President Donald Trump rekindled the US trade war on Friday, threatening to impose a 50 percent tariff on the European Union -- and drawing a strong response from European politicians.
Mads Pedersen won the 13th stage of the Giro d'Italia on Friday as Isaac Del Toro maintained his lead in the battle for the overall title.
Iranian and US negotiators closed on Friday a fifth round of nuclear talks in Rome with "some but not conclusive progress", mediator Oman said, after a public disagreement over Tehran's uranium enrichment.
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Madison Keys said Friday she was back in Grand Slam mode at the French Open after the emotional rollercoaster of her "elusive" major triumph at the Australian Open.
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Pep Guardiola has revealed the Manchester City hierarchy support his desire to slash his underachieving squad next season regardless of their last-day bid to qualify for the Champions League.
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A sword that belonged to Napoleon and was specially ordered for the personal use of the French emperor fetched almost 4.7 million euros at auction in Paris, many times the asking price and coming close to a new record price for a Napoleonic artefact, the auction house said.
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European stock markets tumbled Friday after US President Donald Trump ended a lull in his trade war as he raised the spectre of hitting imports from the European Union with a massive 50-percent tariff.
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Germany's Friedrich Merz urged Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday to support a Ukraine ceasefire push and discussed thorny economic ties, in the leaders' first call since Merz became chancellor.
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Iranian and US negotiators met in Rome on Friday for a fifth round of nuclear talks, after a public disagreement over Tehran's uranium enrichment.
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England debutant Sam Cook took his first wicket in Test cricket after Harry Brook's rapid fifty took the hosts to a commanding 565-6 declared against Zimbabwe in their one-off match at Trent Bridge on Friday.
Defendants accused of stealing $10 million in jewellery from reality TV star Kim Kardashian in Paris in 2016 asked for forgiveness Friday as the court prepared to deliver its verdict.
Bangladesh's Muhammad Yunus "needs to remain" in office as interim leader to ensure a peaceful transition of power, a cabinet member and special adviser to Yunus said Friday.
Damage to a mine shaft kept 260 miners stuck in a gold mine outside Johannesburg overnight, the mine manager and union said Friday.
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South Africa does not face a "white genocide" and claims that most victims of murders on farms are white are a distortion of statistics, the police minister said Friday, dismissing statements by US President Donald Trump.
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Bordeaux-Begles captain Maxime Lucu said on Friday the French club are planning to "neutralise" Northampton's in-form back-rower Henry Pollock.
Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti wished the man set to replace him, Xabi Alonso, "all the luck in the world" on Friday, before taking charge of his final game at the club.
Enzo Maresca has backed Chelsea to handle the pressure of their do-or-die showdown with Nottingham Forest as the race for Champions League places reaches a dramatic climax on Sunday.
Harry Brook struck a typically rapid 58 as England piled up 565-6 before captain Ben Stokes declared on the second day of the one-off Test against Zimbabwe at Trent Bridge on Friday.
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