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Meillard leads 'perfect' Swiss sweep in Val d'Isere giant slalom

Salah on Liverpool bench for Brighton match

Meillard leads Swiss sweep in Val d'Isere giant slalom

Indonesia flood death toll passes 1,000 as authorities ramp up aid

First urban cable car unveiled outside Paris

Vonn second behind Aicher in World Cup downhill at St Moritz

Aicher pips Vonn to downhill win at St Moritz

Fans vandalise India stadium after Messi's abrupt exit

Women sommeliers are cracking male-dominated wine world open

Exhibition of Franco-Chinese print master Zao Wou-Ki opens in Hong Kong

Why SpaceX IPO plan is generating so much buzz

US unseals warrant for tanker seized off Venezuelan coast

US authorities on Friday unsealed the warrant for an oil tanker seized off the coast of Venezuela decried as "international piracy" by Caracas.

Leinster stutter before beating Leicester in Champions Cup

Four-times champions Leinster sputtered at Leicester on Friday night before pulling ahead in the dying minutes to open round two of the Champions Cup group stage with an 23-15 win in Pool 3.

World stocks mostly slide, consolidating Fed-fuelled gains

Stock markets on both sides of the Atlantic pulled back Friday as profit-taking trimmed some of the gains seen after the Federal Reserve's interest rate cut this week.

Crypto firm Tether bids for Juventus, is quickly rebuffed

Cryptocurrency firm Tether said Friday it had submitted a bid to Juventus's main shareholder, Exor, to acquire its entire stake in the Turin football club -- but was quickly rebuffed.

Union sink second-placed Leipzig to climb in Bundesliga

Goals from Oliver Burke and Ilyas Ansah sealed a 3-1 home win for Union Berlin on Friday to deny RB Leipzig the chance to close the gap on Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich.

US Treasury lifts sanctions on Brazil Supreme Court justice

The US Treasury Department lifted sanctions Friday on Brazil Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, who oversaw a trial of his country's jailed former president Jair Bolsonaro.

UK king shares 'good news' that cancer treatment will be reduced in 2026

Britain's King Charles III, who has broken royal taboos to talk openly about battling cancer, Friday revealed the "good news" that his treatment will be pared back next year.

Wembanyama expected to return for Spurs in NBA Cup clash with Thunder

San Antonio star Victor Wembanyama is expected to return from a 12-game injury absence just in time for the Spurs' NBA Cup semi-final clash with the mighty Oklahoma City Thunder after being listed as "probable" Friday on the team's injury report.

Five takeaways from Luigi Mangione evidence hearings

Lawyers for the man accused of gunning down a health insurance executive on a Manhattan street have been in court seeking to have key pieces of evidence ruled inadmissible at his trial.

UK's king shares 'good news' that cancer treatment will be reduced in 2026

Britain's King Charles III, who has broken royal taboos to talk openly about battling cancer, Friday revealed the "good news" that his treatment will be pared back next year.

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