Southampton boss Selles on survival mission
New Southampton boss Ruben Selles said the club were united with "one mission" to survive in the Premier League after he was appointed for the rest of the season on Friday.
Read morePuss in boots: fancy dress felines on the Bangladesh catwalk
Cats in velvet, cats in skirts, cats in sunglasses, cats in football kits: hundreds of felines were dressed to the nines Friday for Bangladesh's largest-ever cat show.
Read moreHot US inflation leaves investors cold on equities, yen drops
Data showing inflation rising in the United States last month sent shares tumbling on Friday as investors worried that would push the Federal Reserve to hike interest rates more aggressively.
Read more'A Thousand Splendid Suns' opera spotlights Afghan women
Minutes before Afghan filmmaker Roya Sadat entered her first Seattle Opera production meeting for an adaptation of the novel "A Thousand Splendid Suns," she learned that her hometown of Herat had fallen to the Taliban.
Read moreAyahuasca, 'source of knowledge' in the heart of the Amazon
In the heart of the Ecuadoran Amazon live the Cofan Avie, masters of ayahuasca -- the powerful hallucinogenic concoction said to open the door to the "spirit" world.
Read moreSyria rebel rescuers urge help after child dies of quake injuries
White Helmets rescuers in rebel-held northwest Syria called on international help Friday to save people with quake-related crush injuries after a boy they rescued died from the condition.
Read moreMacron under fire for honouring Bezos with top award
President Emmanuel Macron was under fire from the French left on Friday for handing billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos the country's highest order of merit.
Read moreFirst Western tanks arrive in Ukraine, Zelensky eyes 'victory this year'
President Volodymyr Zelensky vowed Friday to do everything to defeat Russia this year, as the first Western tanks arrived in Ukraine on the anniversary of Europe's largest conflict since World War II.
Read moreTen Hag warns League Cup final referee of 'annoying' Newcastle time-wasting
Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag has warned match officials to be wary of Newcastle's "annoying" time-wasting in the League Cup final at Wembley on Sunday.
Read moreFrench teenager charged with murder over teacher killing: lawyer
Prosecutors on Friday charged a 16-year-old boy with murder over the fatal stabbing of his Spanish teacher during class earlier this week in southwest France, his lawyer said.
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