Bangladesh's dock workers escalated a strike on Saturday at the country's biggest port, Chattogram, protesting plans by the interim government to lease operating licences to a foreign company.
Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan has won a landslide election victory, official results showed Saturday, after key candidates were jailed or barred from a vote that has triggered days of violent protests.
Jaylen Brown scored 32 points and the Boston Celtics knocked Philadelphia from the ranks of the unbeaten 109-108 on Friday as the NBA Cup in-season tournament began.
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China said Saturday it will exempt some Nexperia chips from an export ban that was imposed over a row with Dutch officials and has alarmed European businesses.
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Jannik Sinner took a step closer to reclaiming the world number one ranking with a comfortable victory over Ben Shelton in the Paris Masters quarter-finals on Friday, setting up a clash with reigning champion Alexander Zverev.
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Toronto slugger George Springer is back in the lineup as the Blue Jays try to clinch a World Series victory over the defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers in game six on Friday.
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The Washington Nationals named 33-year-old Blake Butera as their new manager on Friday, making him Major League Baseball's youngest manager since 1972.
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A first-half Serhou Guirassy goal secured Borussia Dortmund a 1-0 win over Augsburg on Friday in a warm-up for next week's Champions League trip to Manchester City.
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The G7 announced two dozen new projects Friday aimed at reducing China's dominance of critical mineral supply chains, as Canada's energy minister vowed the alliance was "serious" about reforming the global market.
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The Baltimore Ravens have been fined $100,000 by the NFL for violating league injury report policy rules in how they listed quarterback Lamar Jackson last week, the league announced on Friday.
NBA referees will use headsets during games starting Saturday to allow them to communicate in real time with the NBA replay center and each other, the league announced on Friday.
US President Donald Trump said Friday that Christians in Nigeria face an "existential threat," as right-wing political allies including Senator Ted Cruz push claims of "Christian mass murder" that experts say are false.
Actor Tcheky Karyo, who appeared in some of director Luc Besson's biggest hits and a string of international films, died Friday at the age of 72, his family announced.
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Economy
The ongoing budget deadlock in the United States is threatening food security of around 42 million Americans who receive food stamps at the start of each month to help get by.
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President Donald Trump reiterated Friday that he wants testing of US nuclear weapons, but again failed to clarify whether he meant live explosions in an order that has provoked global tension and confusion..
Wall Street stocks rebounded on Friday as investors welcomed strong earnings reports by Amazon and Apple.
A senior member of the US Federal Reserve on Friday said he voted against cutting interest rates this week because inflation was "too high" for comfort.
The Kennedy Center's Terrace Theater is a smaller venue that typically features everything from A-list classical music recitals to dance performances to film screenings.
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