Injured Kaoru Mitoma was left out of Japan's World Cup squad on Friday in a major blow to their chances of progressing beyond the last 16 for the first time.
Serial world record setter Armand 'Mondo' Duplantis will be on hand to kick off this season's Diamond League series when he takes to the pole vault runway at the Shanghai/Keqiao meet this weekend.
Arsenal can move within touching distance of the Premier League crown before title rivals Manchester City next play as a gripping race enters its final stretch.
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Education
A new idea for combatting America's horrific problem of school shootings is to unleash an unarmed drone to confront the attacker, like a giant buzzing insect.
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India's state-run oil companies raised petrol and diesel prices by more than three percent on Friday as disruption to energy supplies due to the Iran war mounts pressure on the economy.
May 15, 2026
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi began a five-nation tour on Friday, heading to the United Arab Emirates before Europe, overshadowed by energy and supply-chain worries due to the Iran war.
May 15, 2026
A passenger from the hantavirus-stricken MV Hondius cruise ship is in quarantine on tiny Pitcairn Island, a volcanic outcrop in the South Pacific famously settled by mutineers from the HMS Bounty.
May 15, 2026
Tickets in South Korea for a rare match against a visiting North Korean team sold out within half a day, Seoul's football association told AFP on Friday.
May 15, 2026
Health
A plane carrying six passengers caught up in the hantavirus outbreak on the MV Hondius cruise ship landed Friday at a military airbase in western Australia, where they will immediately enter a strict three-week quarantine.
May 15, 2026
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Oil inched higher and Asian markets traded in a narrow range Friday as investors awaited tangible results from US President Donald Trump's talks in Beijing, while an AI stock boom boosted Seoul to a new record.
From iconic soccer cathedrals to modern state-of-the-art stadiums more accustomed to hosting American football, the 2026 World Cup will be played at 16 venues across the United States, Mexico and Canada.
Hearts are on the brink of breaking Scottish football's glass ceiling but must emerge undefeated away to Celtic on Saturday to end a 66-year wait to win the title.
For the first time in Bundesliga history, the bottom three clubs -- Wolfsburg, Heidenheim and St Pauli -- are level on points heading into the final round of matches.
May 15, 2026
Politics
Bulgaria's Rumen Radev won April's election with backing from traditional pro-Russian voters, but festivities commemorating the end of World War II showed he has not charmed all in the EU member historically close to Russia.
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Egyptian smallholders have seen their lives upended by the war in Iran, with soaring fertiliser and energy prices forcing many to lay off workers and reduce the amount of land they farm.
French luxury giant LVMH will sell its Marc Jacobs brand to US brand firm WHP Global, the two companies said Thursday.
CIA Director John Ratcliffe met with Cuban officials in Havana on Thursday, the communist government said, as the island endures record energy shortages.
US import tariffs and a debilitating cyberattack pushed Jaguar Land Rover into an annual loss, figures published Thursday showed, although the luxury British automaker's performance improved in the last quarter.
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