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Greenwood, Guendouzi handed bans after Fenerbahce-Lyon brawl

Nepal tunnel rescue revives hopes 10 days after flood

In Iceland, the mystery of the poet, the tomb and the Danish grocer

Indonesia rescues second orangutan mother and baby from wildfire

Ratko Mladic: Bosnian Serb commander to convicted war criminal

Box office magnet Robert Pattinson appears in paedophile thriller

Bolivian army base blasts kill two, wound dozens

How haze from Indonesian fires impacts Southeast Asia

Alcaraz, Sabalenka into US Open last 16 as Williams sisters lose on return

Trump sends envoys to Moscow, Kyiv with new plan to 'end war'

Williams sisters fall in thrilling return to US Open doubles

India's island choke point

China’s lithography leap

Australia limits migration

Venezuela’s Oil Return

Adobe down 40%: Kodak moment?

Boomers: Selfish or Scapegoats?

China’s cartel lifeline

Sweden’s welfare reckoning

'Mini-dictatorship': Students slam Argentina-run residence in Paris

Weeks before President Javier Milei visits France, scrutiny has grown around an Argentina-run university residence in Paris supposed to promote peaceful coexistence but which activists say instead restricts lodger freedoms and hosts European far-right figures.

Bangladesh measles toll nears grim 1,000-child mark

Bangladesh's deadliest measles outbreak in decades is nearing the grim milestone of 1,000 child deaths, as a devastating epidemic sweeps through the country and crowded hospital wards fill with struggling babies.

The disgraced banker stirring the pot in Brazil's Supreme Court

Brazil's Supreme Court has been drawn into another scandal following revelations about its judges' relations with a notorious banker charged with financial crimes.

Bolivia farmers return to streets over diesel price hikes

Several hundred coca farmers and supporters of former Bolivian president Evo Morales demonstrated in the central city of Cochabamba on Friday over the government's doubling of diesel prices, AFP reporters said.

Panama Canal begins reducing crossings due to El Nino

The Panama Canal on Friday began reducing the number of ships passing through due to a drought caused by the El Nino weather phenomenon.

Tetris distances itself from controversial White House 'arcade' games

Tetris said on Friday that it did not give permission for the White House to use the game's iconic imagery for a controversial online arcade that the Trump administration released on Thursday.

Trump again seeks to remove protections for wolves

President Donald Trump's administration on Friday pushed to drop endangered species protections for wolves, outraging conservationists who said the move would jeopardize the iconic predators' recovery from the brink of extinction.

Africa bigger, US smaller - UN adopts new map

The United Nations General Assembly voted Friday to adopt a new world map that makes the African continent bigger while shrinking North America and Europe, drawing ire from Washington.

'Getting there' - Alcaraz into US Open last 16 along with Sabalenka

Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz fended off hard-hitting Wu Yibing in straight sets on Friday and says his game is "getting there" as he hits the US Open fourth round.

Bad weather will not affect All Blacks, says captain Savea

New Zealand captain Ardie Savea says the threat of bad weather will not affect plans for the third Test against world champions South Africa in Johannesburg on Saturday.

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