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Beaten Ramsay-Peaty casts doubt on future as Australia rule Commonwealth pool

Scheffler surges at 3M Open with blistering back nine

Ramsay-Peaty beaten into bronze as Australia's Williamson wins Commonwealth gold

Norris back on pole at Hungarian GP as rivals handed penalties

Madeleine McCann's brother targets Olympic dream after Commonwealth final

Close to Madrid, those who escaped flames worry what is next

Hamilton, Antonelli stung by grid penalties at Hungarian GP

Messi can skip All-Star Game after grueling World Cup, says MLS

Scotland declares 'major' wildfire in Cairngorms national park

Wildfires send nearly 260,000 fleeing in France and Spain

Hamilton stung by three-place grid penalty

Mahomes back in full practice, 'optimistic' for NFL opener

Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes has been cleared to return to full practice as he recovers from tearing knee ligaments late last season.

US panel endorses more unproven if buzzy peptides

A US review panel on Friday recommended loosening restrictions on all but one of a buzzy class of peptides, dismissing protests from medical experts who say none are well-studied enough to justify wide access.

Scotland's Scott splits Australian swim dominance at Commonwealths

Duncan Scott delivered hosts Scotland's first gold medal of the Commonwealth Games to break up Australia's dominance of the pool on the first full day of action in Glasgow on Friday.

ICC prosecutor Karim Khan removed over 'serious misconduct'

International Criminal Court member states voted Friday to dismiss prosecutor Karim Khan following disputed allegations that he sexually assaulted a female member of his staff.

Paramount agrees to delay Warner Bros. merger

Paramount Skydance agreed on Friday to delay its $110 billion merger with Warner Bros. Discovery while a US lawsuit seeking to block the deal moves forward.

166,000 evacuated as wildfires spin out of control in France, Spain

Over 166,000 people were evacuated in France and Spain as unprecedented forest fires raged near Madrid and Bordeaux, a French city flanked by tourist havens and world-renowned vineyards.

Mixed day for global equities as oil prices retreat

The main international oil contract Brent North Sea fell back under $100 Friday after surging past the key milestone the previous day on escalating Middle East strikes, helping US and European stock markets stabilize.

Trump tariff wall set to stay after Supreme Court blow: analysts

Circumventing the US Supreme Court, President Donald Trump has found a way to resurrect his tariff wall in a fashion that analysts say could prove more durable to legal challenges.

Canada inaugurates US border bridge after cancelling joint ceremony

Canada quietly inaugurated a border bridge with the United States on its own on Friday, after cancelling a joint ceremony following this week's announcement of new US tariffs on several Canadian products.

Karim Khan: Forensic ICC prosecutor with a tarnished legacy

Karim Khan will go down in the history of the International Criminal Court as the prosecutor who clinched arrest warrants against the leaders of Russia and Israel but also as the one who "poisoned the atmosphere" within the institution.

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ICC members vote to dismiss embattled prosecutor Karim Khan