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Rubio urges Cubans to work with CIA, but warns: be discreet

Ebola vaccine trial begins in DR Congo

Leclerc tops times for Ferrari in practice for US Grand Prix

Travelling man Wade equals Prem try record

Lula, Bolsonaro lock horns in final debate before Brazil vote

Rescuers search for seven people in Nairobi building collapse

Poulter and Hatton leave LIV Golf

Sacha Baron Cohen revives the 'problematic dinosaur' Ali G in new film

Blakely vaults out of the shadow of Biles for all-around world title

New race in Barcelona tops 17-event '27 IndyCar season

Oil tops $116 with stocks mixed on earnings, AI

Neymar backs Flavio Bolsonaro in Brazil election

Trump orders lawsuit to block Alaska Senate result if Republicans lose

Melania Trump says she brokered truce in war-torn Ukrainian city

Olympic champion Ingebrigtsen accuses father of abuse

Olympic 1500m champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen and his two brothers Henrik and Philip accused their father and former coach Gjert of abusing them on Friday, a charge he denied.

Ukraine replaces Soviet emblem on massive Motherland monument

A gigantic statue of a woman warrior representing Ukraine towered once again over the capital Kyiv Friday but with its Soviet hammer and sickle emblem replaced with the Ukrainian trident.

Hurricane Norma downgraded to Category 2 ahead of Mexico landfall

Hurricane Norma weakened Friday to a Category 2 storm ahead of landfall near a tourist hotspot on Mexico's Pacific coast.

Don't dress as Barbie this Halloween, union asks striking actors

Actors: Put away those Barbie and Spider-Man costumes.

French skipper Escoffier banned for sexual assault

One of France's top yachtsmen Kevin Escoffier was on Friday banned for 18 months by the French Sailing Federation following a sexual assault inquiry.

'Awesome' Warner, Marsh star as Australia down Pakistan at World Cup

Australia rode on punishing centuries from openers David Warner and Mitchell Marsh to beat Pakistan by 62 runs in their World Cup game in Bengaluru on Friday.

Warner, Marsh star as Australia down Pakistan at World Cup

Australia rode on punishing centuries from openers David Warner and Mitchell Marsh to beat Pakistan by 62 runs in their World Cup game in Bengaluru on Friday.

Chinese sci-fi fans over the moon at Chengdu Worldcon

In a sleek silver building designed to look like an expanding nebula, thousands of delighted Chinese science fiction fans gathered this week for a massive international convention.

Ancelotti praises Ramos before their reunion in Seville

Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti was full of praise for his former captain Sergio Ramos ahead of the pair's reunion on Saturday, when his side travel to Sevilla.

Republican-led US House rejects Trump ally's third bid for speaker

Lawmakers voted to reject hard-line conservative Jim Jordan's bid for speaker of the US House of Representatives for a third time on Friday, compounding the chaos that has left the government without a functioning legislative branch for weeks.

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