The New York Mets have signed Bo Bichette to a blockbuster contract after missing out on high-profile target Kyle Tucker to the Los Angeles Dodgers, US media reported Friday.
US President Donald Trump signaled Friday that he would be reluctant to lose his economic adviser Kevin Hassett, a top contender to be the next Federal Reserve chairman.
Milan's menswear fashion week began on Friday, with very wintry, sporty shows from Ralph Lauren and Dsquared2.
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Ousmane Dembele scored twice as champions Paris Saint-Germain climbed top of Ligue 1 on Friday with a dominant 3-0 win over Lille at a rainy Parc des Princes.
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OpenAI announced Thursday it will begin testing advertisements on ChatGPT in the coming weeks, as the wildly popular artificial intelligence chatbot seeks to increase revenue to cover its soaring costs.
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Russian annual inflation fell sharply in 2025, data from the state statistics agency showed on Friday, as central bank efforts to tame price growth appeared to bear fruit.
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India's Washington Sundar has been ruled out of the upcoming T20 series against New Zealand after being diagnosed with a "side strain", the country’s cricket board said late on Friday.
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US President Donald Trump said Friday he may impose trade tariffs on countries that don't support his plans to take over Greenland, part of the territory of NATO ally Denmark.
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A top UK police chief who oversaw a contentious decision to ban Maccabi Tel Aviv football fans from a Birmingham match retired on Friday after public pressure for him to step down.
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The smell of rubber is everywhere as the ageing machine press coughs up a tray full of ice hockey pucks that will hit the Olympic ice in February.
A top UK police chief who oversaw a decision to ban Maccabi Tel Aviv football fans from a Birmingham match stepped down by retiring on Friday after growing calls for him to go.
A court in Kyiv released former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko on bail on Friday pending a trial to determine whether she paid members of Ukraine's parliament to sway their voting.
France's top court ruled Friday it was too late to try a man who confessed to a murder decades after his victim disappeared, a judgment that could affect other "cold case" investigations.
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Anthony Joshua has returned to the gym for "mental strength therapy", just weeks after a car crash which killed two of the former world heavyweight champion's close friends.
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Italian international Giacomo Raspadori has joined Atalanta, just six months after leaving Napoli for Atletico Madrid, where he failed to establish himself.
Three races on the alpine skiing World Cup circuit will go ahead in Crans-Montana despite a fire that killed 40 and injured 119 others celebrating the New Year in the Swiss resort, officials said Friday.
Stock markets mostly retrenched on Friday at the end of a week jam-packed with geopolitical developments, content to languish after record-breaking performances in recent days.
American rider Ricky Brabec and Qatari driver Nasser Al Attiyah are in pole position to secure overall victory in the Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia after winning the 12th and penultimate bike and car stages on Friday.
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