World food prices hit record high in 2022
World food prices fell for a ninth month in a row in December but hit their highest level on record for the full year in 2022, UN data showed Friday.
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Djokovic downs Shapovalov to set up Adelaide semi with Medvedev
Top seed Novak Djokovic battled past dangerous Canadian Denis Shapovalov with a high-octane performance Friday to set up an Adelaide International semi-final with former world number one Daniil Medvedev.
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UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin unopposed for new mandate
Aleksander Ceferin is the only candidate for a third mandate as UEFA president, European football's governing body said on Friday.
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Prince Harry book gets critical mauling
Prince Harry on Friday faced a backlash in the UK and beyond over his memoir "Spare", with criticism from the media, commentators, army veterans and even the Taliban, as Buckingham Palace kept silent on the widely leaked contents.
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Stocks mostly rise ahead of key US jobs data
Stock markets mostly advanced Friday as traders awaited key US jobs data and after news of falling inflation in the eurozone.
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LGBTQ rights activist killed in Kenya
Kenyan police are investigating the killing of an LGBTQ rights activist whose body was discovered stuffed in a metal trunk in a killing that has sparked national outrage.
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France suffered record heat, rain shortfall in 2022: weather office
France experienced its hottest average temperature and lowest levels of rainfall on record in 2022, the national weather office said on Friday.
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Strikes in east Ukraine despite Putin's ceasefire order
Artillery exchanges pounded war-scarred cities in eastern Ukraine on Friday despite Russian leader Vladimir Putin unilaterally ordering his forces to stop attacking for 36 hours.
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'Extremely difficult': Bayern CEO Kahn on search for Neuer replacement
Bayern Munich CEO Oliver Kahn has acknowledged the challenges of finding a replacement for injured captain and goalkeeper Manuel Neuer in the winter transfer window.
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Berlin conductor Barenboim resigns at opera over ill health
World-renowned conductor and pianist Daniel Barenboim said on Friday he was stepping down as general musical director of Berlin's State Opera due to deteriorating health.
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