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World record prize winner Romantic Warrior retires from horse racing

Stocks drop, yields at three-decade highs on Mideast flare-up

5,000 US sailors arrive in Thailand after months at sea

EU summons Russian envoy, eyes sanctions after Germany drone 'attack'

Joshua Wong, Hong Kong's pro-democracy poster child

Stocks drop as yields and oil prices spike on Mideast flare-up

Nepal tunnel rescuers seek trapped workers but hit dead ends

Cricketers to get best rooms at Asian Games, says Japan chief

Zverev wins wild five-setter, Rybakina and Gauff ease through at US Open

Zverev out-lasts Sonego in wild five-setter to advance at US Open

US energy secretary arrives in Venezuela to discuss oil deal

Amid war, Ukrainian soldiers celebrate love at ritual wedding

Meloni government becomes Italy's longest-lasting

India's island choke point

China’s lithography leap

China’s cartel lifeline

Australia limits migration

Van Gaal gives Ajax pair first call-ups ahead of World Cup

Netherlands coach Louis van Gaal included Ajax midfielder Kenneth Taylor in his Nations League squad Friday, saying it was the "last chance" for players to impress before the World Cup.

Tourists disappointed as Hanoi's 'train street' closes over safety fears

Tourists and cafe owners along Hanoi's "train street" spoke of their disappointment Friday as the hotspot was closed due to safety concerns, just weeks after reopening following a long Covid-19 closure.

China-Russia: an unequal and fragile relationship

President Xi Jinping of China and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin have talked up the Beijing-Moscow relationship as the new centre of a multipolar world, but their alliance is unequal and its future far from clear.

Iglesias and Nico Williams in Spain's Nations League squad

Luis Enrique named potential debutants Borja Iglesias and Nico Williams in his Spain squad on Friday for the Nations League games against Switzerland and Portugal next week, while leaving out Ansu Fati.

Goodbye to the queen: bows, curtsies, even a wave

As each mourner reaches the exit after paying their respects to the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II, almost nobody can resist taking one last, fleeting look back. One even waved.

Ukraine says graves and 'torture centres' found in recaptured east

Ukraine said Friday it had counted some 450 graves at a site near Izyum after recapturing the strategic eastern city from the Russians, a discovery that Kyiv likened to atrocities seen in Bucha and Mariupol.

Stocks mostly slide; pound hits 37-year dollar low

Stock markets mostly slumped Friday, while the British pound tanked to a 37-year dollar low as weak UK retail sales stoked global recession fears.

Boucher, Bayliss take IPL coaching jobs

Outgoing South Africa coach March Boucher will lead the Mumbai Indians and Australia's Trevor Bayliss will take charge of the Punjab Kings in the next Indian Premier League season, the franchises said Friday.

Wave of Lebanon bank 'heists' to seize back frozen savings

A man held up a Lebanese bank to withdraw his frozen savings Friday, the latest in a string of "depositor heists" in the crisis-hit country that have garnered wide public support.

King Charles in Wales as miles-long London queue paused

King Charles III arrived in Wales Friday for the last of his visits to the UK's four nations, as miles-long queues to see his late mother's coffin reached capacity.

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