Pressure off for 'scared' Merlier after Tour de France stage win
Tim Merlier admitted that he had been "scared" that he might not win a Tour de France stage this year before he triumphed in Bordeaux on Friday.
Read moreBrazil deforestation hits new low in Amazon
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon fell to its lowest level in a decade in the first half of the year, according to official figures released Friday.
Read moreIndian cricket board to review T20 team's 'bad phase'
India's cricket board will review the T20 team's performance after a dismal run that saw the world champions lose successive series in Ireland and England, a top official said Friday.
Read moreEngland captain George 'buzzing for special talent' Caluori
England captain Jamie George said he had "never seen anything like the athletic ability" of Noah Calouri as his teenage Saracens team-mate prepares to make his Test debut in a Nations Championship clash against Fiji in Liverpool on Saturday.
Read moreNasdaq gets no boost from SK hynix debut in NY
Global stock markets wobbled on Friday as investors digested a wave of corporate announcements, while the Nasdaq failed to get a boost from the debut of shares of South Korean chip titan SK hynix.
Read moreTrumps says agreed to more Iran talks but insists truce over
US President Donald Trump said on Friday he had agreed to further negotiations with Iran, even as he repeated his assertion that the ceasefire between the decades-old foes was over.
Read morePeople 'disdain' AI, says director Christopher Nolan
Oscar-winning director Christopher Nolan told AFP he believed the kind of movies he makes -- big-budget action films shot mostly on location -- would survive the spread of AI, a technology he says many people "disdain".
Read moreForeigners among 12 dead in Spanish wildfire, 23 missing
A fast-moving wildfire that has killed at least 12 people was tearing through area in southern Spain home to many foreign residents Friday after trapping people in burning vehicles and as they tried to flee on foot.
Read moreBoeing to expand 737 MAX output as aviation giant charts comeback
Boeing will mark another step in a marathon comeback Friday when it commemorates expanded production of the 737 MAX, now an aircraft in heavy demand after earlier disasters tarnished the company's reputation.
Read moreMerlier wins Tour de France seventh stage in sprint finish
Belgian Tim Merlier won the Tour de France seventh stage in a sprint finish at the end of a 175km run from Hagetmau to Bordeaux on Friday.
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