Lamar Jackson's Baltimore Ravens face a pivotal clash against the high-flying New England Patriots Sunday, knowing anything but a win leaves their NFL playoff prospects in turmoil.
The release of documents on Friday related to late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein follows months of pressure on the Trump administration for transparency about the politically explosive case.
A Delaware appeals court cleared the way Friday for tech CEO Elon Musk to receive a long-contested $56 billion Tesla pay package, reversing an earlier judgment in the long-running case.
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A hamstring injury sustained in a Dutch league match has ruled Ivory Coast striker Sebastien Haller out of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, which kicks off in Morocco on Sunday.
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Hardik Pandya led India's batting assault with his 16-ball 50 to set up a 30-run win over South Africa and clinch the series 3-1 in the fifth T20 on Friday.
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Officials in the US state of Rhode Island have denounced misinformation that they said complicated their multiday search for the gunman who killed two students and wounded others at Brown University.
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The International Monetary Fund said Friday that its board has approved $206 million in emergency financing for Sri Lanka, to help in the country's recovery from the devastating Cyclone Ditwah.
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The Trump administration will suspend a green card lottery that allowed a man believed to be behind both a mass shooting at Brown University and the killing of an MIT professor into the United States.
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Stock markets pushed higher on Friday as expectations for lower US interest rates continued to cheer investors.
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Unai Emery said Friday that greater expectations were fuelling Aston Villa's Premier League charge as his in-form side target a rare victory over Manchester United on Sunday.
Attacks at metro stations in Taipei on Friday involving smoke bombs and stabbings killed at least three people, the Taiwanese city's fire department said, adding that the suspect was also dead.
Colombia's ELN guerrilla group attacked a military base near Venezuela with drones and explosives, killing seven soldiers and wounding 30, the army said Friday.
Ruben Amorim said provocative social media posts from two of Manchester United's academy stars showed a damaging "feeling of entitlement" at the Premier League club.
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Representatives of the South American Mercosur bloc met in Brazil Friday, as EU diplomatic sources said a long-delayed trade deal may now be signed on January 12.
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A key US Federal Reserve official said Friday that he sees no need to rush to cut interest rates further, adding that challenges with data collection likely distorted recent inflation numbers.
Tourists will have to pay a two-euro entrance fee to get close to Rome's famous Trevi Fountain, which draws vast crowds daily, Mayor Roberto Gualtieri said on Friday.
Tottenham boss Thomas Frank said there is no quick fix to his side's problems, but he maintains the support of the club's board.
Poland's nationalist President Karol Nawrocki told his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday that Ukrainians failed to appreciate his country's help for them as they fight off Russia's invasion.
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