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Former delivery man Baldwin leads star names at PGA Championship

Former delivery man Baldwin leads star names at PGA Championship

Unheralded Englishman Matt Baldwin matched a tournament record to take a two-shot lead at the European Tour's PGA Championship on 13 under par on Friday.

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Trump shooting: Secret Service admits complacency

Trump shooting: Secret Service admits complacency

The US Secret Service on Friday detailed a litany of failures uncovered by its review of the attempted assassination of former president Donald Trump at a rally in July.

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Can an ambitious Milei make Argentina an AI giant?

Can an ambitious Milei make Argentina an AI giant?

Argentina's President Javier Milei has plans to turn his country, which has one of the lowest rates of artificial intelligence (AI) use on the continent, into a world leader in the field.

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Haiti, its suffering growing, in 'race against time': UN expert

Haiti, its suffering growing, in 'race against time': UN expert

The Haitian people are suffering gravely at the hands of powerful criminal gangs, while an international security force and local police are badly lacking resources to protect them, a top UN expert said Friday.

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Ibrahim Aqil, the Hezbollah elite unit commander wanted by the US

Ibrahim Aqil, the Hezbollah elite unit commander wanted by the US

Ibrahim Aqil, who Israel said it killed in an air strike on Beirut's southern suburbs Friday, headed Hezbollah's elite Radwan unit and had been on a US sanctions list for nearly a decade.

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Chinese forward Cui signs NBA contract with Brooklyn Nets

Chinese forward Cui signs NBA contract with Brooklyn Nets

Chinese free agent forward Cui Yongxi has signed a two-way contract with the NBA's Brooklyn Nets, the team announced on Friday.

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US Fed dissenter calls for 'measured' pace of rate cuts

US Fed dissenter calls for 'measured' pace of rate cuts

The sole holdout in the US Federal Reserve's 11-to-1 vote cementing a larger interest rate cut said Friday that the move "could be interpreted as a premature declaration of victory."

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Guardiola tells players to lead change over workload as Kompany demands cap on games

Guardiola tells players to lead change over workload as Kompany demands cap on games

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola on Friday urged players to lead the fight for change in the heated debate over the dangers posed by an increased fixture schedule as Bayern Munich manager Vincent Kompany demanded a cap on games.

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Norway limits wild salmon fishing as stocks hit new lows

Norway limits wild salmon fishing as stocks hit new lows

Norwegian authorities on Friday rolled out fresh restrictions on wild salmon fishing for 2025 after stocks hit record lows in recent years, with scientists blaming fish farms.

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Top Hezbollah commander killed in Israeli strike on Beirut

Top Hezbollah commander killed in Israeli strike on Beirut

Israel announced it had killed the commander of Hezbollah's elite unit in a strike Friday that Lebanese officials said left 12 dead and dozens wounded in the movement's Beirut stronghold.

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