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New Zealand blocks lawsuits against firms over climate harm

New 'Insidious' reflects anxiety of being a new parent: director

Aussie Rules club suspends five players amid police probe

No.1 Sabalenka slams Wang to advance at Cincinnati

No.1 Sabalenka slams Wang to power ahead in Cincinnati

Australian court begins appeal hearing for mushroom murderer Erin Patterson

Climate change main driver of European ocean warming: study

Trump, Carney talk as Canada seeks to hold off new US tariffs

Gauff finds a way into the Cincinnati fourth round

NASA images reveal crater left by SpaceX rocket's Moon crash

ZZ Top drummer Frank Beard dies at age 77

Bayern's Musiala reveals 'neurological disorder' after on-field collapse

Angelique Kidjo immortalised on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Firefighters in 'crucial' push to encircle Belgian wildfire

Tuchel reads riot act to Chelsea stars after dismal week

Thomas Tuchel laid into his Chelsea stars during a crisis meeting after a dismal week that featured damaging defeats against Real Madrid and Brentford.

Asia, Europe stocks climb, Wall Street pauses

Asian and European equities rallied Friday on clarity over rising US interest rates, while the euro hit a one-month dollar low before France's presidential election.

Becker found guilty of four charges after bankruptcy trial

Former Wimbledon champion Boris Becker was found guilty of four charges relating to his 2017 bankruptcy on Friday.

Taijul Islam checks South Africa’s batting progress

Bangladesh left-arm spin bowler Taijul Islam checked South Africa’s batting progress on the first day of the second Test at St George’s Park in Gqeberha on Friday.

Crisis-hit Sri Lanka hikes rates as protests spiral

Cash-strapped Sri Lanka's central bank hiked interest rates by a record 700 basis points Friday as police fired tear gas at hundreds of students protesting about the economic crisis.

PSG hold out hope over Mbappe future in title run-in

Paris Saint-Germain remain hopeful that Kylian Mbappe will sign a new contract to stay at the club with just eight games left this season before his existing deal expires.

Israeli PM gives security forces free rein to act after attack

Israel's premier on Friday gave security agencies "full freedom" of operation to curb surging violence, after the latest deadly attack saw a Palestinian gunman kill two men in a popular nightlife area.

Tiger to make late start in astonishing Masters comeback

Tiger Woods continues his remarkable comeback from severe leg injuries Friday with an afternoon tee time at the Masters, where the second round began with the legend in title contention.

39 killed in train station strike as civilians flee east Ukraine

A rocket attack on a train station in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk killed dozens on Friday as civilians raced to leave the Donbas region in the crosshairs of the Russian army.