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Arlington sentinel rebukes Pete Hegseth entourage for laughter near memorial

Yella Beezy sentenced to life for arranging rapper Mo3’s murder

Kylie Jenner employee describes closet ordeal and pepper-spray incident

Xi Jinping Urges Unity and Reunification at Sun Yat-sen Anniversary

Synchron Halts Clinical Trials of Second-Generation Brain Implant Due to Performance Issues

Authorities to identify Montauk Mary and five other Long Island cold-case victims

Davante Adams injury deepens Los Angeles Rams receiver shortage

Barbie sequel negotiations stall over reported $25 million pay packages

João Franco’s earlier post draws attention after arrest over fatal Turkey brawl

Bath & Body Works launches buy-one-get-one-free candle offer

Itlu Arjuna receives U/A certificate ahead of theatrical release

Dhananjaya de Silva guides Sri Lanka to 221-4 against Pakistan

Niraj Kumar earns Los Angeles Olympic quota with 50m rifle bronze

Delhi gold loses Rs 800 while silver falls Rs 5,000

Ukraine sends ground robots

Lyman's surrender crisis

Pakistan’s Taliban dilemma

Venezuela and the Qatar Fund

Meltdown: Swiss glaciers hit annual tipping point weeks early

The snow and ice accumulated last winter by Switzerland's glaciers has already melted away, a monitoring service said, with Friday marking the alarming second-earliest arrival on record of the tipping point known as glacier loss day.

Salah 'frightened' to return to Liverpool after Jota death

Mohamed Salah said the death of Liverpool teammate Diogo Jota in a car crash had left him "frightened" to return to the club as the Premier League champions postponed the return of some players for pre-season training.

Wimbledon pays tribute to Jota after Liverpool star's death

Wimbledon paid tribute to Diogo Jota after the Liverpool star's death as Portugal's Francisco Cabral wore a black ribbon during his doubles match on Friday.

Macron to co-chair Ukraine talks with Europe leaders while in UK: Elysee

President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will during the French leader's visit next week to the UK co-chair talks with other European leaders on boosting Ukraine's defences, the Elysee Palace said on Friday.

Dozens hurt in fuel station blast heard across Rome

A huge explosion at a petrol station in a Rome suburb on Friday injured nearly 30 people, two of them seriously, and rattled windows across the Italian capital.

Vingegaard 'stronger than ever' as Tour de France start looms

Two-time champion Jonas Vingegaard said he was feeling stronger than ever Friday and confident of winning another Tour de France as tensions mount on the eve of the start.

Russia brushes off talks, launches largest assault on Ukraine

The Kremlin said on Friday that it sees no immediate diplomatic way out of the war in Ukraine, hours after launching its largest ever drone and missile barrage of the invasion.

Stocks, dollar drop as tariff talk dominates

Stock markets mostly fell alongside a retreating dollar Friday as international tensions over tariffs dominated sentiment.

Besiktas take Tammy Abraham on loan from AS Roma

Turkish giants Besiktas said Friday they signed a deal to take English striker Tammy Abraham on loan from AS Roma with an option to buy.

Wimbledon defends prize pot as players push for bigger share of profits

Wimbledon tournament director Jamie Baker has defended the tournament's prize money pot, pointing to inflation-busting increases as players demand a bigger slice of Grand Slam profits.

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