Le Pen hopes Macron 'hatred' can tip French election
Over the last five years, French President Emmanuel Macron has inspired a rare form of hostility even in a country that is famous for loving to hate its leaders.
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Hamilton ready to invest in Chelsea takeover bid
Seven-time Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton said Friday that being part of a consortium bidding to take over English Premier League club Chelsea was too great an opportunity to pass by.
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Turkey's jailed rights defender makes final appeal before verdict
One of Turkey's most famous prisoners appeared in court Friday for what could be his final hearing in a case that has come to define Ankara's uneasy ties with the West.
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EU eyes deal to tame internet 'Wild West'
The European Union on Friday homed in on new regulation to require Big Tech to remove harmful online content, the bloc's latest move to rein in the world's online giants.
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Large Hadron Collider restarts after three-year break
The Large Hadron Collider restarted Friday after a three-year break for upgrades that will allow it to smash protons together at even greater speeds, in the hope of making new ground-breaking discoveries.
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NATO, Russia eye each other as both up forces in the Med
On the Greek island of Crete, a NATO surveillance plane readies to take off and see what Russia is up to in the Mediterranean, where Moscow and the US have boosted forces amid the war raging in Ukraine.
Read moreGlobal markets mostly sink on Fed chief's remarks
Asian and European stocks mostly sank Friday on hawkish comments from the Federal Reserve about its monetary tightening plans, sending the dollar sharply higher against the euro.
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Ferrari to recall more than 2,200 cars in China over brake risk
Italian luxury carmaker Ferrari has issued a recall plan with Chinese regulators over potential brake problems in its vehicles, an official notice said Friday.
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Mwai Kibaki: Former Kenyan president leaves mixed legacy
Kenya's third president Mwai Kibaki, who has died at the age of 90, led East Africa's economic powerhouse for over a decade, overseeing some of its bloodiest and most corrupt years but also ushering in a new constitution.
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Pope clears diary for tests on painful knee
Pope Francis, who has suffered from knee pain in recent months, cleared his diary Friday to undergo medical checks, the Vatican said.
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