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10 missing as cargo ship sinks after collision off Istanbul

Wall Street stocks mixed as energy prices, bond yields turn lower

30 years on, 'Tomb Raider' reboot sees Lara Croft through a 'modern lens'

Tiger Woods pleads guilty to reckless driving, license suspended

King Charles, Macron to view Bayeux Tapestry as French leader starts UK visit

Missing passengers likely went down with sunken ferry: N.Cyprus official

George Clooney says US run by 'least qualified people'

Premier League clubs splash cash to smash transfer record

China's Xi urges against Mideast interference in rare Egypt visit

Melting glaciers an 'immediate' climate risk: author of UN report

Venice to roll out red carpet for 'lucky' Clooney on opening night

Folarin Balogun's move to Everton collapses

'Humiliated' Aubameyang quits Gabon national team

Pacific islands to face food shortages over global warming: scientists

Kipchoge to make return at Berlin Marathon

Kenyan world record holder Eliud Kipchoge will make his next competitive appearance at the 2022 Berlin Marathon on September 25, his NN Running Team announced Friday.

Former Japan PM Abe killed in shooting: media

Japan's former prime minister Shinzo Abe died in hospital on Friday, local media reported, hours after being shot at a political campaign event in an attack condemned as "absolutely unforgivable".

Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini: A long fall from grace

Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini, once the chiefs of world and European football, were on Friday acquitted following a two-week trial in June over a suspected fraudulent payment that rocked the sport and brought a premature end to their time at the top.

France ready to take to skies against Japan in rugby Test

France captain Charles Ollivon said Friday that the Six Nations champions are ready for an aerial assault when they take on Japan in the second Test in Tokyo on Saturday.

Sepp Blatter, Michel Platini acquitted in FIFA trial

Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini, once the chiefs of world and European football, were acquitted Friday over a suspected fraudulent payment that shook the sport and torpedoed their time at the top.

West presses Russia at G20 with call to end Ukraine war

The United States and Western allies pressured Russia at G20 talks in Indonesia Friday over its "unprovoked and unjustifiable war of choice" in Ukraine, but Moscow's envoy remained defiant.

Philippines' Nobel laureate Ressa loses appeal of cyber libel conviction

Philippines' Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa lost her appeal against a conviction for cyber libel, her news website Rappler said Friday, in the latest blow for the veteran journalist.

US ties, Olympic ambitions: the tenure of Japan's former PM Abe

Japan's best-known politician Shinzo Abe was shot at a campaign event Friday and left in a "very grave condition", shocking the country and global leaders.

Asian stocks up as recession fears ease, yen rises after Abe shooting

Asian markets rose Friday on easing recession fears with optimism boosted by hopes that Joe Biden will remove some Trump-era tariffs from Chinese goods.

Pilgrims pack Mount Arafat for climax of biggest Covid-era hajj

Huge crowds of robed Muslim pilgrims prayed on Saudi Arabia's Mount Arafat on Friday, the climax of the biggest hajj pilgrimage since the pandemic forced drastic cuts in numbers two years in a row.

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Former Japan PM Abe 'in grave condition' after shooting