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Beckham becomes first British billionaire sportsman

Aussie star, Danish clubbing ode through to Eurovision final

Trump says made 'fantastic trade deals' with Xi, but details scarce

German Oscar winner Huller feels war guilt 'every day'

Thai lawmakers vote to revive clean air bill

Bayern warn that Canada's Davies struggling to be fit for World Cup

Long-serving Coleman to end Everton career at end of season

Energy-hungry German industries in decline since Ukraine war: data

Gordon may have made last Newcastle appearance: Howe

Denmark's Queen Margrethe has angioplasty in hospital: palace

Civilians caught in war of drones in eastern DR Congo

French city reels from teen killing in drug-linked shooting

Shooters have killed a 15-year-old in France's western city of Nantes in a suspected score-settling incident linked to drugs, a prosecutor said.

NZ passenger from hantavirus cruise quarantines in Taiwan

A New Zealand passenger from the hantavirus-stricken MV Hondius cruise ship is in hospital quarantine in Taiwan, Taiwanese health authorities said Friday.

Sci-fi or battlefield reality? Ukraine's bet on drone swarms

Hundreds of AI-controlled robots operating in unison, talking to each other to autonomously attack targets -- a dystopian vision of the future of war that Ukraine's defence industry wants to make a reality.

Russia, Ukraine swap 205 prisoners of war each

Russia and Ukraine exchanged 205 prisoners of war each on Friday, Moscow and Kyiv said, a week after US President Donald Trump announced a large swap would take place between the warring sides.

Southeast Asia's largest dinosaur identified in Thailand

Scientists have identified a massive new dinosaur from remains discovered in Thailand, with the creature estimated to have weighed as much an nine adult elephants.

Rapprochement, debates, dissidents: US presidential visits to China

Donald Trump's summit with China's leader Xi Jinping in Beijing this week was the latest in decades of high-level diplomatic encounters between the two countries marked by drama, tension and surprising breakthroughs.

Indian magnate Adani agrees multi-million-dollar penalty in US court case

Indian billionaire industrialist Gautam Adani has agreed to pay a multi-million-dollar settlement in a US civil court case linked to corruption without admitting guilt, his company said Friday.

Drones to fight school shooters? One US company says yes

A new idea for combatting America's horrific problem of school shootings is to unleash an unarmed drone to confront the attacker, like a giant buzzing insect.

Mines 'draining Turkey's water sources', environmentalists warn

Guney was once a water-rich village fed by 50 springs in Turkey's western Usak province, but since a gold mine opened 20 years ago, they have all dried up.

Zimbabwe tobacco hits new highs under smallholder contracts

Rows of green tobacco plants stretched towards the bush in a vast field of a crop that has rebounded to record levels in Zimbabwe, driven largely by smallholders contracted to Chinese firms.

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