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England quick Tongue backs Cooley to make him a better bowler

Stand at new Inter Miami stadium to be named for Messi

G7 urges end to attacks on civilians in Middle East war

Mideast war leaves 6,000 tonnes of tea stuck at Kenya port

US and Israel hit nuclear sites as Rubio trails end to Iran war

Van der Poel holds on for third straight E3 Classic victory

Missing aid boats 'safely' crossed to Cuba: US Coast Guard

'Everyone knows we are African champions', insists Senegal coach

China used fake LinkedIn profiles to spy on NATO, EU: security source

Djokovic withdraws from Monte-Carlo Masters

English rugby chief says no talks with Farrell 'at present'

Trump fears Asia's oil shock

BlackRock fund freeze panic

Calm or Chaos: Iran’s reach

Cuban regime nears collapse

Adobe down 40%: Kodak moment?

Boomers: Selfish or Scapegoats?

Iran-War and dangerous Lines

30 Days to Save the Economy?

G7 ministers urge end to attacks against civilians in Mideast war

G7 foreign ministers Friday urged a stop to attacks against civilians in the Middle East war and urged Iran to immediately restore freedom of navigation in the strategic Strait of Hormuz.

Overnight petrol queues in Ethiopia as war shortages hit

Ethiopians said Friday they slept in their cars in hours-long queues for petrol as shortages caused by the Middle East war began to take their toll.

Bahrain cracks down on Shia dissent as Iran war tests kingdom

While Bahrain comes under Iranian fire, some in the country have expressed sympathy with Tehran and even rejoiced over hits on US bases, prompting a crackdown mainly targeting the Shia Muslim community, activists told AFP.

Under threat of dying out, Turkish Armenian evolves through art

Once spoken by two million people across the Ottoman Empire, Turkish Armenian has shrunk to the point of becoming an endangered language following a century marked by massacres and mass emigration.

Brazil's Bolsonaro leaves hospital, starts house arrest for coup attempt

Former far-right Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro was discharged from hospital on Friday after a two-week stay and transferred to his home in Brasilia to begin house arrest, his doctor said.

French Olympic ice dance champions lead at worlds

Olympic ice dance champions Guillaume Cizeron and Laurence Fournier Beaudry dominated the rhythm dance at the world figure skating championships on Friday to put themselves on track for gold.

Mexico searches for missing Cuba aid boats

The Mexican Navy searched Friday for two sailboats that went missing while transporting humanitarian aid to crisis-hit Cuba, a week after leaving Mexico with nine people aboard.

Vingegaard takes Tour of Catalonia lead with stage five win

Jonas Vingegaard powered to a solo victory on stage five of the Tour of Catalonia on Friday to move into the overall lead.

Lebanon at risk of 'humanitarian catastrophe': UN

Nearly a month into the Middle East war, Lebanon is facing a deepening humanitarian crisis that now risks teetering over into a catastrophe, the United Nations refugee agency warned Friday.

Russia labels 'Mr Nobody Against Putin' teacher a 'foreign agent'

Russia declared the teacher and central protagonist of the Oscar-winning documentary "Mr Nobody Against Putin" a foreign agent on Friday, a label akin to being an enemy of the state.

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