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Messi to buy second Spanish lower league club

Indonesia rescues six orangutans from fires in a week

Pochettino calls for Chelsea to lose 2016-17 Premier League title

Macron urges Europe to develop 'crewed spaceflight' programme

North Korea leader's daughter believed to have younger sibling: Seoul

Deals worth billions to be signed as UAE leader visits Germany

Wars pose a test as India hosts BRICS summit with Russia, Iran leaders

Zamanat Targets GCC’s $250 Billion SME Financing Gap With Up to $100 Million Tokenized Private Credit Fund

Alessio Vinassa Unveils an Emerging Technology Investment Approach Shaped by Financial Challenges

Sri Lanka court revokes monk's pardon, orders return to prison

Stocks drop as oil spike fans inflation and interest rate fears

'Hopeless, stuck, afraid': US deportees in limbo in Cameroon

Portugal harvests grapes at night to beat the heat

Mount Fuji ends hiking season with landslide, two rescues

Norway releases Russian-crewed ship after cable damage

Police in Norway said Friday they had released a Russian-crewed cargo ship seized over suspected involvement in damage to a fibre-optic cable in the Baltic Sea, having found no evidence linking it to the incident.

Estonia's Petrokina claims 'dream' women's European figure skating gold

Estonia's Niina Petrokina produced a personal best to claim the women's title at the figure skating European championships in front of her home fans in Tallinn on Friday.

Oscar-hopeful 'Emilia Perez' star in row over Islam, George Floyd insults

Karla Sofia Gascon, the transgender actress and history-making Oscar nominee for musical film "Emilia Perez," has apologized after old social media posts resurfaced in which she denigrated Islam and George Floyd.

Russian missile attack hits Odesa, wounding three

A Russian missile attack struck the centre of the southern Ukrainian city of Odesa on Friday evening, wounding two women and a teenage boy and damaging historic buildings, officials said.

Scientists cast doubt on famous US groundhog's weather forecasts

Scientists have cast doubt on the reliability of America's most celebrated rodent forecaster -- whose apparent knack of predicting how long winter will last forms a hallowed tradition in the United States.

N. Korean troops 'withdrawn' from Kursk front line: Ukraine

Ukraine believes North Korean soldiers fighting alongside Russia's army on the Kursk front line have been "withdrawn" after suffering heavy losses, a military spokesman told AFP on Friday.

White House says Trump to impose Canada, Mexico, China tariffs at weekend

President Donald Trump will implement tariffs Saturday on the three largest US trading partners -- Canada, Mexico and China -- the White House said, sparking alarm for global trade.

Silicon Valley group buy £145mln stake in Hundred's Lord's franchise - reports

Technology billionaires are among investors who have purchased a 49 percent stake in the Lord's-based franchise in English cricket's Hundred competition for a reported fee worth £145 million ($180 million).

Barkley set to be difference maker in Super Bowl rematch

Two years on from their three-point win over Philadelphia in the Super Bowl, the Kansas City Chiefs face a rematch with the Eagles but with a big difference this time.

Swiss court convicts Trafigura of corruption in Angola

A Swiss court convicted Trafigura and three people linked to the commodities trading firm of corruption in Angola, in what campaigners hailed Friday as a "historic" first in Switzerland.

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