Markets rise but upbeat US data tempered by rate hike worries
Markets mostly rose Friday as more forecast-beating data reinforced the US economy's resilience despite surging interest rates but piled further pressure on the Fed to keep hiking to tame inflation.
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Celtic and Australia midfielder Mooy retires
Midfielder Aaron Mooy called time on his career for both club and country Friday, informing Celtic and Australia of his immediate retirement.
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64 flights cancelled at Geneva airport over strike
Some 64 flights were cancelled at Geneva's international airport on Friday, it said, after operations were halted for four hours because of a strike by workers at the start of the busy summer travel season.
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'Significant threat': Around world, doctors battle impersonators
A Thai doctor endorsing a dubious diabetes treatment, a Filipino physician touting crotch-enhancing underwear, a US doctor sparking off anti-vaccine conspiracies -- they are all victims of identity theft plaguing health professionals.
Read moreHundreds arrested as France rocked by new protests over police killing
French President Emmanuel Macron was Friday to chair a new crisis meeting of ministers after a third straight night of nationwide protests over the deadly police shooting of a teenager saw cars torched, shops ransacked and hundreds arrested.
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Norway's quest for 'black gold' from used car batteries
Wearing a white lab coat and with a gas mask within reach, Ole Jorgen Gronvold measures the humidity of an intriguing dark powder touted as the planet's next "black gold".
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Online police patrol the internet in Denmark
At Denmark's police headquarters, officers have been glued to their computers playing the popular video game Counter-Strike. But they weren't kicking back on a break -- they were tracking crimes on the internet.
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Mexico into Gold Cup knockout stage after win over Haiti
Mexico secured their spot in the CONCACAF Gold Cup knockout stage with a game to spare, after beating Haiti 3-1 in Glendale, Arizona, on Thursday.
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Night of fires, looting in Lille as protests sweep France
A burned district office, another pelted with stones, "lots of looting": in Lille, in the north of France, a game of cat and mouse played out into the wee hours of Friday morning between authorities and protesters.
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IMF and Pakistan reach $3 billion stand-by deal
Pakistan could get temporary relief for its ballooning foreign debt with a new stand-by arrangement worth $3 billion announced by the IMF in Washington on Thursday.
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