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QNB expands cross-border funding for AI and digital infrastructure

Brazil votes in tight election as Lula slams polling obstacles

France's Le Pen launches presidential bid vowing to restore 'rule of law'

'I am here': Opposition leader Machado returns to Venezuela

Qatar Charity delivers Braille Qurans to blind readers in Kosovo and Albania

Serbia records bumper turnout as students challenge ruling party

Villain intrigue: 'Clayface', Holmes doc lead N. America box office

Houthis say attacked Riyadh airport hours after flights resume

Bayern beat Freiburg to reclaim top spot after Kompany illness

Monaco hold Lille as Rennes go top of Ligue 1

Nigeria widens hunt for possible Ebola cases

Thousands gather in Prague to protest licence fee plans

Liverpool star Isak back to his best says Iraola

Pease spins to floor gold as US tops gymnastics medal table

Ukraine sends ground robots

Lyman's surrender crisis

Pakistan’s Taliban dilemma

Venezuela and the Qatar Fund

Hard-right Reform UK looks to the future after vote success

Thousands of activists from anti-immigration party Reform UK gathered to hear leader Nigel Farage at its annual conference on Friday, buoyed by its electoral breakthrough -- and eyeing potentially bigger prizes to come.

Embiid agrees to NBA contract extension with 76ers

Joel Embiid has signed a contract extension with the Philadelphia 76ers, the team announced on Friday, with the Cameroon-born center saying he wants to stay a Sixer his NBA entire career.

Joshua aims to complete road to redemption in Dubois bout

Anthony Joshua is ready to complete his long road to redemption on Saturday as the former world heavyweight champion eyes Daniel Dubois's IBF belt.

World champion Bagnaia sets pace with lap record at Misano

Francesco Bagnaia set the pace with a lap record in free practice for the Emilia Romagna MotoGP at his home Misano Adriatico circuit on Friday ahead of championship leader Jorge Martin.

Biden says 'working' to get people back to homes on Israel-Lebanon border

US President Joe Biden said Friday he was working to allow people to return to their homes on the Israeli-Lebanon border, in his first comments since a wave of explosions targeting the Hezbollah militia sent tensions soaring.

Pope criticises Argentina's crackdown on protesters

Pope Francis on Friday criticised the recent crackdown on protesters by Argentine President Javier Milei's government, in a rare statement about the social tensions in his home country.

Court limits screenings of videos in France mass rape case

Video of men allegedly raping a drugged Frenchwoman will not be shown at their trial to the public or journalists, the judge in the case ruled Friday.

Gurbaz century takes Afghanistan to 311-4 in 2nd ODI

Rahmanullah Gurbaz chalked up a superb 105 as Afghanistan made 311-4 against South Africa in the second one-day international in Sharjah on Friday.

Central banks face 'difficult balancing act': IMF chief

Central banks face a "difficult balancing act" as they start lowering interest rates around the world in the face of falling inflation, the head of the IMF said Friday.

McLaren's Norris sets Singapore pace as struggling Verstappen 15th

McLaren's Lando Norris went fastest Friday to lead Ferrari pair Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz in second practice for the Singapore Grand Prix with world champion Max Verstappen struggling to 15th.

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