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Asian Cup in Saudi Arabia could be postponed but 'no hurry' to decide: AFC

Musk calls on Ukraine's Zelensky to 'go' after satellite slowdown row

Conrad wields axe after South Africa loss to Australia

Still smiling at 117, Albanian may be world's oldest woman

School roof collapse kills teacher, 27 children in NW Pakistan

Pope has 'good night' in hospital: Vatican

Haze turns Indonesia skies orange, shuts schools in East Timor

China's economy seen missing target as global shocks bite: AFP poll

California puts first US billionaire tax to the vote

Costa Rica opens jail inspired by El Salvador mega-prison

School headscarf ban meets resistance in Austria

Same-sex couple takes fight for equality to Slovakian court

World's top cocoa producer aims for a climate-tough bean

'High hopes' as Indonesian women get a football league, again

Europe’s arms money maze

Houthis and al-Qaeda

Brazil tests Milei’s gamble

Germany under Weidel

Strike grounds flights at Geneva airport

A strike paralysed Geneva airport on Friday, grounding flights for two days at Switzerland's second-busiest airport at the start of the busy summer travel season.

Markets rise but rate hike worries temper upbeat US data

Markets mostly rose Friday as more forecast-beating data reinforced the US economy's resilience despite surging interest rates but piled further pressure on the Fed to keep hiking to tame inflation.

'No future': Egyptians risk lives at sea to reach Europe

Hoping to escape a dire economy and bleak prospects, Egyptians are increasingly attempting the perilous sea crossing to Europe that this month claimed dozens of lives in a shipwreck off Greece.

Markets rise but upbeat US data tempered by rate hike worries

Markets mostly rose Friday as more forecast-beating data reinforced the US economy's resilience despite surging interest rates but piled further pressure on the Fed to keep hiking to tame inflation.

Celtic and Australia midfielder Mooy retires

Midfielder Aaron Mooy called time on his career for both club and country Friday, informing Celtic and Australia of his immediate retirement.

64 flights cancelled at Geneva airport over strike

Some 64 flights were cancelled at Geneva's international airport on Friday, it said, after operations were halted for four hours because of a strike by workers at the start of the busy summer travel season.

'Significant threat': Around world, doctors battle impersonators

A Thai doctor endorsing a dubious diabetes treatment, a Filipino physician touting crotch-enhancing underwear, a US doctor sparking off anti-vaccine conspiracies -- they are all victims of identity theft plaguing health professionals.

Hundreds arrested as France rocked by new protests over police killing

French President Emmanuel Macron was Friday to chair a new crisis meeting of ministers after a third straight night of nationwide protests over the deadly police shooting of a teenager saw cars torched, shops ransacked and hundreds arrested.

Norway's quest for 'black gold' from used car batteries

Wearing a white lab coat and with a gas mask within reach, Ole Jorgen Gronvold measures the humidity of an intriguing dark powder touted as the planet's next "black gold".

Online police patrol the internet in Denmark

At Denmark's police headquarters, officers have been glued to their computers playing the popular video game Counter-Strike. But they weren't kicking back on a break -- they were tracking crimes on the internet.

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