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Pope out of bed, progress 'normal' after cancer operation

Barcola scores hat-trick as Liverpool hit LASK for six

Mekies extends contract as Red Bull team principal until 2031

Healthy corals help bleached neighbors regain color: study

Indonesia rescues starved orangutan from fires: officials

Hope ton helps West Indies level T20 series at 2-2 in India

Real Madrid's Vinicius banned for Clasico after red card

Ukraine war reaches shores of Bulgarian fishing village

Restrictions expose Ukraine's Starlink dependency in Russia war: observers

Pope out of bed, progress 'normal' after lung cancer operation

Brazil probing 'criminal' origin of forest fires: minister to AFP

Espada out as Astros manager while Mattingly stays with Phillies

Sally Rooney books cannot be sold in UK amid Palestine Action ban: publisher

Houthis say targeted Saudi oil giant Aramco, vow more attacks

Europe’s arms money maze

Houthis and al-Qaeda

Brazil tests Milei’s gamble

Germany under Weidel

'We only have this planet': Barbados PM urges unified climate finance response

Between brainstorming ways to fix the global financial system and appearing onstage at a Paris pop concert, Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley stopped to record a message about the storm looming near her Caribbean nation.

Beijing issues highest heat alert as north China swelters

China issued its highest-level heat alert for northern parts of the country on Friday as the capital baked in temperatures hovering around 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit).

Tiny Thai school on the climate change front line

Each morning, four children stand barefoot in a line and proudly sing the national anthem as the Thai flag is raised outside their school, perched on a finger of land surrounded by the sea.

New Zealand's Ardern gets international book deal

Ex-New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced Friday she will write a book about leadership to be published worldwide, after five tumultuous years in charge of the Pacific nation.

Millions head to Mecca for huge hajj in Saudi heat

Enormous crowds of worshippers thronged Mecca, Islam's holiest city, on Friday for the biggest hajj pilgrimage in years, with more than two million expected to brave the scorching Saudi Arabian heat.

Fire and fury: the Olympic torch relay

The Olympic torch has been into space, deep underwater and even scaled Mount Everest.

Asian markets fall again as traders eye more rate hikes

Equity markets sank Friday and oil extended a sharp selloff after a string of interest rate hikes by central banks revived worries about the global economy.

The ship sank. Or did it? Titanic misinformation swirls

The Titanic inspired a tear-jerking blockbuster and expeditions to its watery gravesite -- including a fatal one this week -- but viral TikTok videos peddle a stunning conspiracy theory: the ship never sank.

Biden, Modi salute 'defining relationship' as US bets big on India

US President Joe Biden and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Thursday that the two democracies' partnership would define the next century, as Washington eyes a counterweight to China and brushes off allegations of growing authoritarianism in New Delhi.

Greece holds final party rallies ahead of Sunday vote

Greece on Friday entered the final day of campaigning for Sunday's national elections, with conservative frontrunner Kyriakos Mitsotakis aiming to consolidate the gains he made in last month's inconclusive ballot.

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