Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych on Friday lost his appeal against his ban from the Winter Olympics for wearing a helmet depicting Ukraine's war dead, while US figure skating sensation Ilia Malinin eyes double gold glory.
George Russell produced the second fastest time in Friday's pre-season testing, behind only his teammate Kimi Antonelli, but the English driver still insisted Mercedes had 'taken a step back' in Sakhir.
The death toll from Cyclone Gezani rose to 40 on Friday, three days after its passage across Madagascar, as officials struggled to restore widespread cuts to power and water supplies.
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The United States, led by Saiteja Mukkamalla's 79 and Harmeet Singh's 4-21, dominated with bat and ball to thrash the Netherlands by 93 runs in the T20 World Cup on Friday.
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Manchester City midfielder Rodri has been charged by the English Football Association after saying referees have to be "neutral" following his side's controversial clash with Tottenham.
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Italian biathlete Rebecca Passler has been cleared to compete in the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics after a successful appeal to the Italian Anti-Doping Agency (NADO) following a failed drugs test last month.
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President Emmanuel Macron Friday denounced what he described as an "antisemitic hydra" that had crept into "every crack" of society two decades after Ilan Halimi, a 23-year-old French Jewish man, was tortured to death.
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Scotland captain Sione Tuipulotu believes his "desperate" side can take heart from England's example as they look to revive their fortunes with victory over the 'Auld Enemy' in Saturday's Calcutta Cup clash at Murrayfield.
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Health
Cash-strapped and running out of options, a public hospital in southwestern France has turned to an unlikely source of rescue: potential patients.
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Consumer inflation in the United States cooled slightly more than expected in January, government data showed Friday, as energy prices dipped.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz acknowledged Friday a rift had opened up between Europe and the United States but issued an appeal to Washington: "Let's repair and revive transatlantic trust together."
German leader Friedrich Merz called Friday for "a new transatlantic partnership" between the United States and Europe, as he rallied officials at a top security conference under heavy pressure from US President Donald Trump.
After a break-in, strikes and a ticket fraud scandal, the beleaguered Louvre museum in Paris said Friday it had suffered a water leak in its most-visited wing, the second flood in three months.
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In the Moroccan village of Ouled Salama, 63-year-old farmer Mohamed Reouani waded through his crops, now submerged by floodwaters after days of heavy downpours.
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Russia and Ukraine will hold US-brokered talks on February 17-18 in Geneva, both countries said Friday, announcing the next leg in fraught negotiations seeking to end the four-year war.
The Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych said he hoped "truth will prevail" after he appealed his disqualification from the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics at sport's top court on Friday.
Aspiring physical education teacher Gao Yemiao missed his 30-second window to buy a train ticket home for China's biggest holiday before seats sold out -- but he was lucky.
President Emmanuel Macron Friday denounced what he described as an "antisemitic hydra" that had crept into "every crack" of society two decades after Ilan Halimi, a 23-year-old French Jewish man, was tortured to death.
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