Seven years after taking over Real Valladolid, Brazil great Ronaldo's venture into La Liga's boardrooms has ended in fiasco with three relegations and a fan revolt against their absentee president.
Ben Stokes struck twice on his return to Test cricket as England enforced the follow-on against Zimbabwe at Trent Bridge on Friday despite a record-breaking century from Brian Bennett.
Rising Russian star Mirra Andreeva said she sees more benefit than risk in playing doubles as well as singles at tournaments as she bids to claim her maiden Grand Slam crown at the French Open.
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Economy
Real Valladolid said Friday Brazil great Ronaldo is selling his stake in the Spanish club to a North American investment company.
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Ukraine and Russia began a major prisoner exchange Friday, which if completed would be the biggest swap since Moscow invaded more than three years ago.
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A German court on Friday dismissed an injunction request brought by consumer protection groups to prevent US tech giant Meta from using user data from Facebook and Instagram to train artificial intelligence systems.
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Brazilian photojournalist Sebastiao Salgado, who died Friday, spent five decades chronicling the best and worst of planet Earth, from far-flung natural wonders to horrifying human catastrophes.
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President Donald Trump rekindled the US trade war on Friday, threatening to impose a 50 percent tariff on the European Union -- and drawing a strong response from European politicians.
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Sports
Mads Pedersen won the 13th stage of the Giro d'Italia on Friday as Isaac Del Toro maintained his lead in the battle for the overall title.
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Iranian and US negotiators closed on Friday a fifth round of nuclear talks in Rome with "some but not conclusive progress", mediator Oman said, after a public disagreement over Tehran's uranium enrichment.
England captain Ben Stokes took two quick wickets on his return to Test cricket after Brian Bennett struck Zimbabwe's fastest hundred during an entertaining afternoon's play at Trent Bridge on Friday.
South Africa's government is moving towards easing its black ownership laws in the telecoms sector -- a policy change that would smooth the way for Elon Musk's Starlink to enter the local market.
Madison Keys said Friday she was back in Grand Slam mode at the French Open after the emotional rollercoaster of her "elusive" major triumph at the Australian Open.
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Health
A French prosecutor on Friday requested the maximum 20-year sentence for a former surgeon who admitted to sexually abusing almost 300 mostly child patients.
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Former world number one Iga Swiatek was in a defiant mood as she looks to put a turbulent start to the season behind her ahead of the French Open.
President Donald Trump ratcheted up the US trade war on Friday, threatening to impose a new 25 percent levy against Apple, and a 50 percent tariff on the European Union.
Stock markets tumbled Friday after US President Donald Trump ended a lull in his trade war with threats of massive tariffs on Apple products and imports from the European Union.
A sheepdog which features in Icelandic family drama "The Love That Remains" herded its way to a top prize for canine performers at the Cannes film festival on Friday, organisers announced.
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