Ian Poulter has become the latest leading player to announce he is leaving LIV Golf as the struggling breakaway league attempts a relaunch after filing for bankruptcy protection.
A powerful typhoon pounded Taiwan on Friday as authorities warned of "destructive winds" and urged locals to shelter from the storm.
El Salvador has deployed special forces to Haiti after four of its soldiers serving in a UN-backed force in the Caribbean nation went missing following a gang ambush, officials said.
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US First Lady Melania Trump said in a surprise announcement Friday she had secured a localized ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine in the ravaged city of Oleshky, where citizens are trapped and short of food.
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Foreign ministers from eight European and Middle Eastern countries are set to meet in Istanbul on Friday in an unprecedented format for talks on the Strait of Hormuz and crises across the Middle East.
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A tanker filled with Russian diesel is headed for New York, maritime trackers and the Kremlin confirmed Friday, after the United States eased sanctions in a deal that shocked Ukraine and its European allies.
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In a fresh hammer blow for Kenyan athletics, world marathon champion Peres Jepchirchir has been provisionally suspended for doping, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) announced Friday.
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A centre devoted to the study of Portugal's 20th-century dictator Antonio Salazar opened in his home village on Friday after two decades of disputes.
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Economy
Romania said Friday one sailor had died and three were missing after a ship was struck by a drone and sank in the latest attack in the Black Sea that President Nicusor Dan blamed on Russia.
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Oil prices traded at five-month highs Friday, with benchmark crude contract Brent North Sea near $115 a barrel, as the Middle East conflict raged on.
Navigation app Waze rejected on Friday Malaysia's allegations that it could exploit users' personal data, after the country banned civil servants from using the app over its Israeli links.
The head of Asian football on Friday said the region supported Gianni Infantino's bid for re-election as FIFA president, weeks after stinging criticism over his aborted World Cup selloff plan.
The latest instalment in the "Call of Duty" video game franchise, arriving Friday, brings back the high-adrenaline action that fuelled its success in an effort to revitalise a series that has been losing momentum.
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Ukrainian police said Friday they had detained a 17-year-old girl suspected of helping Russia's security services to poison Ukrainian soldiers and that two had died.
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Shares in Swedish carmaker Volvo Cars plunged Friday after it said US tariffs and strong competition from local brands in China pushed it into a third-quarter loss.
Greece's parliament passed a law Friday banning children under 15 from social media, joining a growing number of countries imposing curbs on young people's use of the apps.
France was on Friday bracing for a weekend of new protests after some of the worst urban violence in years erupted on the sidelines of demonstrations a week ago, as President Emmanuel Macron sought to reclaim the initiative and restore order.
Suspected Palestinian militants wounded five Israelis on Friday before two gunmen died in a prolonged shootout, leading Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to order the closure of the West Bank days before Israeli elections.
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