San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich is stepping down after 29 seasons, the team announced Friday, ending a glittering NBA coaching career that included five championships and a record 1,422 wins.
Prince Harry said Friday he wanted to reconcile with his estranged family, but was "devastated" at losing a court battle over his security that meant he could not return to the UK with his family.
Grande has been scratched from Saturday's Kentucky Derby, racetrack Churchill Downs announced, trimming the field to 19 horses for the US flat racing Triple Crown opener.
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A strong offshore earthquake caused a tsunami scare in the far south of Chile and Argentina on Friday, with authorities evacuating residents of coastal areas for hours before scaling back the threat level.
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Hard-right upstarts Reform UK snatched a parliamentary seat from Prime Minister Keir Starmer's Labour party Friday and seized control of several regional councils dealing a major blow to Britain's two establishment parties.
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The United States on Friday ended a tariff exemption for goods shipped from China worth less than $800, dealing a major blow to popular e-commerce sites such as Shein and Temu, whose cheap items consumers have come to rely on.
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Former policeman Peter Dutton, the rival for the Australian prime minister's job in Saturday's election, is a self-professed sceptic of the rush to replace fossil fuels with renewable energy.
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Australians will cram voting booths on Saturday to pick their next government, deciding a hard-fought election shaped by living costs, climate anxiety and Trump tariffs.
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Syria's Islamist rulers on Friday denounced an air strike near the presidential palace as a "dangerous escalation", as Israel called it a "clear message" not to harm the Druze minority.
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The creative team behind the popular Grand Theft Auto videogame series postponed the launch of the latest installment by several months to May 2026, hitting shares of parent Take-Two Interactive.
Lawyers are probing "dire" workplace conditions for Meta content moderators in Ghana, attorneys involved in the investigation told AFP, in what could turn into the latest dispute over the social media giant's labour practices in Africa.
Enzo Maresca believes his Chelsea team can get closer to Liverpool next season as he prepares to welcome the newly crowned Premier League champions to Stamford Bridge on Sunday.
As cardinals prepare to elect a new pope, campaigners warned Friday that neither of the frontrunners, Pietro Parolin nor Luis Antonio Tagle, would protect children and stamp out clerical sex abuse.
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Berlin's top culture official resigned Friday amid controversy over arts funding cuts that critics had warned would do massive damage to the capital city's famed clubs, theatres and orchestras.
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US hiring slowed less than expected in April while the jobless rate remained unchanged, according to government data published Friday, as businesses navigated the early months of Donald Trump's second presidency.
The massive EU fine against TikTok on Friday marks the latest setback for the popular Chinese-owned social media platform, which has more than one billion users.
Global stock markets rose on Friday as jobs data reassured investors on the US economy as did indications Beijing and Washington may begin to talk about resolving their tariff standoff.
Barcelona coach Hansi Flick said goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen will start for Barcelona against Real Valladolid in La Liga on Saturday, his first appearance since September following a severe knee injury.
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