Brazil's Bolsonaro hospitalized with 'unbearable' abdominal pain
Brazil's far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro, seeking to make a political comeback even as he faces a criminal trial, was hospitalized Friday with severe abdominal pain six years after he barely survived being stabbed.
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Moment of reckoning for pandemic agreement talks at WHO
Negotiations toward a global agreement on tackling future pandemics came down to the wire Friday, with observers voicing hope that a consensus could be found to seal a landmark deal.
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Declare gender violence in S.Africa a national disaster, campaigners say
Several hundred people marched on Friday against femicide and gender violence in South Africa, calling for the "scourge" to be declared a national disaster.
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US Fed officials see higher inflation ahead as consumer confidence plunges
Policymakers at the US Federal Reserve on Friday warned of higher inflation and slower growth ahead due to Donald Trump's tariff policy, which has sent shock waves through global markets.
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Rose keeps three-shot Masters lead as Aberg, DeChambeau charge
Justin Rose kept a three-stroke lead after playing the front nine early in Friday's second round of the 89th Masters with Rory McIlroy, Ludvig Aberg and reigning US Open champion Bryson DeChambeau in hot pursuit.
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Brazil's Bolsonaro hospitalized with severe abdominal pain: party
Brazil's far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro, who was stabbed at an election rally in 2018, was rushed to hospital by helicopter on Friday with "severe pain" in his abdomen, a party spokesman said.
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Trump renews call for end to seasonal clock changes
President Donald Trump on Friday repeated his call for an end to the "costly" custom of moving clocks back one hour every autumn, which he said was imposing an unnecessary financial burden on the United States.
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Gaza rescuers say family of 10 killed in Israel strike
Dozens of Israeli air strikes on Gaza have killed "only women and children" after a ceasefire collapsed, the UN said, as an Israeli attack in the territory's south on Friday killed a family of 10.
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Trump tariffs unnerve locals in Irish 'pharma' hub
Vast pharmaceutical factories pepper the green landscape in southern Ireland, but the wind turbines next to the plants outside Cork are in the eye of Donald Trump's global trade storm.
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UK parliament recalled to 'protect' British Steel's future
UK lawmakers will be recalled from their Easter break to hold an emergency session on the future of the British Steel, officials said Friday, with the government likely to take over the struggling company.
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