Bath edge closer to Premiership play-offs as Russell returns
Bath moved nearer to a place in the English Premiership rugby play-offs with a 28-17 win away to basement club Newcastle on Friday.
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Powerful solar storm pummels Earth, threatening disruption
A huge solar storm begun pummeling Earth on Friday, bringing possible disruptions to satellites and power grids -- and stunning auroras -- as it intensifies.
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Rovanpera leads Portugal Rally after see-saw day
Kalle Rovanpera edged a see-saw day at the Portugal Rally on Friday to finish just one second ahead of Toyota team-mate Sebastien Ogier in Mortagua, in the centre of the country.
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Endrick in Brazil's Copa America squad but no Neymar
Teen phenomenum Endrick was named in Brazil's Copa America squad on Friday by coach Dorival Junior but there was no place for Neymar, who has been sidelined since suffering a serious knee injury on international duty in October.
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Djokovic bottle strike overshadows Rome Open cruise past Moutet
Novak Djokovic's fast start at the Rome Open was overshadowed on Friday after the tennis icon was struck with a hard plastic water bottle while greeting fans following his 6-3, 6-1 win over France's Corentin Moutet.
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Train crash in Argentine capital leaves 30 injured
A passenger train crashed into a maintenance train in Buenos Aires on Friday, leaving at least 30 people hospitalized, including two in serious condition, Argentina's emergency officials said.
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Pandemic talks extended as deadline passes
Countries trying to strike a landmark global agreement on handling future pandemics decided to keep negotiating for another fortnight after their deadline passed on Friday.
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Yellen urges action to curb US mortgage market risks
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen flagged risks posed in the mortgage market Friday, as regulators released recommendations to address the sector's vulnerabilities.
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Paris museum files complaint over MeToo graffiti on nude painting
A top French museum has filed a police complaint after two women spray-painted a famous 19th-century painting by Gustave Courbet which it had loaned to another gallery, official said Friday.
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Flash floods kill 62 in one day in north Afghanistan
The toll from deadly flash flooding that ripped through northern Afghanistan on Friday rose to 62 people, mainly women and children, an official said, in a country highly vulnerable to climate change.
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