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Russia pounds Kyiv, ending three-day halt for US talks

Yemen rebels hit Saudi Arabia with wave of strikes, wounding 73

Flights resume gradually in Indonesia after volcanic eruption

Nepalis mark a year since deadly protests that toppled government

French AI firm Mistral valued at 21 bn euros after latest funding

Rubio launches Latin America tour to cement US influence

Sweden heads to the polls in close election race

France tries 14 over deadliest Channel migrant crossing disaster

Australia's Big Bash T20 teams face sale to private investors

Australia threatens hefty fines if big tech fails 'duty of care'

Russia resumes strikes on Kyiv after three-day halt

Zheng stuns Swiatek to reach US Open quarter-finals, Zverev and Rybakina advance

Zverev romps into quarter-finals as Darderi downed

Canada's counter-tariffs take effect on various US goods

Mexico gripped by ex-security chief's US drugs trial

Mexico is on tenterhooks awaiting fresh revelations from the US trial of former security chief Genaro Garcia Luna, accused of receiving vast sums of money to allow the notorious Sinaloa cartel to smuggle cocaine.

'Super simple' Rybakina on unflappable march to second major

Elena Rybakina was described by her coach as "a sweetheart" and "super simple" to work with, but it masks a steely confidence which has propelled her into Saturday's Australian Open final.

'I'm my own psychologist': Sabalenka tames her inner tiger

A year ago, Aryna Sabalenka's serve was in pieces and she was having to scrape through fraught battles in Australia as her fragile emotions were laid painfully bare.

Ukrainian player 'very upset' by actions of Djokovic's father

Ukrainian tennis player Marta Kostyuk said Friday it was "very upsetting" to see Novak Djokovic's father posing alongside a Russian flag with President Vladimir Putin's face on it at the Australian Open.

Phew! Truck-sized asteroid misses Earth

Bruce Willis: you can stand down.

Shares in India's Adani fall again after fraud claims

Shares in the business empire of Asia's richest man Gautam Adani sank again Friday after the conglomerate slammed a US investment firm that claimed it had committed "brazen" corporate fraud.

Philippines to appeal ICC resumption of drug war probe

The Philippine government said Friday it intended to appeal an International Criminal Court decision to reopen an inquiry into Manila's brutal anti-drug campaign, which left thousands dead.

Knicks hold off Celtics in overtime, Pistons top Nets

New York's Julius Randle scored 37 points Thursday as the Knicks handed the NBA-leading Celtics a third straight defeat with a 120-117 overtime victory in Boston.

Hijabi 'indie mothers' embraced by young Indonesian music fans

At a packed festival in central Jakarta, hijab-clad sexagenarian singer Rien Djamain bursts into an upbeat track about nuclear destruction to a crowd of thousands, mostly young Indonesians.

In a first, German parliament spotlights Nazis' LGBTQ victims

The German parliament will for the first time on Friday focus its annual Holocaust memorial commemorations on people persecuted and killed for their sexual or gender identity.

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Sabalenka, Rybakina promise power-packed Australian Open final