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Ethiopia and Eritrea break diplomatic ties over conflict

Rogue OpenAI agents covered up their tracks, report says

Downing Street says Manchester City not 'above the rules'

A saintly spat and debate snub: Brazil enters final polls stretch

Hadjar wants to 'fight for the title' from next season

Zidane 'no regrets' about Materazzi headbutt as France face Italy again

Bolivia's attorney general arrested for alleged drug trafficking, money laundering

Libya's pay strike rallies teachers across divided nation

German sugar tax sparks new government row

Four-member crew blasts off for International Space Station

Musk returns to US government for Pentagon war study

i-payout Expands True Local Payment Capabilities to Help Enterprises Pay Recipients Globally

Stocks slide as bond yields spike

Botched US execution prompts global calls to scrap death penalty

Bagnaia on top in Austrian MotoGP practice

Francesco Bagnaia marked himself down as the man to beat at the Austrian MotoGP with a sizzling performance in practice on Friday.

Workers at world's biggest copper mine in Chile suspend strike

Workers at the world's largest copper mine in Chile suspended a strike launched earlier this week and restarted negotiations with Australian mining giant BHP, the union and management announced Friday.

Epic launches own app store, Fortnite back for iPhones in Europe

Fortnite-creator Epic Games launched its own app store Friday that allows users to bypass the stores run by Apple and Google after waging a years-long battle to directly offer its games to smartphone users.

Arteta says Arsenal must be almost 'perfect' to take title from Man City

Mikel Arteta admits Arsenal will have to be almost perfect in their pursuit of Manchester City if the Gunners are to end their long wait for a Premier League title.

Brawl in Turkish parliament over ousted MP

A brawl broke out in Turkey's parliament Friday after lawmakers discussed the fate of a jailed opposition figure controversially stripped of his parliamentary immunity earlier this year.

Sudan paramilitary attack kills 80: medical source, witnesses

Sudanese paramilitary forces killed at least 80 people in a southeastern village, a medical source and witnesses said Friday, even as US-sponsored talks sought to end 16 months of devastating war.

Home hope Kerbaol soloes to win at Tour de France

French rider Cedrine Kerbaol soloed to victory on stage six of the women's Tour de France on Friday to go second in the overall standings with two days to go.

Top UN court to hold climate justice hearings in December

The highest UN court on Friday announced hearings over a key climate justice case outlining countries' obligations regarding global warming and legal consequences for failing to address the climate emergency.

Gold hits record high, oil prices slide

Gold hit a record high on Friday as global stock markets diverged, with profit-taking on Wall Street while European and Asian markets gained on reassuring data about the health of the world's biggest economy and likely US interest rate cuts.