Victoria Mboko advanced to the second WTA 1000 final of her career and secured her top-10 debut in next week's world rankings with a commanding 6-3, 6-2 victory over Jelena Ostapenko at the Qatar Open on Friday.
A grief-stricken community in northern Canada will mourn with Prime Minister Mark Carney on Friday, who is headed to the remote town of Tumbler Ridge to honor victims of a mass shooting.
US President Donald Trump said Friday he planned to visit Venezuela and reiterated satisfaction with its interim leader, as his administration authorized five major oil companies to operate in the country.
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Lindsey Vonn said Friday that she is hoping to return to the United States once she undergoes a planned fourth surgery on the broken leg she suffered in the crash which dashed her hopes of Winter Olympics glory.
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- Stocks sluggish as AI disruption worries move to fore
- USA romp past Dutch in T20 World Cup to keep Super Eight hopes alive
- De Minaur scraps past local legend van de Zandschulp
- Ukrainian Heraskevych loses appeal against Olympics disqualification
Europe could be facing a period of prolonged tensions with Russia reminiscent of the Cold War, and should speak to Moscow with "one voice" to get its interests heard, Kremlin critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky told AFP on Friday.
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A prolonged impasse between US lawmakers over immigration enforcement threatens to ensnare the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in a partial government shutdown beginning Saturday, following two fatal shootings in Minneapolis.
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The United States was preparing on Friday to deploy a second aircraft carrier to the Middle East after President Donald Trump warned of "traumatic" consequences if Tehran failed to agree a deal over its nuclear programme.
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Troubled French games giant Ubisoft will strive to project confidence this weekend with a massive esports event for its shooter "Rainbow Six Siege", while hoping a reorganisation and expansion to China can keep the money rolling in.
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Stock indexes were mostly lower Friday as investors remained cautious after heavy selling of companies seen vulnerable to AI deployment and concerns about tech sector valuations more broadly.
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Tottenham are set to hire Igor Tudor as interim manager until the end of the season after Thomas Frank's dismissal, according to reports on Friday.
Four astronauts were on their way to the International Space Station Friday after they successfully embarked on their research mission to the orbiting laboratory.
Manchester City midfielder Rodri has been charged by the English Football Association after saying referees have to be "neutral" following his side's controversial clash with Tottenham.
Italian biathlete Rebecca Passler has been cleared to compete in the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics after a successful appeal to the Italian Anti-Doping Agency (NADO) following a failed drugs test last month.
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President Emmanuel Macron Friday denounced what he described as an "antisemitic hydra" that had crept into "every crack" of society two decades after Ilan Halimi, a 23-year-old French Jewish man, was tortured to death.
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Scotland captain Sione Tuipulotu believes his "desperate" side can take heart from England's example as they look to revive their fortunes with victory over the 'Auld Enemy' in Saturday's Calcutta Cup clash at Murrayfield.
Cash-strapped and running out of options, a public hospital in southwestern France has turned to an unlikely source of rescue: potential patients.
Consumer inflation in the United States cooled slightly more than expected in January, government data showed Friday, as energy prices dipped.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz acknowledged Friday a rift had opened up between Europe and the United States but issued an appeal to Washington: "Let's repair and revive transatlantic trust together."
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- Europe seeks new 'partnership' with US at security gathering
- Fresh water leak adds to Louvre museum woes
- Floods wreak havoc in Morocco farmlands after severe drought
- Russia, Ukraine to hold talks in Geneva on February 17-18
- Ukraine's Heraskevych hopes 'truth will prevail' in Olympics appeal
- Dumplings and work stress as Chinese rush home for Lunar New Year
- Macron denounces 'antisemitic hydra' as he honours 2006 Jewish murder victim
- India-Pakistan: Hottest ticket in cricket sparks T20 World Cup fever