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Top-ranked Korda takes LPGA Tournament of Champions lead
Top-ranked Korda takes LPGA Tournament of Champions lead

World number one Nelly Korda fired seven birdies in a six-under par 66 on Friday to take a one-shot lead in the US LPGA Tournament of Champions in Orlando, Florida.

January 21, 2022

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Brawl in Honduras Congress ahead of new president's inauguration
Brawl in Honduras Congress ahead of new president's inauguration

Lawmakers exchanged blows in the Honduran Congress Friday as a dispute among members of president-elect Xiomara Castro's party turned violent.

January 21, 2022

Netflix sinks as Wall Street flees 'stay-at-home' stocks
Netflix sinks as Wall Street flees 'stay-at-home' stocks

One day after shares of at-home fitness company Peloton tumbled, Netflix found itself in Wall Street's hot seat Friday as markets reassess the diminishing growth prospects of so-called "pandemic stocks."

January 21, 2022

US army confirms Russian mercenaries in Mali
US army confirms Russian mercenaries in Mali

The US army has confirmed the presence of Russian mercenaries from the Wagner group in Mali, which the African nation's government has denied amid increasingly strained relations with the West.

January 21, 2022

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Unexploded bomb found at ex-FARC party's HQ in Colombia
Unexploded bomb found at ex-FARC party's HQ in Colombia

An unexploded bomb was found Friday at the Bogota offices of the leftist Comunes party that replaced the disarmed FARC guerrilla group, Colombian police said.

January 21, 2022

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Chile's president-elect unveils young, woman-majority cabinet
Chile's president-elect unveils young, woman-majority cabinet

Chile's leftist president-elect Gabriel Boric, whose victory at the polls last month unsettled the markets, on Friday named the country's Central Bank governor as his finance minister in a young, diverse and woman-majority cabinet.

January 21, 2022