English rugby chief says no talks with Farrell 'at present'
Bill Sweeney, the chief executive of England's Rugby Football Union has said there have been no talks with Andy Farrell "at present" amid speculation the Ireland coach could be drafted into the national set-up after next year's World Cup.
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Overnight petrol queues in Ethiopia as war shortages hit
Ethiopians said Friday they slept in their cars in hours-long queues for petrol as shortages caused by the Middle East war began to take their toll.
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Under threat of dying out, Turkish Armenian evolves through art
Once spoken by two million people across the Ottoman Empire, Turkish Armenian has shrunk to the point of becoming an endangered language following a century marked by massacres and mass emigration.
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French Olympic ice dance champions lead at worlds
Olympic ice dance champions Guillaume Cizeron and Laurence Fournier Beaudry dominated the rhythm dance at the world figure skating championships on Friday to put themselves on track for gold.
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Mexico searches for missing Cuba aid boats
The Mexican Navy searched Friday for two sailboats that went missing while transporting humanitarian aid to crisis-hit Cuba, a week after leaving Mexico with nine people aboard.
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Vingegaard takes Tour of Catalonia lead with stage five win
Jonas Vingegaard powered to a solo victory on stage five of the Tour of Catalonia on Friday to move into the overall lead.
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Whale filmed giving birth, with a little help from her friends
Scientists have managed to film a spectacular event rarely witnessed by humans: a sperm whale giving birth while other females worked together to support the mother and her newborn.
Read moreFrance calls Olympic gender test 'step backwards', other countries back policy
France on Friday called the International Olympic Committee's new policy on gender testing to determine eligibility to compete in women's events a "step backwards", but other countries welcomed the move.
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France calls Olympic gender test 'a step backwards', other countries approve
France on Friday called the International Olympic Committee's new policy on gender testing to determine eligibility to compete in women's events a "step backwards", but other countries welcomed the move.
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Volkswagen in talks with defence firms on use of Germany plant: CEO
Struggling German carmaker Volkswagen is in talks with defence firms to repurpose a plant in northern Germany for the production of military transport equipment, the firm's boss said Friday.
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