation operation got underway, the White House said.
Frenchman on Indonesian death row to be sent home
A Frenchman on death row in Indonesia since 2007 for drug offences will be sent back to his home country, an Indonesian minister said Friday.
Stock markets build on Trump rally, yen climbs after BoJ cut
Markets rose Friday after a record day on Wall Street in response to Donald Trump's tax-cut pledge, while the yen strengthened after a widely expected interest rate hike by the Bank of Japan.
Taekwondo star Hamidi sacrifices her freedom to battle the Taliban
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