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PSG's Kvaratskhelia set for months out with torn ACL

UK approves drilling in controversial Jackdaw gas field

Carrefour shares plunge after profit warning on French protests

Rising UK inflation, debt knocks govt ahead of budget

Australia lawmaker loses both legs after 'targeted' attack

Director Nick Paley channels childhood fears in new thriller 'Phony'

Rome hospital taps culture to help heal cancer patients

Prized wild pepper at risk in Madagascar's shrinking forests

'Media capture': Serbian journalists squeezed before vote

World falling 'dangerously short' on climate action: UN chief

LeBron, Sixers spoil Knicks party, Thunder top Spurs as NBA season tips off

South Korea launches new bid to guide crowd-pulling shark to sea

Sooryavanshi told to be patient by captain Iyer ahead of NZ series

LeBron optimistic after launching Sixers era with win

Bagnaia on top in Austrian MotoGP practice

Francesco Bagnaia marked himself down as the man to beat at the Austrian MotoGP with a sizzling performance in practice on Friday.

Workers at world's biggest copper mine in Chile suspend strike

Workers at the world's largest copper mine in Chile suspended a strike launched earlier this week and restarted negotiations with Australian mining giant BHP, the union and management announced Friday.

Epic launches own app store, Fortnite back for iPhones in Europe

Fortnite-creator Epic Games launched its own app store Friday that allows users to bypass the stores run by Apple and Google after waging a years-long battle to directly offer its games to smartphone users.

Arteta says Arsenal must be almost 'perfect' to take title from Man City

Mikel Arteta admits Arsenal will have to be almost perfect in their pursuit of Manchester City if the Gunners are to end their long wait for a Premier League title.

Home hope Kerbaol soloes to win at Tour de France

French rider Cedrine Kerbaol soloed to victory on stage six of the women's Tour de France on Friday to go second in the overall standings with two days to go.

Top UN court to hold climate justice hearings in December

The highest UN court on Friday announced hearings over a key climate justice case outlining countries' obligations regarding global warming and legal consequences for failing to address the climate emergency.

Gold hits record high, oil prices slide

Gold hit a record high on Friday as global stock markets diverged, with profit-taking on Wall Street while European and Asian markets gained on reassuring data about the health of the world's biggest economy and likely US interest rate cuts.

Leicester striker Daka out for a 'few months' with ankle injury

Leicester striker Patson Daka has been ruled out for a "few months" with an ankle injury, new Foxes manager Steve Cooper said Friday.

Bermuda braces for direct hit from Hurricane Ernesto

Bermuda was on high alert Friday as residents brace for Hurricane Ernesto, with heavy rain and flooding expected to wallop the island at the weekend, meteorologists and officials said.

During a heatwave, temperatures not the only threat: expert

Spain has just emerged from a 21-day heatwave that engulfed Madrid, Barcelona and Zaragoza, posing a health threat which extends far beyond the actual temperature, according to Julio Diaz, a researcher at Madrid's Carlos III Health Institute.

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