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Japan organisers 'not satisfied' as empty seats blight Asian Games

Austria 'ghetto' language classes leave children to repeat school

Canals full, roads submerged as Bangkok declares flood disaster

S.African women runners arm themselves after string of killings

China, US to open AI 'communication channel' after summit

'I felt embarrassed': Japan eSports whizz-kid, 11, wins Games gold

Nepal tunnel survivor wants to help post-flood rebuild

Indonesia fires threatens critically-endangered orangutan: IUCN

New China sprint star, 17, vows 'no limits' after Asian Games gold

Bangkok declares flood disaster across city

Japanese 11-year-old wins Asian Games eSports gold

'World records not enough': North Korea weightlifters target Olympic gold rush

TikTok agrees to teen limits in US settlement following Meta

Iran proposes Hormuz plan, Trump reportedly refuses

Gut-Behrami wins tricky Crans-Montana downhill to stretch lead

Switzerland's Lara Gut-Behrami won the first World Cup downhill of a double header at Crans-Montana in front of her home crowd on Friday, extending her lead over the absent Mikaela Shiffrin in the overall standings.

Egypt building 'enclosure' for displaced Gazans in Sinai: report

Egypt is building a walled camp in the Sinai Peninsula to receive Palestinians displaced from the besieged and bombarded Gaza Strip, according to a US media report on Thursday.

Alexei Navalny: daring opposition leader who died behind bars

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died in an Arctic prison on Friday, leveraged social media and fatigue with the Kremlin to rise to prominence.

Zelensky signs 'historic' security pact with Germany

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a security deal with Germany on Friday in Berlin, hailed by Chancellor Olaf Scholz as a "historic step" amid Kyiv's raging battles against Russia.

'The fun is back' says Werner after Spurs move

Tottenham winger Timo Werner said on Friday "the fun has completely returned" as a result of his loan move from RB Leipzig in January.

Global stock markets stage pre-weekend rally

Europe's stocks rallied Friday, with Frankfurt and Paris striking more record peaks after solid Asian gains, as investors shrugged off recessions in Britain and Japan before publication of key US data.

Arsenal have learned from Premier League pain, says Arteta

Mikel Arteta says title-chasing Arsenal have "learned a lot of things from last season" as they chase a fifth straight Premier League win against Burnley on Saturday.

Dissident directors hold up 'mirror' to Iranian women's desire

Two Iranian directors said they have been barred from travelling to the Berlin film festival for their new movie's premiere Friday for breaking one of their country's biggest taboos: showing a woman pursuing a "normal life".

In Gaza's shadow, sanctions target West Bank settlers

Israeli settler Ely Federman probably doesn't know it yet, but he is under international sanction.

'All-time great' Ashwin, engineer who became spin maestro

Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin on Friday entered an elite club of bowlers to take 500 Test wickets in a stellar cricketing career that includes a World Cup triumph.

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