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BP net profit quadruples as Mideast war lifts oil prices

'Get them there alive': Ukraine's railways under Russian barrage

Kulusevski says 'nervous system changes' behind Spurs return

Dakar Rally moved to Portugal and Morocco following Houthi attacks in Gulf

Marquez crashes, then tops second practice in Malaysia

German economy logs 0.2% growth, faster than expected

New home for orangutans rescued from Indonesia's burning forests

Crypto platform Binance confirms 'complex' $6.3 bn hack

Independent Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta shuts under Kremlin pressure

Spanish inflation stays at three-year high before election

Thailand extends activist's jail term to more than 34 years

Drugs giant AstraZeneca reveals higher profits, savings plan

China denies spying on Nvidia's Jensen Huang

French economy 'headed for a wall' as GDP shrinks

Ukraine sends ground robots

Lyman's surrender crisis

Pakistan’s Taliban dilemma

Venezuela and the Qatar Fund

Chase sparks Bangladesh collapse as West Indies on top in Mirpur

West Indies captain Roston Chase ripped through Bangladesh's top order to leave the hosts reeling at 79-6 on the third day of the first Test in Mirpur on Friday.

New Zealand's Phillips hits sublime century in 87-run win over India

Glenn Phillips scored a sublime century as New Zealand made their highest T20 score in an 87-run win against India in Auckland on Friday.

BP net profit quadruples on higher oil prices

British energy giant BP said Friday that its net profit quadrupled in the third quarter as the Middle East war disrupted oil and gas supplies and sent prices surging.

South Korea to prosecute students cheating with smart glasses

South Korea will file criminal complaints against students caught cheating on a national university entrance exam with smart glasses and toughen penalties for their use, a government official told AFP Friday.

Kiss backs 'hungry' Beale to push for Wallabies game time

Wallabies head coach Les Kiss backed Kurtley Beale on Friday to push for a place in the Australian team during the Nations Championship after the veteran star's shock recall.

Surging costs of living top US voter concerns

Soaring prices for gas, medicine and other cost of living essentials are preoccupying Americans as they start to cast their ballots ahead of next week's midterm elections.

World number one Rybakina withdraws in Tokyo with injury

Elena Rybakina withdrew from the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo with a neck injury on Friday, a day after she secured the year-end world number one ranking.

Basic services, fading loyalties loom over South Africa's vote

Ntombekhaya Makeleni stopped using the communal toilets in her Cape Town neighbourhood after a group of men tried to force their way in as she was inside one day before dawn.

Malawi's fuel shortages, record prices deepen economic crisis

Word spread that a fuel tanker was nearing a filling station in Malawi's capital, Lilongwe, and the snaking queue surged as drivers jockeyed for position and motorcyclists pressed in.