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Japan's space agency will try to launch its new flagship rocket on Saturday, hoping for third time lucky following years of delays and two aborted attempts.

A New York judge ordered Donald Trump to pay $355 million over fraud allegations and banned him from running companies in the state for three years Friday in a major blow to his business empire and financial standing.

A New York judge ordered Donald Trump to pay $355 million over fraud allegations and banned him from running companies in the state for three years Friday in a major blow to his business empire and financial standing.

Supporters of Alexei Navalny turned out in cities across Europe Friday to pay tribute to the man widely acknowledged as Russia's main opposition figure, even from behind bars.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a security pact with France on Friday, after earlier in the day securing a similar deal with Germany hailed by Chancellor Olaf Scholz as a "historic step" anchoring support for Kyiv in its raging battle against Russia.

Six-time Olympic cycling champion Chris Hoy revealed Friday he has been diagnosed with cancer but insisted he was "optimistic and positive" over the future.

Dutch women ended a long wait with two titles at the world swimming championships in Doha on Friday as China also struck double gold.

Award-winning Afro-Peruvian singer and former culture minister Susana Baca has been admitted to intensive care in a hospital in Lima, her family said Friday.

Two teenagers have been charged in connection with the shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl parade which left one person dead and 22 wounded, officials said Friday.

German football fans have vowed to continue protests against an investor deal struck by clubs which have resulted in delays to dozens of matches as fans litter the pitch with tennis balls and chocolate coins.

A stingray housed in a small-town aquarium in the United States is expecting offspring without ever having shared a tank with a male of her kind, making her not just a local sensation but a scientific curiosity.

Prominent Kremlin critics and ordinary Russians in self-exile blamed President Vladimir Putin for the "murder" of opposition leader Alexei Navalny Friday.

India's Ravichandran Ashwin withdrew from the ongoing third Test against England on Friday due to "a family medical emergency", just hours after becoming only the ninth player in history to take 500 Test wickets.

Two-time defending world champion Kalle Rovanpera is out of the Rally of Sweden after the race leader failed to finish the fourth special stage on Friday.

Pep Guardiola says Manchester City have to avoid being distracted by other teams' results in the Premier League title race as they prepare to face an "exceptional" Chelsea at the Etihad on Saturday.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in Paris on Friday to sign a security pact with France, having earlier secured a deal with Germany hailed by Chancellor Olaf Scholz as a "historic step" anchoring support for Kyiv in its raging battle against Russia.

US President Joe Biden directly blamed Russian leader Vladimir Putin on Friday for the reported death of Alexei Navalny in prison, describing the Kremlin critic as a "powerful voice for the truth."

From tweed to the iconic low-rise jeans of the early 2000s, London Fashion Week unveiled a spectrum of styles on Friday, kicking off its 40th season which has been dimmed by the UK's gloomy economy.

Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers says Israel international Liel Abada could leave the Scottish champions on loan following pro-Palestinian demonstrations by some of the club's fans.

South Africa's main opposition leader on Friday denounced the idea of a coalition with the ruling African National Congress (ANC), the party poised to lose its outright majority this year in an historic election battle.

Egypt is constructing a walled camp in the Sinai Peninsula to receive displaced Palestinian civilians from the Gaza Strip, a US media report and an Egyptian human rights monitor said on Friday.

Sudanese aid worker Shakir Elhassan and his family were among millions forced to flee their homes and former lives after war broke out last year in Sudan.

Mauricio Pochettino has promised his Chelsea side will attack Manchester City when they travel to the Premier League champions' Etihad Stadium on Saturday.

Defending champion and world number one Iga Swiatek was on Friday handed a walkover into the Qatar Open final where Elena Rybakina will stand in her way of a third successive title at the Gulf event.

US wholesale prices rose more than expected in January, according to government data published Friday, as services costs were lifted by a jump in the index for hospital outpatient care.

Dutch swimmer Marrit Steenbergen claimed gold in the women's 100m freestyle at the world championships in Doha on Friday.

The wartime destruction of its coalmines and several of its power plants are proving a catalyst for Ukraine's renewable energy transition, said the country's Energy Minister German Galushchenko.

France and Germany on Friday refused to back a watered-down agreement on controversial EU rules covering app workers in the gig economy, European diplomats said.

Spain's 5,000 metres world silver medallist Mohammed Katir will miss the Olympics later this year after being suspended for two years by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) on Friday for three doping test whereabouts infringements.

Taylor Swift donated $100,000 on Friday to a fundraiser supporting the family of the woman killed in a mass shooting at Kansas City Chiefs' Super Bowl victory parade.

Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou on Friday brushed off talk that he could replace Jurgen Klopp at Premier League leaders Liverpool, saying the rumours were of "no interest" to him.

Prince Harry has suggested that King Charles's illness could help reunite the British royal family, and described how he immediately "jumped on a plane" to London after his father's cancer diagnosis.