Two in critical condition after deadly UK school crash
A child and a woman were in critical condition Friday after a car crashed into the building of a primary school in southwest London, leaving an eight-year-old girl dead.
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The queue: the long wait that's part of Wimbledon
Tickets for Wimbledon's show courts get snapped up months in advance but for tennis fans who miss out, there is always "the queue" -- an institution and an experience in itself.
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Sri Lanka see off sorry West Indies in qualifier dead rubber
Sri Lanka maintained their unbeaten record at the Cricket World Cup Qualifier as Pathum Nissanka's hundred helped secure an eight-wicket victory over the West Indies on Friday.
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Saliba signs new long-term contract at Arsenal
William Saliba has committed his future to Arsenal after signing a new long-term deal with the Gunners on Friday.
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US jobs data fails to give equities a boost
Wall Street stocks sputtered Friday as investors still bet on the US Federal Reserve hiking interest rates further despite jobs data showing hiring slowed more than expected last month.
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Tear gas, arrests as Kenyans protest tax increases
Kenyan police fired tear gas on opposition leader Raila Odinga's convoy on Friday as rights groups condemned "arbitrary arrests" during anti-government protests over a cost-of-living crisis and a raft of controversial tax hikes.
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China hits tech firms with hefty fines as crackdown draws to close
Chinese regulators said Friday they had fined fintech giant Ant Group almost $1 billion for "illegal acts" and handed an affiliate of rival Tencent a $415 million penalty, adding that a long-running crackdown on tech firms was drawing to a close.
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Stokes keeps England's Ashes hopes alive in third Test
England captain Ben Stokes's latest dashing counter-attack kept his side's Ashes hopes alive in the third Test against Australia at Headingley on Friday.
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US economy adds 209,000 new jobs as hiring slows
Hiring in the United States slowed in June, the Labor Department said Friday, with fewer new jobs created than many had expected, a signal that the economy is showing signs of cooling.
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Thousands rally in Pakistan to condemn Koran burning
Thousands of people rallied in streets across Pakistan Friday to condemn a Koran burning in Sweden that has outraged Muslims around the world.
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