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England captain Ben Stokes took two quick wickets on his return to Test cricket after Brian Bennett struck Zimbabwe's fastest hundred during an entertaining afternoon's play at Trent Bridge on Friday.

South Africa's government is moving towards easing its black ownership laws in the telecoms sector -- a policy change that would smooth the way for Elon Musk's Starlink to enter the local market.

Madison Keys said Friday she was back in Grand Slam mode at the French Open after the emotional rollercoaster of her "elusive" major triumph at the Australian Open.

A French prosecutor on Friday requested the maximum 20-year sentence for a former surgeon who admitted to sexually abusing almost 300 mostly child patients.

Former world number one Iga Swiatek was in a defiant mood as she looks to put a turbulent start to the season behind her ahead of the French Open.

President Donald Trump ratcheted up the US trade war on Friday, threatening to impose a new 25 percent levy against Apple, and a 50 percent tariff on the European Union.

Stock markets tumbled Friday after US President Donald Trump ended a lull in his trade war with threats of massive tariffs on Apple products and imports from the European Union.

A sheepdog which features in Icelandic family drama "The Love That Remains" herded its way to a top prize for canine performers at the Cannes film festival on Friday, organisers announced.

Lyudmila Vasilyeva, 84, survived the Siege of Leningrad in World War II as a child. Now, the Russian pensioner has been prosecuted for calling for peace in Ukraine and says she feels "hurt" over what her country has become.

Local hero Charles Leclerc bounced back from an early crash to top the times for Ferrari ahead of Red Bull's four-time champion Max Verstappen in Friday's tightly-contested opening practice at the Monaco Grand Prix.

Thomas Tuchel said Friday he will not release England players early for the Club World Cup because he wants to build a close bond with his squad.

World number one Aryna Sabalenka warned Friday she was feeling "stronger than ever" as she targets a fourth Grand Slam title and first on clay at the French Open.

President Donald Trump ratcheted up the US trade war on Friday, threatening to impose a new 25 percent levy against Apple, and a 50 percent tariff on the European Union.

France winger Damian Penaud will start in Bordeaux-Begles' Champions Cup final against Northampton in Cardiff this weekend, the French club announced on Friday.

TotalEnergies will face a Paris civil court in June over allegations it made false advertisements about its climate pledges -- an unprecedented case in France against a major fossil fuel company, activists said Friday.

Pep Guardiola has revealed the Manchester City hierarchy support his desire to slash his underachieving squad next season regardless of their last-day bid to qualify for the Champions League.

A sword that belonged to Napoleon and was specially ordered for the personal use of the French emperor fetched almost 4.7 million euros at auction in Paris, many times the asking price and coming close to a new record price for a Napoleonic artefact, the auction house said.

European stock markets tumbled Friday after US President Donald Trump ended a lull in his trade war as he raised the spectre of hitting imports from the European Union with a massive 50-percent tariff.

Germany's Friedrich Merz urged Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday to support a Ukraine ceasefire push and discussed thorny economic ties, in the leaders' first call since Merz became chancellor.

Iranian and US negotiators met in Rome on Friday for a fifth round of nuclear talks, after a public disagreement over Tehran's uranium enrichment.

England debutant Sam Cook took his first wicket in Test cricket after Harry Brook's rapid fifty took the hosts to a commanding 565-6 declared against Zimbabwe in their one-off match at Trent Bridge on Friday.

Defendants accused of stealing $10 million in jewellery from reality TV star Kim Kardashian in Paris in 2016 asked for forgiveness Friday as the court prepared to deliver its verdict.

Bangladesh's Muhammad Yunus "needs to remain" in office as interim leader to ensure a peaceful transition of power, a cabinet member and special adviser to Yunus said Friday.

Damage to a mine shaft kept 260 miners stuck in a gold mine outside Johannesburg overnight, the mine manager and union said Friday.

South Africa does not face a "white genocide" and claims that most victims of murders on farms are white are a distortion of statistics, the police minister said Friday, dismissing statements by US President Donald Trump.

Bordeaux-Begles captain Maxime Lucu said on Friday the French club are planning to "neutralise" Northampton's in-form back-rower Henry Pollock.

Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti wished the man set to replace him, Xabi Alonso, "all the luck in the world" on Friday, before taking charge of his final game at the club.

Enzo Maresca has backed Chelsea to handle the pressure of their do-or-die showdown with Nottingham Forest as the race for Champions League places reaches a dramatic climax on Sunday.

Harry Brook struck a typically rapid 58 as England piled up 565-6 before captain Ben Stokes declared on the second day of the one-off Test against Zimbabwe at Trent Bridge on Friday.

Arne Slot said Trent Alexander-Arnold "deserves" to be part of Liverpool's title celebrations despite revealing he was unhappy with the defender's performances in training at the start of the season.

Eddie Howe admits it would be a "huge disappointment" if Newcastle fail to seal qualification for the Champions League as he prepares his men for their final Premier League game of the season against Everton on Sunday.

Under a cloud of incense smoke, a group of men and women in a village in northern Greece swayed slowly to the music before removing their shoes and rushing, barefoot, onto waiting embers.