France PM edges closer to forcing budget through without a vote
French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu on Friday inched closer to forcing his budget bill through parliament without a vote while desperately seeking a way to avoid being toppled by parliament as a result.
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OpenAI introducing ads to ChatGPT
OpenAI announced Thursday it will begin testing advertisements on ChatGPT in the coming weeks, as the wildly popular artificial intelligence chatbot seeks to increase revenue to cover its soaring costs.
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Russian inflation drops sharply in 2025
Russian annual inflation fell sharply in 2025, data from the state statistics agency showed on Friday, as central bank efforts to tame price growth appeared to bear fruit.
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India's Sundar ruled out of New Zealand T20 series
India's Washington Sundar has been ruled out of the upcoming T20 series against New Zealand after being diagnosed with a "side strain", the country’s cricket board said late on Friday.
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Trump threatens tariffs on countries that don't back Greenland takeover plan
US President Donald Trump said Friday he may impose trade tariffs on countries that don't support his plans to take over Greenland, part of the territory of NATO ally Denmark.
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Local UK police chief retires amid Maccabi fan ban row
A top UK police chief who oversaw a contentious decision to ban Maccabi Tel Aviv football fans from a Birmingham match retired on Friday after public pressure for him to step down.
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Czech family produces perfect pucks for Olympic ice hockey
The smell of rubber is everywhere as the ageing machine press coughs up a tray full of ice hockey pucks that will hit the Olympic ice in February.
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Local UK police chief retires amid Maccabi Tel Aviv fan ban row
A top UK police chief who oversaw a decision to ban Maccabi Tel Aviv football fans from a Birmingham match stepped down by retiring on Friday after growing calls for him to go.
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Former Ukraine PM Tymoshenko released on bail in graft probe
A court in Kyiv released former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko on bail on Friday pending a trial to determine whether she paid members of Ukraine's parliament to sway their voting.
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French court's 'cold case' ruling casts doubt on other investigations
France's top court ruled Friday it was too late to try a man who confessed to a murder decades after his victim disappeared, a judgment that could affect other "cold case" investigations.
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