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Hundreds of French high schools shut as new violence erupts

Alex Marquez clocks record lap at MotoGP Japan practice

Eala-conqueror Wang wins Asian Games tennis gold and Olympic berth

Tom Kim leads Asian Games golf in chase to avoid military service

'Kinda cool' Raygun made breakdancing famous, Asian Games B-girls say

Asian stocks hit as oil spike fans rate hike bets, eyes on US jobs

Taiwan gender-row boxer Lin Yu-ting wins 'monumental' Asian Games gold

'We're losing our scientists': west Africa's STEM struggle

Taiwan receives its first US-made F-16V fighter jets

World powers gather in Pacific to chart climate battle

Lula, Bolsonaro trade scandal fire in final scramble for votes

Return of swarming moth spectacle has Australia in a flutter

Not-so-brave new world: virtual taekwondo makes Asian Games debut

Europe’s arms money maze

Houthis and al-Qaeda

Brazil tests Milei’s gamble

Germany under Weidel

Scaloni gives encouraging update on Messi fitness

Lionel Messi has taken a step forward in his injury recovery and could play a few minutes in Argentina's upcoming friendlies before their World Cup opener, coach Lionel Scaloni said Friday.

FIFA to allow disposable water bottles at World Cup games after outcry

FIFA said Friday it will allow fans to bring one "soft, plastic" disposable water bottle into World Cup venues after its ban on refillable bottles sparked an outcry.

Poston fires 65 to seize one-stroke PGA Memorial lead

JT Poston birdied six of the first eight holes and made two clutch putts late to grab a one-stroke lead after Friday's second round of the PGA Tour Memorial tournament.

US warns Ebola outbreak on scale of largest 'is possible'

The US CDC on Friday urged strong public health interventions against the current Ebola outbreak, citing their models that show it could otherwise rival the scale of the 2014 West Africa outbreak.

Tough World Cup conditions no 'excuse' for England, says Tuchel

Coach Thomas Tuchel on Friday said World Cup hopefuls England will not use scorching heat and vast travel distances between venues as excuses as they target a "long" tournament campaign.

Peru's leftist candidate tells AFP he seeks 'respectful' ties with Trump

Peru's leftist presidential contender told AFP Friday that he wants "respectful" relations with US President Donald Trump, extending an olive branch ahead of Sunday's tight runoff election.

Spain thump England to close in on World Cup qualification

Alexia Putellas scored a brace as world champions Spain leapfrogged European champions England in Women's World Cup qualifying with a 4-0 thrashing in Mallorca on Friday.

Tech sell-off, rate-hike fears drive Wall Street plunge

Wall Street's key indices closed heavily in the red on Friday, hit by a massive sell-off in technology stocks following a recent surge driven by AI investment, and fears of US Fed rate hikes on the horizon.

Pochettino frustrated by injured Richards' World Cup status

Coach Mauricio Pochettino on Friday said injured defender Chris Richards will not play in the United States' friendly against Germany and expressed frustration that the player's status in the World Cup squad remains in doubt.

SpaceX signs pre-IPO deal to provide AI computing to Google

SpaceX on Friday signed a blockbuster cloud computing agreement under which Google will pay the Elon Musk-founded rocket company $920 million per month for access to a massive cluster of AI chips, according to a disclosure in its initial public offering filing.

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