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Bulgaria searches for missing crew after drones hit more Black Sea ships

Stock markets climb as oil prices retreat

Alcaraz wins Japan Open for first title since return from injury

'No future': Thousands mass in France for high school protests

India, Qatar, S.Africa among nations who want to host 2036 Olympics

Nobel physics prize honours work on 'ghostly messengers' from outer space

Muchova squeaks out win over Osaka to reach China Open quarter-finals

Russia denies imposing anti-plague measures after death of worker

Bulgaria searches for missing crew after drones hit two more ships in Black Sea

Kenya reports first-ever Ebola death

Le Pen vows drastic cost savings to prevent French 'default'

Tennis world No.1 Sinner's season over due to knee injury

'Eats through a straw': French teens wounded in high school protests

Yemen's Houthis claim attack on Riyadh airport, deny losing territory

Europe’s arms money maze

Houthis and al-Qaeda

Brazil tests Milei’s gamble

Germany under Weidel

Clouds carry drug-resistant bacteria across distances: study

For a team of Canadian and French researchers, dark clouds on the horizon are potentially ominous not because they signal an approaching storm -- but because they were found in a recent study to carry drug-resistant bacteria over long distances.

Stoinis, Mayers star as Lucknow smash Punjab in IPL

Marcus Stoinis and Kyle Mayers smashed 11 boundaries apiece to bring Lucknow Super Giants the second-highest team total in Indian Premier League history during Friday's 56-run demolition of Punjab Kings.

NBA Suns star Durant announces lifetime Nike deal

Two-time NBA champion Kevin Durant and Nike announced Friday they have agreed on terms of a lifetime deal, joining legends Michael Jordan and LeBron James with such a contract.

Russian strikes kill 25 including five children

Russian strikes battered cities across Ukraine on Friday, killing 25 people including five children, as Kyiv said preparations for a counter-offensive against Moscow's forces were nearly complete.

Espargaro 'switches off brain' to lead Aprilia dominance in Jerez

Aprilia bikes dominated Friday's practice sessions for the Spanish Grand Prix in Jerez with Aleix Espargaro fastest by "switching off the brain" followed by Maverick Vinales.

Players' chief wants fair reward for 'rising' England rugby women

With England are set to run out in front of a record crowd when they face France in a Women's Six Nations Grand Slam decider, a players' representative on Friday urged the Rugby Football Union to make sure they receive proper financial reward for growing the game.

NBA Raptors eye WNBA's Hammon in coach search: report

The NBA's Toronto Raptors have been granted permission to speak about their head coaching vacancy with Becky Hammon, who guided the Las Vegas Aces to last year's Women's NBA title, ESPN reported Friday.

Spain, Portugal smash April temperature records

Mainland Spain and Portugal have broken temperature records for April, officials said Friday, as both nations wilt in an unusually early heatwave that has raised the risk of wildfires.

US regulators admit mistakes were made ahead of regional bank failures

The US Federal Reserve called for greater banking oversight while admitting to its own failures in a widely-anticipated report published Friday into the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) last month.