Johnny Depp makes comeback in scandal-hit period drama
Johnny Depp's comeback film is full of scandal both on-screen and off, as he tests out his French in the role of King Louis XV.
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Stenson resigns from European Tour after sanctions
Axed Ryder Cup captain Henrik Stenson has resigned his European Tour membership after golf chiefs imposed further sanctions on players who competed in LIV Golf and Asian Tour events without permission.
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Army, 'foreign' fighters killed 500 in Mali in March 2022: UN report
The Malian army and foreign fighters executed at least 500 people during an anti-jihadist operation in Mali in March 2022, according to a much-awaited UN report released on Friday.
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God speed: Archbishop of Canterbury hit with motoring fine
Just days after anointing King Charles III, Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby was prosecuted in court for speeding, it emerged on Friday.
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Fierce Gaza fighting renews as truce hopes fade
Israel and Gaza militants traded heavy fired Friday as hopes faded of securing a truce to end days of fighting that have killed dozens, all but one of them Palestinian.
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Sudan warring sides make humanitarian pledge without truce
Warplanes roared overhead as explosions rocked Khartoum on Friday, just hours after Sudan's warring parties signed a commitment to respect humanitarian principles in their spiralling conflict, without a truce in sight.
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Pope warns of Italy's 'demographic winter'
Pope Francis called Friday for politicians to find solutions to reverse Italy's declining birthrate, warning that young people faced a "Titanic effort" to start families in a precarious environment.
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Top French museum flips the Roma narrative
The faces of the Roma community's best and brightest beam down at visitors from a multicoloured wall inside one of France's top museums.
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'Hostile' US policies on China risk dividing world: Stiglitz
"Hostile" US policies on China risk splitting the world into two blocs, Nobel-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz told AFP on Friday, urging the West to offer investment not "lectures" to developing countries.
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Gaza fighting enters fourth day amid hopes for truce
Israel's military launched further strikes on Gaza Friday after militants fired rockets from the territory, on the fourth day of fighting which has killed dozens of Palestinians and one in Israel.
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