Amorim keen to keep hold of Mainoo, Garnacho
Manchester United boss Ruben Amorim has expressed his desire to keep talented youngsters Kobbie Mainoo and Alejandro Garnacho despite rumours the duo could be sold to ease the club's financial pressures.
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Pro-Russian disinformation makes its Bluesky debut
The first symptoms of disinformation are emerging on the social media network Bluesky, with echoes of the pro-Russian "Matryoshka" campaign that flooded Elon Musk's X -- but with a few twists.
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Milan's Loftus-Cheek sidelined with hamstring injury
Ruben Loftus-Cheek will miss AC Milan's upcoming league fixtures with Como and Cagliari with a hamstring injury, the Serie A club said on Friday.
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Venezuela's Maduro takes presidential oath, opposition decries 'coup'
Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro was sworn in Friday for a third six-year term rejected by the opposition as a "coup d'etat" achieved through election fraud and a campaign of repression.
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UK gas reserves 'concerningly low', warns biggest supplier
Britain's biggest gas supplier on Friday said UK storage levels are "concerningly low" owing to high demand caused by freezing weather and after Ukraine ended Russian gas transit to Europe.
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Los Angeles wildfires in figures
Ten people dead, 10,000 buildings destroyed, 180,000 people evacuated, $150 billion in damage.
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2024 warmest year on record for mainland US: agency
Last year set a record for high temperatures across the mainland United States, with the nation also pummeled by a barrage of tornadoes and destructive hurricanes, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said in a report Friday.
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Sinner doping hearing at sports court fixed for April: CAS
World number one Jannik Sinner will have his hearing into allegations of doping at the Court of Arbitration for Sport on April 16-17, the Lausanne-based body said on Friday.
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Meta policy reversal puts question mark on future of fact-checking
Media outlets around the world have been left scratching their heads over the future of their fact-checking operations after Meta's shock announcement that it will halt its US programme.
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Trump sentenced to 'unconditional discharge' for hush money conviction
A judge sentenced Donald Trump to an unconditional discharge Friday for covering up hush money payments to a porn star despite the US president-elect's last-ditch efforts to avoid becoming the first felon in the White House.
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