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Fire-hit France region 'coming up for air' as main blaze calms

US announces steep water cuts for three states amid Colorado River crisis

Wembanyama to get signature shoe in Nike contract extension: reports

EU grapples with migrant crisis in Spain's N. Africa enclave

Oil giants report blowout profits on war, warn high gas prices could persist

Hungary to shut nuclear plant as heatwave hits central Europe

Google launches new satellite image AI tool, alarming researchers

Strengthening El Nino 'adding fuel to a planet already on fire': UN chief

Eddie Howe resigns as Newcastle boss to 'recharge'

Tech-fuelled rally fizzles as oil prices rise

High winds hamper firefighting efforts in western Turkey

Putin's peace threshold

Saudi Arabia’s Costly Mirage

Latin America’s age trap

China's silicon reckoning

Adobe down 40%: Kodak moment?

Boomers: Selfish or Scapegoats?

Beijing's new Taiwan playbook

Unexpected economic twist

Chelsea's Mudryk cleared to play after doping ban appeal

Chelsea winger Mykhailo Mudryk has been cleared to resume his career after the Football Association and the World Anti-Doping Agency "resolved his appeal" against a ban for failing a doping test.

Howe resigns as Newcastle boss

Eddie Howe has stepped down as Newcastle manager to "recharge and take a break" following a five-year spell at St James' Park, the club confirmed on Friday.

A side of oysters for France's flat-out firefighters

As the smoke from France's worst wildfire in over 75 years rose over the Bassin d'Arcachon, a pair of nearby firefighters tucked into a plate of oysters plucked from the bay west of Bordeaux.

Full-scale tour will benefit All Blacks, says coach Rennie

New Zealand's first full-scale rugby tour of South Africa in 30 years will have significant benefits for them, head coach Dave Rennie said in Cape Town on Friday.

England cricket chief Key refuses to rule out Stokes return

England cricket chief Rob Key has left the door open for a dramatic international comeback by former Test captain Ben Stokes, who announced his shock retirement in late June.

US Fed dissenters call for rate hikes over sustained inflation

All three US Federal Reserve policymakers who dissented from the central bank's decision to keep interest rates steady earlier this week said Friday that rate hikes were needed now in order to avoid entrenched inflation.

New blazes in Greece as strong winds hamper firefighting

New wildfires fed by strong winds broke out in Greece Friday, giving firefighters little respite and forcing Civil Protection officials to order the partial evacuation of part of a suburb west of Athens.

Trump and far-right seize on Spanish migration crisis

US President Donald Trump led far-right attempts Friday on both sides of the Atlantic to make political capital from Spain's migration crisis, portraying the migrant surge in Ceuta as a warning for America if his opponents get into power.

Springboks star Feinberg-Mngomezulu back for Argentina Test

Star fly-half Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu was included on Friday in the 26-man South Africa squad for a one-off Test in Argentina on August 8 after recovering from ankle surgery.

Hamas agrees to disarm under Trump plan

Hamas said Friday it had agreed to a deal announced by US President Donald Trump to end its war with Israel, which includes it handing over its weapons to a Palestinian governing committee and the gradual withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza.

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