2024 Copa America to be held in the United States
South America's top national team competition, the Copa America, will be held in the United States in 2024 and feature 10 teams from South America's CONMEBOL and six teams from the CONCACAF region.
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France's shrinking footprint in Africa
With anti-France feelings running high in many of its former colonies in West Africa, Paris is being forced to retreat ever further from the increasingly unstable region and re-think its presence, experts say.
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UK under fire over retreat from Windrush scandal reforms
Britain's government came under withering criticism Friday after retreating from reforms it had promised to prevent a repeat of the "Windrush" scandal affecting black immigrants.
Read moreWHO panel debates Covid's emergency status
The World Health Organization's emergency committee on Covid-19 was meeting Friday to discuss whether the pandemic still merits the highest level of global alert.
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'Love hormone'? Not so fast, new study suggests
The "love hormone" oxytocin has long been thought key to behaviours including pairing up with a partner and nurturing offspring, but a new study in prairie voles is raising doubts.
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McIlroy, Reed impress as Dubai Desert Classic hit by further rain
Rory McIlroy enjoyed a spectacular finish to his opening round as further weather delays at the Dubai Desert Classic on Friday forced organisers to schedule a Monday finish.
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Key US inflation gauge slows in December while spending falls
A key indicator of US inflation eased in December as spending dipped, according to government data released Friday, opening the door to smaller interest rate hikes as efforts to cool the economy ripple through sectors.
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Archer struggles as Van der Dussen ton boosts South Africa in first ODI
Jofra Archer suffered a painful return to international cricket as Rassie van der Dussen hit 111 to take South Africa to 298 for seven in the first one-day international against England at the Mangaung Oval in Bloemfontein on Friday.
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At funeral, hundreds mourn verger killed in Spain church attack
Hundreds of mourners gathered Friday for the funeral of the verger who was killed when a machete-wielding assailant attacked two churches in Spain as investigators probed the reasons for the deadly assault.
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Palestinian anger spreads after deadly Israel raid
Before carrying out one of the deadliest West Bank raids in recent memory, Israeli soldiers reportedly snuck into Jenin refugee camp hiding in the back of a milk truck.
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