Barcelona sack coach Xavi after trophyless season
Barcelona sacked coach Xavi Hernandez on Friday after the Catalan giants failed to win a trophy this season.
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Evenepoel, Roglic return but Vingegaard misses Criterium du Dauphine
Remco Evenepoel and Primoz Roglic will return to action at the Criterium du Dauphine but two-time Tour de France winner Jonas Vingegaard has not entered, organisers said Friday.
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Fernandes urges troubled Man Utd to match his expectations
Bruno Fernandes urged troubled Manchester United to match his expectations as the Portugal star insisted he wants to stay at Old Trafford despite speculation over his future.
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UK police arrest 16 at Oxford University Gaza war protest
UK police have arrested 16 people at a protest organised by a pro-Palestinian student group at Oxford University, in the latest flare-up on a prestigious campus over the war in Gaza.
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Paris Orly air controller strike sparks mass cancellations
The French civil aviation authority said Friday it had ordered airlines operating at Paris Orly airport to cancel 70 percent of flights ahead of a weekend air traffic controller strike.
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Stock markets sink on diminishing US rate cut hopes
Asian and European stock markets fell Friday following Wall Street losses, as better-than-expected US data compounded worries the Federal Reserve will hold off on cutting interest rates this year.
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At China's window to Taiwan, unification is only a matter of time
Chinese tourists clamber over rocks to gaze at the misty horizon that holds Taiwan, the island that Beijing insists will not be self-ruled for very much longer.
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Falling UK energy bills grab election spotlight
Britain's energy regulator on Friday announced a fall in household bills from July, catapulting a key cost-of-living issue into the second day of general election campaigning.
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Migration, infrastructure woes fuel S.Africa poll disinformation
Propagandists and scammers are exploiting xenophobia and anger over failing infrastructure to unleash a wave of disinformation ahead of South Africa's most contested polls since 1994, experts warn.
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Saudi Arabia spending big for a place on the gaming map
Saudi Arabia is moving aggressively with its investments in more gaming companies, the Canadian industry veteran steering the kingdom's push to become a global hub for the sector told AFP Friday.
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