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COP30 deal under threat as nations clash over fossil fuels

How US sanctions on Russia's Lukoil hit Bulgaria's largest refinery

Pogba still 'has the qualities', says Monaco coach Pocognoli

Australia's seven-wicket hero Starc ready to go again

Guardiola says 'season starts now' as Man City hunt Arsenal

Mercedes chief Wolff sells part of team stake to US businessman

Ubisoft shares surge as trading resumes after results 'restatement'

Olympic ski champion Gut-Behrami suffers knee injury

Carnage as 19 wickets fall on opening day of first Ashes Test

Europe increasingly 'vulnerable' to shocks: ECB chief

Slot says Liverpool will never use Jota grief as 'excuse' for poor form

Aussie Wilson 'devastated' after Gordon ruled out of France Test

Australia captain Harry Wilson said on Friday that he was "devastated" after fly-half Carter Gordon was ruled out of this weekend's Autumn Nations Series game with France in Paris.

Ken Follett: 'There can't be boring bits in my books'

Despite a half-century career as one of the world's top-selling authors, 38 books and a bulging bank account, Ken Follett told AFP he still worries about one of his readers struggling with a "dull" page.

Wales rugby turmoil here to stay as nostalgia battles financial reality

Wales take on New Zealand on Saturday and world champions South Africa a week later in full knowledge that a victory over either would be a monumental upset.

Frida Kahlo painting sells for $54.7 mn in record for female artist

A self-portrait by celebrated Mexican artist Frida Kahlo sold for $54.66 million in New York on Thursday, setting a record for the price of a painting by a woman, the auction house Sotheby's said.

Thailand's last hunter-gatherers seek land rights

Deep in a Thai forest a young man sprints through the undergrowth, blowpipe in hand, before pumping a poisoned dart at a monkey.

Tech firms lead stock rout as AI bubble fears linger

Tech firms led stock losses on Friday as investors struggled to shake off fears about an AI bubble and after a sell-off on Wall Street sparked by jobs data dealt a further blow to hopes for a US interest rate cut.

World's biggest nuclear plant edges closer to restart

Japanese local authorities approved the restart of the world's biggest nuclear plant on Friday for the first time since the 2011 Fukushima disaster.

India's injured Gill out of must-win second South Africa Test

India skipper Shubman Gill will miss the must-win second Test against South Africa on Saturday because of the neck injury he sustained in the opening match.

Japan's eel delicacy faces global conservation pressure

At an eel restaurant near Tokyo, four friends sit down to eat a Japanese delicacy now the subject of a heated international debate as its numbers decline.

Starc takes seven as England rolled for 172 in Ashes opener

A venomous Mitchell Starc took 7-58 as England were sent packing for just 172 on day one of the first Ashes Test against Australia on Friday, leaving them with a mountain to climb.

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