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Colombia scrambles to find survivors as quake kills 132

Oil prices jump further as hopes for Hormuz deal fade

Singapore says AI-related demand lifting economy

Trump says would be 'terrible mistake' to oust embattled Infantino

Demeter Tactical Investments (ME) Limited bolsters governance with two board appointments

Charity races to raise millions to buy historic English estate

Russian barrage on Ukraine kills 9, wounds dozens

Hungary parliament to elect Orban-critic judge as president

Schools closed as Indonesia battles wildfires

Wallabies lock Amatosero given three-match ban for Japan red card

Swiatek dominates Shnaider to set up Toronto semi with Svitolina

Swiatek races into Toronto semis as Svitolina battles through

Oil prices rise further as hopes for Hormuz deal fade

'Big Four' bowlers back as ageing Australia begin gruelling run

Israel to host 'historic summit' of US, Arab diplomats

Israel said it will host a "historic summit" from Sunday of top diplomats from the United States and three Arab states with which it has normalised ties.

Big Tech now regulated like banks, says EU antitrust chief

Big Tech companies will be regulated like banks, a top EU official said on Friday, as a new landmark digital law was hailed as Europe's long overdue counterweight to Google, Meta and Amazon.

'Every point counts' as Top 14 teams eye play-offs

Toulouse, shorn of their international stars, paid a heavy domestic price for France's Six Nations triumph, having a terrible start to the year with a six-game losing streak.

Ukraine war refugee wins Jerusalem marathon

Ukrainian athlete Valentyna Veretska, who fled Russia's invasion of her country and took refuge in Israel, on Friday won the Jerusalem marathon, race organisers said.

Oil prices slide as EU snubs Russia ban

Benchmark oil prices slid by three percent Friday after European countries decided against a ban on Russian oil imports over its Ukraine invasion -- but Germany said it would drastically slash its energy purchases from Moscow.

Boxing champion Usyk leaves Ukraine for Joshua rematch preparation

Reigning world heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk has left war-torn Ukraine to begin his preparation for a rematch with Britain's Anthony Joshua, his manager told AFP on Friday.

UK finance minister's rising star loses some of its shine

British finance minister Rishi Sunak is being accused of being out of touch with ordinary voters, in a sudden fall from grace just months after he was tipped as the next prime minister.

Tigray rebels agree 'cessation of hostilities'

Tigrayan rebels agreed to a "cessation of hostilities" on Friday, a new turning point in the nearly 17-month war in northern Ethiopia following the government's announcement of an indefinite humanitarian truce a day earlier.

Ex-Togo premier Houngbo to head UN labour agency

Gilbert Houngbo, the former prime minister of Togo, was on Friday elected the next head of the International Labour Organization, and will become the first African to lead the UN agency.

Spain offers fuel subsidies to end truckers' strike

Spain on Friday offered a rebate and a onetime cash payment to end a truckers' strike over soaring fuel prices that has led to food shortages in supermarkets nationwide.

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