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Cummins hails 'sharp' Australia as they get back to winning ways

'Keep up the spirit': Indonesian teenage 'Superman' joins wildfire fight

Bangladesh eye more Australia Tests to hit next level

Starc bags 10 as Australia thrash Bangladesh in second Test

Thousands expected at Sweden climate demo as election looms

Starc heroics see Australia thrash Bangladesh in second Test

Starc heroics put Australia on brink of victory over Bangladesh

Pegula dethrones Swiatek to book Cincy final against Gauff

Austrian mountain town finds niche in AI boom

South Korean survivor fights for workplace harassment 'justice'

Messi scores but Miami slump continues with loss to Toronto

Starc strikes as Bangladesh struggle to stay alive in 2nd Test

Sydney marathon unveils medal with wrong stadium

Prince Harry: royal misfit making unlikely UK return

Ousted Myanmar leader Suu Kyi's solitary confinement: what we know

One of the Myanmar military's first moves during its coup last year was to place Aung San Suu Kyi, the country's de facto civilian leader and a democracy figurehead who has spent decades battling military rule, under house arrest.

Serena Williams to face Harmony Tan in Wimbledon first round

Serena Williams was Friday drawn to face France's Harmony Tan in the first round of Wimbledon as she returns to singles action after a year away.

African economies see reasons for optimism despite crises

From Covid-19 to the war in Ukraine, external crises have put pressure on African economies, but many on the continent see opportunities to undertake radical reforms.

EU top diplomat bids to 'reverse tensions' on surprise Iran visit

European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell is set to travel to Tehran on Friday for a surprise visit that could breathe new life into stalled talks on reviving the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.

Artistic swimmer Alvarez finds peace and beauty in images of her rescue

American artistic swimmer Anita Alvarez said she was "shocked" when she saw the "beautiful" AFP photographs showing her sinking unconscious to the bottom of the pool and being rescued by her coach at the World Swimming Championships.

Markets rise as recession talk tempers rate hike expectations

Stocks rose in Asia on Friday following another rally on Wall Street as investors try to process central bank moves to fight soaring inflation and the growing possibility that those measures will induce a recession.

Ukraine forces to retreat from battleground city: governor

Ukrainian forces will retreat from Severodonetsk in the face of a brutal Russian offensive that is reducing the battleground city to rubble, a senior Ukrainian official said Friday.

In Ukraine, war raises spectre of devastating Stalin-era famine

For Maria Goncharova, a 93-year-old survivor of the devastating famine that hit Ukraine in the 1930s, Russia's invasion has awoken fears that the nightmare of starvation could happen again.

Afghan quake survivors without food and shelter as floods hamper relief effort

Many survivors of Afghanistan's deadliest earthquake in more than two decades were on Friday without food, shelter and water as they waited in devastated villages for relief workers to reach them, with rain compounding their misery.

Three dead after fresh Ecuador protest clashes, despite govt concession

Police in Ecuador's capital fired tear gas on Thursday to disperse Indigenous protesters who tried to storm congress, as the country's crippling cost-of-living demonstrations left another three dead, according to a rights group.

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